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My First Snowman (100-Word Flash Fiction)

He was the first snowman I had ever built.

Coal for eyes, a fresh carrot for a nose, pebbles for a mouth; I stood back to look at my handy work. He looked good, not too fat, nor too thin. He didn’t look happy, though, no matter how I arranged the pebbles.

Dad was watching me through the kitchen window. His hands were wrapped around a mug of hot tea.

“I’m sad.”

I turned to my snowman.

“What?”

“I said I’m sad.”

“It’s because you’re cold.”

“Can you warm me up, so I’ll be happy?”

“I’ll bring out the kettle.”

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Your Light (A Poem)

When you follow your own light,

We will follow your way.

Show us how to enjoy this play,

Then everything will be alright.

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Monday Blues (A Poem)

People speak of the Monday Blues,

Their meaning I’m not quite sure.

They seem to forget the week has hues,

And our outlook decides the colour.

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Wisdom, Life, Love (A Poem)

When you accept you don’t know

Who I am is;

When thinking Stops

Controlling everything you Do;

When everything seems so Obvious

And you stop asking for More.

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Living with yourself,

Is Itself difficult.

You cannot Fail, however,

When you are Evolving.

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Lighten the load,

Of Outmoded perceptions,

And only Vibrate with what helps

You accept your Experience. 

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Photos Share

Some cool art at Treasure Hill in Taipei.

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Quote: Quiet Influence

Shyness is different than introversion. Shyness is a product of fear or anxiety in social settings, whereas introversion is simply about a source of energy.

Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference

Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, PhD

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You Are Here (A Poem)

You come here,

Seemingly with no instructions,

It’s only natural you seek guidance.

You come here,

Seemingly alone,

It’s only natural you seek company.

You come here,

Seemingly without a purpose,

It’s only natural you seek meaning.

You come here,

Seemingly having lost your way,

It’s only natural you want to be found.

You come here,

Seemingly with nothing,

It’s only natural you want to accumulate.

You come here,

Seemingly not knowing,

It’s only natural you want to know.

You come here,

Seemingly separate,

It’s only natural you feel isolated.

You come here,

Seemingly against your wishes,

It’s only natural you want to know why.

You come here,

Seemingly sad,

It’s only natural you seek happiness.

You come here,

Seemingly confused,

It’s only natural you seek clarity.

You came here,

Seemingly,

But where is there?

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Quote – Sentimentality in Poetry

Even though I’ve written poetry for several years, I’ve never read up on it, nor have I studied it. But right now, I have to say, I’m fascinated with it, and it all started with the Japanese haiku.

You might have noticed I’ve written several of them already, and posted them on my blog. Since writing them, I’ve come to realise how so very off the mark I was in my understanding of what makes a haiku a haiku.

I’ve scheduled many haiku to be posted on my blog, right up until the end of Feb, and, to put it bluntly, most of them are not haiku at all(!)

But, I will keep them on my blog to show my error in understanding. They are still expressions of a moment after all, and, if anything, they show a writer’s growth (hopefully).

The book I’ve just finished reading is the fantastic Seeds from a Birch Tree by Clark Strand. The reason I’ve chosen to quote this specific paragraph is because it lit up a lightbulb in the dark room of my understanding of poetry.

“Sentimentality is self-conscious emotion. It happens when, in the midst of an emotion, we want to watch ourselves having that emotion. In such moments, the feeling turns too sweet. It becomes self-consciously precious or sad—in other words, something other than it is, if only to a degree.”

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Life Matters (A Poem)

If you think

Nothing really matters,

Ask yourself

If nothing really mattering,

Matters.

If it matters,

Then something matters.

If nothing mattering

Doesn’t really matter,

Then it’s okay,

Because, then,

Nothing really matters.

Ask yourself:

Do I want that which doesn’t matter

To matter?

Be okay not mattering;

Liberate yourself.

See, beyond a shadow of a doubt,

That you matter.

Where’s that smile of yours?

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Trill (Haiku)

the small bird was loud

perched on top of the bamboo —

its trill heard for miles.

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