today
9 a.m. 15th Annual Plant Sale Bayside Grange
read >10 a.m. 35th Annual Daffodil Show Fortuna River Lodge
read >10 a.m. Peace Begins with ME Eureka Center for Spiritual Living
read >10 a.m. Annual Juggling Festival Humboldt State University
read >10:30 a.m. Learn How to Meditate Humboldt Area Foundation
read >11 a.m. Understanding Islam Arcata Library
read >noon Rainwater Harvest and Reuse Systems Living Earth Landscapes
read >2 p.m. Antigone Matinee College of the Redwoods
read >2 p.m. So Hum Tales Mateel Community Center
read >2 p.m. Open Jazz Jam Morris Graves Museum of Art
read >2 p.m. Irish Tea and Celebrity Cake Auction Fieldbrook Winery
read >2:30 p.m. Open Mic World Cup Cafe
read >6 p.m. Vintage Jazz (jazz) Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Competitive Scrabble See Event Description
read >7 p.m. Open Mic Mosgo's
read >7:30 p.m. Zoe Boekbinder Westhaven Center for the Arts
read >8 p.m. Karaoke at Bear River Casino Bear River Casino
read >8 p.m. Karaoke Blue Lake Casino
read >8 p.m. Cabaret Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
read >9 p.m. Deep Groove Night Jambalaya
read >9 p.m. Piano Ben Six Rivers Brewery
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read >Sneeze
By Meghan Ciuffetelli
Achoo.
I-am-not-my-sneeze!
God bless you?
Dainty and small
After every sneeze I want to yell
I am not my sneeze!
Petite and feminine
Every time I sneeze
I have to explain it away
Got to prove that
I am not my sneeze
Once this man
He complimented me on my sneeze
Said it was how a woman's 'should be'
Thank you?
I didn't really know what to say
He told me his mom's sneeze was like a train
The woman who bore him
Had an offensive sneeze
I am not my sneeze
My sneeze is not the spokeswoman
For women everywhere
I don't sneeze for all womankind
It just pops out
I have even tried to sneeze bigger and louder
Tried to project the power of my sneeze
To let people know not to mess
With me and my sneeze
It didn't work as well as I hoped
In fact, it got a bit messy
Only planned sneezes could be executed with force
Surprises still snuck up on me
Cute and tiny
Let me just reiterate
I am not my sneeze

















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