This Day in #History 1858
Pencil with attached eraser is patented by Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia.

#Incensed
wildfire started in my eyes
lit my Whole soul
on fire until I was
fully consumed
into
ashes and fumes
the trauma
inside combusted
by not taking
action I suffered
the repercussions
But I rose from the
ashes a new man
it was a rebirth
like a dark phoenix #poetry #Emoetry #poetrycommunity

Thank you! Blessings to your week as well! The sunset photo is beautiful.

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Blessings to your week!

Thank you, Brandy. I trust you are enjoying yours!

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明けましておめでとうございます🎍
江東区から江戸川区に引っ越してちょうど1年経ちましたが、ありがたいことに色々と忙しくさせていただいています。
そして今年の4月で還暦ということもあり体力作りにも力を入れていこうと思っています。
本年もどうぞよろしくお願い致します😊

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social JANUARY PRETENDPANEL - Change, Growth, Evolution 2nd: What do you consider to be the beginning of your writing career? 3rd: How has your work evolved in terms of subject matter? 9th: How has your craft evolved lately? (prose, structuring, etc) 10th: How has your creation of main characters evolved over time? 16th: Where do you sit right now with the writing process? 17th: How many drafts, then vs. now? 23rd: Any changes that you later came to regret? 24th: Significant change that was like a huge revelation for you? 30th: What's the next evolution for you as a writer? 31st: Freebie Saturday - post anything! Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

#PretendPanel Jan 23 - Usually no. In ONE case, I had to trim a short-story even further to get it into submission guidelines. It functioned (and even won a place!), but I hated the shorter version. I keep the longer version for myself.
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