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Poetic Musings

Posted on June 9, 2013 12 Comments

Yesterday, nostalgia overcame me as I culled through my letters file, going back to the late eighties. I see how time has flown and wonder why we who used to share so much, so seldom speak or write today. Is it true that time is speeding up or that technology and distance make friends become […]

Change Coming – and a Poem

Posted on June 2, 2013 9 Comments

I’ve been writing this blog from the Hopi nation for almost two years. I began sharing my oral stories and have evolved into sharing my creative writing, which seems to attract more followers. But, the winds of change have been blowing daily in Hopiland for over a month and they have blown into my life. […]

In Memorium

Posted on May 26, 2013 9 Comments

Photo by outontheporch.org Americans began commemorating the deaths of soldiers after the Civil War in different states. On May 30, 1868, the first national commemoration was observed when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Since that date, over 360,000 soldiers are now buried in Arlington Cemetery, […]

Free Write Friday – Synchronicity

Posted on April 19, 2013 16 Comments

This week’s prompt has a special significance for me, although Kellie has not made any claims to being psychic. So, that is why I have named this poem – Synchronicity “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot […]

Awards, Awards, Awards – Outstanding Bloggers List

Posted on April 18, 2013 25 Comments

Over the past several months I received several awards and recognition which I have not yet acknowledged. I just saved the posts and kept planning to follow the rules – but time kept flying past my good intentions. When WM included me in his Best Bloggers List, I resolved to do as he did. I would […]

Gold – the Ghazal Series

Posted on April 14, 2013 6 Comments

This first ghazal was written in 2001, the revision 2011, with recent changes. Yes, constructive criticism or preferences are welcome. Gold – #1 Sadly sweetly surrenders autumn’s gold to winds that wildly sunder lovely leaves of gold. Warm and cold the days change like the wind But no one now wanders in search of gold. […]

Dream II – The Ghazal Series

Posted on April 7, 2013 9 Comments

This is the second version of the first ghazal I posted a few weeks ago. The encouraging reception I have received to poems I have posted has encouraged me to work on putting together a book. So, any constructive criticism is welcome at any time. Dream II Savor soft sweet taste of delight in a […]

My Story and Poem of Meditation

Posted on March 31, 2013 7 Comments

I sat alone in the small dark Poettential Unlimited Poetry Theatre in Harlem with my eyes closed, resting in its silence when a circular light appeared in my mind’s eye. Years later, Grandmama, the woman in his home I was staying in Los Angeles, one morning handed me a tabloid sized journal. I did a […]

Which version of this poem, Meditation, is the best?

Posted on March 24, 2013 12 Comments

Usually when I revise a poem, I see it as much better than an earlier version, however, as I looked at this poem, I could not decide which is better. So, dear readers, I would appreciate receiving in your comments which one you think is best, #1, originally written in 2002 or #2 revised in […]

Keepsake

Posted on March 22, 2013 14 Comments

It’s Free Write Friday again. Had to pass on last week’s because we were traveling. This one is a bit of wordplay but touches the heart of the prompt provided so kindly by Kellie Elmore For the sake of keeping when nothing can be held forever or held onto Even memory declines and fades in the […]