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John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Oct 7, 2018

Men Like Me

Men like me:

the architects,

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Sep 16, 2016

Broaden Your Perspectives on the State of the Middle East

Scott Anderson’s NY Times Sunday Magazine feature, “Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart,” is an excellent piece of reporting and one all of us could learn from. Telling the story of how we arrived where we are today in…

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Oct 13, 2016

About a View

This was written as a morning writing exercise using the simple prompt of “write about a view.” It is reprinted here with minimal edits.

Gregory B Flynn in Feral Parakeets

Apr 24, 2018

# What Love Is (#NaPoWriMo Day 24)

“You are precisely as big as what you love, and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.”…

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Jun 2, 2018

Break

Where can you go from here?

When the air chokes,

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Apr 10, 2018

Mental Notes

my metronome plods

tick

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

May 11, 2018

Ascending Life

I am riven with quantum fires.

John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Apr 15, 2018

The Edge of Man

Uncertain winds push forward heavy cold

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John Silkey in Feral Parakeets

Apr 2, 2018

Just Coffee

Don’t be afraid!

Okay. Be scared.

I’m used to it.

Bathe in it — don’t run.

Let fear cleanse you,

disintegrate the cataracts you wear,

Gregory B Flynn in Feral Parakeets

Apr 1, 2018

Magic Carpet

January, 2004 — you came into my life
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Costa Rica,
Santa Fe, Cincinatti, Santa Barbara -
you’ve taken me on so many…

These were the top 10 stories published by Feral Parakeets; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2016, 2017, and 2018.

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