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Mushrooms, Splinters, and Thorns

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Women's · #830415

a journal with poems written on the fly without much ado

Just a journal
with everyday verse
mushrooming all over

Free clipart from About.com

Read at your own risk. The poems here are of personal nature, more about me and of what is around me than those in other books and folders. They are usually written in a very short time with practically

no poetic intent.

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Steve adding writing to ntbk.

Dec 23, 2012 at 3:15am
In response to "NaNo"

Joy your Nano experience seems to be a big part of your life.
This poem relays the fears, hopes, and dreams in a few short lines.
Thanks for sharing and for the novels you have written in the midst of the challenge that is Nano.
You are important to God; your loved ones; the WdC;
and Copenator out! BA, MDiv

Joy

Jul 14, 2011 at 7:45pm
In response to "NaNo"

Thanks, Alfred.

Yup, I'm not much for re-working anything. I should, though.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Jul 14, 2011 at 4:54pm
In response to "Inability"

I do SO love this. It's all about what I'm going through with Pierre right now.

Short and sweet. I love the idea of "emptying of my heart, cleaning of all spills known or unknown." That is just so what's going on right now in my life.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Jul 14, 2011 at 4:52pm
In response to "NaNo"

There is so much going on here, Joy. The central idea of holding the moon in one's hand is brilliant, and the rest works well around it.

I've often thought you should really go back and re-work your poetry. So much of it is great as it's posted on WDC, but this piece could be even better if you'd give it more room to breathe. I fear that there is not enough on the page to do full justice to your ideas.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Jul 14, 2011 at 4:49pm
In response to "Endings"

Oh! It's THIS book. I didn't add it to my favorites before, but now I most certainly will!

Joy

Jul 3, 2011 at 11:34am
In response to "Endings"

Thank you, Alfred.

The poems don't have anything to do with the plots.

They are personal incidents hiding under a quilt.
Please, do use the idea. I may do another one with the beginnings.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Jul 3, 2011 at 4:08am
In response to "Endings"

Your take on Hemingway is great. The purest poetry comes from .III. It is marvelous. Not being acquainted with the first two books, your poetic renditions seem to have more summary-like sound than poems that go beyond the endings, although the images of "the misfit" are bright, if not sad. "...this struggle to remember // what dreams tried to tell." Such power!

I love this idea Joy, and may borrow it this week.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Jun 29, 2011 at 1:34pm
In response to "Seed"

Love the simplicity and the positive twist at the end. Who cares if the seed grows up to be more than he is if he's happy in the sun just waiting and watching life go by?

December 27, 2020 at 2:01pm

#1000904

In a Day

Morning Deluge

I awake to the tatting drums
of a deluge, crushing
a thousand forests
as my hands shake
remembering your warmth
and my blushing face
since of all the storms
of my life
this one is the fiercest.

---

At the Capitol

Heavy jowls, thunderous voices
pursed lips, all the yeas and nays
banging gavel and fists
to the imperious waves
of enormous heads
all that jazz!
Except,
just don't expect any miracles!

---

Full Moon

That moping ancient lantern
riding high in the sky
its distance not a problem
for transmission
of moonbeams

while under it, sedately,
without looking back,
you tiptoed away
in your archaic garb
like new wine in old bottle

and I,
the baffled, unobtrusive woman
trailed after you
a few paces behind,
until you ordered firmly,
"Don't follow me, anymore!"

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