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Tag Archives: Deborah Koff-Chapin
In The Maw of Things
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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Tagged Big Tent Poetry, child, Deborah Koff-Chapin, Maw of things, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Soul Cards, Soul Journey, tantrum, unfair
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Step Back
NaPoWriMo – day 21 Step Back Rare days when our traveler is home but not in. Must step back from too much: chaos, words, people, stimulus. Has been known to allow inner child loose, to play with signs, symbols, letting … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, color, Deborah Koff-Chapin, NaPoWriMo, play, poem a day, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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Sevenling (ever-burning fire)
NaPoWriMo – day20 Sevenling (ever-burning fire) Ever burning fire fades, then flares within. Black ink burns current page, curling edges. Flames constantly wage struggle to bring light into darkness. Cooling watery depths hide layers where life abides. Tides creep … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda W., Deborah Koff-Chapin, elements, fire and water, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, sevenling, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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Map of Awareness
NaPoWriMo – day 19 Map of Awareness Each night, or just before dawn, our traveler bends to daily task of note-taking. Jots and dashes, sometimes lines of verse, her private soul journey of telling words. Lets just past moments … Continue reading
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Tagged bread crumbs, Deborah Koff-Chapin, journal, map of awareness, memories, mile markers, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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Point of View
For NaPoWriMo – day 18 And Brenda W’s Sunday Wordles – phrase, silver, scars, inept, forever, perfume, message, flattery, sprouting, crescendo, crude, and recounts. Point of View There are still some days when she feels inept, without exception. Not capable … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda W., Deborah Koff-Chapin, nun, point of view, request, Soul Cards, Soul Journey, wordle
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Soul Seasons
For NaPoWriMo – day17 Soul Seasons Finds certain satisfaction in owned rhythms, moving through seasons, finding singular pace in grace of each one: Winter’s withdrawal within. Spring’s rush to begin. Summer’s full active leisure. Autumn’s blush of fading fire. … Continue reading
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Tagged cycles, Deborah Koff-Chapin, layers of learning, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, seasons, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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Balance Between Caution and Risk
For NaPoWriMo – day 16 Balance Between Caution and Risk It was not as if she now lived without fear. That would be foolish. Already knew that some trepidation was essential to finite existence, often made difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, coiling, Deborah Koff-Chapin, fear, risk, snake, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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What The Dragon Woman Knows
NaPoWriMo – day 15 What The Dragon Woman Knows She has been long afraid of many things. Each fear becoming boundary limits which held her fast to narrow landscape. Now freed, she reaches to embrace beauty, grace, knowledge, wisdom of … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Koff-Chapin, Dragon Woman, fear, freedom, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Soul Cards, Soul Journey
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A Dragon Warrior’s Oath
For NaPoWhiMo – day 14 A Dragon Warrior’s Oath Has seen him before, pacing slowly alongside her in dreams, just beyond shadows. Knows him to be fighter of dragons, using lance to right wrongs, strong warrior who never speaks. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Koff-Chapin, Dragons, NaPoWriMo, oath, poem a day, Soul Cards, Soul Journey, warrior
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Poems Alive In Bones
For NaPoWriMo – day 13 Also For We Write Poems prompt: Almost A Poem http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Poems Alive In Bones Sometimes as she walks, rhythms of her footsteps become open door to meditative state. Today, she is thinking about bones. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Koff-Chapin, don't call me poet, essence, flavor, morrow, NaPoWriMo, Neil Reid, poem a day, poems in bones, Soul Cards, Soul's Journey
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