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Word Freedom
For The Sunday Whirl #456 distance, kill, loser, droplets, breathe, see, meet, liberty, dance, shy, die, ignorant Word Freedom Shy words dance like droplets of rain searching to meet rich dark soil, in distance. Knowing only that they will die … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, distance, droplets breathe, kill, liberty, loser, meet, shy
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Dance With Words
For years now she has danced with the words. Let them lead her into worlds of music, nature, and wild things. They have nurtured her soul, allowing a wholeness she never dreamed could even be possible. Feeding both head and … Continue reading
Becoming
She looks back. Can still see that shy, frightened girl standing half-hidden at the entrance to shadowy cave of existence. All her fears a burden she carries within, whispers, unnamed but never truly silent. How could she speak when she … Continue reading
Shadow
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 23 Fierce cloud of shadow has come to hover over the land. Held in place by strange wind of change that has us running to hide or seeking to defy its reality. Those are our only choices. … Continue reading
Bonfire
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 10 Perhaps a silly wish but I long to sit near a backyard bonfire. Watching the fire dance constantly changing faces, taking a chance to break free. Small sparks of hope rising in dark night taking flight … Continue reading
Snippet
Marananthaheth? “Yez, little one…” Do Dragons dance? “Ummm, why yezz we do. When we fly. We flip, we frolic, how do you zzay? We loopdaloop. Iz that not danzing?” Yes, I guess so… But do you hear music, when you … Continue reading
Bonfire Lights
Bonfire Lights Sparks fly upward dance in darkness for one moment. Then drift downward on evening breeze becoming only ash to be swept aside. But in that one moment they burn with desire to be one with their distant sisters … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, bonfire, burn, dance, desire, NaPoWriMo, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, sparks
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Invitation To The Dance
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #216 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ far, birth, heart, shore, drizzle, sprout, down, silhouette, face, ripe, lines, itself For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #24 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ rolling, furrow, moves, dust, timeless, floating, name, powerless, stars, rub, pulsing, moonless For Poets United: … Continue reading
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Tagged accept, dance, embrace, giving birth, idea, moonless night, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, silhouette, sit it out, sprout, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles
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About The Dead Woman and Red Shoes
For Big Tent Poetry Prompt: Dead Man Poetry http://bigtentpoetry.org About The Dead Woman and Red Shoes The Dead Woman invented red shoes so that she could move with ease, from here to there, go anywhere that might please her … Continue reading
Soul's Music 