Cernig

Two weeks ago, I caught a nasty cold. No biggie, but unfortunately I'm also an asthmatic, so the cold combined with that to produce a nasty bronchitus that has lingered and utterly knocked me for six. I've not had more than 3 consecutive hours of sleep since and it was exhausting to simply walk around the house. Yuck. All of that meant I couldn't have strung two decent words of poetry or prose together if my life depended on it - thus the utter lack of submissions this last week and more. At last the cough has subsided to a point where I can get some sleep and start the old thinky-thing working again. First on the agenda - try to catch up on

I'm not entirely sure what I'll use these journals for. Maybe to ask for prompts, maybe to post explanatory notes on any poem of mine i think could benefit from them (and if you think one would, let me know), definitely to indulge in the occassional rant. And here's the first of those rants... OK, so this isn't my first BBQ and I know that online forums often have their own ecosystems of big fish, douchbags, trolls and idiots who can't resist the temptation to play Big Bad when you can't punch them in the nose. I've seen a little of that on DA already, and left a group as a result. But I'm too old for that s**t. So here's me resolving to sta

Well, I've been a member of the DeviantArt forums for a month now, and I have to say I'm enjoying it. There's just so much amazing art of all kinds. I've joined a few groups - mostly poetry and pagan related - and even become a contributor to ~EnchantedPoetry (https://www.deviantart.com/enchantedpoetry). That last is a whole bunch of fun because a couple of times a day I deliberately go looking for great poetry that hasn't been featured anywhere yet and tag it for the group. Even better if the poet themselves is new or under-featured! But I keep feeling like I'm missing something here - a hidden set of rules or practical joke or something. My own stuff isn't being read a whole lot