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#50PreciousWords

Vivian Kirkfield’s 2018 Writing Challenge began in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 2. If you participate, you can potentially win prizes. Click on Vivian’s name to find the challenge. Here’s my story:

Ribbon’s Adventure (50 Words)

Ribbon’s home is a drawer.
Squashed, she imagines adventures:
parties, parades and presents. Continue reading

Your Color is Hope

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“Moon Song” Used with Permission of Artist Lisa Telling Kattenbraker

Your color is hope,
birdsong on sunbeams,
a peaceful night’s sleep,
a bittersweet violin air,
raindrops on cottage roses
in full-spiced bloom,
the last snowflake of May,
and the urge to sail
over blue-green waves
with moon-drunk words
on my lips, tasting hope.

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Green Veil

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Used with Permission of Photographer Suzanne Miller

when in doubt
seek the green veil, the wet leaves
the benediction

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Ingenue

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Photograph of Auguste Rodin Statue Used With Permission of Kip Rechea

fluid stillness
goddess strength
rising

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Blue Cat’s Song

Blue Cat by Suzy Levinson

Blue Cat by Suzy Levinson

Blue Cat’s song
is a caterwaul tale
told to the moon
in a 12-bar snarl  Continue reading

A Book by the Brook – Cricket in the Thicket

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

— William Shakespeare

A Book by the Brook: Book Reviews at FriendlyFairyTales.com

 

If you like poetry about creepy-crawlies, then Cricket in the Thicket is for you!  Continue reading

Poetry Is… A Sunrise

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golden flutter
unravel in another’s eyes
joyful heartbeat
tremble, strong
weave a single spirit

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Water Ways

Layer of ice over brown grass

atrium of ice
over a grassy kingdom
until rain comes

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Poetry Is… A Revelation

 

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Words, like new snow, soften soil and make poetry of winter. Poetry is… so many things… collected here in this wonderful community poem thanks to many talented friends. I plan to “find” a new poem within this poem and post it for Valentine’s Day. You’re invited to write your own poem from these lines and leave a link on February 14. Continue reading

Keep it Short

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“Bend like the grass
that you do not break.”
Kamala Markandaya

Blogging Tip: Keep posts short. Microfiction, micropoetry, quotes and tweets are popular for that very reason. They’re short. Break longer ideas into a series of shorter posts. Continue reading

Moon River

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shades of silver
moonlight on an icy river
frozen in time

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Black Pearl

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Used with Permission of Artist Joy Dickson

Memories

are black pearls,
heavy rounds
of moon and sea

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