While the G-Man's away the One Stop Poets ...

...Host

We are not in the story business yet, though I've heard Dustus can weave a fine microfiction.

The G-man aka Mr. Know It All ( he really does) is away hunting possem or brewing moon shine or...

So while he's away, we are going to try to stay out of trouble - Ha! Why should he have all the fun???
 If you have never written a story in 55 words, try it.
If you are a regular - let's make that critter proud!

Here's one in honor of you - G-Man

Has a thing for feet we've heard

You may think that fetish quite absurd

but has a heart that purrs
in exactly 55 words
 Fridays he has us all enmeshed
 makes 55ers take the test

His humor knows no bounds

when G-man does the rounds

 rumbling Harley's clear
we know that G-man has been here

 "Mr. KnowItAll

That’s what he’s called

Got our backs

In barroom brawls

Prefers Wolverines

Coffee to tea

Cherry cars, roaring Harleys

Big House on Saturday

Might be his sanctuary

Always wish to take part in his meme

Consider him part of the One Shot Team!

Bawdy humor

Thing for feet

Michigan proud

Our blogosphere complete

For more 55s to read or if you want to try your hand. Visit G's site
Thanks G-Man for your support of One Stop Poetry the feeling is mutual



Vette photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/aresauburnphotos/4903451710/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Harley photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciano_meirelles/4004148726/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Moondustwriter's Thursday - The blogging community at One Stop

 Welcome to Moondustwriter Thursday

The One Stop Poetry site team is pleased with the amazing support we have received since we started Twelve weeks ago. We knew there was talent out in the blogsphere but to have so many poets coming together as a community is fantastic.

Recently, I went to the pub in Oxford where the Inklings ( C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien, N. Coghill and more) shared their unfinished work. It was a cozy place; great for moments of inspiration and laughter and I'm sure a corner where wads of paper contained discarded writing.A year ago, I would not have thought it possible to have such great friends and colleagues in the blogsphere. 

We hope that you meet people here that become friends, perhaps colleagues. We may never share a pint or a cup of coffee but we can laugh and inspire one another. I want to thank each of you for helping me to become a better writer and for being my friends.   

Along those lines, because we are here to encourage you and your blogging, we want to join with other memes and Social Media Networking to support the anti-bullying campaign. Bullying sadly can convey such hostility that a blogger may feel the need to stop blogging or hide under a new name.

It Happens in Cyber Space

poem by 

Pete Marshall

“It started with a click

I never thought it would come to this”

And as the words were gently hummed

My mind slipped back to other times

When fresh I came upon this world

And shared my words and all my rhymes

In cyber space some mask themselves

Our minds play tricks on who they are

But words and deeds are stamped as true

And jealous ways can lead too far

I’d read each day a glowing quote

Aware the young were so naive

But grooming starts at any age

Affects our minds and our beliefs

And from the quotes a friendship came

That burst onto my private world

My inbox filled with  vile spam

That rocked my life and all I held

A bully wants to be the one

That all will turn and hold on to

But bullies always come undone

When  people stand and tell the truth

More Information:

Here's a site on Facebook that is leading the wave against bullying.www.facebook.com/DearBully

http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495

Forty seven states in the US now have explicit laws against electronic harassment or "cyber stalking"


Some examples of tactics of harassment or "cyberstalking" may use include:

• Sending manipulative, threatening, lewd or harassing emails from an assortment of email accounts.
• Hacking into a victim’s online accounts (such as banking or email) and changing the victim’s settings and   passwords.
• Creating false online accounts on social networking and dating sites, impersonating the victim or attempting to establish contact with the victim by using a false persona.
• Posting messages to online bulletin boards and discussion groups with the victim’s personal information, such as home address, phone number or Social Security number. Posts may also be lewd or controversial – and result in the victim receiving numerous emails, calls or visits from people who read the post online.
• Signing up for numerous online mailing lists and services using a victim’s name and email address.

I'm sure the Inklings had their moments where they felt harassed for their "forward" thinking. There was a difference - they could address these issues face to face and not feel their writing was threatened. Let's all do our part to keep our community / blogsphere enjoyable and bully free.