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My 17 yr old son just landed his first after school job! So happy for him! #GrowingUp #FirstJob #DayInTheLife

My 17 yr old son just landed his first after school job! So happy for him! #GrowingUp #FirstJob #DayInTheLife

My 17 yr old son just landed his first after school job! So happy for him! #GrowingUp #FirstJob #DayInTheLife

My 17 yr old son just landed his first after school job! So happy for him! #GrowingUp #FirstJob #DayInTheLife

My 17 yr old son just landed his first after school job! So happy for him! #GrowingUp #FirstJob #DayInTheLife

growing up lakeside,

growing up lakeside, 
we always knew where to cool 
down, find treasures, or 

take the remaining slices of 
stale bread so we were not wasteful
.
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Ape

Today my daughter walks into the room after banging her head on the floor because our indoor swing tipped backwards.

She is wearing a towel around her shoulders and strutting like she thinks she is Queen Elizabeth.

Her hair is a frizzy mess all over her head. Last night’s plait loosely pulled together behind.

“Mama,” she says, in her most important voice, “What a wonderful day”

“Certainly is,” I reply.

“Today I am wearing a ape”

“An ape?”

“Yes. Because I am a Queen.”

“Ah. You mean a cape?”

“No. Definitely not a cape. I am wearing a ape.”

Ok girlie. Wear your ape. Enjoy your wonderful day. Isn’t it magical being five?

Ape

Today my daughter walks into the room after banging her head on the floor because our indoor swing tipped backwards.

She is wearing a towel around her shoulders and strutting like she thinks she is Queen Elizabeth.

Her hair is a frizzy mess all over her head. Last night’s plait loosely pulled together behind.

“Mama,” she says, in her most important voice, “What a wonderful day”

“Certainly is,” I reply.

“Today I am wearing a ape”

“An ape?”

“Yes. Because I am a Queen.”

“Ah. You mean a cape?”

“No. Definitely not a cape. I am wearing a ape.”

Ok girlie. Wear your ape. Enjoy your wonderful day. Isn’t it magical being five?

Ape

Today my daughter walks into the room after banging her head on the floor because our indoor swing tipped backwards.

She is wearing a towel around her shoulders and strutting like she thinks she is Queen Elizabeth.

Her hair is a frizzy mess all over her head. Last night’s plait loosely pulled together behind.

“Mama,” she says, in her most important voice, “What a wonderful day”

“Certainly is,” I reply.

“Today I am wearing a ape”

“An ape?”

“Yes. Because I am a Queen.”

“Ah. You mean a cape?”

“No. Definitely not a cape. I am wearing a ape.”

Ok girlie. Wear your ape. Enjoy your wonderful day. Isn’t it magical being five?

Ape

Today my daughter walks into the room after banging her head on the floor because our indoor swing tipped backwards.

She is wearing a towel around her shoulders and strutting like she thinks she is Queen Elizabeth.

Her hair is a frizzy mess all over her head. Last night’s plait loosely pulled together behind.

“Mama,” she says, in her most important voice, “What a wonderful day”

“Certainly is,” I reply.

“Today I am wearing a ape”

“An ape?”

“Yes. Because I am a Queen.”

“Ah. You mean a cape?”

“No. Definitely not a cape. I am wearing a ape.”

Ok girlie. Wear your ape. Enjoy your wonderful day. Isn’t it magical being five?

People were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Their answers were inspiring.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/people-were-asked-what-they-wanted-to-be-when-they-grew-up-their-answers-were-inspiring/

Wildwood Huckster & The Shoeshine Boy

https://phicklephilly.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/wildwood-huckster-the-shoeshine-boy-a-dave-neff-story/

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A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/terence/85152/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terence #challenge #challenges #change #changeofmind #circumstance #conduct #control #experience #growingup #ignorance #illumination #maturity #passageoftime #presuppositions #principles #reallife #realitycheck #theories #theory

A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/terence/85152/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terence #challenge #challenges #change #changeofmind #circumstance #conduct #control #experience #growingup #ignorance #illumination #maturity #passageoftime #presuppositions #principles #reallife #realitycheck #theories #theory

A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/terence/85152/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terence #challenge #challenges #change #changeofmind #circumstance #conduct #control #experience #growingup #ignorance #illumination #maturity #passageoftime #presuppositions #principles #reallife #realitycheck #theories #theory

A quotation from Terence

DEMEA: No one has ever plotted out his life’s plan so successfully that he never faces
   New challenges and discoveries brought about by circumstances, the passing of time,
   Or experience itself. Inevitably, you discover you don’t know what you thought you did,
   And the principles we first formed don’t hold up in the face of everyday practice.
 
[Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit
Quia res, Ætas usus semper aliquid apportet novi
Aliquid moneat, ut illa, quæ te scire credas, nescias
Et, quæ tibi putaris prima, in experiundo ut repudies.]

Terence (186?-159 BC) African-Roman dramatist [Publius Terentius Afer]
Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC) [tr. Christenson (2010), Sc. 22]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/terence/85152/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terence #challenge #challenges #change #changeofmind #circumstance #conduct #control #experience #growingup #ignorance #illumination #maturity #passageoftime #presuppositions #principles #reallife #realitycheck #theories #theory

https://www.europesays.com/ie/606052/ Raising them right: Facebook parenting groups were bad enough. Now we’ve got AI #adults #childhood #children #column #Éire #GrowingUp #IE #Ireland #kids #Opinion #Parenting #PerishTheThought #Technology #voices

Bevor wir werden

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/bevor-wir-werden

#Philosophie #Psychologie #Identität #Erwachsenwerden #Entwicklung

Before We Become

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/before-we-become

#Philosophy #Psychology #Identity #GrowingUp #PersonalGrowth

Bevor wir werden

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/bevor-wir-werden

#Philosophie #Psychologie #Identität #Erwachsenwerden #Entwicklung

Before We Become

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/before-we-become

#Philosophy #Psychology #Identity #GrowingUp #PersonalGrowth

Bevor wir werden

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/bevor-wir-werden

#Philosophie #Psychologie #Identität #Erwachsenwerden #Entwicklung

Before We Become

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/before-we-become

#Philosophy #Psychology #Identity #GrowingUp #PersonalGrowth

Bevor wir werden

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/bevor-wir-werden

#Philosophie #Psychologie #Identität #Erwachsenwerden #Entwicklung

Before We Become

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/before-we-become

#Philosophy #Psychology #Identity #GrowingUp #PersonalGrowth

Bevor wir werden

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/bevor-wir-werden

#Philosophie #Psychologie #Identität #Erwachsenwerden #Entwicklung

Before We Become

👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/before-we-become

#Philosophy #Psychology #Identity #GrowingUp #PersonalGrowth

I wrote a poem about when I got divorced and had to move in with my folks for a few months, and what it was like being in that old neighborhood. Lots of memories. Very relatable. Enjoy.

#poem #poetry #poems #writing #reading #poetrycommunity #ampoet #memory #nostalgia #growingup #amreading

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/that-old-neighborhood-a-poem-about-memory-change-and-nostalgia/

I wrote a poem about when I got divorced and had to move in with my folks for a few months, and what it was like being in that old neighborhood. Lots of memories. Very relatable. Enjoy.

#poem #poetry #poems #writing #reading #poetrycommunity #ampoet #memory #nostalgia #growingup #amreading

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/that-old-neighborhood-a-poem-about-memory-change-and-nostalgia/

I wrote a poem about when I got divorced and had to move in with my folks for a few months, and what it was like being in that old neighborhood. Lots of memories. Very relatable. Enjoy.

#poem #poetry #poems #writing #reading #poetrycommunity #ampoet #memory #nostalgia #growingup #amreading

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/that-old-neighborhood-a-poem-about-memory-change-and-nostalgia/

I wrote a poem about when I got divorced and had to move in with my folks for a few months, and what it was like being in that old neighborhood. Lots of memories. Very relatable. Enjoy.

#poem #poetry #poems #writing #reading #poetrycommunity #ampoet #memory #nostalgia #growingup #amreading

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/that-old-neighborhood-a-poem-about-memory-change-and-nostalgia/

I wrote a poem about when I got divorced and had to move in with my folks for a few months, and what it was like being in that old neighborhood. Lots of memories. Very relatable. Enjoy.

#poem #poetry #poems #writing #reading #poetrycommunity #ampoet #memory #nostalgia #growingup #amreading

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/that-old-neighborhood-a-poem-about-memory-change-and-nostalgia/

That Old Neighborhood: A Poem About Memory, Change, and Nostalgia

The stoplight, tall and ivy-wrapped
beside the solemn intersection
pierced with headlight spears and glitter.
The nearby overpass a floating slab
marked by howling trucks we’d
dream of buying when we got older.

Further up by Joe’s house,
the streetlight dangled an orange crown
perfect for us to wrestle, throw baseballs
yell at semis, and occasionally talk
as if nobody were listening
when only our dreams were there to speak.

