Tag: Poetry
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draft
focus a click, a sound exploding the senses pencil caressing the paper just like an addicting enthusiasm opposing ideas reaching the ground thunder Tanka Tuesday – theme prompt “The Nature of Lightning” – I’m sharing a Butterfly Cinquain about my process of creating a draft, putting ideas together, scribbling, and words floating until they reach […]
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19/30 – it’s the little things
running towards the sun the moon watching over me breeze on my face birds dancing in the sky just being present in this moment “Always have an attitude of gratitude.” S. K. Brown
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15/30 – it’s the little things
Early morning jogging. The silence and emptiness of the streets, the contrast between the softness in the air and the rough touch of my sneakers on the ground. Balance, focusing on what is ahead and at the same time feeling the present moment. the morning bareness opens the heart to the soul whispers of promise […]
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12/30 – it’s the little things
the scent of Earth after the rain the moment of possibility opening up to tomorrow grounding and expectating each sign is a wish coming true Wishing a peaceful Sunday to you!
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08/30 – it’s the little things
inner to my heartmemories flash in my mindcraving the beyondluxury in my gardenthe love and feelingtake my soul far far awayopening the paththe closeness and abundancered velvet is the colour Tanka Tuesday is a taste of the rainbow: to choose a colour and write a syllabic poem. The colour I’ve chosen is red velvet from […]
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02/30 – it’s the little things
Wandering in my garden this morning I spotted this dragonfly. I smiled! I know dragonflies and butterflies mean transformation, but only to confirm I did a quick google search and I found: “A dragonfly symbol represents change and transformation. It is a reminder for you to shed more light and joy in your life. It […]
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light and shadow
A question for you: If you could go back 20 years ago and change your path, would you do it? pensivelight and shadowthe farce of a momentgoing ahead, taking a turnpausingreturn to an uncertain pastcarving a safe futuredepression sightfocus A butterfly cinquain for Tanka Tuesday.
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tulips garden
gratitude gardenwhere colourful dreams lay downthe tenderness floats Many years ago we seeded a few tulip bulbs around our maple tree, just in case they decided to show up, not much care, a few digs and the bulbs were laid to rest. It was a cold October day, and I didn’t want to go outside, […]
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May
may we start May smiling as the flowers may we start May soft as a breeze may we start May free as the wavesmay we start May standing tall as a treemay we start May free as our dreamsmay we start May content
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point of view
magical moment the waves coming and going freshness on my face deeply into the abyss hallucination comes true Tanka Tuesday this week is TANKA PROSE: “We write Tanka prose from the first-person point-of-view. The prose paragraph(s) must also seek to be, if not poetic, at least something that grabs our attention. It must compete with the […]
Tea & Paper 