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Giving Birth
Remembers the marriage built on vague hopes and dreams. Giving birth, first to her children and much more slowly herself. Pushing against both dark fear and pain. Knowing only that it was time to bring new life into the world. … Continue reading
Marananthaheth
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 25 There is a fiery red dragon who lives and breathes within my imagination. A mentor of immeasurable wisdom, she calls me “Little One”, with deepest affection. And yes, she breathes fire, making words sometimes leap to … Continue reading
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Tagged devotion, dragon, fiery heart, laughter, mentor, path, wisdom
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Secret Garden
NaPoWriMo 2020: Day 20 Yes, I own the art of being alone. Took years to hone definition of Hermit. Am far more at ease with self than with others. Occasionally have guests, but more than one at a time is … Continue reading
Lost
NaPoWriMo 2019 -Day 7 Lost When I answer the question saying, “I am a poet,” most often eyes recede, seek cover, become opaque window hidden behind glazed surface. Muscles twitch in need of movement, and I watch as he/she races … 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
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Tagged companion, evergreens, gratitude, memory, path, running water, sunlight, This Day
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Stray Thought 3
“So, if not in search of some ultimate peak of perfection, some accolade of accomplishment, why would you even consider what can only be defined as a perilous, non-profitable, peripatetic path to travel?” Elizabeth Crawford 11/3/2017 Posted at Micropoetry: November … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, Micropoetry, path, perfection, perilous, pinnacle, stray thoughts
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Stray Thought 2
No. To even consider sainthood as a path would eliminate the possibility. Elizabeth Crawford 11/2/2017 Posted to Micropoetry Month: 2017 https://thotpurge.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/micropoetry-month-nov-2017-2/ Save Save Save
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Tagged eliminate, Micropoetry, month of November, path, Poetry, possibility, writing
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Cutting Edge
For Creativity Challenge Day 37: Path http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Cutting Edge Life is a journey down innumerable highways, with even more tangents. Sometimes ending in cul-de-sacs, where footsteps become hollow impossible echoes that can’t be followed. Long ago, I chose to follow … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity challenge, freedom, journey, keen sharpness, lies, path, responsibility, tangents, Truth, weapons, words
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Tipping The Turtle
For Creativity Challenge Day 36: Invigorate http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Tipping The Turtle Enervated by too much Holiday. Mind wants to flutter and flit around, stirring up images like a spoon moving through thick soup. Finding it difficult to get from there to … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity challenge, energize, enervated, forward, invigorate, movement, path, thick soup, turtle
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After The Accident
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #249 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com grace, join, yearning, silken, any, fire, eggs, moment, skin, cell, light, boundless For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #57 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ menace, father, black, childhood, blocking, light, speak, throwing, window, plain, dazzling, after Poets United: Poetry … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, path, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, purpose, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, word lists, wordles
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Soul's Music 