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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Tongue Tied
Words are coming out, Jumbled thoughts flow steady Tell the world thoughts I understand In broken riddles And senseless nonsense... I k...
Friday, July 10, 2015
Time is of the Essence
I thought free time was what I needed— Empty days and easy planning Where the words can flow freely And stories can be told But my mind ...
Friday, May 22, 2015
When Words Fall Short
I've been quiet too long Letting the words sit idle Choked up, suffocating on my tongue Waiting for them to be perfect, But ther...
Friday, March 06, 2015
Who Am I: the Revision
Earlier this year I posted a poem called Who Am I . It captured the a portion of what I was feeling, but there was something lacking. So, I ...
Sunday, February 01, 2015
The New Challenge
I f you've read my post entitled, The Successful Blog , you may have guessed that one of the things I struggle with is the wide range o...
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Admitting Defeat
So, I loved my idea to create a story series: it gave me a writing deadline to look forward to each week, as well as a chance to create and...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Same Shoe, Different Ball
I've always loved fairy tales, folktales, and mythology. As you probably know, most of the fairy tales we know, actually have tragi...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Challenge Completed
One year ago, I started "The Challenge." My goal was to get back to writing by forcing myself to write a post every day for one y...
Monday, July 14, 2014
The Blank Sketchbook
A blank sketchbook lies at my feet It stares at me curiously as I walk by Knowing emptiness is some kind of defeat, It waits for me patie...
Friday, July 11, 2014
The Successful Blog
Everyone's doing it-- or so it seems And quality comes and goes Like earthquakes on a Richter scale... But its hard to sta...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
Searching For Perfection
The words are there-- Every dotted i, every crossed t Punctuated, what seems so perfectly... Staring back at me, Waiting for affirmation...
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Birth of Imagination
Imagination brews Unlikely places, unlikely creatures All a beautiful concept Waiting to be fleshed out Waiting to be something More th...
Monday, May 26, 2014
Crossing the T's and Dotting the I's
The fun (and burden) of poetry is when you re-read a poem and realize it completely captured a moment or idea (or that it didn't quite ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Writer's Block
The words are there, Like magma, hot and red, oozing Through the core of my mind. The pressure builds,
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Lost Words
See the words hanging there? Scattered with ellipsis-- Unfinished, Dangling, Memories and ideas trying to escape While t...
Friday, March 21, 2014
Barred From Entry
I use to see visions when I closed my eyes, Whisked away to far off places and different realms Where fairies were as ordinary as me And ...
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sci-Fi Legend:
Spotlight on Octavia E. Butler The fusion of ideas, Blended into a world of possibility-- Uncontradicted and unheard of Science...
Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Pseudonym
I've always known that eventually I'd have a pen name; it's not that I don't like my name so much as a separation between t...
Monday, January 20, 2014
WordArt
Quotes read from blank pages Fill the air and linger above us Beautiful words of inspiration Paint illustrious images in the sky Captivate e...
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Who
Happy endings exist, In fairy tales at least For someone... Some unflawed protagonist Fighting against the odds To overcome some ...
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