Month: August 2019
Poem response to prompt on Go Dog Go Cafe.
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge August 20, 2019
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Today’s prompt:
Use the phrase “edge of summer” in a poem or short piece of prose.
Tuesday tunes
So usually I choose one song. Which really works… But today I want something slightly different. Today I want to do a small group of songs. A playlist if you will. I am pansexual, and I have had relationships with both male and female. I don’t plan on putting the details up, and I don’t want to put the lyrics up for these. My opinion is going to be on the topic more than individual songs. The songs were chosen for this playlist purposely.
Too many of the so called lesbian love songs don’t sit right with me. To me a true love song should be good whether it is for a female or a male. These definitely have a female target, but it would work for either gender. Many, if sung by a different singer, would be made hetro.
I love that idea. The songs excite the heart in me. The poet who loves to see love in all of its facets. See lyrics are not gendered. The singer, the tempo it is sung at, these all what affects our, as listeners, perception of it. That is why some covers come across better to an individual ear than the original.
Everyone I have ever had in my life has a song that reminds me of them. Some songs I only listen to if I need to pull them from the mind, for good or ill. The first song on this list belongs to someone I once loved dearly. She hurt me because she was raw from another hurting her. Still I love her and I miss her, even if it hurt me to have her near. I will never wish her ill. It is the only song that is that meaningful for me.
I am just going to share the playlist from YouTube. If you can think of any that I missed… Let me know.
Ain’t I a Woman? – Patricia Harris
Monday chuckles
Cover Reveal : Faeries Footprints
You still have time. Your deadline to submit is September 30. We can deal with previous published. We can deal with translations of family members. As long as you have the publication rights. Feel free to comment any questions.
Submit in doc format up five poems to faecorpspublishing@gmail.com before the deadline. Top 100 poems will be included in this volume.
Monday poetry
The Bluest Eye – Patricia Harris
Quicksilver poetry
In school I was asked to write,
In a journal wrapped with wire.
What is it that when you leave
Others to think of you
Do you aspire?
Now I was perhaps all of sixteen
And hardened by pain.
Atracked by my own mind,
Driven half insane.
The teacher was one
Who held my notion,
Inspiration flowed from her,
And put the pen to motion.
I think that I wrote that kind
Is the greatest thing anyone
Could possibly ever think of me.
Since that day,
Nearly thirty years
Have all but flown away.
Every now and then,
My mind is drawn back.
I find myself understanding
Something that then I lacked.
Though kind is a virtue,
One so many do lack,
If I am honest,
More matter of fact,
Then I would answer it different.
I think instead when I leave a room,
I would rather that people
Instead thought me true.
Pattimouse 