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To Build a Fire
The original word for breath was “inspire”, to breathe in.. But that breathmust be released to allow for another so that life might continue. Itall seems so very simple, doesn’t it? So what, you might ask,does this have to do … Continue reading
The Faithful Farmer
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 21 Ideas are only seeds of possibilities sometimes kept in pocket of mind for years. They need rich dark loam, nurture, and tender care in order to grow. Writing them down gives them soil in which to … Continue reading
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Tagged care, flourish, ideas, inspiration, loam, nurture, seeds
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Inspiration
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 18 Do you know what it means to be inspired? It’s all rather basic, and really quite simple. You can sit or stand, or lie down if you prefer. Take the time to still yourself, it only … Continue reading
April PAD Challenge: Day 29
Lost Poem Wrote it down several days ago. It had been blooming, in what I call ‘the back forty’ of my mind, for a long time. Thirteen ways to look at Marananthaheth, my dragon. Most often call her Heth. Says … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 29
Tagged dragon, inspiration, lost poem, Marananthaheth, PAD Challenge, Thirteen Ways, Wallace Stevens
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April PAD Challenge: Day 27
Overview A crack becomes a gap in time becomes a canyon which fills with melt and rain to become a river flowing ever lower seeking level ground where it becomes a pool in time a pond, then a lake where … Continue reading
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Tagged accidental photo, canyon, crack, gap, in time, inspiration, PAD Challenge
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April PAD Challenge: Day 26
Choices There are those who, in a surreal sort of manner, would postulate that if one should ever come face to face with self, those two selves would instantly disappear, become forever non-existent, negating past, present, and all future possibilities. … Continue reading
April PAD Challenge: Day 25
Running Low Like a runner seeing the finish line unconsciously slows down, I feel the heaviness in my limbs, the desire to be done with this madness of endless words, day after day. And like that same runner, pull air … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 25
Tagged completion, Deborah Koff-Chapin, inspiration, PAD Challenge, pushing forward, Running, Soul Cards, tired, Touch Drawing
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April PAD Challenge: Day 24
something about a grain of sand and how the part is a manifestation of the whole ___Thotpurge Grain of Sand I see the pity in your eyes when you find me here always in these rooms alone in a world, … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 24
Tagged acceptance, hermit, inspiration, mandala, Marc Bove, PAD Challenge, pity, Thotpurge, Unfaithful Eyes
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April PAD Challenge: Day 21
Word Gathering Put book face down atop another I have yet to finish. Pages meet, greet one another. Words begin to whisper create pictures, some hide in corners, while others form a band, begin to play loud music, start dancing. … Continue reading
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