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Poetry

Winter Manifesto

A poem by ©Christine Bode 2022

Dark, dreary, and damp: 3D Canadian wintertime depression.

What to do to beat the winter
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Watch every movie on Netflix set in a sunny, tropical…

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POETRY

Oh, Eloise

A song-like poem by ©Christine Bode 2022

Oh, Eloise
The way you wail on your squeaky purple pig
When I’m talking on the telephone
Although you’re never ever alone
And you don’t want to play with me…

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Creative Writing

A Surprise Visit by Boris Glikman

An Eastern Water Dragon crawls up close while I sit at a small folding table next to the camping tent.

Billions of years of evolution separate us; I arrived into this world…

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Colours and emotions by Christian Kortum

Summer sunset on the shores around Hvidbjerg Strand, Jylland, Denmark

Poetry

Acquiescence

A poem by ©Christine Bode 2022

I do not mean to hurt you with my pain;
I’m trying to manage it, six…

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My First Book Signing Event at Hudson’s Bay Kingston’s Giving Back is Gorgeous Beauty Event

I was thrilled to be asked to participate in the Hudson’s Bay Kingston’s Giving Back is Gorgeous Beauty Event fundraiser on Saturday, November 12, 2022…

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Nonfiction Book Review

Title: The F Book: 7 Fs to Creating Your Fantastic Future
Author:  Lynn Rae
Publisher: Self-published
Released: 2022
Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 978-17782410-0-0
Stars:  5.00

I don’t often write reviews for books I’ve had the pleasure of editing…

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Press Release for Film “Sultans of String: The Refuge Project – Visual Album”

Sultans of String are excited about the first screenings of their feature-length film “Sultans of String: The Refuge Project – Visual Album” – their pandemic project that…

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Image by Marwan Nazeer

Poetry

Endpoint

A poem by ©Christine Bode 2022

This epoch’s information inundation’s now acute;

devouring knowledge like pecan brownies until I need to puke.

Overwhelmed with info in the social media age;

watch decent people hurtling…

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The 5 Cs of Critical Writing

The answer is less a matter of word count than making your words count. It’s what I call the 5 Cs of critical writing. At the risk of turning away those readers who vote…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kingston author releases a new collection of audacious poetry that breathes compassion and rages against what disconnects us in her new book, Eden Redefined.

Kingston, ON – October 31, 2022

In her latest collection of audacious…

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Calling All Poetry Fans!

Hi everyone,

I have exciting news to share. I’m releasing the third edition of my first poetry collection, Eden Refugee (newly edited, with a beautiful new cover and quote reviews), and my second volume, Eden Redefined…

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Book Review

Title: The Marriage Portrait
Author:  Maggie O’Farrell
Imprint: Knopf Canada
Released: September 6, 2022
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-1039005631
Stars:  4.00

I wanted to read Maggie O’Farrell‘s latest book, The Marriage Portrait because I enjoyed her earlier work. I…

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