In that darkest hour just before dawn when night-time terrors clutch my heart You are here. In black-dog moments when tears well up and despair’s …
Together we are strong
via The long way home
Via Dreamless
You would think that they would be perspicacious
Wise and way ahead of the curve
But it comes as no surprise to any of us
These so-called leaders failing in all departments
Their concerns are for their own safety
Not for the people they swore to serve
Their bank accounts are not affected
Their families safe in isolated luxury
When questioned, they wrangle and complicate
Never a straight answer you can expect
It is time to really think about the course of action
For safeguarding the future of the country
Think!
Please!
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Sunday
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Do you like my new hair?
Let’scompromise
Yournatural
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A worn-out book, pages yellow with age
Yet it is a keepsake too precious for me
It was owned by someone I never remembered knowing
She passed away when I was a child myself
In it, I see her name written in her childish handwriting
My mother’s memento!
Word count; 49
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1.How has the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic affected your blogging? Are you posting more or less than you used to?
This current crisis has made me busier than usual. I am currently with my daughter and am helping her with the homeschooling of my grandkid. That activity has lessened the time I spend on writing my posts. But since I don’t go out except to walk, so the reading and commenting have increased slightly.
2.What is the tone of your posts these days, happy, sad , serious, worried?
I am an optimist person by nature and if I am not exactly happy, I still am hopeful. My posts are reflecting my mood. I am disturbed by the loss of life and health all over the world. But since worrying never helps with anything, I try to be positive, hopeful and uplifting in my writing.
3. Have you written any posts specifically about the crisis and its effect on your life? If so, please share a link?
I haven’t written any post addressing this pandemic exactly. Yet most of my poems and writing are influenced by it.
Here are a few links;
Stream of consciousness Saturday
4. What kinds of posts do you like to read these days?
I like informative posts that provide genuine information, not the same gloom doom scenarios projected by the media these days.
Besides that, I like to read humor, thought-provoking posts and poems and something that gives us hope. Hope, to my mind is even more important now than ever before. Too much negativity and gloomy outlook have made people depressed these days.
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If more is not the time to show our courage and grace, I don’t know when will it be!
Wishing you all a safe and graceful day
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Gallantry and chivalry are not only needed
On the battlefield or in the pages of a romance
We think these are old-fashioned values
But in reality, we admire people who possess
These outstanding character traits as
They are usually labeled our heroes
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what do you see photo prompt Bright lights, pitch black tales Neon dreams born from darkness I know you are here hope hiding in the shadows when …
Seeking Safety (A tanka poem)via End
Psychedelic hues swirling
The colors of my mind churning
I laugh
I cry
I am contrite sometimes
And boastful at others
The colors of my mind ever changing
I need grace and elegance to portray
The state of my mind concealed cleverly
Lest I reveal the shambles of thoughts
I maintain my demeanor
Yet a whirlpool is in my thoughts
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If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make them?
It is human nature to try to be perfect and making mistakes is an admission that we are not perfect. That’s why we want to avoid making mistakes. It is with living to the age of wisdom that we stop beating ourselves up on making mistakes and actually start learning from them.
How do we know that pleasure is good and pain is bad?
By experiencing them first hand. Like a baby doesn’t know that the bright colorful flame is very hot and can burn. So either some wise parental guidance or by some unfortunate accident, they find it out and are forever wary of touching the flame. The same is with pleasure.
What problem or situation did TV/movies make you think would be common, but when you grew up you found out it wasn’t?
I think it was the concept of happy families in most of the tv shows, that raised my expectations which were dashed down by reality. Siblings are often at odds with each other and the kids with parents.
If you drive, do you speed when no one is watching? Have you ever run a red light late at night on purpose, particularly if it doesn’t seem to change very quickly? If you don’t drive, what minor law may you have broken?
When I used to drive, I loved to listen to music and take advantage of empty roads and drive as fast as the law allowed. Intentionally I never broke the law, or drive through the red light.
What positive things are you finding to do to occupy your time right now?
I am having long walks, the weather is beautiful and very few people are around when I walk, early in the morning. It is refreshing and invigorating. And then there is homeschooling too.
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