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Staring at a blank page is like staring into a snowfield. The snow, untouched by civilization and unmarked by living creatures, blinds you for a few minutes, it glistens reflecting subtle shades of pure white and rainbows at odd angles. If you stare at the snow too long, you get lost in the interplay of light and shadow. As the day wears on, you become awestruck at the beauty of the snow's perfection. You marvel at the way an oak tree cast its ebony shadow across the pure white snow. You watch the tree's shadow change, grow and shrink, as Earth turns and the sun moves from morning to evening. If you stand out in the snow too long without moving, you risk snow bite or freezing. If you are fortunate, a red fox will walk across your line of sight. The fox will leave his footprints written in the snowfield. As you watch the fox move, the spell holding you in one spot staring at the snow is broken. You are free to go inside out of the cold and out of danger. I must say, writing 500 words a day isn't difficult, unless I'm attempting to write on a single subject. On Monday, October 28, 2013, I began posting my weekly goals at "Weekly Goals"  . On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal."O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds." Bah'u'll'h The Hidden Words of Bah'u'll'h, Part I.'From the Arabic, #31, page 11 'Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold' Robert A. Heinlein It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One. Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others. Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet from whose horizon the day-star of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent. Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages 21-29: gr 32 I changed the way I did entries in this book several times. Beginning on March 21, 2018 the entries will cover the topics of spiritual, inspirational, and religions. However, the genres it will be under are Women's, Inspirational, and Spiritual with a tag of Religious. |
Istijlál (Majesty), 11 Bahá (Splendour), 174 BE - Thursday, March 30, 2017 CE/b} Muslim refugees aren't the only ones fleeing Iran. The Muslim religion is the one that numerous people follow, but it isn't the only religion in that country. There are minority religions such as Baha'is, Christians and Jews just to name a few. It never ceases to amaze me that just because refuge is from Iran people assume that he or she is a Muslim which isn't always true. One of the Baha'i refugees who fled Iran is Hasel Afshar who lives in Organ. He came home after three days out of town to find his home had been damaged by hate graffitti http://koin.com/2017/03/29/hate-graffiti-sprayed-on-troutdale-home/ |
Jamál (Beauty), 7 Bahá (Splendour), 174 BE - Sunday, March 26, 2017 CE It's the last Sunday in March and I have enough coffee to last the rest of the month if I'm careful. I'm expecting $10.00 to hit my checking account in the next few days. I have an appointment on Monday to have my toenails cut by a podiatrist which will cost me a $10.00 co-pay. Having a podiatrist do it is cheaper then having a pedicure. I'll have to take a bus to the podiatrist office and back home which is another $6.00. I've placed everything in God's hands because I can't worry about this. If I worry I'll bring my blood pressure up.  I signed up for "Prince Musical Writing Challenge Contest" which is from April 1 to May 30, 2017. I'm using "Snow Scribbles" and I need to chose 16 songs by Prince. Purple Rain http://www.metrolyrics.com/purple-rain-lyrics-prince.html Sign 'O' the Times http://www.metrolyrics.com/sign-o-the-times-lyrics-prince.html Little Red Corvette http://www.metrolyrics.com/little-red-corvette-lyrics-prince.html Thieves in the Temple http://www.metrolyrics.com/thieves-in-the-temple-lyrics-prince.html The Arms of Orion http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-arms-of-orion-lyrics-prince.html When Doves Cry http://www.metrolyrics.com/when-doves-cry-lyrics-prince.html My Name Is Prince http://www.metrolyrics.com/my-name-is-prince-lyrics-prince.html America http://www.metrolyrics.com/america-lyrics-prince.html The Morning Papers http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-morning-papers-lyrics-prince.html The Greatest Romance Ever Sold http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-greatest-romance-ever-sold-lyrics-prince.html Call My