FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A MIGHTY FLAME FOLLOWETH A TINY SPARK

-Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321)


TODAY'S WORD

POST- prefix

1a: after: subsequent: later b: behind: posterior: following after


POETRY ON WEDNESDAY

Grad Poet Series
@ Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St. bet. Bleeker and West 4th. $6.


PLG ARTS POETRY NIGHT
Amy King, Todd Colby and Ray Pospisil
& open mike (6pm sign-up)
@ K-Dog and Dunebuggy
43 Lincoln Road, Brooklyn
718-282-7139 FREE Q train to Prospect Park

TODAY'S WORD

FIFE

A small transverse flute with six to eight finger holes and usually no keys

FAVORITE AUTHOR

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR?

BOOKS

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF BOOKS THAT I RECOMMEND:

PARADISE LOST-JOHN MILTON

THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY-G.K. CHESTERTON

TODAY'S WORD

DOXOLOGY

A usually liturgical expression of praise to God.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Life without love is like a tree without blossom or fruit.

-Khalil Gibran

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

WRITNG AND READING GO HAND IN HAND.

PLACES TO GO

TONIGHT!
PINK PONY WEST
@Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St. bet. Bleeker and W.4th
6pm $6.

FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY SLAM
@Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
236 E. 3rd St. Bet. B & C
10pm $10

TODAY'S WORD

JURISPRUDENCE

1 a: A system or body of law b: the course of court decisions

2: The science or philosophy of law

3: A department of law (medical~)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero;
but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.


Gilbert K. Chesterton, English author (1874-1936)

TODAY'S WORD

EBULLIENT

1. BOILING; AGITATED

2. HAVING OR SHOWING LIVELINESS AND ENTHUSIASM

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

ALWAYS KEEP EDUCATING YOURSELF!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The way I see the world now, more people will have to speak up on behalf of those who are being ignored.

POETRY READING

Last night, my wife and I attended a poetry reading at Ozzie's. This is a coffe shop located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. I have wanted to go there for a while. Eight people read their poems, including my wife. We will be going again in a couple of weeks.

There are a lot of poetry venue in the city. Ozzie's has their readings every Friday night at 8pm.

OZZIE'S
251 5TH Ave. @ Garfield Pl.
Brooklyn, NY

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

1. tray, trey

2. roll, role

3. pole, poll

4. peek, peak

5. break, brake

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

YOU ARE UNIQUE AND WONDERFULLY MADE.

TODAY'S WORD

COPIOUS

1. Very abundant.

SYNONYM: many, abundant, multifarious, multitudinous.
numerous, quite a few, a lot of.

TODAY'S WORD

PROPITIOUS

1. Favorable; boding well

SYNONYM: auspicious, encouraging

ANTONYM: ill-omened

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

What I like about narrow trails is that there
is something new and different as we travel
along it.

Same Sound, Different Spelling

pail, pale

beet, beat

cite, site

wait, weight

waist, waste

pear, pair, pare

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

READING ALLOWS US TO TRAVEL TO PLACES WE MAY NEVER GO.

SAME SOUND, DIFFRENT SPELLING

reel; real
week; weak
led; lead
read; reed
cell; sell
fete; feet; feat
seer; sear
troop; troupe

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

-Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet (1828-1906)





MEET THE PRESS

Monday
The Poetry Project
131 E. 10 Street @ 2nd Ave.
$8/$7 students and seniors; $5 members

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

No amount of popularity, possessions, or praise will satisfy a heart that is discontent.

TODAY'S WORD

SEPTUAGENARIAN

1. Of or containing seventy.

A person whose age is in the seventies.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I find writing to be therapeutic when I'm anixous, troubled, happy, have inner turmoil, or need to share something with others.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

NO MAN WAS EVER WISE BY CHANCE.

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman
(5BC-65AD)

TODAY'S WORD

SCURRILOUS

1 a: using or given to coarse language b: vulgar and evil


2: containing obscenities, abuse, or slander


DON'T FORGET...

TOMORROW NIGHT

Open poetry slam @
NUYORICAN POET'S CAFE
236 E 3 ST (B+C)
9PM $7 Sign up and Slam!

