Tag Archives: woman

April PAD Challenge: Day 10

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

Turtle Woman When turtles rise from the muck of Riley Creek, laughter bubbles through promises the child can’t wait to keep. Promises to listen to, and learn from, to taste, touch, and feel, to see with inner and outer eyes, … Continue reading →

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Aphrodite of Cyrene

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

For Creativity Challenge Day 21: Woman  http://1sojournal.wordpress.com For Poets United: Poetry Pantry #332 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com Aphrodite of Cyrene “Perfection,” some would say, of this statue of a young woman carved in white stone. Curves so smooth they beg to be touched. … Continue reading →

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Different Lives

Posted on April 28, 2016 by

For NaPoWriMo: Day 28 http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/ ride, lost, tide, broke, water, still, divide, drop, remain Different Lives A child lost in childish things, picking up language of music and words. Rebellious teenager learning how to lie. Young adult thinking marriage would … Continue reading →

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Aries Rising

Posted on February 20, 2009 by

  For We Write Poems poetry prompt: art of making fire http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Aries Rising Cold, inside and out. Want to write but words are only stiff frozen letters refusing to bend around curves of inner landscape. Thoughts are swirling snowflakes … Continue reading →

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A Wolf, A Woman, and Windows

Posted on February 5, 2009 by

This is an old poem that has never seen the light of day. It caught my attention this morning because I have always had a peculiar fondness for it, and it seems I am back in the same space that … Continue reading →

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In a Blink

Posted on January 9, 2009 by

Writer’s Island prompt #14 – “Just Around The Corner” Just around the corner in my mind, I am fifteen, he is thirty-two, thinks to teach me how to be a woman and, for a while, I thought to let him. … Continue reading →

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