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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! 
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I once wrote about whimsical fairies A magical place grew inside my mind I created stories of another world Did I hide behind those innocent times Sadly, the past few years have made me older I cast off my poems and my imagination Only to write words on list after list Seeking strength to face difficult situations Once again, I breathe with more ease Taking time to play with words and try to write Still a bit unsure how my growth will show As my imagination blossoms in the night Alison |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh, Alison! What you said in The Key - except from me, now. Memories of what is in the first stanza. Tears for the second one. Certainty, confirmation and support for the third. Hugs Wol |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Alison, Because you are a writer you will write again and what ever you write will be magic. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I relate Allison. Since I have been involved in the creative process I have gone from one phase to another and it has dramatically altered what I thought important. Like Lori said, you are a writer, you will write. Just use what you are going through as a beacon for poetry's guidelines. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
excellent 'write' containing all points well taken! ... As I've mentioned before here in 'P.I.P.-land' by the cyber-sea, I've had an ambivalent (love/hate) relationship with poetry most of my life and have tried to quite writing several times. My best friend (sculptor) says "I can't not sculpt" ... apparently each and all of us inveterate word-painters "can't not write!" Glad to see you grace these fine blue pages with your words again! Words are perhaps the most enduring source of true 'magic' in this lovely, but sometimes sad, 'ol world. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Welcome back Alison. You have been missed. Your talent will out. You do not need to try hard too push it.When it comes it will be read. best to you. Jo |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Your writing has always brought smiles and inspiration to me, Alison. I'm glad to see you picking up the pen again. You have so much light inside you, I wouldn't worry too much about the dark eclipsing you. You willl always shine in my eyes. Michael |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
So happy to see you here again. You light up these blue pages. Hope you are well good poetess. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Good, bad, indifferent, my friend - what you write (and I love reading you) isn't as important as just seeing - knowing you're still there, and that, quickens my heart. have missed you (little as I've been in here myself). . . jimmy |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
So happy to see you here, Alison. Love your writing and I can certainly relate. Ida |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"Still a bit unsure how my growth will show As my imagination blossoms in the night" Nice write, analysis, poem, philosophy. Enjoyed. JL Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Wish you were here. |
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MICHELMAS Member
since 2012-02-15
Posts 305Lancashire England |
Sometimes staring at blank pages, until the words come Best wishes Michael |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Seeking strength to face difficult situations Sometimes words are my therapy, sometimes they are my guide to solutions... and sometimes they're just something I don't have time to deal with. *S* The nice thing is... they always wait, ready to welcome my return. *S* Any word from you is welcome... and knowing you, baby steps will soon turn to leaps. Enjoyed this... and related to it! |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
Hi Alison, just enjoy the words when they come and the time that you give yourself, we are all too busy to just sit and enjoy, then another 5 years have passed. Smile now, live now and have no regrets |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Beloved Alison, it's a joy to read you and I certainly want to encourage you to write. Our words reflect our hearts and we change as times change, we are in constant motion and that is the adventure of life. Dare to share your emotions, for you have the gift to do so. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Alison, It is so good to meet you here again. I hope your difficult situations are over and I am glad you are breathing more easily. Your work will probably blossom deeper and sweeter now. With love, Kate |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
psst, Alison, *(pleading eyes and twiddling thumbs), Patience was never my strong suit. Just kidding there, I just wanted you to know we all miss you, but hope you are doing well. Michael |
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quietrivers New Member Posts 3 Florida |
I take in your words, stranger that you are, and I realize I'm merely looking at a mirror, although I was never innocent; I knew the choices I was making, each one a brick on top of another. I thought the words would save me from myself, prepare me better for the bucket list I'm filling up today, but thoughts and words petered out in the light of chores too heavy to leave undone. I am older now, too, and I find things haven't changed at all, even as they have, and did. But most of all, I find, I must think again, write again, or lose myself again, finally running out of words, finally running out the sands of this hourglass. So here I am, looking out for strangers, looking for myself. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Alison, A muse does seem to come out when we are least expecting it! Your poem reveals the dry period many artists face between times of great creativity and those not so great. I understand perfectly! It's good to hear you've found it again. miscellanea |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
Since you're a dreamer, nothing can stop your imagination. There are just times to create and times to get experience and think of it, and survive it. Nice work! |
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