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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. […]
Free Write Friday – Stormy Night
Posted on April 12, 2013 21 Comments
It’s Friday again, and Kellie Elmore has inspired another short short story for Free Write Friday. Today’s prompt was the above photo. Enjoy. She no longer heard his words. It was always her fault. Ever since the second miscarriage everything was her fault, nothing she did was right. It was her fault they were lost that she […]
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 […]
Thank You Haiku to My Readers
Posted on March 17, 2013 14 Comments
In the past few weeks the kind comments I’ve received from many readers, and an increasing number of likes have made me feel that my writing is reaching and touching readers and fellow writers. So today, I want to thank all of you who take time to read my poetry, stories, and occasional observations. I […]
Ghazal #1 – The Imperfect Rhyme Scheme
Posted on March 10, 2013 9 Comments
The Ghazal (pronounced ghuzzel) is a poetic style from the Middle East which I learned about in 2001. I wrote only a few and then revised several of them years later. This is the first one I wrote and I don’t know if it’s a revision or not. I called it imperfect, because this one […]
Skywalker Storyteller Works 