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Colors and Lines
She remembers a time, without time, when her world was made of words and color, lines and curves like stars that lightened whatever darkness might occur. A time when her mind and heart were filled with the wonder of just … Continue reading
Before Re-entry
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 20 Before Re-entry The world and all of its discordant cacophony has slipped its way into my safest of places. Like a worm it squirms against skin of thoughts, pokes its nose, perhaps seeking nurture thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Before Re-entry
Tagged World, resistance, cacophony, discordant, worm, muddied mind, militant words
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Dawn
NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day 3 Dawn We four stand facing East, breathe in deeply, arms outstretched to receive this gift of light, of living. Pull it deeply within, feel it race to fill all those empty spaces in need of … Continue reading
One Gift
For Creativity Challenge Day 34: Gift http://1sojournal.wordpress.com One Gift If I had only one gift to give to the world in this moment of time, it would be PEACE. Elizabeth Crawford 12/24/2016 Save
Hey World
For Creativity Challenge Day 31: Breathe http://1sojournal.wordpress.com Hey World, I dare you to smile at the next stranger you meet. Wish them well because you can never tell, just how far that gift might travel. Elizabeth Crawford 12/21/2016 Save
A World of Color
For Creativity Challenge Day 16: Color http://1sojournal.wordpress.com A World of Color Mine is a world of color, language and lines. Sometimes black words of hate spewed from mouth of strangers, tinted overall in red of passion engorged rage. One moment … Continue reading
A Conversation
For Creativity Challenge Day 15: Together http://1sojournal.wordpress.com A Conversation Yesterday, I gave the world a hug. She thanked me, filled my soul with her deep rich warmth. Then asked, What have you learned, Little one? That alone, I am only … Continue reading
Posted in A Conversation
Tagged conversation, creativity challenge, first step, original Protectors, patience, Standing Rock, together, wisdom, World
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Inside Out
For We Write Poems poetry prompt #203: Shell http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Inside Out Fortune cookie said, “Your life is a bold and daring adventure.” I laughed. Sidelined by an injury formed before birth, existence now is a limping shell of stillness held … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Out
Tagged chrysalis, Marc Bove, memory, movement, Poetry prompt, shell, We Write Poems, World, writing
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In My Own Space
In My Own Space The World has a loud voice with which she shouts in brassy tones, as she crashes into my personal space, wearing a different face with each unannounced arrival. Then fusses around my brick-a-brack, making cracks about … Continue reading
Posted in In My Own Space
Tagged a better place, bone-chilling nerve, brassy tones, brick-a-brack, distracted fashion, fly into rage, humming, lack, lock doors, loss of a mind, loud voice, making cracks, new and important, personal space, play dumb, poem, turning pages, unannounced arrival, verve, World
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Soul's Music 