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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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“If reincarnation is a fact, hope I come back as…”
For 1sojournal NaPoWriMo Poetry Prompt #15: Day 15 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ age, anything, flannel, rare, devoid, jelly, reincarnation, defend, ripple, weeds If reincarnation is a fact, hope I come back as… A hawk wing waltzing with windy currents while delivering rare messages between … Continue reading
Traveling The Page
November PAD Challenge Day 23: write a travel poem http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts/2011-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-23 Traveling The Page Have followed signs, interpreted unknown symbols, been nimble while making notes to mark each moment. Charted a course by testing wind with wetted … Continue reading
Posted in Traveling The Page
Tagged mandala, November PAD Challenge, pen and ink, poem a day, travel poem, Where no longer matters, writing, Zendala
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Wrong Season
November PAD Challenge Day 1: Procrastinate http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts/2011-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-1#comment-93545 Wrong Season Preference for flowers, fruit, living in a vegetable world, must procrastinate, wait, make do with mushy soup, until time of sweet and proper ripening. Elizabeth Crawford 11/1/11 Notes: Really not sure … Continue reading
Posted in Wrong Season
Tagged flowers, fruits, mandala, PAD Challenge, poem a day, procrastinate, vegetable world, wait
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Color Schemes
For We Write Poems: Prompt #21 Color Scheme http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Almost two years ago, I found coloring with artist pens to be a form of active meditation. I often used designs drawn by Marc Bove that can be found here: … Continue reading
Posted in Color Schemes
Tagged color schemes, life cycle, mandala, Marc Bove, poem, Poetry prompt, We Write Poems
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Blue Nowhere, Again
The last time I was here, I offered the reader a Mandala instead of a poem, and hints about the source of its creation. Also wrote how a Mandala is another kind, or type of poetry, an idea that … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Nowhere Again
Tagged Blue Nowhere, blue of knowing, colors, creative process, flannel shirt, interrupt, mandala, no longer home, Poetry, synchronicity, wisdom waits
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Blue Nowhere
Attempted to write a poem this morning. Ended up with a brooding piece about brooding over time. Gave it up, but that leaves me with nothing to post here. Decided instead to offer the viewer yet another Mandala which … Continue reading
Mandala Meditation
Mandala Meditation Each morning awake know during coming hours will make new creation. Colors with meaning smooth curved designs kept between black lines forever moving toward center. When I was a child, somewhat wild, staying between lines … Continue reading
Posted in Mandala Meditation
Tagged adventure, child coloring, compensate, create, curse, curved lines, failure, integrate, mandala, mistake, new path with old, poem, slips, whole picture
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