Hot News: New Milestone, 1.7 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone early this morning: 1.7 M pageviews (FYI: On July 14, it crossed 1.6 M view mark) 

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. 

my whisky glass

half full or half empty?

with the Muse

this Jobian struggle

over noise and silence

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. 

-- Thomas Mann

And 

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. 

--Elie Wiesel

this room reeks

of smoke, sweat, and whisky

as I squeeze my mind ...

five lines out into the dark

edge of a lonely heart

We [write] to know we're "not alone."

-- paraphrasing The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands"

Look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see haiku and tanka submission guidelines)

Happy Writing

Chen-ou