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Literary Writers
Literary Writers write other people’s words, use successful people’s names, recall famous people’s opinions. In other words, to be considered a writer one must parrot well what has already been written to somehow prove one is well read, clever and … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Life, literal, literary, poem, poetry, Quotes, thinker, thoughts, words, writer, Writing
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Alden Nowlan – Great Canadian Poet
I’ve spent days on the couch with Alden Nowlan, took him to bed, soaked in the tub together and still, I wonder, where is his greatness. Is it in his prolific scribbling or in his disciplined mailing out to any … Continue reading
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So Where Was I
So, where was I in my life story? I left. That was not the end but the beginning. I could write scenes, of a naïve young woman taken for a joy ride through half her life or how she survived … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, inspiration, Life, love, me, memories, memory, photograph, poem, poetry, share, story, survival, thoughts, writer, Writing
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A Poem by any other name. . .
. . . is still a Poem.
Posted in Living Simply, Poetry
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A Writer
A Writer is simply a Photographer of Thoughts. Brandon A. Trean
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Tagged Beauty, Brandon A. Trean, forest, freedom, happy place, inspiration, nature, photograph, photographer, photography, Quote, thoughts, woods, writer, Writing
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Just A Poet
I am just a poet not a spinner of yarns, my characters hold love and hope in their arms. Concise and spartan my words on the page, not padded with phrases that try to sound sage. Between words and pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged cadense, hope, inspiration, love, photograph, poem, poet, poetry, rhythm, share, soul, words, writer, Writing
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Dancing With Memories
“Here, in this house, her recollections glowed like embers on the hearth, and each night, in their warmth, she’d take a memory or two down from the shelf and dance with them for a while.” ~Ari Berk
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Tagged Ari Berk, dance, embers, glowed, hearth, home, inspiration, Life, memories, memory, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, Quote, recollections, thoughts, warmth, writer, Writing
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Just When
Just when I think I have figured it out and my muse shows up with creative shout, just when my day dreams slide off of the fence and my theorizing finally makes sense, just when my memories float up from … Continue reading
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Tagged asleep, day dreams, humour, inspiration, Life, memories, muse, photograph, photography, poem, poet, poetry, theorizing, thoughts, words, writer, Writing
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Dear Words
And as I wander on the roads I shall be helped and healed and blessed; Dear words shall cheer and be as goads To urge to heights before unguessed. My road shall be the road I made; All that I … Continue reading
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Tagged hope, inspiration, John Masefield, Life, photograph, Quote, roads, survival, thoughts, wander, words, writer, Writing
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I Need An Enema For My Mind
I need to purge all the words that constipate my brain, get all backed-up thoughts loose and flowing again, mental fibre to move the great thought that somehow I just forgot, a pill that will raise instead of lower the … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, constipated, enema, inspiration, Life, mind, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, survival, thoughts, words, writer, Writing
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Literary Or Literal
Literary writers write other people’s words, use successful people’s names, recall famous people’s opinions. In other words, to be considered a writer one must parrot well what has already been written to somehow prove one is well read, clever and … Continue reading
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Tagged bc, Beauty, literal, literary, nature, photograph, photography, reflecting, reflections, ripples, thoughts, words, writer, Writing
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Tongue In Cheek
Tough order for a poet to bear, pull one short poem from thin air. ©1992 Sharron R. McMillan
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Tagged bc, Beauty, clouds, nature, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, sky, words, writer, Writing
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Evolution of a Poet
Red five-year diary then small blue drawer, one tidy album now many more, shelves in the attic, words out pour, file cabinet, one, then two, four drawer. Now I find I’ve filled a room whole studio, from roof to door … Continue reading
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Tagged bc, Beauty, evolution, hope, inspiration, Life, photograph, photography, poem, poet, poetry, soar, words, writer, Writing
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A New Day Waits
A new day waits to be written write it with your best pen listen, listen to this new day it will not come again. Days are short one page will do. write from your heart write what is you. Maple … Continue reading
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Tagged bc, Beauty, cedar, ferns, forest, garden, hope, inspiration, maple, morning, nature, new day, photograph, photography, poem, poetry, seeing, thoughts, woods, writer, Writing
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Times Have Changed For Poets
Years I spent typing out my words on old typewriters, folding, sealing, stamping, mailing waiting. Waiting to hear from publisher, editor, friend. I had to include stamps for my own rejection slips. NOW I sit in my pyjamas, coffee mug … Continue reading
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Tagged change, computer, Life, like, mail, mailbox, photograph, photography, poem, poet, poetry, rejection, thoughts, typewriter, words, writer, Writing
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