the ink on the nib
treated my torn heart
filled pages with afflicting words
fixing fissures which caused harm
ranting in metaphors
the outrage I wished to cause
smearing blank pages with red
like his blood on the marble floor
alas
this beauty mistaken to be a beast
is a self made figure of nobility
afraid be you, as her sword is a pen
will pierce your veins, till you fully comprehend
@ Kritika
Welcome to another Friday Favorite! Each week, I’ll bring you information about a blog/blogger that I follow and why they are a favorite of mine. This week, I’d like to introduce you to The Mad Chatter. Be sure to visit her blog and it may become a favorite of yours too!
I think that The Mad Chatter (Jessica) is a fairly new friend/blogger of mine. I’m not sure exactly how or why we connected, but I’m sure glad that we did. Jessica isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at herself, while getting her points across. She’s an advocate for Mental Health issues and ending those stigmas. These are just a few reasons why I enjoy her blog.
Like mine, The Mad Chatter’s blog is quite varied. She writes what she wants to write and posts what she wants to post. As it Should Be!! I love HER POST
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Big news blog friends! My latest poetry collection, Seasons of Nature, is complete!
The eBook version is available to pre-order NOW on Amazon! This collection contains over 100 poems, some of which are brand new and never before published!
Many of the poems in my book I have published here on my blog in the past year, and because of all of your wonderful support and love and encouragement, I have now been able to put them all into a single, organized book of poetry.
As you might have surmised from the title, the book is focused on the natural (and supernatural) world around us. It is a collection of poems I wrote on hikes, climbing mountains, and looking out my window at the ever-changing world that surrounds us all the time. What I found most interesting in my musings is how much the outside world oftentimes reflects our inside…
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Photo: flickr.com Robert Couse-Baker
“That which we do not bring to consciousness appears in our lives as fate.” Carl Jung
His inner demons held him in fear and mistrust,
but he dressed them as acceptable monsters
all hidden in the light, but they made their own
spectacular way to the surface of his unaware life
becoming his cruel and real destiny.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head,
but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
~ Chinese Proverb ~
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O’ beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They’re beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie
Song quote, The End of The Innocence by Don Henley, 1989
“The End Of The Innocence”
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