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Giving Birth
Remembers the marriage built on vague hopes and dreams. Giving birth, first to her children and much more slowly herself. Pushing against both dark fear and pain. Knowing only that it was time to bring new life into the world. … Continue reading
Remembering
She remembers being young head in the air scenting its freshness as she walked without fear down the path to Experience. The butterfly of transformation riding her shoulder like a promise bound to happen at any given moment. Only to … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, completion, dreams, Endless, experience, fly, freshness, process, promise, transformation, young
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About The Dead Woman at the Border
The dead woman didn’t know she was dead. Didn’t know she’d stopped breathing, there at the border where cold sea meets fire. The dead woman couldn’t quite remember when it had happened. When her dreams had become no more than … Continue reading
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Tagged border, cold sea, dead woman, demands, depression, dreams, expectations, fire, steam
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Another Dream
For NaPoWriMow: Day 27 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com fireflies, lit, sleep, door, turns, fall Another Dream Left my door open just a crack, then turned over and fell asleep. Watched fireflies flit and flutter against the ceiling, then fly in kaleidoscopic formations, dazzling … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Fireflies, kaleidoscopic formations, lines, machinations, NaPoWriMo, Owl City, poem a day, Poetry prompt, words
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Dreams and Memory
The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #234 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com revenant, fluctuation, justice, drop, pilot, sigh, shaft, claim, bustling, engage, dismiss, roar Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #42 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ trying, shoes, logic, fumbling, stands, anger, trembling, memory, father, knot, tight, untie Poets United: Poetry Pantry #286 … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, father, memory, pilot, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, tightly woven knot, wordles
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Mythopoesis 3 – About Dreams and Dreaming
For NaPoWriMo Day 3 About Dreams and Dreaming How did you sleep, child? I slept really good, but how did I…. What is it, child? You were going to ask me something, then you seemed to become frightened and stopped … Continue reading
Awakening of Clarity and Understanding
For 1sojournal NaPoWriMo Poetry Prompt #19: Day 19 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ perception, years, door, dream, leave, remain,ghost, never, find, whisper Awakening of Clarity and Understanding When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I … Continue reading
Party of One
For Miz Quickly’s poetry prompt Day 10: Alone or At A Party http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Party of One That phrase has always struck me as somewhat strange, needing rearrangement. Like the woman at a party spending her time moving placemats and plates. … Continue reading
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Tagged busyness, dreams, fitting in, mask, Miz Quickly's poetry prompts, National Poetry Month, never belong, party of one, poem a day
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Bring On The Wonder
For NaPoWriMo day 4 Bring On The Wonder* Our traveler awoke because she had spoken aloud. In the dream, she had traveled deep into a cave, not knowing how she came to be there. Had walked for seeming hours, … Continue reading
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