“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people”
– Thomas Mann, 1875 – 1955, German, novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, Nobel Prize winner
Day: August 2, 2019
Farrago – A Poem
Walking the path alone
holding the hope in her heart
she marched ahead
with determination and grit
While worldly leisure and human greed
did form confetti on her mind
from time to time,
but that didn’tdeter her thoughts,
for no farrago of any mystic score
was bold enough
to break her vision’s mold
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A poem is about to be born ( Micro poetry)
Music is sublime
Beckie of Beckie’s Mentalmess has asked us a few questions aboutmusic and musictherapy. I have never had formal musictherapy but music no doubt is therapeutic.
Do you listen to music ( if/when) you meditate? If so, what kind of music do you listen to?
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This my response to Beckie‘s Question;
Immersed in the sublimity of musical notes
I savor the nostalgia it evokes in my heart
Traveling back to my youth again
I feel overjoyed to hear these tunes
Which used to mean such a lot to me
The freedom which it gave my mind
To be there in that state where I leave
All that is bothering me at that moment
And to float free in a cloud of sublime feelings
Ah! The adoration of musical notes
Which has saved my sanity so many times
Written in response to the following prompts;
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REACH OUT… a poem
How can it
be that we turn our heads,
Or walk past
the struggling man?
A simple act
of kindness, as it’s called today,
Was always
part of God’s plan.
“Do unto
others…” wasn’t just a line
From a book
that is centuries old.
No, it’s
called being human, with a heart that gives
To another
with love in your soul.
So, slow
down and help that person in need
And reach
out with a helping hand.
When you
lift someone up from a place of despair
Then and
there you’ll finally understand.
Poems are not read: they are reread.
Poems are not read: they are reread.
Reread the poem, then read between the lines,
then look at it, then watch it, then peek at it:
handle it like an object.
Contemplate its shadows, angles and dimensions.
~ Terrance Hayes
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Daily Haiku – Wed. Jul. 31, 2019 – Poetry For Healing
Poetry For Healing Haiku A blue Heron lands Unexpectedly nearby Its beauty, stunning Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
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Her Touch
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The Reluctant Poet 