Down the block was the strip mall,
a half-empty brown-brick mushroom where
Mario’s Movies was a red-carpet beacon
of games, videos, stale candy, and pornography.
We’d sneak glances of that skin
before any of us knew how it felt.

Across Highway 10 a few miles west
our high school field with rattling bleachers,
sweaty football lights, and ribbons of moth clouds.
Prematurely bald Collin would heckle
the visiting cheerleaders who yelled back:
“You’re too old-looking to be in high school.”

Now, two decades done and dead,
I’m alone and visiting again.
There is less and less
magic to those memories
haunting the same dark nights.
Still, I walk these streets

to feel something.

That Old Neighborhood: A Poem About Memory, Change, and Nostalgia

The stoplight, tall and ivy-wrapped
beside the solemn intersection
pierced with headlight spears and glitter.
The nearby overpass a floating slab
marked by howling trucks we’d
dream of buying when we got older.

Further up by Joe’s house,
the streetlight dangled an orange crown
perfect for us to wrestle, throw baseballs
yell at semis, and occasionally talk
as if nobody were listening
when only our dreams were there to speak.

Down the block was the strip mall,
a half-empty brown-brick mushroom where
Mario’s Movies was a red-carpet beacon
of games, videos, stale candy, and pornography.
We’d sneak glances of that skin
before any of us knew how it felt.

Across Highway 10 a few miles west
our high school field with rattling bleachers,
sweaty football lights, and ribbons of moth clouds.
Prematurely bald Collin would heckle
the visiting cheerleaders who yelled back:
“You’re too old-looking to be in high school.”

Now, two decades done and dead,
I’m alone and visiting again.
There is less and less
magic to those memories
haunting the same dark nights.
Still, I walk these streets

to feel something.

That Old Neighborhood: A Poem About Memory, Change, and Nostalgia

The stoplight, tall and ivy-wrapped
beside the solemn intersection
pierced with headlight spears and glitter.
The nearby overpass a floating slab
marked by howling trucks we’d
dream of buying when we got older.

Further up by Joe’s house,
the streetlight dangled an orange crown
perfect for us to wrestle, throw baseballs
yell at semis, and occasionally talk
as if nobody were listening
when only our dreams were there to speak.

Down the block was the strip mall,
a half-empty brown-brick mushroom where
Mario’s Movies was a red-carpet beacon
of games, videos, stale candy, and pornography.
We’d sneak glances of that skin
before any of us knew how it felt.

Across Highway 10 a few miles west
our high school field with rattling bleachers,
sweaty football lights, and ribbons of moth clouds.
Prematurely bald Collin would heckle
the visiting cheerleaders who yelled back:
“You’re too old-looking to be in high school.”

Now, two decades done and dead,
I’m alone and visiting again.
There is less and less
magic to those memories
haunting the same dark nights.
Still, I walk these streets

to feel something.

That Old Neighborhood: A Poem About Memory, Change, and Nostalgia

The stoplight, tall and ivy-wrapped
beside the solemn intersection
pierced with headlight spears and glitter.
The nearby overpass a floating slab
marked by howling trucks we’d
dream of buying when we got older.

Further up by Joe’s house,
the streetlight dangled an orange crown
perfect for us to wrestle, throw baseballs
yell at semis, and occasionally talk
as if nobody were listening
when only our dreams were there to speak.

Down the block was the strip mall,
a half-empty brown-brick mushroom where
Mario’s Movies was a red-carpet beacon
of games, videos, stale candy, and pornography.
We’d sneak glances of that skin
before any of us knew how it felt.

Across Highway 10 a few miles west
our high school field with rattling bleachers,
sweaty football lights, and ribbons of moth clouds.
Prematurely bald Collin would heckle
the visiting cheerleaders who yelled back:
“You’re too old-looking to be in high school.”

Now, two decades done and dead,
I’m alone and visiting again.
There is less and less
magic to those memories
haunting the same dark nights.
Still, I walk these streets

to feel something.

This morning's conversation in the car is brought to you by almost-14yo's question "How do you ask somebody out?"

Lordy lordy, here we go. 😣😆

#8thGraderLife
#GrowingUp
#TeensToday
#ParentProblems?
#parenting

This morning's conversation in the car is brought to you by almost-14yo's question "How do you ask somebody out?"

Lordy lordy, here we go. 😣😆

#8thGraderLife
#GrowingUp
#TeensToday
#ParentProblems?
#parenting

This morning's conversation in the car is brought to you by almost-14yo's question "How do you ask somebody out?"

Lordy lordy, here we go. 😣😆

#8thGraderLife
#GrowingUp
#TeensToday
#ParentProblems?
#parenting

This morning's conversation in the car is brought to you by almost-14yo's question "How do you ask somebody out?"

