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Please take a moment to watch this video about Benjamin Morse Archer who has been missing since March 2, 2016. I met his mom at Go Dog Go Cafe at our event “Promote Yourself Mondays.” In addition to the video she created, she has a blog which you can read here. Please spread the word. Continue reading Benjamin Morse Archer
Originally posted on Talkin' to Myself:
The Camp Fire in Northern California raged from November 8, 2018 until its full containment on November 25, 2018. According to Wikipedia the Camp Fire: “caused at least 86 civilian fatalities, with 3 persons still missing, injured 12 civilians, two prison inmate firefighters, and three other firefighters. It covered an area of 153,336 acres (62,053 ha), and destroyed 18,804 structures,… Continue reading Kindness and Courage
Took a walk in the wild world with wishes waiting to take wing Whispers in the midnight cypress trees kept repeating words of love Calls for the lonely littered the forest floor like pebbles waiting to be collected And as I wandered, I wondered about these things we carry I collected one for loss I collected one for regret I scooped handfuls for sorrow Drenched … Continue reading Wild World
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to. Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday – January 21, 2019
Minutes tick away as my shadow soul sails under the new moon glazed with a hint of joy I write your name in neon white and frame it with jewels collected from the morning rain I snap open this pandora’s box What will be will be but this moment depends on you A prelude to every song we will sing together photo: Pixabay prompts: Go … Continue reading Prelude
Originally posted on Singledust:
Written for Helene Willow Poetry What do you see ? 27.11.18 Linking to dVerse Open Link Night hosted by Mish So deep inside the Forest told a story much too sad for light Grief grew lush within the Cold Music kept those secrets tight Earth pitched its icicles green when Melody met the tune, the hum the moss that grew across… Continue reading the music tree
A collection of galaxies and garnets a celebration of sparkle to dance in spaces just between Yes I whisper yes photo: Pinterest prompt: #JanuaryFalls19 Continue reading Sparkle
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to. Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday – January 14, 2019
A thousand lives and a yesterday an intermittent flicker of light a flash of understanding a new dawn a new day new dreams just because the moment is disguised in a malleable expectancy of rapture rustling doubt lingers a new dawn a new day new dreams always remember anything is possible between intermittent flickers of light and this, a flash of understanding photo: Pixabay prompts: … Continue reading Faith
Originally posted on looking in your window:
don’t miss a step you will fall and when you do double back and touch them all at the rail of the party empty promises overflow your mind their dreams are not your to chase stories with no end will be what you find keep wandering find your base until you do be wary of the… Continue reading Sons & Daughters
Craving connection so real, your heart aches torn in pieces as tried and true prophecy lays tangled in the treason of your own truth when no living thing can reach this, the depths of your sorrow, and your eyes are trained on the invisible ﹘ hoping against hope that the sun will rise, as you slip into a place where you can barely breathe… wait … Continue reading Wait
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to. Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday – January 7, 2019
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Name: Megha Sood Where you post your writing: https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/ https://whisperandtheroar.com/ https://godoggocafe.com/ http://arielchart.blogspot.com/ https://freeverserevolution.wordpress.com/ https://candlesonline.wordpress.com/ https://poetscornerblog.wordpress.com/ Publications: We Will not be Silenced ( Indie Blu(e) Press), 2018 Oddball Magazine Scrittura Magazine Dime Show Review Fourth and Sycamore KOAN ( Paragon Press) Vita Brevis Literature Three favorite indie books of 2018 1. Composition of a woman Author: Christine E Ray… Continue reading Megha Sood Shares Her Favorite Indie Feminist Books of 2018
Winter mist shrouds those cracks in the ice and so I fall, unforgiven and cold through that first glass shimmering across the lake It’s here beneath the surface that I watch the world go by and wonder if Winter’s mist was made to invite an afternoon catnap by a crackling fire in a room still scented with pine and berries The warmth of hearth and … Continue reading Winter’s Nap
If we were having coffee today, January 6th, I’d wish you a Happy New Year and invite you in. I’d make you a cappuccino with my new coffee maker and share some of the many cookies I have left from the family cookie swap. They are delicious! I’d tell you about that evening when we all gathered at my sister’s for a meal and how … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, January 6th
