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Tag Archives: Mid-Week Motif
In Time of the Hunger Moon
In the Time of the Hunger Moon She enlarges her countenance bringing brighter and different light into our darkness. Her message luminous, clear. It is time to share, to shine. Reach deep within to offer that which will nourish, will … Continue reading
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Tagged Light, Mid-Week Motif, Moon, nurture, Poets United, share, shine
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Stray Thought
Stray Thought “Do you really believe this constant struggle with words, this making of poems, will bring sainthood?” Elizabeth Crawford 11/1/2017 Posted to Poets United Mid-Week Motif: Saints http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Micropoetry: Month of November 2017 https://thotpurge.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/micropoetry-month-nov-2017-1/ Save Save Save Save … Continue reading
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Tagged Micropoetry, Mid-Week Motif, November, Poets United, Saints, Stray Thought, struggle
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Flood
For Poets United: Mid-week Motif – Flood http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Drowning in hate-filled rhetoric, lies in words that no longer hold any meaning, shouted by faces that have lost all likeness to a compassionate humanity. Turn away. Dive into lines and color, … Continue reading
Posted in flood, Uncategorized
Tagged Art Fair, color, flood, lies, lines, Mid-Week Motif, Poets United, prints, rhetoric, sink, words
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Movement
Movement Outside thunder rumbles from distance. Inside raindrops pearl every window. Deep within quiet stillness awaiting direction. Elizabeth Crawford 7/12/2017 Posted at Poets United: Mid-Week Motif -Movement http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Save Save Save Save
Posted in movement
Tagged direction, Inside, Mid-Week Motif, movemnt, outside, Poets United, within
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How Much?
How Much? How much would you give to see another defeated? A day of your life in sunlight? Pain of scraped raw knuckles smashed against bony jaw, or sharp teeth? How much would you give to see another on his … Continue reading
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Tagged busted lips, defeat, hatred, How Much?, Mid-Week Motif, Poets United, war and peace
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Dialogue on War and Peace
Dialogue on War and Peace What is War? Humanity marking it’s territory like any other creature. Drawing a line, then saying, “You don’t look like me, don’t think, or speak like me. You don’t belong in my space. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged dialogue, fear, internet image, Mid-Week Motif, Poets United, question and answer, war and peace
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13 Ways I See My Dragon
For Poets United: Mid-Week Motif – finding the extraordinary in the ordinary http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ 13 Ways I See My Dragon Call her Heth, short for Marananthaheth which, in her language, means nurturer. She tells me that all Dragon names end in … Continue reading
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Tagged dragon, extraordinary, galaxies, imagination, Little One, Mid-Week Motif, old woman, ordinary, Poets United
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Beware: Undertow
For Poets United: Mid-Week Motif – Ocean http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Beware: Undertow Subconscious is an ocean teeming with unknown life as it laps at conscious mind. Stealing grains of sand at its shoreline, slowly redefining its dimensions. Washing away what was while … Continue reading
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Tagged depths, lapping, Mid-Week Motif, ocean, Poets United, shoreline, subconscious, treasures, waves
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Brief Life Span
For Poets United: Mid-Week Motif – Flower http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Brief Life Span Stood by watching you bloom delicate petals slowly unfolding from tightly curled bud of your fragile in-most being. Sunlight loved blue of your eyes when laughter fell like soft … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, embrace, life span, Mid-Week Motif, Poets United, standing by, watch
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