Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, aka J.M. Barrie was born on May 9, 1860 and died on June 19, 1937. J.M. Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright best known for Peter Pan and Neverland. I do believe it is the secret to personal happiness is liking what you do. Life is too short […]
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1914 and died January 19, 2000. Hedy was an Austrian-American actress, inventor, and film producer. Little known fact about Hedy is that she was co-inventor of the frequency-hopping spread spectrum which is part of the early working for today’s cell phone use and wireless […]
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol was born on May 11, 1904 and died on January 23, 1989. He was a Spanish Surrealist artist. I’d like to think that I’m a true artist maybe my drawings don’t inspire but I have been told my photographs and writing has inspired […]
George Denis Patrick Carlin was born on May 12, 1937 and died on June 22, 2008. George was an American stand-up comedian, actor, philosopher, author, and social critic. George Carlin to me is a brilliant man. Many say his form of comedy was black or dark comedy but I looked at him as a realist […]
Stevland Hardaway Morris was born on May 13, 1950 aka Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Fairly straight forward quote but I think it runs deeper than intended. Just because someone lacks use of whatever or can’t do something doesn’t mean they are lacking. In this case use of eyes […]
An awakening to dawn mist on the water,
flowing Spirit’s streams to God’s altar,
purifying essence whistles through the trees,
images of the sacred blowing in the breeze.
Flights of fancy from birds up high,
feathers of many colors filtering through the sky,
sun, moon and stars envelops Earth’s dome,
we’re all birds of a feather, finding our way home.
Spectacle of mesmerizing movements flashing in the mind,
melting pots of humans, secrets hard to find,
love all embracing whispers on the wind,
no physical presence, ecstasy from a light dimmed.
Gifts of joy enmeshed in music and dance,
visualizing images filtering in a trance,
warriors in a drumbeat at journeys end,
back to the womb of creation enmeshed in a substance blend.
Wondrous dreams in the stillness of the dark,
journey on uplifting voyages in paradise park,
thunder and lightening points the way,
a prelude to the land where Soul’s play.
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What can I do to make my daydifferent in any waythan the days that came beforeand the virus evened up the scorekeeping us so close to homeeven those that live aloneand are used to being by themselvesstaying indoors and tidying shelvesand anything else to pass the timecleaning and sweeping tasks so divinethat get put to […]
via Making Things Different — Life and Day to Day things by a Pond Lover
One of my recent blogs Attention! has covered the importance of first lines in seizing your reader’s attention, now I’d like to consider the last lines. Having set the reader’s expectations, you now must provide a pay-off. The last line, words or couplet should ensure a satisfying end to your work. They may carry real […]
Art is often unappreciated till the artist is long dead. By then a new generation who reads and hears or looks and sees values the beauty others missed. Artists paint and poets write their understanding of truth in hopes that it will resonate with another soul. Words bring light in a dark night of […]
A great chef doesn’t get better at cooking without eating what other chefs make too!
via Poetry Writing Advice to Live By — Al Edwards Literature Talk
POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film. 