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35 degrees at 10 p.m. It's going to be a calm warming day. I will probably go to the grocery store around noon. Sales start on Wednesday. There's no rush. I've done a lot of blog reading and leaving comments. Maybe this group at 30dbc will finally embrace the concept of leaving comments. So far, so good. -1c at 9 a.m. Glad I shut the window last night. It's clear here but the mountain blocks the dawn. Sunshine finally streaming into my place. I need coffee. "Blogging Circle of Friends " ![]() How to use these words? Not up for anything creative. Maybe I'll splurge and buy cashews today. I love them but will eat them all at once. So much for nuts. I do like hazelnuts. Fortune? ![]() I remember seeing cradles in Peja, Kosovo. We don't use them here and I can't remember any from my childhood. Maybe after coffee. Write? What else do I do every day? Sleep, eat, drink... Do I forgive? Am I forgiven? Forgetfulness isn't the same as forgiveness but it does help. The night... what's that? Idiot lights guarding, securing ... nothing means that it's never truly dark here. They intrude. When I travel I'm lucky if it's dark. Sunny and 50. ![]() A bit overdressed but I survived. I bought sugar. That's what I went for. I spent less than $20. The walk is good for me; the stairs are not. I have to read poems and choose one ... "Invalid Item" ![]() So now I stare into a photograph and pine, my heart suffering its own writing cramp. "I Love You Father" ![]() ![]() A hint of tiredness, a vision of dismay. His windows dimmed beneath his tousled gray. "The Love We Have for Our Twins" ![]() ![]() The Love We Have for Our Twins Was something very precious "Invalid Item" ![]() When I rescued you, little did I know, it was truly you who had rescued me. I never tried to own you because I never had to. "There We Are" ![]() ![]() full of dreams empty pockets rich with love "Looking Back" ![]() ![]() A couple's love can warm a house, it's warmer yet with three. All that reading and I was looking at the wrong poems! Argh. 1. "The Well of Loneliness" "The Well of Loneliness" ![]() ![]() Seems to work. 4.4 2. "You Knew Me Completely" "Invalid Item" ![]() A bit too sentimental. Tells. 3.9 3. "Faith through Love!" "Faith through Love!" ![]() ![]() It starts as a prayer and then loses it. It's not very poetic and does not follow the form at all. 2.8 4."Dreams Do Come True" "Invalid Item" ![]() Beseeching, cliche. We've heard this before. 3.0 5. "Whispers of Love" "Invalid Item" ![]() Flows nicely as a love letter. 3.6 6. "The Clandestine Love" "The Clandestine Love" ![]() ![]() It doesn't work for some reason. The word choice puzzles me. 'trenchant blade'? I know some of the story so I 'get it' but it's uneven poetically. 3.9 7. "Only Love is Needed" "Only Love is Needed" ![]() ![]() I like the volta between lines 8 and 9. 'blast' at the end unnerves me as it doesn't seem to fit. The theme is good though. 4.0 8. "Ascension of the Heart" "Ascension of the Heart" ![]() ![]() I loved the flow and alliteration. But that last word... 'bent'? It jars. 4.5 Well... at least I voted on time. I wasn't awed by any of the poems I read today. But it did clarify why I win sometimes. Apparently most folks aren't very poetic; others rely on tired words or images. Some can't read directions. And to emphasize: the entry is supposed to be a poem. 3.913 |