Tag Archives: Truth

On Being a Tree

Posted on May 3, 2020 by 1sojournal

That little bird is not a bird, but a fully grown woman, who often sat quietly dreaming of whatever she might become. Remembers a time in past when she called herself “a sister to trees, and a maker of stones.” … Continue reading →

Posted in On Being a Tree | Tagged branches, different, firm, past, reflection, roots, stones, tree, Truth | 2 Comments

Bloom of Knowing

Posted on April 22, 2019 by 1sojournal

NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 22 Bloom of Knowing Begins in darkness deep beneath surface of light and nurture. Must fight not to be lost, swallowed whole totally forgotten. Needs liquid of life and its ongoing strife to build strength for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom of Knowing | Tagged bloom, growth, knowing, petals, photograph, Truth, wisdom | 4 Comments

The Gift

Posted on April 7, 2018 by 1sojournal

A Pelican feather, lying in grass at my feet. Immediately look up, as if that bird might be circling still mourning its loss. Snatch it up, careful for its fragility. Hug myself, it is a gift given freely, meant … Continue reading →

Posted in A Gift | Tagged bouyancy, feathers, Poetry prompt, Truth, Waiting on Words | 3 Comments

Cutting Edge

Posted on December 27, 2016 by 1sojournal

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 →

Posted in Cutting Edge | Tagged creativity challenge, freedom, journey, keen sharpness, lies, path, responsibility, tangents, Truth, weapons, words | 2 Comments

In Defense of Myth

Posted on November 28, 2016 by 1sojournal

For Creativity Challenge 8: Defend http://1sojournal.wordpress.com In Defense of Myth History is a story sometimes wrapped round myth and legend. But, all too often, myth holds a shiny gem of truth at its center. Like the folk-tale from a long … Continue reading →

Posted in In Defense of Myth | Tagged Changeling, creativity challenge, darkness for light, Defend, folktale, good for bad, myth, saying "NO", Truth | 3 Comments

Living Truth

Posted on November 9, 2014 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl poetry prompt: Wordle #186 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ shine, mud, fervor, birds, thorns, owl, night, crossroads, crocus, rose, thread, suicide Living Truth Old truth can become tarnished with mud through age and ritual. Become owl perched in a tree at … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Truth | Tagged crocus, crossroads, living things, owl, Poetry prompt, The Sunday Whirl, thorns, Truth, wordle | 13 Comments

Not Your Routine Poet

Posted on February 8, 2014 by 1sojournal

For The Sunday Whirl poetry prompt: Wordle #147 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ gather, grasp, gutsy, routine, stream, body, flow, invisible, pluck, list, ring, type And for Poets United: Poetry Pantry #188 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Not Your Routine Poet Owns a rather gutsy type of … Continue reading →

Posted in Not Your Routine Poet | Tagged blood stream, breath lines, gutsy pluck, Natalie Merchant, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, The Sunday Whirl, Truth, Wonder, wordle | 24 Comments

Distillation of Truth

Posted on May 22, 2013 by 1sojournal

For Poets United Verse First Poetry Prompt: Truth http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Distillation of Truth When I was in my teens someone told me I had a gift for written words. I dismissed that missive. Thirties were spent playing hide and seek with … Continue reading →

Posted in Distillation of Truth | Tagged aging, distillation of years, left unwritten, Poetry prompt, Poets United, realization, slowing down, Truth, Verse First | 15 Comments

Leap of Faith

Posted on September 18, 2012 by 1sojournal

For Margo Roby’s Tuedsay Tryouts: It’s The Truth http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/its-the-truth-tuesday-tryouts/#comments and We Write Poems Prompt #123: Poem Leftovers http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Leap of Faith Once saw a doe try to jump eight foot chain link fence. Metal bent at impact, screeching in rage … Continue reading →

Posted in Leap of Faith | Tagged fear, leap of faith, poem leftovers, self-trust, Truth, Tuesday Tryouts, We Write Poems | 14 Comments

In One Flashing Moment

Posted on July 8, 2012 by 1sojournal

for The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #64 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ In One Flashing Moment The are some who deliberately choose to be ignorant, spurning any truth that would subtract from facts they themselves have re-arranged, envisioned. Folding events like common housewives fold just-washed … Continue reading →

Posted in In One Flashing Moment | Tagged chosen ignorance, denial, folding truth, poem, re-arranging events, Sunday Whirl, Truth, wordle | 25 Comments