Category Archives: The Fool Begins

Point of View

Posted on January 5, 2014 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl poetry prompt: Wordle #142 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com bit, might, behind, spare, caress, sky, save, expect, pair, struck, scarlet, first And for Poets United: Poetry Pantry #183 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Point of View A pair of scarlet tanager wings carelessly caresses … Continue reading →

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Within The Poem

Posted on April 29, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – final day    Within The Poem Our traveler knows, whole point of Journey is to find, possess, bring back magic elixir: healing potion, notion of truth to mend whatever is bent in ordinary world. Has only words, … Continue reading →

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At Center

Posted on April 28, 2011 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo – day 29 And for Big Tent Poetry prompt: what’s at center?  At Center Soul traveler knows journey is wending its way toward ending. Remembers faces, all the places she has been. Old friends and new seem to circle … Continue reading →

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Trilogy In Red

Posted on April 27, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 28     Divided heart bleeds quietly into darkness.      Lava bursts from center of black stone.   Card 111, Gallery 2   Creative soul fire births connective flame to belly, heart and mind.   … Continue reading →

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Traveling Hand Maid’s Heartstone

Posted on April 26, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 27       Traveling Hand Maid’s Heartstone Spirit bird has shown her that home may have many meanings: Abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, station, residence, nest, roost, perch, quarters, housing, a roof over head, lodgings. Might … Continue reading →

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Story of The Spirit Bird

Posted on April 25, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 26 Story of The Spirit Bird She remembers, long ago, first time spirit bird came to her. Small diner, on lunch break, thoughts slow, low and sluggish. Looked up to see what no one else could … Continue reading →

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Xerophilous

Posted on April 25, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 25 and for Brenda’s Sunday Wordle: cheap, tissue, pinwheels, diminished, creep, eternal, tattoos, steal, quenching, replenish, piquant, squeeze, sharp   Xerophilous … I wondered if only plants could be xerophilous      or if people could be, … Continue reading →

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Geode Soul

Posted on April 24, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 24   And if the many sayings of the wise Teach of submission I will not submit But with a spirit all unreconsiled Flash an unquenched defiance to the stars.  __Adelaide Crapsey, Saranac Lake, 1913 __quoted … Continue reading →

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Old Truth

Posted on April 23, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 23     Old Truth Our traveler meets individuals every day, who turn away from light. Not because of choice, but rather something misaligned over time and never mended. Longs to tell them: Hidden away face … Continue reading →

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In The Maw of Things

Posted on April 22, 2011 by 1sojournal

  NaPoWriMo – day 22 and for Big Tent Poetry Prompt: what would you shout down the street?    In The Maw of Things Yesterday, our traveler, like a child, wanted to run wild in street, yelling in huge capital … Continue reading →

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