April Poetry Madness 2024 April 7 to April 14 This is the second batch of my April Poetry Madness challenge poems, (for April 7 to April 14), following daily prompts supplied by Poetry Superhighway, Writer’s Digest, Writing Com Dew Drop Inn, and NaPoWriMo.   I have included the poem, the prompt, and occasionally a bonus poem or comment or two. I am also cross-posting this on  All Poetry, Blog lovin, Cosmos Funnel,  FaceBook, Fan Story, Instagram, Linkedin, Medium, Subtack, Wattpad, Writer’s Digest, Writing Com, and Twitter. This is probably my last time doing this.  Ju ..read more

2024 Poetry Madness – April 1 to April 6 Poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2P4 I am again entering the annual April Poetry Month challenge. I will update this once a week and post the updates on Blog Lovin, Facebook, Fan Story, Instagram,  Medium, Substack, Watt Pad  and X. Comments are welcomed. Index April 1 PSH Ode to Durian WD  Optimistic Laturnae WC Dew Drop Inn  Sarang pabo love fool NaPoWrMo Easter Bunny Warm up March 31 NaPoWrMo April 1 Cage April 2 PSH The Words of the Year 1955 PSH WD Sad and happy days WC Dew Drop Inn Spring Time Flowers Blooming Love NaPoWrMo ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OY Blog Updates I just updated my blog The World According to Comos, Blog lovin. LinkedIn,  Medium, Substack, Tumblr, Wattpad, and Writing.Com with fresh content Rocking the Blues at age 68  can be found here #blues #duke #ellington #greatest #music #piano and on my blog at https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OO Cosmos Reading List 1970- 2024 can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Ob Cosmos K Drama List can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OC Roy’s Annual Oscar Write Up can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Oo Making Basketball Great Again can b ..read more

Cosmos Music List 2023 https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OO Rocking the Blues at Age 68 piano I am making great strides in re-learning how to play the Piano. I am playing better than I ever had in my life. In short, I am finally rocking the blues! Not bad for a 68-year-old dude.       Recently I cruised through Blues Standards, and I am working through 100 Greatest Hits and then Duke Ellington Standards before moving back to Bach and then trying Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart Sonatas later in the year.  When I am in the States, I am going to buy some more Blues and Jazz standards, perhap ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OC   Cosmos K Drama List Themes Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024 Our Blues K Drama Review Favorite K Drama Cosmos’s Fav k Drama Cosmos’s Favorite K Drama Since 2015, when I moved to Korea I have become a big fan of K Drama.  They are perhaps the best in the world at romantic comedies. (“Crash Course in Romance” and “Crash Landing on You” a good examples).  They also excel in movies about “Rich People Behaving Badly ”( Mine is the best one)  and dark social commentary like “Parasite” (Oscar Best Picture), revenge dramas (Glory is the best example), and epi ..read more

https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Oo More Roy Dufrain Writing Roy Dufrain Updates guest post by Roy Dufraine Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024 The 2024 Oscars According to Roy Dufrain THE OSCARS AT OUR HOUSE. For more than twenty years now, Mrs D and I have made it an annual quest to see all of the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars telecast. This year we saw 9.5 of the 10 movies nominated. It started in 2000, when there were only five nominees (instead of up to 10 like now) and we usually had to see them in a theater, because they weren’t available to rent on VHS yet. (Yes, I said VHS). And we ..read more

night at the moviesMaster List Movies Seen movies master list I have been keeping track of movies and TV shows I have watched since I started my journals, going back to the late 90’s.  Here’s the list for the last few years.  On average I am watching over 150 movies/shows etc per year.  I have watched a lot of K drama over the last few years and can finally almost follow them without the use of subtitles! Assuming I have seen about 150 movies or TV shows per year since I was 5 I would say that I have seen about 10,000 movies and TV shows. Whenever I travel to the States, I binge ..read more

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 04: The NBA logo is pictured before the game between the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic at Little Caesars Arena on February 04, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)Making Basketball Great Again Real World Basketball Series  Real Word Series Make Baseball Great Again Make Football Great Again NBA Official   My thoughts on the dismal state of ..read more

Make Football Great Again I wrote this letter to the NFL commissioner. They never responded. Letter to the NFL Commissioner: Making Baseball Great! NFL.com | Official Site of the National Football League I am writing to you regarding the future of the NFL and American football in general.  The game in which so many love is in danger.  For most Americans, going to a game is an impossible dream as tickets are expensive.  It used to be affordable, but not anymore. The game has been priced out of the middle class. Many schools are dropping football as a game due to expense and safet ..read more

Real Word Series Make Baseball Great Again Making Baseball Great” !making baseball great again’ MLB.com | The Official Site of Major League Baseball My thoughts on the dismal state of Baseball and what can be done to bring it back.   I sent this letter off to MLB, but they never responded.  Their lost. Letter to MLB Commissioner Baseball is in crisis. Its long-term viability as America’s pastime is in serious question as fewer people, especially younger viewers, are baseball fans. It is sad to say that more people watch soccer, and even cricket in the U.S. than watch baseball. T ..read more