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Yes, she knows of the head and heart, how far apart the distance sometimes can be between them. But, also knows that when they agree, her very soul sings with the harmony to be found between them. Elizabeth Crawford 5/20/2020 … Continue reading
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
Fire Within
Surprised by this re-ignition of fire within head, heart, and belly, she pauses for a moment. Hears cackle of laughter from her old woman’s lips as she watches tendrils of smoke rise up to surround her. Thinks about that old … Continue reading
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Tagged age, belly, cackle, experience, fire, head, heart, re'ignition, smoke, wisdom, youth
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I Continue
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 16 Used to call myself a sister to trees, and a maker of stones. Creating my home from inked words carved onto white paper. What used to be such an easy flow, has now become a fitful … Continue reading
Finding The Pattern
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 18 Finding the Pattern Isn’t it strange, how in one moment a pattern appears after years of seeming unknowing? Sudden definition puts its foot forward, leaving a print that can no longer be dismissed. Hope rises … Continue reading
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Tagged dread, footprint, heart, hope, mind, pattern, unknowing
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Stray Thought 8
That what if… butterfly flutters through the heart moving from sweetness to sweetness, sucking it up through her feet so it must filter through her entire being before she rises again fluttering her way into the mind, where she explodes … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, flutter, heart, hunger, Micropoetry, mind, what if
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A Trinity of Being
For Creativity Challenge Day 18: Three http://1sojournal.wordpress.com A Trinity of Being When seeking direction, I look within. First, to my mind, which tells me what to do, or not do, but always what I truly need. Second, to my heart, … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, creativity challenge, do, do not, heart, mind, need, soul, three, trinity, want
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On Finding That Dream
For 1sojournal NaPoWriMo Poetry Prompt #21: Day 21 http://1sojuornal.wordpress.com/ perception, years, door, dream, leave, remain, ghost, never, find, whisper On Finding That Dream Might take years to find that dream one can wrap both head and heart around. Ghosts of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1sojournal, finding dream, heart, mind, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, poetry prompts, soul, wordle
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On The Inside
For The Sunday Whirl poetry prompt: Wordle #99 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ On The Inside Sometimes, during imaginative sprees, want to paint neon rainbows on all these walls and windows. Use reserves of contrasting colors: reds and violets, blues, greens and yellow, to create … Continue reading
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Tagged contrasting colors, heart, old woman, paint rainbows, passion, Poetry prompt, statement, The Sunday Whirl, wordle
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A Matter of Perception
In response to Claudette’s weekly writing challenge #10: Discernment http://claudetteellinger.wordpress.com/ I watched David Cook on American Idol a few nights ago. He sang his new song, Come Back to Me. I have been haunted ever since. Words whispering in my … Continue reading
Soul's Music 