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On Being a Sister to Trees
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 29 On Being a Sister to Trees Long to sit, knees bent beneath a tree skin to bark, listening as passing breezes rustle overhead leaves. Whispering bits of her … Continue reading
Giving Birth
For Poets United: Mid-Week Motif – Giving Birth http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Giving Birth Have given birth to four children. Two of them like me, two of them don’t. Have given birth to hundreds of poems. Some of them I like, others I … Continue reading
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Tagged children, giving birth, learning, letting go, Mid-Week Motif, poems, Poets United
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Mythopoesis 14 – Different Ways of Learning
For NaPoWriMo Day 14 Different Ways of Learning Mama, Joey came back to school today. He was very quiet. When we went outside for recess, no one would play with him, so he had to sit all by himself. I’m … Continue reading
Mythopoesis 11 – Dreaming A Poem
For NaPoWriMo Day 11 Dreaming A Poem Mama, I had a dream last night. A good one, I think. Do you want to tell me about it? A woman, Lizbeth came and showed me how to write a poem. And … Continue reading
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Tagged creating, dream, growing, learning, making myth, mother and child, myth a day, mythopoesis, NaPoWriMo, poem, writing
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Mythopoesis 8 – The Little White Flower
For NaPoWriMo Day 8 The Little White Flower Good morning, Mama. I heard you singing in the dark. I like that song about the rose, but I fell right back to sleep, didn’t hear you finish it. Didn’t mean to … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, discipline, good things, harmful, learning, making myth, myth a day, mythopoesis, NaPoWriMo, temptation
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Mythopoesis 4 – Beginning To Learn
For NaPoWriMo Day 4 Beginning To Learn Thank you, Mama, for the warm cereal with brown sugar sprinkled on it. That made my tummy warm and I’m not scared anymore, but maybe we shouldn’t talk about dreams, okay? Are you … Continue reading
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Tagged answers, archetypes, fear, High Priestess, learning, making myth, mythopoesis, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, process, questions, The Fool
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The Dragon Coda
For The Sunday Whirl: wordle #53 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ The Dragon Coda: from the forward in The Book of Dragons Even as a child, her heart had ached with ferment to understand. In cacophony of daily life, nothing was permanent. Her philosophy … Continue reading
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Tagged coda, dragon, image, learning, poem, understanding, Whirling Sunday, word puzzle, wordle
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Soul's Music 