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🐻Today, I Am an Enormous Teddy Bear🐻

Hello, Friends —

From time to time, I am an enormous teddy bear…

As a Kinsman, I help raise funds for special equipment and travel assistance for life-saving procedures for children and adults in dire need. Like my little friend Miss Blake, above, who taught this clumsy bear how to dance.

Miss Blake is a paraplegic and wheelchair user with complex medical needs. She loves to dance and race her wheelchair.

For her 4th birthday, Miss Blake is asking everyone to donate to her campaign for Telemiracle, the foundation that’s helped her so much over the years.

Here’s the link to her campaign.

Miss Blake Spins for Telemiracle

We’d both be so grateful if you could help out.

Thank-you so much, friends.

Cheers —

I Finished My Thirtieth Cup of Coffee Then Sprinted to the Emergency Room

Hello, Friends – – –

Over at Medium, I wrote an account of the time I Finished My Thirtieth Cup of Coffee, Then Sprinted to the Emergency Room. You might enjoy it. If so, maybe you’ll buy me a coffee.

Cheers – – –

On Writing: My Q&A with The Pro Files

Hello, Friends – – –

Author Ben Human recently interviewed me for the new publication The Pro Files. If you’re curious, here’s the link.

Cheers – – –

Rolli

View at Medium.com

POEM: The Old Comedian

The old comedian

Martin
in our attic lived
a minute

We heartened him with
wine
and he us
with vintages of wit

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ until

some sinless
citizen
passing over-
heard
our laughter

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎He died
‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎in irons
‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎rusting
‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎The Last Comedian

Yet
we remember

how he warmed our
throats’
cold corridors
with laughter as
wine

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎as rushings
‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎of vital
‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎wine

Note

My latest book of poems and drawings is Plumstuff. You might like it:

PRESENTING: Plumstuff

🎁20K Giveaway🎁

Hello, Friends – – –

To commemorate my 20,000th Medium subscriber, I’m giving away some prizes. My WordPress friends are more than welcome to participate, too 🙂

Here are the details.

Good luck, friends. And have a Merry Christmas, etc., as well.

Cheers – – –

Rolli

THE SKY IS FALLING: COVID in Four Postcards

Hello, Friends – – –

My latest humorous essay is about the early months of the pandemic, and the quest for a decent cup of coffee. It was recently a runner-up for a minor literary prize.

Read it here.

(Note: only the nicest people in the world buy me a coffee).

Cheers – – –

Rolli

DEAR AUTHOR: Thoughts on Rejection

Hello, Friends – – –

I have a humorous new essay over at Medium – – – about the grim phantom that haunts all authors. You might like it. Have a look.

Link: https://medium.com/@rolli/dear-author-thoughts-on-rejection-1b2a68b06bd

Cheers – – –

Short Circuit

Hello, Friends – – –

The final issue of one of my favorite magazines, Short Circuit, is out today.

A bittersweet moment, but I’m happy to have two pieces in it.

The first is a very short story, The Sweet Striper.

https://short-edition.com/en/story/short-fiction/the-sweet-striper

The second is a poem, I do not begrudge the young.

https://short-edition.com/en/story/poetry/i-do-not-begrudge-the-young

I hope you enjoy them…

That’s all for now, friends.

(You might enjoy my recent collection of poem and drawings, Plumstuff)

PRESENTING: Plumstuff

Cheers – – –

Poem in The New York Times

Hello, Friends – – –

My latest poem for The New York Times – – – “Central Park, 9 p.m.” – – – was published this weekend. It’s from my unpublished collection THE LIGHT HOTEL.

My most recent collection is Plumstuff:

PRESENTING: Plumstuff

Hope you’re enjoying your summer.

Cheers – – –