# folsom prison blues (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover folsom prison blues. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Blessing for Those Who See in Clear Lines](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/08/17/a-blessing-for-those-who-see-in-clear-lines/) _2026-08-17 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ For the many in our midst who live with neurodiversity May the clarity within you be honoured – the way truth arrives sharp, clean, and unmistakable. May you be blessed with companions who understand that your way of seeing is not a lack, but a different kind of fidelity – a commitment to what is Continue reading "A Blessing for Those Who See in Clear Lines" ## [An Invitation](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/04/18/an-invitation/) _2026-04-18 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ This is the title of a collaborative autobiography I have launched on Substack. Wander over and have a look. Subscribe if you’d like to keep up to date with things there. ## [Life on Mars](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/03/03/life-on-mars/) _2026-03-02 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ While missiles fly amidst boastful taunts and puffed-out chests, survival of Mars depends on a memory that awakens a yearning for our better selves. The great war god, starved by the irritations of inconvenient truths, gorges himself on retribution. He calls it justice. Far away, the red planet named after him offers perspective, gazing sunward Continue reading "Life on Mars" ## [Those protest laws…](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/02/25/those-protest-laws/) _2026-02-24 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ Wordflower kindly invited me to submit a longette – a topical poem with a 40-syllable title and 21 lines of 20 syllables each – plus a set rhyming pattern. ## [Values on the Verge](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/02/16/values-on-the-verge/) _2026-02-15 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ In recent days, a politician named immigration as a key issue for debate, citing “Australian values” as a key determinant of who to let in and who to keep out. I have never yet heard a politician explain what “Australian values” are. They bang on ’bout values in this town — like they’re etched in Continue reading "Values on the Verge" ## [In the Alcove of the Unasked](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/28/in-the-alcove-of-the-unasked/) _2026-01-28 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ Sanaa invites the dVerse poet community to delve into their dreams as a rich source for literary expression. I have been attempting this the last little while and offer this nugget in the raw for self-edification more than anything! I walked the long coast,salt in my lungs,hunger in my bones,seeking a table not yet set.The Continue reading "In the Alcove of the Unasked" ## [Tripping](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/27/tripping/) _2026-01-27 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ If one might take a trip,One could consider Triplet Fallsor Tripod WaterholeCan we get there by Trip Point RoadOr via Trip Creek Station?Only a 2700-kilometre road tripcan link them.(Those we can find)Fill her up!Who’s coming? (c) Dennis Ryle, January, 2026 This is my response to Punam’s dVerse prompt to write a 44-word quadrille using the Continue reading "Tripping" ## [Lines Across a Divided Country](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/23/lines-across-a-divided-country/) _2026-01-23 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ I’m learning things about poetry I’ve never previously been aware of. It seems that one can enter a conversation with a well-known poet by writing a glosa – taking four lines of any of their works and incorporating them in a particular expansion in one of your own. Björn Rudberg is today’s dVerse host, guiding Continue reading "Lines Across a Divided Country" ## [Bluff Knoll’s White Christmas](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/21/bluff-knolls-white-christmas/) _2026-01-20 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ It happened on Christmas Day in ‘ninety-eightA once-in-a-lifetime event!Western Australia’s only “White Christmas”at the height of summer.Not just a light dustingTwenty centimetres blanketing the summitTwo years before a new millenniumHarbinger of stranger things! (c) Dennis Ryle, January 2026 This is in response to the dVerse Poetics invitation sent out by Kim. It is inspired by Continue reading… ## [Here lies lies!](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/20/here-lies-lies/) _2026-01-20 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ Lisa invites the dVerse community to take a line from the song “Bury Me,” by Alejandro Escovedo . The task is to write a 144-word “prosery” piece using the exact phrase Bury me with lies I told. I am delighted and somewhat energised to rise to the challenge! Bury me with lies I told, as Continue reading "Here lies lies!" ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8b9PFJI7pdds) _2026-01-20 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [The Train We Can’t Board](https://wonderingpilgrim.com/2026/01/15/the-train-we-cant-board/) _2026-01-15 · wonderingpilgrim · Wondering Pilgrim_ Melissa from Mom With a Blog is our dVerse host right now. She is immersing us in Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues, trusting it will inspire our muse. Here’s my melancholy effort. Please don’t counsel me, I’m trying to sit within the skin of another! He came to spring captives freeThat young rabbi from GalileeBut maybe Continue reading "The Train We Can’t Board"