Trouble, your constant companion shadow boxing as you explore the darkness I feel your desperation to find even a flicker of light hiding in the haze of blue smoke rooms I feel you even as you disappear, a phantom betraying blue skies and sunny days again and again and again You slip into that world, out of reach and I hold my breath, waiting You … Continue reading Fall Away
Originally posted on Mindlovemisery's Menagerie:
Yes, it’s me again. Enough music prompts right? But, back some months ago, there was one other Music Prompt I missed and was not able to finish. So, I will leave you, and lead you into the new year, with not only hope, but remembrance for those who feel lonely and lost when many of us feel close to… Continue reading Music Challenge #42: “Leave A Light On” by Tom Walker #musicchallenge #MLMM #amwriting
Tell me about those dreams you seek there in that vast wasteland that borders risk and reward and floods of joy all promised by a single drop of rain tell me about the hope you’ve found dancing across ripples on the water while looking for answers hidden in silvery trees in a forest of proud cacti tell me about it And as tomorrow floats like … Continue reading Tell Me
A taste of nostalgia, ever sweet lost in the rituals of old each time I cross that threshold just one step and I am complete Family traditions, the heartbeat each one spun from gold A taste of nostalgia, ever sweet Lost in the rituals of old That familiar feeling as I pull up the street Sisters and brothers and babies to hold Love, laughter, and … Continue reading Home for the Holidays
Like a vise, this unknown enemy tightens its hold restricting my breath, my thoughts, my steps It takes on a life of its own…this monster who has taken up residence in my brain It shoves everything out of its way, those unnecessary things like simple joy and foolish hope for a better day And like any formidable foe, it mounts a battle toward victory with … Continue reading Finding Courage
Paper-white petals tucked in a bouquet Winter’s bloom of cinnamon wishes and roses of red Paper-white petals tucked in a bouquet Tendrils of time joining circles widespread Lasting moments on this elderberry night Winter’s bloom of cinnamon wishes and roses of red Framed in love meant to bless this rite A celebration to mark the beginning and the end Lasting moments on this elderberry night … Continue reading Last Christmas
And so we wait as the warmth of winter promises redemption An oily candle burns on the windowsill and that cantankerous wind rages, delighting in the storm Still, we wait Fate both a pertinent and personal ruler sometimes given to granting wishes as it prepares a buffet of dreams We wait Time both a partner and nemesis sometimes given to upheaval as it goads fits … Continue reading Wait
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to. ? Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday – December 3, 2018
“I talk to God but the sky is empty.” – Sylvia Plath I seek wisdom in the sawdust falling gently beneath the polished mahogany bowl you carved with loving hands for it is not the finished product but rather the blood, sweat, and tears buried deep within its caviar ribbons that tell this story My eyes long for the beauty of paradise scattered like sunflowers … Continue reading Seeking Wisdom
If we were having coffee today, December 1st, I’d invite you in and offer a piece of the banana-nut bread I made this morning. We can listen to Chaka Khan’s Classikhan. It’s the perfect accompaniment to a quiet Saturday afternoon. I’d ask you about your Thanksgiving and tell you about mine. I spent most of the day with our five-year-old granddaughter. We read books and … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, December 1st
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is the brainchild of Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray. The four indie writers and survivors felt compelled to do something after the strongly triggering Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings. Ultimately, they… Continue reading Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces The Release of We Will Not Be Silenced
Damn this wind that howls like a lone wolf on a moonlit night Damn this rain that prowls like a rabid dog ready to bite Like a lone wolf on a moonlit night hollow victories linger, a wicked chill Like a rabid dog ready to bite life lessons ﹘ a bitter pill Hollow victories linger, a wicked chill storm rages against echoes, angry yowls life … Continue reading Triggers
Last week, I gave my eighth-grade class an assignment to write a poem in which an object represents their family. Here is my version. It used to belong to someone else — this table that holds our memories Set with silver and china, it waits like empty pages waiting to be filled like filled scrapbooks waiting to be viewed like a snapshot in time A … Continue reading The Family Table
Topaz sunlight sparkles across years bent with age November love still fresh with the scent of falling leaves Poems penned on scraps of paper still span moments between then and now and before and after and young and old when you were you and I was me and the world was innocent Chance meeting — a chariot meant to break the silence moving across time … Continue reading First Crush