Lordy lordy, here we go. 😣😆

#8thGraderLife
#GrowingUp
#TeensToday
#ParentProblems?
#parenting

This morning's conversation in the car is brought to you by almost-14yo's question "How do you ask somebody out?"

Lordy lordy, here we go. 😣😆

#8thGraderLife
#GrowingUp
#TeensToday
#ParentProblems?
#parenting

Ready to graduate from cartoons to comics? Our specialized transition packs are perfect for young teens and pre-teens! #GrowingUp #YALit https://startercomicbooks.com/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Question: What’s something that you hated and couldn't stand as a kid, but Love as an adult?

#ChildhoodDislikes #AdultPreferences #GrowingUp #ChangingTastes #LifePerspective #UnexpectedLoves #Nostalgia #Maturity #LifeLessons #EvolvingOpinions

Question: What’s something that you hated and couldn't stand as a kid, but Love as an adult?

#ChildhoodDislikes #AdultPreferences #GrowingUp #ChangingTastes #LifePerspective #UnexpectedLoves #Nostalgia #Maturity #LifeLessons #EvolvingOpinions

Question: What’s something that you hated and couldn't stand as a kid, but Love as an adult?

#ChildhoodDislikes #AdultPreferences #GrowingUp #ChangingTastes #LifePerspective #UnexpectedLoves #Nostalgia #Maturity #LifeLessons #EvolvingOpinions

Question: What’s something that you hated and couldn't stand as a kid, but Love as an adult?

#ChildhoodDislikes #AdultPreferences #GrowingUp #ChangingTastes #LifePerspective #UnexpectedLoves #Nostalgia #Maturity #LifeLessons #EvolvingOpinions

#Growingup in the #socialmedia #age

#Policypaper #OECD #Digital #Economy #Papers

OECD (2026), “Growing up in the social media age”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 385, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/a113....

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Growing up in the social media...

#Growingup in the #socialmedia #age

#Policypaper #OECD #Digital #Economy #Papers

OECD (2026), “Growing up in the social media age”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 385, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/a113....

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Growing up in the social media...

#Growingup in the #socialmedia #age

#Policypaper #OECD #Digital #Economy #Papers

OECD (2026), “Growing up in the social media age”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 385, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/a113....

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Growing up in the social media...

#Growingup in the #socialmedia #age

#Policypaper #OECD #Digital #Economy #Papers

OECD (2026), “Growing up in the social media age”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 385, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/a113....

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Growing up in the social media...

#Growingup in the #socialmedia #age

#Policypaper #OECD #Digital #Economy #Papers

OECD (2026), “Growing up in the social media age”, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 385, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/a113....

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Growing up in the social media...

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It's weird that the news has to tell us this simple truth. If we want kids not to be hooked on tech, we have to provide alternatives.
#tech #education #growingup #3rdspace #AI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/05/teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-mental-health-issues/90752807007/

It's weird that the news has to tell us this simple truth. If we want kids not to be hooked on tech, we have to provide alternatives.
#tech #education #growingup #3rdspace #AI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/05/teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-mental-health-issues/90752807007/

It's weird that the news has to tell us this simple truth. If we want kids not to be hooked on tech, we have to provide alternatives.
#tech #education #growingup #3rdspace #AI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/05/teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-mental-health-issues/90752807007/

It's weird that the news has to tell us this simple truth. If we want kids not to be hooked on tech, we have to provide alternatives.
#tech #education #growingup #3rdspace #AI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/05/teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-mental-health-issues/90752807007/

It's weird that the news has to tell us this simple truth. If we want kids not to be hooked on tech, we have to provide alternatives.
#tech #education #growingup #3rdspace #AI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/05/teens-using-ai-chatbots-emotional-support-mental-health-issues/90752807007/

I walk, or: Carrying less

A Sijo

sandals, Middle Eastern tan lines
earbuds playing Billy Joel;
the old words sound and sound right
yet their teenage listener has blurred;
midlife's now loosening its grip
I walk on, carrying less

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

I walk, or: Carrying less

A Sijo

sandals, Middle Eastern tan lines
earbuds playing Billy Joel;
the old words sound and sound right
yet their teenage listener has blurred;
midlife's now loosening its grip
I walk on, carrying less

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

I walk, or: Carrying less

A Sijo

sandals, Middle Eastern tan lines
earbuds playing Billy Joel;
the old words sound and sound right
yet their teenage listener has blurred;
midlife's now loosening its grip
I walk on, carrying less

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!