TODAY'S WORD

MON- or MONO

1. Consisting of or having only one; single

2. By or from one only



PLACES TO GO

FRIDAY JANUARY 26

PINK POETRY WEST Poetry
Hosted by Jackie Sheeler
featuring Samantha Burrows-open mike
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
29 Cornelia Street
$6. gets you free drink

Subway: A/C/E/F to W. 4th St.
1 to Christopher

NUYORICAN CAFE Poetry slam
Karen Jaime - host
236 East 3rd St. (B+C)
$7. each show 212-505-8183

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

VIGOROUS WRITING IS CONCISE

-William Strunk, Jr.
American Writer (1869-1946)



PLACES TO GO

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24
Reading: The Poetry Project @ St. Mark's Church
131 East 10 Street @ 2nd Avenue 8pm
New York,NY
Readers: Alan Gilbert, Bill Mohr, and Roberto Tejada


POST MFA/PRE-FIRST BOOK Poetry
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street @ Bleeker Street
(A,B,C,D,EF,V to W. 4th St.)
6pm, $6. cover includes one drink.

SAME WORD, DIFFERENT MEANING

CURRENT

1. A flowing; as of a river.

2. A part of a large body of water or air moving in a a certain direction.

3. The movement or flow of an electric charge.

4. A general tendency; currently.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

-Homer, Greek Poet


PLACES TO GO IN NEW YORK CITY

THURSDAY

PO'JAZZ
POETRY AND JAZZ
@ Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
$15, $10 (students/seniors)

FRIDAY

Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
Poetry Slam
236 E. 3rd Street (Bet.B & C) $7. 10 PM

TODAY'S WORD

INEFFABLE

1. Incapable of being expressed in words.

2. Not to be spoken.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Writing can inspire, create, provoke, unite, and change others.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

-Madeleine L'engle, American Novelist (b. 1918)

TODAY'S WORD

QUARTO

1. A book size of about 9 1/2 x 12 inches determined by folding
printed sheets two times to form four leaves or eight pages.

2. A book of this size.


I have written a couple of short stories and am progressing with my playwriting. Developing
characters is pretty easy for me. Developing a plot is another story. I want to make the play come alive. I am currently reading William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. I have read plays before but now I'm dealing with a different language and metaphors. I have always wanted to read and study Shakespeare's work.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

-Pearl S. Buck American Novelist (1892-1973)


NEW YEAR'S GREETING

A Happy New Year to one and all. I trust 2006 was good to you, and that 2007 will be even better. I haven't blloged her as much as I used to because of school and my computer being out of commission. I will have my computer up shortly but in the meantime I am seeking new ways to inform, encourage, and enlighten my readers. Happy New Year.

BOOKS

I just finished reading War In Heaven by Charles Williams. It is a good read with a surprise ending. I am presently reading William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. I have always wanted to read his work. Later this year I will read Othello. I love plays because the format has always fascinated me. If I were a actor, the stage would be my home.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words,
a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same
reason that drawing should have no unnecessary lines
and a machine no unnecessary parts.

-William Strunk, Jr., American Writer (1869-1946)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

-Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer (1874-1936)

BOOKS

Here are a couple of books I have read that you may be interested in reading.

Lord Of The Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien

War In Heaven- Charles Williams

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us that a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

-John Bunyan, English Clergyman (1628-1688)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.

-Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer
(b. 1929)

TODAY'S WORD

MIS- prefix

wrong (misconduct)

wrongly (misjudge)

lack of (mistrust)

PLACES TO GO

FRIDAY

BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 Bowery
New York, NY
6pm

Pink Pony West
29 Cornelia St. bet. Bleeker and W. 4th Street
New York @6pm

OZZIE'S
251 5TH AVE.
Brooklyn
7:30pm

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

CURRANT

1. Small seedles raisin

2. Small, round, and sour berry of the saxifrage family;
the shrub itself.

CURRENT

1. Belonging to the time actually passing; present

2. generally accepted; prevalent.

TODAY'S WORD

MISANTHROPE

Hater of mankind.

TODAY'S WORD

BEETLING

1. Projecting, overhanging

2. To project or overhang.


FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.

-Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

There is always something to write about. All we need to do is to figure out how to write it.

Places To Go

FRIDAY

Pink Pony West
@ Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY
$6.

Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn 7PM Free

SATURDAY
Bluestockings Politics and Poetry
@ Bluestockings
172 Allen Street @ Stanton/Rivington Sts.
New York 6PM Free

MONDAY
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street bet. Houston and Prince Sts.
7PM Reading

TUESDAY
P.S.122
150 First Avenue @ E. 9th St.
New York Play $20,$15 (students/seniors) $10 (members) 8PM

COMMENT

I read at least one book a month. a few times I have read as many as four books in a month. As you can surmise, I love to read. I educates, stimulates, and expands my world.

I implore you to read as much as you can because it will make you wiser. It will open doors to worlds that you never experienced. Cultures will come alive, people will challenge you and show you that they are flesh and blood and have feelings and dreams. What ever your genre, try different ones. You'll be surprised at how your mind will expand exponentially.

MOCHA

Places To Go

Play:Oct. 5 thru 8
"Call Me Crazy" by Helen D. Lewis
@ Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
236 E. 3rd Street @ 9pm

Friday Night Poetry Slam
@ Nuyorican
10PM Hosted by Nathan P.

COOL WEBSITES

Below are some websites of places where you can see a play, hear a poetry recitation, or a slamfest, or what ever yout interest is.

www.nuyorican.org
www.bowerypoetry.com
www.softskull.com
www.poetz.com
www.literal-latte.com


Mocha

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The future depends on what we do in the present.

-Mahatma Gandhi

POETRY/PROSE

You helped so many people,
giving hope to the hopeless.
People were intimidated by you;
You asked for nothing in return.
Now you must go back to your own world.
The yound maiden doesn't want you to leave,
but you must.
Her father, a wise man, knows that he must go.
Your world is vastly different.
She is a bright and creative young woman,
who will do great things.
You would only hold her back.
She weeps as you disappear into the night.
Her father speaks; 'No one can tame a man like him.'
He is like the wind; he brings a time of refreshing
then he moves on.

TODAY'S WORD

COMPUNCTION

Uneasiness arising from guilt.

COMMENT

I have read a number of books, articles, essays, and poems over the past several months. I try to read at least one book a month. This is a habit I have had sine grade school. While I don't have a favoritte author, I tend to like those who "fly under the radar". Herman Melville, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and J.R.R. Tolkien are a few that come to mind. I'm eccentric in this case because it fits my liking things that are unusual.

Reading has taught me the value of research, study, imparting and sharing information, and personal enrichment. Each one of us has something or someone we enjoy reading about. I never limit myself to certain subjects,either. I enjoy science and history as much as a good horror story. my advice is to expand your horizons. Never limit yourself to just one genre or subject. Ideas may form that you may have not thought of. Writing a unique and intersting story is worth all the extra effort.

I'm Back

It's been nearly a month since my last post. There's been a move, family issues, and the business of life. I have also been thinking of ways to improve this blog. I enjoy posting "Food for Thought" and "Today's Word". I recent added some poetry and announcements for places to go.
I will continue to post regularly (starting tomorrow) with some new things in store. I am open to any suggestions or ideas. My mission is educate, encourage, and enlighten. I believe the people that visit are intelliegent, creative, and are seeking new horizons.

Take care,
Mocha

TODAY'S WORD

VESTIGE

1. a (1) a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something
(as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished
or lost (2): the smallest quantity or trace b: footprint

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

POEM

FRIENDS

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
a friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

-Jean Kyler McManus

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.

-Joahnn Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet (1749-1832)

TODAY'S WORD

ACCRUE

1. To result from natural growth.

2. To be added as a periodic gain, as interest on money.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Age-based retirement abitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security System, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

-Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman (1898-1993)

TODAY'S WORD

-LOGUE

A combining form meaning a specified kind of spoken or written discourse
Ex. monologue

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Admitting that you are wrong will show others
that you are willing to be corrected.

TODAY'S WORD

PANACEA

1. A remedy for all ills or difficulties: CURE-ALL

LOCAL EVENTS

SYNONYMUS

Collaborative Poetry, Music, Movement and Image

Open Mic and Featured Performance
@
Nuyorican Poetry Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY. (between Ave. B & C)
212-505-8183
$7.

TODAY'S WORD

FULMINATE

1. To explode with a loud noise.

2. To issue violent denunciation or strong comdemnation.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I have learned not to sweat the small stuff. Enjoy life, learn something new every day, help someone else without expecting anything in return.

