Meet The New
Powerful Monarch
She’s a Spunky Girl
No One Really Sees
All The Carry-on Ordeal
Where She Lives
Being Her is a Full-Time Job.
New York Times Titles and Subtitles January 14th and 15th, 2017
Month: January 2017
Having a Socratic Moment
“If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.”
― Socrates
Inner Child ©Lyn Crain
Snowflakes dominate this January day
A historic event challenges the city.
Mother Nature declares her way.
City officials install a ban.
Stay home, walk if you must but,
no cars except the emergency man.
Dapper snowmen appear in unusual places.
Children on sleds race down streets
where cars normally rule the spaces.
Elevated subways halt on snow covered track
The Wind blows at times so fierce,
the high water claims the land back.
The busy city now invites play
quite different than the norm
the white stuff is here to stay.
People explore the city with their feet
some even pause to converse with strangers
unlike the normal day with no time to greet.
Mother Nature and Father Time smile
the city that never rests
rediscovers the fun, it has been awhile.
Sometimes all it takes is a snowflake
to impose a change to our routines,
for our inner child to awake.
http://scvincent.com/2017/01/21/wonder-midnighthaiku/
Mental Cruelty
“The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man’s emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm.” ~Lundy Bancroft
Verbal abuse hurts more people than you realize and the impact lasts a lifetime.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein
Please think before you speak.
Quote
| If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages. ~Elaine Liner |
Wilted ©Lyn Crain
You
……plucked me
out of the field.
You encouraged me to
….blossom
feigned interest.
Oh lucky me,
living
in a flowery shrine
If only you loved me.
Understood me.
If only I had thorns…
to prick you, hurt you
as you have me.
Instead, I wilt
… like the other cut flowers
in a vase.
Heartbreaking poetry..
I enjoyed this beautifully written poem about love ending painfully.
As soon as our eyes locked
My life turned into hell,
You imprisoned me
In a self destructive cell.
How my heart longs
That we could be together,
This romance is lost
To an impossible adventure.
You gave me a heavy heart
With a broken soul,
A reckless mind
And a love you stole.
You became my weakness
Which you’ll never know,
What I actually feel for you
As I’ll never show.
Instead I’ll hide you here
As we could never be,
I’ll write you into
Heartbreaking poetry.
K
Quote
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
Carol Burnett
Quote
| “And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath |
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