Name http://www.metrolyrics.com/call-my-name-lyrics-prince.html New Power Generation http://www.metrolyrics.com/new-power-generation-lyrics-prince.html Controversy http://www.metrolyrics.com/controversy-lyrics-prince.html LetItGo http://www.metrolyrics.com/letitgo-lyrics-prince.html Diamonds and Pearls http://www.metrolyrics.com/diamonds-and-pearls-lyrics-prince.html Let's Go Crazy http://www.metrolyrics.com/lets-go-crazy-lyrics-prince.html I discovered two novels among the editor's picks of "Horror/Scary Newsletter (March 22, 2017)" those novels are "Mary's Encounter with Spiritualism" and "Invalid Item" . I reviewed the introduction to the two books, so now I have to begin reading the novels. I think I'll read "Invalid Item" first. I discovered a contest in "Contests & Activities Newsletter (March 22, 2017)" called "The Pink Fluffy Unicorn Contest" that begins on April 1 with a deadline on April 30, 2017. Possible titles for a poem (1) Fluffy Pink Unicorns, (2) Rainbows and Fluggy Pink Unicorns, or (3) Fluffy Pink Unicorn Rainbows. |
Jalál (Glory), 6 Bahá (Splendour), 174 BE - Saturday, March 25, 2017 CE This morning I ask Baha'u'llah to help me get enough points in my Opinion Outpost account so that I could transfer $10.00 to my PayPal account. My prayer was answered almost immediately. I transferred the money to my PayPal and then transferred it to my checking account. The money should hit my checking either Sunday or Monday. At least I hope it does because I need it to pay the co-pay to the podiatrist who is trimming my toe nails Monday afternoon. Now all I need to to get the $6.00 for the Paratransit to take me to and from the doctor's office. Submitted to "Poetry Newsletter (March 22, 2017)" : Thank you for the inspiration.
I'll donate three poem reviews with an awardicon going to my favorite. to ChrisBreva's contest.I read an essay on reviewing. It explained how one author does reviews. I haven't been happy with the way I review. The new review template for 2017 is takes care of some of the issues I have with my technique, but not all of them. I suspect I need to put a disclaimer at the beginning or something stating the goal of the reviews I give. |
Istijlál (Majesty), 4 Bahá (Splendour), 174 BE - Thursday, March 23, 2017 CE I know that I must have something to be thankful for. I written gratitude list and it's always the same things on the list. I don't know how I'm going to make ends meet, but I know I'll manage to do it somehow. I'm doing my best to get money coming in so that I don't have to depend on my sister. It's just that it takes so long to get a response from the government. I don't know what they're going to say. The only thing I can do is pray, hope for the best, and write my frustrations out. Response to "Spiritual Newsletter (March 22, 2017)" : I agree that writing spiritual and inspiration items is difficult. I've read and reviewed spiritual poems and stories created by several members and I've the the one thing all of them have in common is personal experience with the divine. Sometimes they don't refer to the Divine Essence by a specific name, but they all reveal a personal spiritual experience.Premium Plus Membership = 4,199,500 GPs in my Gift Points account = 4,039,847 GPs needed = 159,653 Date Needed = June 30, 2017 Response to "Short Stories Newsletter (March 22, 2017)" : I'm always finding pennies laying on the ground. I combined finding a penny with the memory of reading my father's obituary online. That was how I found out my father had died. I wrote the story "A Penny from Heaven" , from the point of view of the penny, about a woman finding a penny from her father who had died. Donated a package to "Invalid Item" of 3 poetry reviews with an awardicon going to my favorite. I begin the newsletter for April. Since April is National Poetry Month I need to write about speculative poetry. |
