GOODNIGHT, LEXI-BEAR And so, the day comes, when yet another friend goes home. When all sins are forgiven When they glow like a saint with a wonky halo. When we choose to forget the multitudinous mornings That we picked up trash and uttered curses Stepping on coffee grounds and squishy somethings After another […]
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Join us for Writer’s Quote Wednesday. This week’s challenge word is ‘REBIRTH.’ Yesterday, I saw a video posted on Youtube of J.K. Rowling, talking about failure, It is one of the most heart wrenching and inspiring things I’ve ever seen and so jammed packed with fabulous quotes that I could NOT pick just one and […]
ORLANDO – June 12th, 2016
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RECYCLING MAGIC I could always count upon my nana When I needed baskets of fresh words. Just picked – So sweet – And so delicious! I would roll them on my tongue, Tasting each, and every one And I built them Into New and different Tales. The ultimate recycler, I Sift swiftly […]
MAGIC 101
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Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 27 – Vintage
Click here to join us on Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge! This week, the challenge is ‘Vintage.’ It probably won’t surprise anybody that several of the items that are precious to me are books! Aside from having succeeded in purchasing replacement copies of all the childhood books I loved and lost when my family moved to […]
The Tale of Dracon and Anarion Jones
The Tale of Dracon and Anarion Jones Anarion Jones, with her dark hair flying Walks Welsh mountainsides on tiptoe, As if she purely skims this Earth Yet never touches it. Dreaming of flying, her long skirt rustling, like a flurry of autumn leaves She bathes in banks of daffodils Their sun-warmed scent like […]
The Alchemist
THE ALCHEMIST In the apothecary of her mind She seeks the ingredients to weave her magic For an incantation that does not reside in any spell-book. This must be hers, and hers alone. Upon the dusty shelves she seeks them Some, well-used, and almost worn away Yet others, lurking near the back wall, Still gleaming […]
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #98 Rein&Quest
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #98 Rein&Quest Come and join us! I think Ronovan is channeling his inner wizard with these challenge words. Now your quest begins. The magic will take you there… Let go of the reins A Mythical Menagerie-Wendy Anne Darling – 2016
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