Tag: Zoom

The Zoomies: A Rhyming Poem!

Posted on April 22, 2024 by

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Zoom meetings I have to chairHave me pacing here to thereAll the faces in little boxesScare me down to my purple soxs Nervous nose runs but many tissuesKeep me focused on all the issuesCamera-off spectators love to lurkSwim by themselves in the chat murk… Continue Reading “The Zoomies: A Rhyming Poem!”

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Four on the Floor

Posted on May 24, 2021 by

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I worried that I’d forgotten how to have a conversation. By conversation, I mean unscripted dialogue full of stories, tangents, wisecracks, and swift, wacky left turns. Shared history, old jokes, affection, and playfulness. Purposeless talk. Most of the discourse I’ve shared with other people… Continue Reading “Four on the Floor”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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