Kamál (Perfection), 1 Bahá (Splendour), 174 BE - Monday, March 20, 2017 CE This year Naw-Ruz coincides with the International Day of Happiness. This is appropriate because Naw-Ruz is a celebration of happiness. It falls on the Vernal Equinox the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. Baha'i all over Earth celebrate the year's new beginning with parties and prayer. Even if you are the only Baha'i in a town or are unable to get to a party you can still celebrate and say the Naw-Ruz prayer. For Baha'is Naw-Ruz represents the "Day of God" and it serves to remind Baha'is that all the divine messengers were sent by the same Divine Essence (God) to awaken soul withing the individual human. Baha'u'llah is the latest messenger in a long line of divine messengers who reflected the attributes of God to humanity. "The peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God." Bahá'u'lláh 1The Baha'i Faith begin 174 years ago in Persia (Iran) when a young merchant, Siyyid Ali Muhammad, declared he had a new message from God. Known by the title The Bab (The Gate) he brought teaching about the emancipation of women, as well as other teachings. He proclaimed he had come to prepare the way for “He whom God shall make manifest" who was the one promised by all religions.2 The Bab3 was executed in 1850. In 1852, God gave Baha'u'llah his revelation. Baha'u'llah was eventually sent into exil. In 1863, Baha'u'llah publicly declared his mission in a garden outside of Baghdad. Baha'u'llah4 eventually ended up in the prison city of Akka in what is now Israel. Footnotes |
Jamál (Beauty), 19 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Sunday, March 19, 2017 CE About My Mother  Today, March 19, 2017, would have been my mother's 96th birthday. Mama was born on March 19, 1921 on a farm somewhere in northern Oklahoma. She was the only daughter of Mary Pearl Chaplin Newland and Frank Spence Newland. Mama was raised a Southern Baptist and, while in Blackwell, Oklahoma, attended the First Southern Baptist church or the First Southern Baptist Mission located in the Smelter Heights in Blackwell. Because of divorce she was a single mother of four children and raised them on a waitress salary (which was below minimum wage at the time). Sometime in middle to late part of the twentieth century, Mom moved, with the rest of us, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. It was in Las Vegas that she heard about Baha'u'llah and declared her belief in Him. For many years Mom worked at the Showboat Hotel Casino of Boulder Highway. She worked in the coffee shop and in the employees dinning room until the place closed. It was, also, in Las Vegas that Mom begin to write poetry. She passed into the Abha Kingdom on Thursday, February 29, 2012.
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Istiqlál (Independence), 17 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Friday, March 17, 2017 CE I don't know how funny a Friday it is yet. I submitted a limerick to "Comedy Newsletter (March 15, 2017)" Saint Paddy drove the snakes out of Ireland, Using a three leaf clover garland, I put the first poem in the first entry of "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . This entry is about the months of the Baha'i or Badi calendar. I suppose I should explain that in a drop note at the bottom of the poem when I finish the last section. I have only one section of the first entry completed. It's a senryu about splendor. I don't know if each of the poem in this entry will senryu or not because I have thought that far ahead.It's my turn to contribute to the "Invalid Item" . My five line poem must begin with "warm breeze". I'm not sure how many things I have to finish this weekend. I know I have to respond to a review request, write my cinquain and finish my edition of the fantasy newsletter. I also need to research a senyru chain to see if I need to do anything special for the next stanza of my entry in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . Since I can't find any rules for a senryu chain I can go ahead and make the rest of the poems in the first entry senryus.My contribution to "Invalid Item" warm breeze whispering sweet somethings to hyacinths perfuming the morning air with laughter |
Istijlál (Majesty), 16 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Thursday, March 16, 2017 CE Morning Gratitude I have 33,680 points in my National Consumer Panel account. There are 2 things on my Wish List (1) Supersonic 10.1" Windows 10 LapTab for 154,000 points and (2) Supersonic 9in Display 8GB Memory Android Tablet for 112,000 points plus there is a sale on a Samsung Galaxy Tab E-Tablet Android 5.1 (Lollipop) 16GB 9.6- Inch for 134,000. To purchase the Samsung Galaxy E-Table I need 100,302 points, but there are only 81 left in stock. If I can earn the points before that item is gone, I will purchase it. Other wise I nee 120,320 points for the Supersonic Windows LapTab or 78,320 for the Supersonic Android Tablet. I may just go ahead and decide on the Supersonic Android Tablet.
