B.J. Smith
@bjsmith.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Member, Grand Valley Streets Alliance. Author of Detective Red Shaw crime novels and other stuff. Poet. Cold War veteran.
https://smithcompound.blog
https://smithcompound.blog
I agree that listening and reading are quite different experiences. As a writer who thinks words (and grammar) are important, I cringe when someone comes up with an awkward statement like "audiobooks count as reading."
If I'm unable to read down the road,
I'll listen to more audiobooks.
If I'm unable to read down the road,
I'll listen to more audiobooks.
December 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I agree that listening and reading are quite different experiences. As a writer who thinks words (and grammar) are important, I cringe when someone comes up with an awkward statement like "audiobooks count as reading."
If I'm unable to read down the road,
I'll listen to more audiobooks.
If I'm unable to read down the road,
I'll listen to more audiobooks.
It thinks about its days as a child, a teen, and on and on to now.
Fire and sorrow.
Ecstasy and darkness.
Lost and found and lost again.
The ache in the soul masks the pain in the heart.
The hollow fills the void.
#poetry
by B.J. Smith
Fire and sorrow.
Ecstasy and darkness.
Lost and found and lost again.
The ache in the soul masks the pain in the heart.
The hollow fills the void.
#poetry
by B.J. Smith
On The Path
My first collection of rhyme and verse – “On The Path” – is now available as an ebook and in paperback from my Amazon author page. You will enjoy the ride. A view from the path that ins…
smithcompound.blog
November 29, 2024 at 5:59 AM
It thinks about its days as a child, a teen, and on and on to now.
Fire and sorrow.
Ecstasy and darkness.
Lost and found and lost again.
The ache in the soul masks the pain in the heart.
The hollow fills the void.
#poetry
by B.J. Smith
Fire and sorrow.
Ecstasy and darkness.
Lost and found and lost again.
The ache in the soul masks the pain in the heart.
The hollow fills the void.
#poetry
by B.J. Smith
"Destroy" seems more accurate than "disrupt" when describing this hideous idea.
November 27, 2024 at 6:33 PM
"Destroy" seems more accurate than "disrupt" when describing this hideous idea.