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Walk
Posted for Poets United Mid-Week Motif – Walk http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Walk Can no longer walk without a cane or proffered hand to lend support. Yet, my words in black ink on white paper, create a meandering path far easier to follow. … Continue reading
In Nest of Memory
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 24 In Nest of Memory Memories, like bits of stone, leaves, and twigs sometimes wrestle to find a permanent place in which to nestle. Each owning a definitive face separate from one another, yet all seeking … Continue reading
Healing of Memory
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 23 Healing of Memory Sometimes a muddied moment emerges from murky waters of memory. Dried by brush of fingers holding stiffened bristles of remembering. Cradle it close like small child of a former self, listen … Continue reading
Posted in Healing of Memory
Tagged former self, heal, heard, lesson, memory, muddy, murky
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Echo
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 16 Echo a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface. (Dictionary definition) Memories are no more than echoes bouncing off wall of the past. Sights … Continue reading
This Day
How I long for a tree-lined path and a familiar shaggy four-legged companion to shadow my less than steady footsteps. The smell of evergreens and the chuckle of running water as it smooths stones that would stand in its way. … Continue reading
Posted in This Day
Tagged companion, evergreens, gratitude, memory, path, running water, sunlight, This Day
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On Tree of Life
On Tree of Life Watch myself climb carefully onto branch of long-ago other life. Shaky splayed hands wrapped around cracked bark, which still holds clear sparks of memory. See her there, woman I was, curled tightly on living room sofa. … Continue reading
Posted in On Tree of Life
Tagged branches, darkkness, fear, memory, Poetry prompt, time, Waiting on Words
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Endless
The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #309 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ mean, carry, poor, trigger, born, sea, nothing, shake, beam, post, pick, string Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle # 121 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ hate, bliss, rapture, wig, lips, sandals, loathe, dents, draw, relapse, broccoli, delight Endless Pick at string … Continue reading
Posted in Endless
Tagged constant, mean sea, memory, mind, rapid recall, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, word lists, wordles
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April PAD Challenge: Day 20
The Portal Slip with ease through portal of mind, where secrets hide yet, constantly whisper. Call me by name from where they hang, like paintings on living room walls. Tell me of other times and places sketching faces of both … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 20
Tagged enemies, gifts, inspiration, lessons, memory, PAD Challenge, Paul Simon, portal, Under African Skies
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Classifications
The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #272 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ still, busy, curl, silvery, bowl, class, echoing, drop, jealous, velvet, oil, light Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #83 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ insectivores, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, lamb, feed, suck, chew, spring, anything, know, sometimes Poets United: Poetry Pantry #326 … Continue reading
Posted in Classifications
Tagged darkness, feeders, memory, movement, Poetry Pantry, promise, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles
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Soul's Music 