Remember how much you wanted to leave your small town when you were young? And when you finally did, what happened? Those memories, right?!
For the daily dose of inspiration today, the question is: What is your favorite part about yourself? The response is in the photos. Leave a comment with your answer too, please. Or a link with a photo. Thanks.
Happy second Saturday in the new year. I bless you. This poem is my response to the incomparable words of Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" Enjoy.
Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge for which I chose A Classic Etheree AND A Reverse Etheree: One subject, unrhymed and with a title. Hope you enjoy it.
A short prose that resulted from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I'm reading right now.
Today, my dear mamá would have been celebrating her 88th birthday. And so in her honor, I'm dedicating my sonnet No.7 to her. Happy Birthday. And if it pleases you, I dedicate it to your mamá too.
How about it, dear friends: why don't we try to give prominence to those moments that give us fleeting seconds of wonderment? Let's keep them close as we embark on another year of becoming.
Today is a national holiday in Japan, in celebration of all young people turning 20 years old this year. Today, each city celebrates their young and if you ever wish…
May the first days of the new year help us to form patters for how we wish to grow: in awe, hope, gratitude, and optimism. xo.
ArkquainSyllablic: 1/2/3/4 5/7/7/5 4/3/2/1The two 7-syllable lines, must use end rhyme.Poetry Forms one'notherand then morebring warm fuzziesfrom far away lands--U.S, U.K, New Zealand,Spain, Greece, Belize, and Finlandjubilant treasurescome to remindit's Christmas'round theworld ***…
Of cobwebs, windmills, and fragments. Poetry for dVerse.
The poem in this post is the basis for the Christmas carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." I hope you enjoy knowing the backstory. May Peace and Goodwill prevail.