Tag Archives: darkness

#3 Darkness

Posted on November 1, 2021 by 1sojournal

She can only hopethat she brings certain light intosurrounding darkness. Elizabeth L. Crawford 11/1/21

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Back to Curiosity, Again

Posted on April 17, 2021 by 1sojournal

Always remember that the quest forever begins with curiosity. It is that lightning strike that bringsits flash of sight, right there within the darkness. Curiosity has an appetite. One that is never quitequenched or completely satisfied. And is the baitthat … Continue reading →

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A Journey Stone

Posted on April 14, 2020 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 14 She emerges from darkness that named her. This woman resting against wild cat that protects her. When he speaks, she listens. Leans into his words, making them her own. Forming them into poems, hoping that others … Continue reading →

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Brief Life Span

Posted on May 24, 2017 by 1sojournal

For Poets United: Mid-Week Motif – Flower http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Brief Life Span Stood by watching you bloom delicate petals slowly unfolding from tightly curled bud of your fragile in-most being. Sunlight loved blue of your eyes when laughter fell like soft … Continue reading →

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Carpetbaggers

Posted on January 25, 2017 by 1sojournal

For Poets United Midweek Motif: Change http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Carpetbaggers Change is upon us. We knew it was coming, yet are not prepared. Couldn’t have dreamed of these possibilities, so scream at nightmares unleashed. Waste energy girding belts already tightened, watching enlightenment … Continue reading →

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Take Back

Posted on November 27, 2016 by 1sojournal

For Creativity Challenge Day 7: Opposition http://1sojournal.wordpress.com For Poets United: Poetry Pantry #330 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Take Back I am an old woman living alone, remembering. That night, so long ago, when the women on campus participated in a ‘walk about’ to … Continue reading →

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We Dare Not Acquiesce

Posted on November 20, 2016 by 1sojournal

For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #86 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ voice, sing, trills, banal, primal, dumb, without, means, noise, plaintive, joyful, words For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #275 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com feed, work, easy, flat, pattern, lies, drop, keys, righteous, ends, call, hold For Poets United: … Continue reading →

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Indivisible

Posted on November 16, 2016 by 1sojournal

Poets United: Midweek Motif, invisibility http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Indivisible The words that for so long have been the fence posts of my journey have disappeared. Somehow become invisible. Slipping away on streams of feelings which no longer have names, let alone meaning. … Continue reading →

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Classifications

Posted on October 30, 2016 by 1sojournal

The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #272  https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ still, busy, curl, silvery, bowl, class, echoing, drop, jealous, velvet, oil, light Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #83 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ insectivores, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, lamb, feed, suck, chew, spring, anything, know, sometimes Poets United: Poetry Pantry #326 … Continue reading →

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Finding Home

Posted on February 17, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Poets United Poetry Pantry http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Finding Home Spent years, running around outside myself, hands outstretched like blind woman brailing outer walls of soul, seeking secret hole, some sort of entrance. Heard whimper of wounded child, followed that sound until … Continue reading →

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