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Love Is An Elephant
NaPoWriMo: Day 21 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Love Is An Elephant Sometimes standing right there in the middle of the living room being ignored at all costs. Able to survive in driest of climates with a long trunk that sucks up, stores memories … Continue reading
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Tagged day 21, ears, elephant, feet, memory, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt, trunk
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Sometimes A Wilderness
For NaPoWriMo: Day 20 http://1sojournal.wordpresss.com wild, easy, graceless, hands, same, unkind For Six For Wednesday http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com strips, tight, drums, grave, signs, shattering Sometimes A Wilderness Haven’t visited your grave in a long time. Isn’t meant as an unkindness. No longer … Continue reading
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Tagged grief, mother, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Rolling Stones, The Sunday Whirl, Wild Horses
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Finding Yellow
For NaPoWriMo: Day 19 – and Surprise http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Finding Yellow Excited, wondering where all of this will take me. Definitely away from drawn blinds that enclose desk, meds, notebooks and coloring pages. Box of cookies call, but I promised myself … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda W., I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, poetry prompts, victim, wolf, yellow
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Zen of Maybe
NaPoWriMo: Day 18 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Words: mistake, reason, breathe, maybe, turning, glued Zen of Maybe Maybe this constant turning to find something new or exciting is a mistake, not a reason. Maybe gluing self, fixating on idea that happiness is necessary, … Continue reading
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Tagged breathe, egret, maybe, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, present moment, prompt
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Small Gifts
NaPoWriMo: Day 17 – Smorgasbord Sunday http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #55 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ green, blue, red, shoes, loose, pants, dining, ants, good, news, miles, whining For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #247 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com forget, stretch, rest, left, hole, lost, sight, first, … Continue reading
Posted in Small Gifts
Tagged NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Poets United, Smorgasbord Sunday, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, word lists, wordles
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Slip-Sliding Away
For NaPoWriMo: Day 16 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Slip-Sliding Away No longer plan specific destination for each day. What comes, happens. On the good days, I simply feel nearer to the me I wish to be. Words slip and slide smoothly over paper … Continue reading
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Tagged bad days, colors, good days, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, Poetry prompt, Simon and Garfunkel, Slip - Slidin Awy, words
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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
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Tagged Cats In The Cradle, child, cradle, Harry Chapin, image, life unfolding, music, NaPoWriMo, poem a day
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Brief Ode for Poets in April
For NaPoWriMo: Day 13 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com minstrel, dawn, strings, blue, flow, fingers, jangle, dangle And Six For Wednesday – 2 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com Brief Ode for Poets in April We poets are minstrels of another hue. Or maybe we are only foolish. Wrapped … Continue reading
A Fibonacchi Poem
For NaPoWriMo: Day 12 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ dark, shimmering, face, room, candle, dance A Fibonacchi Poem one small candle shimmers face dancing silhouettes across dark walls of emptied room. Elizabeth Crawford 4/12/16 Notes: The Fibonacchi form is syllabic and based on what … Continue reading
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Tagged Day 12, Fibonacchi Sequence, God's fingerprint, Hotel California, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, poetry form, Poetry prompt, The Eagles
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