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MagnoliaBlue
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0 posted 2000-06-03 07:49 PM



Sitting in a place
Of warm solitude...
I write in my journal
Hoping no one will intrude.

I play some music
Maybe loud rock n’roll...
Maybe sounds of nature
To soothe my soul.

I set down all my
Thoughts and poses...
Things of forget-me-nots
And wild roses.

I can look back to see
Where I have been...
To see where I am going
I just release my pen.

My thoughts run wild
Or down a charted course...
Dreams of childhood
Hopes for a horse.

The birth of my children
The breakup of marriage...
Slow dancing
Rides in a carriage.

When I am done
I will lock away this book...
Hoping no one finds it
No one takes a look.

My private
Thoughts and poses...
Forget-me-nots
And roses.

©1999~CJB~



 

© Copyright 2000 June Blanchard - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 2000-06-03 11:02 PM


This is very lovely, MB!  

Denise

Tennessee Angel
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2 posted 2000-06-03 11:05 PM


Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!

"When I am done
I will lock away this book...
Hoping no one finds it
No one takes a look."

I am a big journal keeper and you echo my very own thoughts.  You make me want to take my journal outside and just write forever.

Butterflies_dont_cry
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3 posted 2000-06-03 11:35 PM


I loved this!!  I used to have a journal like you speak of here....mine was mistakenly sold in a garage sale....I felt that I had sold my soul!!!   Thank you for sharing this!!
MagnoliaBlue
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4 posted 2000-06-04 12:25 PM


Denise....Thank you.I am glad you enjoyed it.  


TA...yes journals make that happen...I have one beside my bed, another beside my favorite chair and one in my bag so that I can catch all those thoughts, whether waiting some place or on a picnic, anything! I am glad you like the poem.  


Butterflies...I am sorry you lost your journal.I understand your feelings.Must feel like an invasion, knowing someone else has it. Maybe if it wasn't sold too long ago, you could advert to try and get it back. I hope so. Thanks for your comments.  

MBlue

 

Dark Angel
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5 posted 2000-06-04 04:54 PM


Oh Lovely MB well Done.  

 Je t'aime plus qu'hier et moins que demain."
I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow
(unkown)



Martie
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6 posted 2000-06-04 05:16 PM


I hope you will use your journal to inspire more lovely poetry, like this.
brian madden
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7 posted 2000-06-04 07:12 PM


A wonderful poem, treasure your journal. though please share of the poetry with us. really enjoyed this one.

 ------------------------
"I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards

"Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time".

Baltimore Grotto

"Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity"
Nicky Wire, A design for Life.

manic street preachers
"Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany
Culture, alienation, boredom and despair"

"To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

E.E Cummings.



Marge Tindal
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8 posted 2000-06-04 07:30 PM


MagnoliaBlue~
Beautifully done.
I love journals.

I give my children one each Christmas
and they really seem to enjoy keeping
them up to date.  
One of my sons calls it his 'other room'.
He says it's where he can go to find himself.
On holidays they bring their journals for each other to write a page in.  

Thanks for sharing this.
~*Marge*~



 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com


mariee66
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9 posted 2000-06-04 07:59 PM


This is sweet, and I believe the first one of yours I have read.  I enjoyed this much!
Marie~
(Oh, and I love your name here...MagnoliaBlue...Magnolia's are blooming all around my home in C'ville, VA!)

Aimster
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10 posted 2000-06-04 08:04 PM


MB

ohh this was so sweet and beautiful!
i loved every line of this piece.
isn't writing a wonderful thing?!
it's truly been my salvation at some of
my weakest and hardest times in life. i
am glad you joined passions and hope you
stick around for quite some time to come.
take care,
amy  

 "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends."

"Fate exists but it can only take you so far,
Because once you're there
It's up to you to make it happen."




Irish Rose
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11 posted 2000-06-04 08:07 PM


Oh, this spoke directly to my heart. Journaling was my first attempt at "writing" only I just didn't realize how much I loved it and miss it. This was so in tune with my own thoughts and memories of a time spent refreshing myself, and letting the world go by. Thank you for posting it!

 Kathleen
indy31_99@yahoo.com


Alle'cram
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12 posted 2000-06-04 08:15 PM


MB: Absolutely beautiful!! Awesome. marcy
SpitFire
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13 posted 2000-06-04 08:19 PM


~I so enjoyed this poem of yours.  I too keep a journal,..one in my desk, one in my car for the random thoughts that need be entered at the drop of a dime. Hehe.  Loved this. Thank you for sharing it.
Corinne
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state of confusion
14 posted 2000-06-04 10:33 PM


A lovely poem!

Corinne

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