Ekphrastic Poetry #WDYS on a lovely photograph that made me think of the poem, My Life With The Wave by Octavio Paz. Perhaps you can feel the ocean breeze?!?
Adding my review on Amazon Bookstore for The Light In The Cave by my blogger friend, @triciasankey on Twitter. Because reviews matter. Yay!
"Let yourself become living poetry." ~ Rumi "You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves." ~ Mary Oliver
Are you familiar with umeshu: fruity liqueur made from unripened Japanese plums? Steeped with sugar in distilled liquor. Well, I made some... 4kg, for next year.
Star light, Star bright, Peeking through The thick of night One beam To me throw To ignite Love tonight
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest." ~ Maya Angelou Thanks for engaging with me here, I bless you.
Is Heaven a place, or an illusion? Up there? Or a mere figments of imagination? Fr. Sotti, the underdog in a few of my pieces, believes in heaven. What do you think?
Here's a poem I hope lifts your sprits to its highest realm. May it be like a beacon to light your dark hours. Because I'm rooting for you. Because you matter.
From one mother to another. Here are my attributes for what makes pretty, pretty. Please add to it if you know of other ways of recognizing the markers of a pretty person. *wink*
"Keep your face always towards the sun and the shadows will fall behind you." ~ Walt Whitman (... it's what sunflowers do. *wink*)
Week 3:- 2 quotes on Composure. 4 mentions of Composure. These are the attributes for being a beauty-full human. What do you think? Do you have these? Who else would you put on this list? Thanks for reading.
The town school I went to was near the sea, and our spelling bees usually took place outdoors to accommodate a worthy audience. What was your experience like?