DANNY'S MANTRA and BORN OF NO GOOD

Danny's mantra lacks

class  and was a part

Danny has a past

Danny can slap

and that's what

Danny's pasts

Danny has flaws

Danny had parts

Danny was at class

Danny was fast

Source: Edmonton Journal, Friday April 11, 2014 - Books, "A swimmer's dreams go adrift" - a review of Barracuda-written by Christos Tsiolkas and reviewed by Monique Polak...using only the vowel,  "a".

Born of nobody good

told from story

of von Gottorp

to book of Toronto

off of book of Moscow

only two months

two plots

from old

to now

How do cost do?

Who knows?

Source: Edmonton Journal, Friday April 11, 2014 - Books, "Historical soap opera deserves a second look" - an interview/review of Empress of the Night by Eva Stachniak by Ruth Myles...using only the vowel "o".

FRIDAY, APRIL 11: UNIVOCALISM

A univocalic text is one written with a single vowel. It is

consequently a lipogram in all the other vowels. If he had been

univocally minded, Hamlet might have exclaimed, “Be? Never be?

Perplexed quest: seek the secret!” All words used must be

sourced from your newspaper.

THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR

Watching the family next door as they put one foot in front of the other, hardly able to navigate their way through the minutes, never mind the hours and days, I find myself disproportionately thankful that at least you are not here to learn of Juan's death. It is a bitter tragedy, one beyond understanding - how a man still reasonably young (certainly too young to die) could have bad headaches, be admitted to hospital for tests, have benign tumors removed and seem to be on the mend, then suddenly - the headaches return; the family try to get the doctors to take another look, are told everything is "usual" or "normal" and suddenly, the man is dead. Of course, there are likely no villains here but when a family is tattered, they need to assign blame and observing them in their shell-shocked state, I get that. Still, it is a small victory that you are not here to witness it.