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February 26, 2015
And The Theme Is…
“Eva’s always on my mind” will be the theme for next week, in celebration of Eva’s return to her “blogcasa”. Everyone is welcome to join in. Have a great rest of the week!
Filed under: Music Themes Tagged: music, music theme, next week
Spun
Cotton candy spun and dizzy as the day
Every empty word I might say
Haunted carnival treats and twisty rides
Signify my inside and how I hide
I don’t need the reasons, please
It all looks the same to me
Afraid to hate you, worse to be
Better to dig in deep
Leave the laughter to you
Run away from the tripping clowns
Hold my breathe ’til I’m blue
If I give it my best
Spelling out simple fuck yous
A circus might be perfect
The right place to land
Trapeze, no nets
A lion with no coach
Flaming hoops and a zebra’s...
Now
What was is for not
All that is belongs to a future I cannot see
I would close my eyes if you showed me
The sting of now can only fester
Yesterday is my solace
A chance to know where I went
The day I left it all
A past encompassed by the nothing I know
Life lived as a show
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: future, now, past, present, unknowns
Music Theme – Then And Now, Covers
Marvelous Maddie chose our theme for this week. Covering the greats is a favorite past time for many musicians. I learned to play the guitar by emulating my favorite bands. The awe of making my guitars sound like David Gilmour, or The Edge never wore off. Of course, learning these songs was a springboard into writing my own music.
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I have recorded a few cover songs over the years, but I lost them ALL in the 2015 Hard Drive Crash, along with all of my unpublished writing and the entirety of my...
February 25, 2015
The Red Ribbon
Come over Saturday and bring your red ribbon
I will show every knot I can tie
Even suspend you as if flying high
Match it with your wardrobe
I am sure to be smitten
I promise not to touch until you say so
But don’t wait too long
There may be no tomorrow
My chance might be gone
So bring your red ribbon over to play
I only wish to be
Tangled in you all day
Written for Lisa’s Red Ribbon Submission
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: flirting, knot tying, red ribbon, submission, suspension
February 24, 2015
A Season
When my eyes fail to make me believe
And every word I speak is on mute
As your voice begs to break in
And still I cannot hear
Remind that I am still in human form
And the illusion will soon crumble down
Touch my face with burning hands
Shake me when I can’t understand
Scream that this season will end
That I’m not the only one
Pull me into a moment of peace
Your embrace piercing the hopeless
Use my tears to create an oasis
A paradise that lures the demons
Away from my sandpaper heart
Banish them to a world I...
February 23, 2015
Cherry Picking ~ A Duet
I was strolling through the forest
I had to have some cherries out of that tree
I kicked off my shoes and pulled stockings off each leg
I climbed branch after branch and slit my dress
You were ascending as I approached
You needed a spotter underneath -safe
You certainly need a few cherries to eat
You have no idea what climbing does to me
I began to swing my feet back and forth
Sitting high upon that branch so sweet
I wickedly smiled that mischievous grin
And dropped my dress in a heap at your feet
Lucky...
February 22, 2015
Reflect
No stranger to violence, may she find peace
Under the chaos of faux-benevolent sheriffs
Tempted again to let the thieves take her in
When safety once came only in great numbers
To find comfort in the embrace of a stranger
Only one she kept from her fitful yesterdays
It seems danger wanes in his gaze of anger
She is tossed and turning in shallow graves
Shades her eyes in purple and reds like fire
To temper her too vacant grief laiden stares
Reflected obtuse, little hope lights her way
An endless lonely l...
Preservation
Until my mouth opens…
Originally posted on johnny ojanpera:
It read like an ancient text, misunderstood
An assassination plot for the ages unfolded
Not one of death, but of inevitability, imminent
Our eyes glint as we scratch the ground deeper
Her riches lying just out of reach, we must have
Outer beauty, bounty missed, dictation began
It flows under our feet waiting to be sapped
If we could just dig a hole here, or drain there
Delete a forest to get there much faster
Build a better bomb...
February 21, 2015
Uplifting Authors – Interview with Annette Rochelle Aben
I have had the pleasure of getting to know Annette over the past year, here on WordPress and beyond. She seems to work tirelessly to promote and encourage others every day, so I thought my readers might enjoy some insight as to who she is in her words.
But first…
Annette is a best-selling, award winning -and hilarious- author. Her success dates
back to the late 80’s, with the publication of a children’s activity book that she designed. The first printing was 250,000. I may not have even touched...