EVENTS

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

AUGUST 11-23, 2006

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

POETRY IS THE RHYTHMICAL CREATION OF BEAUTY IN WORDS.

-Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet (1809-1849)

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

ISLE- transitive verb

1. to make an isle of
2. to place on or as if on an isle

noun

1. Island; especially: islet 1

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

He who does good, for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward,
but is sure of both in the end.

-William Penn, English leader (1644-1718)

TODAY'S WORD

-AN
also -ian, -ean

1. one that is of or relating to

2. one skilled in or specializing in

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

-Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (1898-1993)

CHANGES IN STORE

You will see some changes in this blog. I have been pondering about adding more things to Frappy for some time. I believe that I have a very creative and intelligent following and, therefore, I want to stimulate, create, and educate. Changes include biography, postings of readings and poetry recitations, essays, and prose to name a few. You will still get 'Food for Thought' and 'Today's Word' but more needs to to be added to keep things fresh.

I look forward to your comments, suggestions, critcisms, and opinions. Please don't afraid to criticize because I always feel that it gives me another way to look at things. Peace

Mocha

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

As the family goes, so goes the whole nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

-Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

TODAY'S WORD

SUBTERFUGE

1. Deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade.

2. A deceptive device or stratagem.

POEM

A GOLDEN DAY

I found you and I lost you,
all on a gleaming day.
The day was filled with sunshine,
And the land was full of May.

A golden bird was singing
Its melody divine,
I found you and I loved you,
and all the world was mine.

I found you and I lost you,
All on a golden day,
But when I dream of you, dear,
It is always brimming May.

~Paul Laurence Dunbar

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him
how to fish and you feed him for a life time.

-Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher

TODAY'S WORD

NEE

1. Used to identify a woman by her maiden family name.

2. Originally or formerly called

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

-Florence Nightingale, English activist (1820-1910)

TODAY'S WORD

ANAPHORA

1. Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning
or sucessive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
esp. for rheotorical or poetic effect

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things.
A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out
a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that
on stage.

-Cab Calloway, American musician (1907-1994)

TODAY'S WORD

OBLOQUY

1. A strongly condemnatory utterance: abusive language

2. The condition of one that is discredited: bad repute

TODAY'S WORD

PAN-

A combining form meaning; all (pantheism)

The union of all branches of a group (Pan-American)

TODAY'S WORD

SASHAY

Walk, glide, go
To strut or move in an ostentious or conspicious manner

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

-John Adams, American President (1735-1826)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A real book is not one that we read,
but one that reads us.

-W.H. Auden

TODAY'S WORD

INTERSTICE

1. A space that intervenes between things
esp: one between closely spaced things

A gap or break in something continuous

ESSAY

It has been said that every one has a story to tell. No two stories are the same. No story should be minimized or dismissed. It is from the stories and experiences examples of others that life is enriched.

When I have heard others testimonies of tragedy and triumph and it shows that I am no different than that person. Stories aren't always in words, either. It can be a child overcoming a life threatening disease. It can be a man or woman once strung out on drugs and alcohol living happy productive lives. A story can be told by example. More stories should be told and heard.

In our celebrity conscious culture, the stories of ordinary people are drowned out by 'sensational' stories. I'd rather listen to a stroy about someone who has learned to read than what color dress some actress is wearing. As writers, we should glean whatever we can from others stories. Great writers touch the heart and soul of its readers. Let's find those stories and tell the world about them.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Those who are quick to put labels on others
hate having one put on them.

TODAY'S WORD

PERMEATE

1. To spread or diffuse through


2. To pass through the pores or interstices of.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Learn something new every day.

TODAY'S WORD

DEONTIC

That which is obligatory

Of or relating to moral obligation

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable
to the terror of indecision.

-Maimonides, Spanish philosopher, (1135-1204)

TODAY'S WORD

DI-

Twice; twofold double

Containing two atoms, radicals, or group

TODAY'S WORD

INCIPIENT

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

an~solar system
evidence of~racial tension

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty;
inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

-Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist (1804-1864)

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

GAMBLE
To play a game for money or property
Take a chance

GAMBOL
A skipping or leaping about in play.