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Special Soap

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Bellingham, Washington is a hotbed of poetry judging by the quality of the submissions Third Wednesday receives from there.  We almost always find something worthy of publication.  This one, by Sarah Murphy-Kangas, is a prime example.  It’s Third Wednesday’s poem of the week.

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The Nightjar

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In the U.S. we call them nighthawks but in much of the world they’re known as nightjars.  African poet, Kim Ottavi, who now lives in France, writes about the nightjars of home. Here is the poem of the week from Third Wednesday Magazine.

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I Have No Thoughts of Cosmological Matters – Our Poem of the Week

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This week’s poem is a Triolet from M. B. Powell, a Washington poet who has three tiolets in the winter issue of Third Wednesday.  The poet’s chapbook, Lovers, Mothers, Killers, Others is published by Finishing Line Press, 2013.
tri·o·let
/ˈtrēələt/
noun
A poem of eight lines, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.

Photo credit:  NASA Hubble Telescope
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Tip For Writers

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Use vs. Utilize

Most people, judging by the number of times I see them misused, don’t know that utilize and use have different meanings.  They are not interchangeable.  You use an object for a purpose common to that object, while you might utilize an object for a purpose not common to that object. For instance you use a pen to write, but you might utilize a pen to perform an emergency tracheotomy.  You would use a dime to pay for a gumball but you might utilize a dime to tighten or loosen a screw.

Soldiers use a shovel:                          Soldiers utilize a shovel:
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Superior

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We like poems that paint a vivid picture and this one from Raymond Byrnes does exactly that.  His poem is a photograph of a stormy Lake Superior.  It’s an apt description of how quickly conditions can change on the big lake using images that are familiar to those who know the hard working inland sea.

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Chopin Ballade in G Minor

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Our Poem of the Week by Linda Blaskey comes from the newest issue of Third Wednesday. It was an entry in our One Sentence Poetry Contest and earned an honorable mention.  A new edition of the popular contest will open for entries on February 15th.

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