Intermission This morning's entry doesn't look like the normal Thankful Thursday entry, which I think is good because it gets me out of my rut. Before I made the entry I composed a response to today's "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" prompt "Wildcard Thursday: Overcoming Arachnophobia" . After that I ate lunch and went for a ten minute walk. I think it was ten minutes; however, I'm not sure. I checked the time before I went and didn't check the time immediately after I returned. I'll do better on Friday or later today (if I take another walk).Afternoon Gratitude I posted the following to "Spiritual Newsletter (March 15, 2017)" : "My meditation consists of chanting God's Most Great Name in the morning and then sitting quietly for a few minutes. All together it takes about ten or fifteen minutes. Today (March 16) I started walking for about ten minutes. While I walk I attempt to focus on my steps or repeat a prayer that I have memorized. It's difficulty to keep this up for ten minutes, but I think it will get easier as the days pass." Yesterday I posted two prayers to "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . One was the Short Obligatory prayer revealed by Baha'u'llah and the other was "The Remover of Difficulties" reveal by The Bab. I'm contemplating posting a couple of scriptures in the introduction as well. However, at this point I'm not sure which ones or if I should post any scriptures to the introduction. I want to get started planning the poem to post in that book. I'll have to say some prayer for inspiration this evening before going to sleep.I've been thinking about themes and subjects poems for "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . I think I need to start by answering the six questions suggest in "Six Honest Serving Men"5 by Rudyard Kipling. The questions are what, why, when, how, where and who. I think I need to answer at least one of the questions in a prose poem.Footnotes |
Fiḍál (Grace), 14 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Tuesday, March 14, 2017 CE The internet is slow, I'm having trouble accessing some websites because I get a timed out error. I'm not sure what's going on so I'm waiting on the phone to Cox. I suspect there could be some type of problem because all the reps are busy with other customers. There is definitely something going on because I attempted to log into my Cox inbox and the connection timed out again. I know I shouldn't complain because I still have a connection to writing.com, but I don't know why the Cox website gives me a time out when I attempt to check my e-mail. I also had the same issue when I was doing surveys on the Inbox Dollars website. The surveys would timeout before I even got into the survey. This morning I responded to two blog prompts in "Melting Snow" . The prompts I responded to were from "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" and "Blogging Circle of Friends " . This afternoon I responded to the prompt for "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" and posted it in "Welcome to My Life" . I still have a prompt from "Blogging Circle of Friends " for Monday, March 13, I haven't responded to. I think I'll respond to it in "Snow Scribbles" as part of the 44 short stories I didn't complete in 2016. I know it's too late to get credit for the stories, but at least I'll have finished them.Update on the Internet issue. I talk to a Cox internet tech who said there was some sort of issues causing part of the internet to go down. She said just to keep working on those sites I can access and the rest would be up about 9:00 PM tonight. That's fine with me because I don't have to access my Cox inbox or for that matter do any more surveys today. The surveys I didn't get done today I'll attempt to do tomorrow between reviews. Wednesday is the Ides of March which is scheduled for Port Raids. I'll focus on the Port Raids while checking a couple of three survey websites. I'd just as soon not have any more surveys time out on me. I don't mind the Inbox Dollars surveys timing out because as long as I attempt them I'll get spin credit which means I might ear a few cents on some of the spins. |
