September brings so many thoughts, ideas and plans,
things to do, see to, begin, accomplish and enjoy,
that my subterranean reservoir fills until ideas
geyser up in a hot, fraught fountain of chaos.
The scent of sulphur mingles with white water
making the ground spongy. I have a reckless desire
to plunge in, boiling with ability to see what comes.
Does this happen to you? September is a witches’ brew.
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: This photo was taken at the Old Faithful Geyser of California in Calistoga. I’m back from California, where a mountain of paperwork caused landslides of shredding and a castle of file-tiles, but I survived. Afterwards, we viewed the only Petrified Forest in California and one of the three faithful geyser’s in the world. I am now so overwhelmed with things to do, I don’t know where to start. Perhaps with a list…
And Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Kathryn Apel, a fabulous Australian author, for hosting.
43 thoughts on “Geyser of Ideas”
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I can well imagine. Yes, lists are in effect(p), I fix many of them, and will persist in to, thanks for the poem and prototype!
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My list gets shorter at one end and longer at the other. 🙂
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What a lovely place to be!
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Thanks, Dina. I need to stop by and get a dose of your photographic beauty.
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Beautiful piece and peaceful image 🙂
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It was a beautiful, peaceful place.
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“September is a witches’ brew.” How true, so many things left undone and so many waiting to begin, you’ve captured this interweaving web very well Brenda! Yes, lists are good, I make many of them, and will continue to, thanks for the poem and image!
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Thanks, Michelle. My list is getting shorter, item by item. I only make lists when I’m super overwhelmed.
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You just reminded me, I’m supposed to planning a special vaycay! 😀
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Yay! A vaycay!
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👌🏿🔅🍧
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Boy, can I relate! After a summer of being inundated with tomatoes and other garden produce to can, there are lots of things piling up! God luck tackling your piles!
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Good luck to you, too.
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I think it’s a carry over from back-to-school days. I tend to up the expectations in September.
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I think it’s a reaction to August being a slow month, a month of leaving early on Friday and vacationing. The responsibilities pile up.
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I’ve been taking 4-day weekends in August. Making matters worse.
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I went to CA to help my in-laws with serious paperwork crisis and stuff-in-storage-itis. I’m exhausted now.
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I can well imagine.
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Ha ha! Yes, this happens to me too…..all my ideas are completely poured into school and teaching. I’m already having fun lesson planning and gathering resources. There’s a lot of energy in this poem…just like a perfect September day.
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Thanks, Linda! I’m so behind on visiting people, but I hope to get to that soon!
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Reading the Poetry Friday roundup every week does this to me, too! I have so many ideas for writing…and so little free time (unfortunately). But I make my lists and I tuck in some writing wherever/whenever I can!
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Me, too! I had an unexpected treat this morning. My newest MS came clear for me, and I had time to capture all the ideas. And time to polish and shine it up. I hope to get to read all the PF posts soon. XOXO
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Boiling with ability! That’s fantastic. So glad you made a moment to share your poem. Hoping it released some of your steamed-up stress, Brenda!
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I decided to take a day off of stressing. Just food shopping, cooking, reading a good book. Perhaps I will make that list tomorrow and go full-steam ahead. 🙂
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Sounds like the best plan.
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just blow off some steam and jump in )
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Yes! Right after you!
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Definitely feeling that “hot, fraught fountain of chaos” in September. School starts on Tuesday and there are lists galore in play around here! Great poem!
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Thanks, Molly. I must get my epic list started, but I’m so behind.
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Ahhhh yes, September and bubbling thoughts! My daughter reminds me that soon it will be time to plunge into the nightmare that is my closet in order to dig out fall/Hallowe’en decorations. My granddaughter reminds me that we haven’t baked cookies together for a very long time. My flowers are drooping due to the diminishing daylight and I need to capture the seeds for next year, pull some weeds. Meanwhile, there is my writing which takes up 10-12 hours on the average day. And wait … my daily walks are curtailed because it is getting dark earlier, so I need to get up earlier and walk in the morning rather than the evening. And that reminds me …
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Yes! So many, many things. I got some things accomplished today, but I still need to make that list. Only, it frightens me.
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I know what you mean … I am an avid list-maker, and when the lest goes into a 2nd page I get scared. 😉
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My to-do list is crazy. I just finished, and each item is a long-tangled task. Ugh.
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Perhaps with a list POEM! ;o) Keep that reckless desire simmering, Brenda.
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Perhaps a list poem, I love it! LOL
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What would happen if someone plugged it up, oh the fun!! 😈
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LOL Now there’s a dark idea, with possibilities for singeing and stewing.
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Exactly! best beef stew ever here I come! haha 😉
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All the best with those bubbling ideas. 😊
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Thanks, Imelda!
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