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Sold 8/3/2025 through Redbubble to an admirer of art in the US: 1x Dad Hat of Lion Rampant Gules. Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!

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Stubborn Resistance

By Richard H. Fay

When the state of the world drags me down, When I feel as if I’ve had it with life, When I just want to give up and give in, A stalwart stubbornness steels my soul.

When the barbed remarks wound my heart, When I hear insults flung in endless streams, When I grow weary of a society gone mad, My proud perseverance bolsters my stance.

When the appointed leaders fail to lead, When I’m fed up with the division and strife, When I’ve had enough of the constant lies, A headstrong obstinance holds my course.

When the entire planet seems to burn, When I think our apocalypse has come, When I believe death’s hand draws near, My dogged resistance keeps me strong.

Resist, or die! Resist, and live!

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There was a flock of wild turkeys right in front of our house. I missed them, but Michele was just coming home when they were out there and she snapped a few pics. I heard our cat Gina making a ruckus in the front window but didn't know why.

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Posted my sci-fi cinquain "Cosmic Ship of Dreams" to my Azure Lion Productions blog.

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Posted more poems to my Azure Lion Productions blog: Encounter on Ben MacDhui https://richardhfay.blogspot.com/2025/08/cinquain-encounter-on-ben-macdhui.html Chupa-chupas https://richardhfay.blogspot.com/2025/08/sci-fihorror-poem-chupa-chupas.html Kamal Del and the Dark Elemental https://richardhfay.blogspot.com/2025/08/fantasy-poem-kamal-del-and-dark.html Cosmic Tricksters https://richardhfay.blogspot.com/2025/08/sci-fi-poem-cosmic-tricksters.html Tipsy Rambler https://richardhfay.blogspot.com/2025/08/fantasy-poem-tipsy-rambler.html *

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Posted my nonfiction article "Fairy Thefts" to my Azure Lion Productions blog.

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Posted my nonfiction article "Speculative Poetry: Past, Present, and Future" (originally published Jan 2009 in the on-line version of Abandoned Towers) to my Azure Lion Productions blog.

I consider this to be my most significant nonfiction piece to-date.

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Posted the "author's preferred version" of my fantasy short story "Sing the Bones Alive" to my Azure Lion Productions blog: The original version was chosen Best Story: January 2013 Issue” in the 2013 Bards and Sages Quarterly Readers' Choice Awards.