Jamál (Beauty), 12 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Sunday, March 12, 2017 CE Sunday Morning It's the first day of daylight savings time 2017 so I suspect it will be a long day. I woke up about 7:30 AM, but didn't get any of my meds taken until about 7:50 AM. I took the two meds I'm supposed to take on an empty stomach. I don't think I should have taken them as close together as I did; however, it's too late now to undo it or worry about it. I took my walk this morning before I had coffee, put my teeth in or ate my breakfast. When I take my walk on Monday I'll have to put my teeth in before I leave the house. I talked to Connie this morning. She's doing alright under the circumstances, however, I don't think she's fully recovered from finding her friend murdered last year. Connie's friend was another hooker who was murdered and mutilated by a "trick". This proves just how difficult it is difficult for women to survive in a man's world. The majority of "girls" on the street wouldn't be doing that if they had a choice or felt they had a choice. True some of them do it for the drugs, but not all of them. Unless you've spoken to the "girls" working the streets you don't understand them and even then it's sometimes difficult to understand; however, ignoring them or the issues that are causing them to work the streets isn't going to change anything. Sunday Afternoon I seem to be doing fine today. So far I'm still wide awake, which is somewhat unusual on the first day of Daylight Savings Time. My time sense isn't a screwed up as usual, but then this is only the first day and I don't have to be any where until Monday, March 27. That's the day I'm going to a podiatrist to get my toe nails cut. It's too difficult for me to cut them myself, which means that every couple of years or so (whenever they begin to bother me) I have to have a professional cut them. Probably better then me doing it myself. Tomorrow is Monday and I have to figure out what goals I need to post to "Weekly Goals" . I haven't been doing well in achieving the goals I set. I think that part of the problems comes from waiting until Monday to set the goals instead of planning them on Sunday. Another issue is that I don't review the goals everyday; therefore, I'll review the goals each day to see which ones I have to work on each day. Another thing I'm going to try this week is making the goals more concrete.Goals for the Week of March 13-17, 2017  "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" Deadline: 11:59 PM EDT March 31, 2017. Review a minimum of 4 items per day with at least 1 written by a newbie. "The Flash Blog Contest - CLOSED" March 15 to April 15. Finish may edition of the Fantasy newsletter Deadline: Monday, March 20 @ 8:59 AM EDT. "SCREAMS!!!" I need to check for Monday or Tuesday's prompt. Do other things I have to do, but I haven't put on this list for one reason or another. |
Jalál (Glory), 11 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Saturday, March 11, 2017 CE This morning I responded to only one of the Blog Prompts in "Melting Snow" GPs = 3,936,934 Premium Plus = 4,199,500 GPs Needed = 262,566 Premium Membership Expires on May 30,2017 I received my Municipal Primary Election Sample Ballot today. There are only two city offices to vote on and both are for municipal court judges. Early voting is Saturday, March 18 to Friday, March 31 while the general election is Tuesday, April 4. This being a municipal election, I'm not sure about what the turn out will be. I know I'm not going to work the general election or the early voting. I haven't be asked, but if someone does call or e-mail me with a request, I'm turning it down. I just don't feel like spending an entire day at the election poles this year. Baha'i Words Quotation for March 11, 2017 "It is permitted that the peoples and kindreds of the world associate with one another with joy and radiance. O People! Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship. Thus hath the day-star of His sanction and authority shone forth above the horizon of the decree of God, the Lord of the worlds." Bahá’u’lláh I wonder how good a job I do at expressing this scripture in my life. I suppose I need to stop worrying about that and just do the best I can. A New Year is coming up. March 20 is Naw-Ruz and the first day of the 174 BE. I feel that I need to do something different at the beginning of this New Year. Perhaps I should write a Dear Me letter in this journal or in one of my blogs. I'll have to think about that. I'm also starting a new poetry journal for poems celebrating the bicentennial. I hope to use that journal for poems about the bicentennial of The Bab's birth which is two years from now. Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 9 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Thursday, March 9, 2017 CE I am thankful for the writng.com newsletter they generate ideas. For Baha'is the nineteen-day fast occurs during ‘Alá’ (Loftiness). These are the days after Ayyám-i-Há (February 25-28 or 29) before naw-Ruz, which occurs on the vernal equinox (March 19 or 20). During these days Baha'i between the ages of 15 and 70 fast from sunup to sundown. Fasting is obligatory and intended to bring a person closer to God. Those who are ill, pregnant or nursing and performing hard labor are exempt. One of the silly things that inspired one my stories was November 9, 2009 Mother Goose and Grim comic. The characters were discussing parallel universes. That gave me an idea for a story about missing spoons.
