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Marananthaheth? “Yez, little one…” Do Dragons dance? “Ummm, why yezz we do. When we fly. We flip, we frolic, how do you zzay? We loopdaloop. Iz that not danzing?” Yes, I guess so… But do you hear music, when you … Continue reading
April PAD Challenge: Day 18
My Ring of Fire Built it one word at a time, gathered like fallen branches then lit with soul fire. Tended it carefully each early morning, sometimes through the night. Awaiting your presence that we might speak share whispers of … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 18
Tagged awaiting, Home Free, images, inspiration, Johnny Cash, music, PAD Challenge, Ring of Fire, word by word
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April PAD Challenge: Day 17
Although I have been using words and lines from other poets and writers, they are certainly not the only place where I find inspiration. Music was integral from early on and still is, as well as my flirtations with images, … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 17
Tagged imagery, inspiration, kaleidoscope, music, PAD Challenge, pen and ink, This Little Light of Mine
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April PAD Challenge: Day 4
April is national poetry month, and is celebrated by a Poem A Day challenge to anyone who loves poetry. I am busy teaching an online class, but will attempt to offer something each day, through the month. Simple short verses, … Continue reading
Posted in April PAD Challenge: Day 4
Tagged Audrey Howitt, hunger, impromptu, music, need, No Yams For Me Please, perfect pitch, singing, to be heard
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Soul-Mates
For NaPoWriMo: Day 26 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com music, defenses, sensation, tender, truth, imagination, night, listen, Soul-Mates You want the truth? I think color and music share the same soul. Both been around forever, can be both tough and tender. Seep into senses, … Continue reading
Posted in Soul-Mates
Tagged color, music, Music of The Night, NaPoWriMo, Phantom of The Opera, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Soul-Mates, wholeness
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Betwixt Music and Mayhem
For NaPoWriMo: Day 15 http://1sojournl.wordpress.com halfway, midnight, mortal, forest, slow, purple Betwixt Music and Mayhem A long, long time ago, halfway passed midnight, when mortal loses meaning. When a deep purple forest rests beneath a sliver of moon moving slowly … Continue reading
Posted in Between Music and Mayhem
Tagged American Pie, Don MacLean, halfway, midnight, mortal, music, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt
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Child Wise
For NaPoWriMo: Day 14 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com child, walk, silver, cradle, keys, moon Child Wise The child, even in the cradle holds the keys to the man he will become. No matter the paths chosen or ignored, even forgotten. No matter the … Continue reading
Posted in Child Wise
Tagged Cats In The Cradle, child, cradle, Harry Chapin, image, life unfolding, music, NaPoWriMo, poem a day
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Attention: About Napowrimo
For anyone who might be interested: I will be creating prompts (one a day) for the month of April. I will attempt to put the prompts up at my prose blog located here: http://1sojournal.wordpress.com I will try to put … Continue reading
Posted in Attention: About Napowrimo
Tagged evening before, http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/, music, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, prompts, visuals, words
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Mythopoesis 7 – Interlude
For NaPoWriMo Day 7 Mythopoesis 7 – Interlude In a valley not too far, yet not quite near where the child and mother dwell, lives a man alone in a rambling house. His valley is called Interlude and no one, … Continue reading
Posted in Mythopoesis 7 - Interlude
Tagged Bette Midler, interlude, love is a seed, making myth, man, music, myth a day, mythopoesis, NaPoWriMo, sunrise, The Rose, valley with a river
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Advice For A Burgeoning Poet
For We Write Poems Prompt #198: Child’s Play http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Advice For Burgeoning Poet Hold on to the sights and sounds that breathe life into moments around you. Learn how to breathe them in as though you have never done it … Continue reading