Author: Candace

I am a reader, a writer, and a snapper of photos

Waiting

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At B&Ps Shadorma and Beyond we are finding inspiration in the words of Bob Dylan.
I’ve taken mine from All Along the Watchtower.

Waiting

I’m watching,
waiting for the truth
listening
for sweet songs
telling the stories of peace
that will heal our wounds

Full Circle two

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Full Circle at Carpe Diem
Here are the words to use – in order

1. rain
2. young leaves
3. buds
4. mountain
5. silence
6. monk
7. river
8. summer breeze
9. she
10. snow
11. sparrow (s)
12. blue sky

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spring rain

young leaves give shelter

tender buds
–
mountain meadow
wild flowers bow in silence
like monks in prayer
–
clear river
rippled by summer breeze
she dips in her toes
–
first snow fall
sparrows wait in pine trees
until blue sky returns

Lady October

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Over in the Garden we’re writing about October
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Lady October

She’s wrinkled and worn
Her beauty fading fast
She limps through the days
Energy waning
Sleeping
longer each night
Dreaming
of lost youth
Shivering
under a hoarfrost blanket
Cold hands hiding her
warm heart

~

posting at d’Verse Poets Open Mic too

Moon Lit

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At B&Ps Shadorma and Beyond, Bastet shared the background of the Shadorma poetry form and challenged us to write our own using some of the ‘rules’ of classic haiku.
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Moon Lit

Hunter’s moon
lights the barren field
where we met
last summer
rabbits scurry off to hide
are you hiding too

Turning

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Transforming with Nature’s Wonders

Hannah has challenged us to find a quote to tickle our muses. Here’s one from Bob Dylan

“I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen.”
~ Bob Dylan

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Turning

my muse was hiding among
the gathering clouds
pouting,sullen,and dusky
when slowly a patch
of blue elbowed through
and I,
like a flower,
turned toward the sun