If you are looking for Esoteric Crimes do a search for weird, stupid or dumb laws in your state or any one of the fifty states. When I did this search for Nevada I found some weird and somewhat amusing laws that are still on the books. Ideas for stories or poems  Soul of the Wolf Spirit Brothers Maintaining Traditions Esoteric Echoes |
Kamál (Perfection), 6 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Monday, March 6, 2017 CE begin about 10:35 AM Pacific Standard Time ** Image ID #2108429 Unavailable ** It's Monday again. It's time to establish my goals for this week. I don't establish these goals on Sunday for the same reason I avoid doing reviews on Sunday. I always think of Sunday as catch up day, which usually means doing nothing except writing, reviewing and whatever it was I didn't finish the week before. I usually do a good job with the writing and review, but catching up is a different story. Since I have a lot to do this week I need to get started. Goals for the Week of March 6-10 Reading: Read the March/April 2017 edition of The American Baha'i magazine that arrived today. Review: Review a minimum of four items with at least one written by a newbie. Write: Write at least one story or poem and enter it into a contest. Other: Do at least one thing each day I've been putting off. |
Jamál (Beauty), 5 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Sunday, March 5, 2017 CE about 10:41 AM Pacific Standard Time It's a windy Sunday in Vegas The wind scared me this morning. There is a sign hanging outside the kitchen window and the wind was blowing so hard that the sign hit against the side of the building. I couldn't figure out what it was until I opened the blinds. The wind has died down a bit, but it's still too windy to walk. My allergies are acting up now and if I take a walk they will be worse. I think I need a tread mill to use on these windy days. Sleepy eyes closing Is is wind or allergies causing me to nod? I did some port housekeeping last night. I put some poem into "Poetry in Motion Poems" . At this point I have 50 poems in it and I can place 50 more. I putting form poems in it, but there isn't any specific theme for that book. I'm also planning on filling up the short story collection "Flashes of Lightning" . I have 98 short stories with room for 2 more. There isn't a specific theme for that book either.My fingers don't want to type, don't want to spell the word right. The wind has blown all day. It blew hard enough to take limbs off the palm trees. It also knocked the electricity off once. There is now a high wind warning until 10:00 PM. I think I'll need to put on the flannel nightgown or pjs tonight. In addition I'll have to use the blanket that was just washed. Oh well, we can always wash the blanket again next month. Wind Trimming palm trees Cuts electricity |
Jalál (Glory), 4 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Friday, March 3, 2017 CE about 5:59 PM Pacific Standard Time I found another poetry form I want to try. The Pathya Vat7 is an oriental form from Cambodia. A Pathya Vat stanza is composed of four lines with four syllables each. If the poem has a single stanza then the rhyme is on the two middle lines, 4.a.a.4, but if it has more then one stanza then the first stanza rhymes, 1.a.a.b, while the second rhymes 4.b.b.c and so on for as many stanzas as the poet chooses. I'm contemplating a poem about the Nineteen-Day Fast using this form. Another form I want to attempt is one created by David Marshall. This form, the Haiku Sonnet8, combines the sonnet with the haiku. It is composed of fourteen lines in five stanzas. The first four stanzas contain three lines each with a syllable count of 5/7/5 and the final stanza is a couplet with a syllable count of seven and/or five syllables. A crown of haiku sonnets is composed of seven haiku sonnets that are linked. The third form I want to try is a cinquain9 which is a five line form of 2/4/6/8/2 syllable. A cinquain chain is a group of linked cinquain stanzas with the first line of the following stanza beginning with last line of the previous stanza. The last stanza in a chain ends with the first line of the first stanza as the last line of the final stanza. In a cinquain swirl the first line becomes the link. There are no stanzas in the cinquain swirl instead the lines are united in one poem following the normal cinquain syllable count. Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 2 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), 173 BE - Thursday, March 2, 2017 CE about 3:12 PM Pacific Standard Time ‘Alá’ and March started out good. Yesterday I sent off all the saved reviews for the Dear Me letters and made appointments with two March appointments withe the specialist my doctor wants me to see. I still have one more specialist to make an appoint with, but I can't do that until the doctor sends a referral. I called my sister about a check she was supposed to send; if the check doesn't come tomorrow I'll have to call her again. (Which I'm not looking forward to doing.) I also started working on my edition of the writing.com fantasy newsletter. Today I begin my daily walk, it was supposed to be only ten minutes, however I think it was longer then that. I didn't time myself because I had decided to walk just so far up Sunrise Avenue. I need to look at my phone when I start the walk tomorrow and then again when I reach my planned destination before I turn around and start back to the apartment. I also responded to three blog prompts, wrote two poem for contests and an entry to a campfire I'm participating in. "Invalid Item" Campfire entryAnd pink roses blooming releasing love's incense as nightingales serenade at first light. I still have a couple of more items to find for the editors picks in my fantasy newsletter edition. The deadline is Monday, March 20, I don't think I'm going to look for any more today. Instead I think I'll focus on doing something else. Something that doesn't take a lot of physical or mental energy. I'm still tired from my walk, but I don't want to take a nap. If I take a nap this late in the day I won't be able to sleep tonight. I have enough trouble sleeping as it is without doing something that I know will last well into the evening. |
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