Tag: handwritten
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Aromatherapy Night Sky Surprise
January 25, 2023 People may respond differently to different herbs; this cat was loving it. 💕💕 —Peeko says, “But don’t take my Jane.” He enjoys classic books of literary style, often with portraits on the cover. This afternoon after yoga, I tried glueing the square of fabric I’d kept, which I’d been saving, when I […]
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A Handmade Gift: Poetry and Preserved Flowers for May Ziadeh
(in the Christmas morning sun) complete Dec. 24th Christmas Eve 2022 I wrote the poem originally by hand on paper at the end of May 2021 on that month’s Full Flower Moon. The poem was published in March 2022 in Indelible’s The Feminine, and I’d read it live on video. I’d been collecting flowers and […]
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A Day in Pictures: A Creative Literary Morning
morning sencha tea, dreaming eyes, letting light into my eyes and face, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) for later on. after tea, may read Jane Eyre: I partly lived inside this book in my current life and did not remember that?😅 my novel printed draft so far, first 6 pgs, 3000 words, and handwritten […]
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A Pleasant Surprise, Meeting My Penpal Bethany
It was really nice to meet my penpal Bethany from Virginia today when she came to visit on her way from Western, MA. We met writing blogs 12 yrs ago: a photo.
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May Ziadeh’s ‘Green Hut’ in the Wood, Her Preface to a Favorite Book I Came Across
* These words just held me…I didn’t realize the book, translated as Smiles and Tears by May Ziadeh that I was reading in PDF form today was the book titled Memories or German Love, by F. Max Muller that I’d seen cited as a book she’d translated; I’ve read the book in English. And I […]
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My Replenish and Restore Index Cards—for when things are very exciting & stimulating—even if good
I wrote this for Artists or Authors or anyone designing a schedule, and if not doing that daily, some ideas for relaxation are here for anyone. I thought of this idea today, as I can be very excited by creativity…information…ideas…comments to and from…on my screen, and then become stimulated (‘tho often starts in a good […]
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These Hands…
In the post, A Note Found and a Bookmark and A Great First Art Show, I’d found some surprise things inside books, like a handwritten paper, so I decided to make up my own writing prompt with an idea I’d had…Whether you try this imaginary exercise or another, these free writes can be plenty of […]
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More Poems and Even More Poems, Bringing Out the Purple Wizards…with Jason Preu
📰Fresh off my Goodreads Press, the poetry book whose title and cover had been hidden by the first book on my coffee table, for suspense, included with that first one generously as complimentary bonus book by author—revealed now that it’s read, my introductory thoughts about the book: More Poems about Purple Wizards and Neon-Bright Exceptionalisms […]
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Finding Things You Already Had, A Runaway Sonnet: #2
It looks like a large, elegant old book, and it opens up for storage. I’ve started writing a new poem yesterday. Peeko loves to be a part of the creative process…Is that a hen, you may wonder? And now Peeko has a pen and his own separate page. As I began writing by hand, I’d […]
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‘…What Should I Be?’
Upon awakening this morning I worked on my first ghazal poem awhile yesterday in the late afternoon and into the night just before bed. The traditional ghazal form contains the same word at the end of each last line of the couplets and a word that rhymes with that end word is placed before it. […]
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A Libra Moon (for Rumi)
The moon is in Libra tonight. In recent days, there has been a reading of a poem by Rumi (“Some Kiss We Want”) and a handwrite of it too. My blessing. 🙂
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A Poem by Rumi I Wrote in My Pen Tonight
I added some stars. Not because I’m overjoyed with my day but because I thought you should have them. —Jade Some Kiss We Want by Rumi There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Sea water begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, […]
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I Am Happy Here; I Have Yet To Come Back Out
When I had found this book and looked within, I fell into a shallow sea and settled into the water, resting comfortably upon wet sand, as if not yet to come back out. I had not yet read the poems or any books by this author, and I am translating them from French into English, […]
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A Soft Breeze Stirring And Lifting The Flowers…This Poem
May 20, 2021 I hand-wrote this poem as I was translating it. And you, my beautiful friend With the intoxicating smile?— They call me ‘Mimi’ In the hours of delirium; And they love my eyes That point to the azure sky And my voice….home-like, ….pure, Spring gave me to May […]
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Dream Flowers and A Pen in My Hand
I am making a book of poems I’ve read in Dream Flowers by May Ziadeh. I felt I’d like to draw some flowers and clouds and mist. * It is her first book of poems published under the penname, Isis Copia You beautiful Silver Wing Thrilling life, your name, Little child? “My name is Lilie […]