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Tag Archives: whispers
Becoming
She looks back. Can still see that shy, frightened girl standing half-hidden at the entrance to shadowy cave of existence. All her fears a burden she carries within, whispers, unnamed but never truly silent. How could she speak when she … Continue reading
Looking Back
Looking Back Words used to be my friends. Followed them eagerly like stepping stones. But left them behind a while ago, walked away, didn’t look back. Sometimes they’d call out, soft whispers, too easily ignored. Can’t explain, no rhyme and … Continue reading
Adrift
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 28 Adrift Two ships passing. Murmuring memories, whispers of past lives adrift in waves of moving water. Elizabeth Crawford 4/28/2019 Process Notes: Sherry wrote to an interesting prompt yesterday and it did two things. Made me … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada Goose, memories, murmur, Pelican, two ships, waves, whispers
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Stormy Night Shadows
For We Write Poems poetry prompt: We Wordle #2 http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Stormy Night Shadows Their whispers hung just beneath cap of black umbrella as she told him how fresh bread always put her in a strawberry mood. Running home just in … Continue reading
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Tagged fishnet, shadows, stormy night, strawberry mood, stringy hair, sugar coated, We Write Poems, whispers, wordle
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Ritual Farewell
ritual: any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner Helping her change into her nightgown, waiting as she washed face, brushed teeth. Tucking her into bed, I would sit alongside, talk quietly about siblings, children, … Continue reading
Posted in Ritual Farewell
Tagged aftermath, behaving, conversation, empty restlessness, farewell, giggles, grieving, ritual, soft sighs, tucking into bed, whispers
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In Hope of Inspiration
All those words, all about finding inspiration, but what she really said was, “Just begin, the inspiration comes from the act.” So, here I sit, right here at the beginning, moving on the act in hopes of being inspired. … Continue reading
Posted in In Hope of Inspiration
Tagged always promise, blank white paper, breathing in and out, comes from the act, finding inspiration, fuller moon, giggles, hopes, just begin, maybes, out-of-season snowbank, personification, poem, rope, run amuck, sled sliding downhill, thread to follow, tomorrow at noon, waiting for definiton, whispers
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Courting Creativity
This is an old piece that has never seen daylight. Several things have come up lately that led me to remember this particular writing. It took a while, because I couldn’t remember the title, only one of the lines … Continue reading
Posted in Courting Creativity
Tagged cadence, dancing at distance, die in captivity, feral creature, four-legged, glimpses, meager tools, mountain meadow of mind, poem, power of possession, regulate breathing, seen only at slant, steadfastness, whispers, win trust, wooing wild within
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Of Dreams and Visions
In response to Claudette’s Weekly Writing Challenge #9 : Visionary This piece was originally inspired by images at the Flexwriters Cafe at Myspace. I tweaked it a bit and suddenly realized that it works for the writing challenge at http://claudetteellinger.wordpress.com/ … Continue reading
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