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Coloring Black
Black is the colorthat absorbs all others, to deepen it’s alreadydark countenance. Yet, those others might stillspeak from that darkened face, still influence their multi-huedbrothers. Elizabeth Crawford 7/18/21 Note: Until recently, it never occurred to me to color the black … Continue reading
Lost But Found
Part of each dayI dance with multi-hued colors. Moving to music of emotionsand memory. Finding a satisfaction unlikeany other, when one or moreof these colors, steps forwardto say, “Let me show you somethingthat might be surprisingly beautiful.” Then waltzes me … Continue reading
Colors and Lines
She remembers a time, without time, when her world was made of words and color, lines and curves like stars that lightened whatever darkness might occur. A time when her mind and heart were filled with the wonder of just … Continue reading
Red
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 7 Red, color of creative fire. Who knew she could cozy up to purple and not offend? She is blood, sound of a heartbeat, fluttering in midst of a Montana sunset. A skimpy dress worn only once, … Continue reading
Me?
Me? Have been missing in action, losing time, perhaps potential, maybe even future victory. Evidence may be found in bare white pages, lacking all words rolling off tongue, pen, or keyboard. Guess I decided to become another entity, fill my … Continue reading
Flood
For Poets United: Mid-week Motif – Flood http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Drowning in hate-filled rhetoric, lies in words that no longer hold any meaning, shouted by faces that have lost all likeness to a compassionate humanity. Turn away. Dive into lines and color, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Fair, color, flood, lies, lines, Mid-Week Motif, Poets United, prints, rhetoric, sink, words
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A World of Color
For Creativity Challenge Day 16: Color http://1sojournal.wordpress.com A World of Color Mine is a world of color, language and lines. Sometimes black words of hate spewed from mouth of strangers, tinted overall in red of passion engorged rage. One moment … Continue reading
To Find Meaning
For Creativity Challenge: Day 5, meaning http://1sojournal.wordpress.com To Find Meaning Words, random letters marching across page, yet giving definition to thought/feeling for both reader and writer. Colors, stroked over canvas of choice, yet speaking to heart and soul of their … Continue reading
Posted in To Find Meaning
Tagged color, creativity challenge, definition, healing, Joseph Campbell, meaning, story, value, writing
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Soul-Mates
For NaPoWriMo: Day 26 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com music, defenses, sensation, tender, truth, imagination, night, listen, Soul-Mates You want the truth? I think color and music share the same soul. Both been around forever, can be both tough and tender. Seep into senses, … Continue reading
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Tagged color, music, Music of The Night, NaPoWriMo, Phantom of The Opera, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Soul-Mates, wholeness
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Coloring Life
For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt day 9: Color Now http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Coloring Life When young, I was green with the need of growing, waving hands, constantly asking questions, mostly getting sighs for answers. Some might now say, I am soft blue … Continue reading
Soul's Music 