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Questions
For The Sunday Whirl prompt: Wordle 203 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com rustling, dry, sweet, deck, tear, monkeys, blasphemy, whole, born, plague, will, keep Questions How does one speak of blasphemy? Of a church dealing from double, plague-ridden deck of definitions. One for itself, another … Continue reading
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Tagged blasphemy, church, definitions, face-saving, politicians, questions, sacred world, The Sunday Whirl, wordle, writing prompt
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Inner Fire
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #132 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ And for Poets United: Poetry Pantry #173 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Inner Fire Immeasurable yearning to bend toward flame of own creativity. Some play safe, stilling that waking desire. Attempt to freeze like a heron on … Continue reading
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Tagged combustion, creative fire, desire, inky shadows, stillness, The Sunday Whirl, word puzzle, wordle #132, writing prompt
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Balance Point
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #131 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Balance Point At first, these words felt like gravel in my mouth. Strange amalgam of old trash, nothing else. Left no path to follow, only bits of broken brick fence too high to … Continue reading
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Tagged amalgam, balance, brick wall, cheat, gravel, mental tentacles, The Sunday Whirl, word puzzle, wordle #131, writing prompt
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Circles Within Circles
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #130 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Circles Within Circles Even the drunkard is momentarily lifted from stumbling stupor as world shifts and the prophet is born. Bound and silenced expectations begin to slowly attach themselves to awakening reality. Thunder trumps pounding … Continue reading
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Tagged drunkard, expectations, mending, prophet, The Sunday Whirl, word puzzle, wordle, world shifts, writing prompt
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Chasing Figments
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #128 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Chasing Figments Patches of memory swarm at sharp edge of awareness where unbidden past spills into present moments. She pictures green hillsides, her ancestors gathered to worship their gods with exact rituals passed … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, beliefs, blood, chasing figments, ghosts, memory, The Sunday Whirl, wordle, writing prompt
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An Old Old Story
For The Sunday Whirl writing prompt: Wordle #126 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ An Old Old Story And I found out a long time ago What a woman can do to your soul Ah, but she can’t take you any way You don’t already … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Garden of Eden, Peaceful Easy Feeling, song lyrics, story, The Eagles, The Sunday Whirl, wordle, writing prompt
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Bits and Pieces
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #125 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Bits and Pieces Nuns taught that sin pays offender by leaving black stain on pure white soul. Ringing bells between change of classes, horde of strangers, made public school center of another dimension. … Continue reading
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Tagged bell, bits and pieces, horde, maturation, public vs parochial school, realization, The Sunday Whirl, wordle, writing prompt
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Dreaming Wisdom
For The Sunday Whirl writing prompt: Wordle #122 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Dreaming Wisdom Had dreamed for years. But, her vision remained unfocused, nestled in dark corner on floor of her heart. Refused to be persuaded, in any degree, toward movement. Was embarrassed … Continue reading
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Tagged dreaming, floor of heart, fulfillment, nestled, steps, The Sunday Whirl, wisdom, wordle, writing prompt
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On The Down Swing
For The Sunday Whirl writing prompt: Wordle #121 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Words are: wallow, circle, illuminate, scatter, striking, race, concrete, hitch, incentive, strain, pounding, stark On The Down Swing Would like striking illumination but lacks any incentive for seeking the same. Having … Continue reading
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