Hey there! I’m Dee. Thanks for dropping by. Welcome, come on in. Why I created this blog? Short answer: because we all have something to communicate and I will not let my voice die or be silenced. I will be brave, my voice will not die within me unexpressed and unheard. This is therefore a …
Before-word: As I’m spending more time building this blog, I’ve been thinking a lot about writing—the art of writing and the power of the written word. I love to write. And chances are if you’re on this site, you’re a blogger which means you also love to write. Or, you’re here because you love to …
… happy orchid mom exclaiming: “my baby is blooming yet again!” She’s the first bloom of my season!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to bloom. 2023 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from …
Continue reading Flower of the Day Challenge #54: Plainly Gorgeous Orchid, 1st Bloom
God never looks at you apart from Jesus. So don’t ever see yourself outside of Jesus. Everything that is true about Jesus is true about you.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to relook at yourself and recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
No! It’s not a painting or a photograph. It’s a recently discovered waterfall in Peru, called “Bride waterfall”. Mother Nature is at it again. She totally rocks!!! More details/video http://bit.ly/3WS1Gg5 Why just be a body of water free falling over rocks, down a mountainside when you can flow expressively like a bride wearing a wedding …
Continue reading Sunday Photo Reflection #36: Bride Waterfall
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day. It’s a good day!!
Some kings rule from iron thronesDisconnected from community realityYou’re the King who served from humanity’s throneWho dreamed not in black or whiteWho envisioned instead a world inclusiveYour voice, your vision a great void fillingSpeaking the language of the unheardInspiration to persevere, to never stop dreamingSummoning collective longings and eternal hopesFor a nation by its noblest …
… also referred to as 'Dark and Handsome' or 'Black swan'. Mother Nature totally rocks with flowers in the full range of the color spectrum including black!!! Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt 2023 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 …
Continue reading Flower of the Day Challenge #53: Helleborus x Hybridus—Black Beauty
Before-word: Life is line upon line of experiences grouped together like stanzas, arranged like verses in a script // expressed with voice, diction, sound, rhythm, meter // understood through figures of speech, symbolism, allegory, imagery // structured in syntax and scheme // with strong, accurate, interesting words, deliberately chosen to give meaning to life — LIFE LIVED IN POETRY.
It’s spring time I’m abounding with joy There’s a cute little bunny that drops by the garden each spring He’s an elusive frisky little fella Ears always at attention, pointed straight up to sky like soldier resolute to flight, not fight At best I’ve managed only to stare longingly at “His Royal Cuteness” Face pressed …
Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt 2023 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from you, so remember to “like” & comment. For more content start HERE👈 In creative solidarity, Dee
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Be flexible enough to bend. Happy hump day!
“Ubuntu” is part of the Zulu phrase "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu", which literally means that a person is a person through other people.
What’s your status? Not what’s on social media feeds or catchy one liners on time-elapsed stories. Your status now and always will be child of God!
Fear not what is before you when those who care are behind you.
As I’m on the final-final days of leave and the NY weather has been unseasonably mild, I decided to take my reading to the outside. I strolled to my favorite park, just across the street from home, and chose a bench facing the river to perch. I perched because much of the bench remains wet …
Positive thinking and optimism.
Boots worn laid in waste Till nature took it over Unexpectedly
Happy New Year 2023
A numerological countdown to 2023 …
The new year will bring us 365 opportunities, how will we use them?!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge—employ the power of YET—to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
…and just like that, Christmas is over. Or, is it?! What if we kept the spirit of Christmas with us all year!!
Hello blogging world. I hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends over a good Christmas meal. As we wrap up yet another Christmas, reminder to believe in the reason for the season. 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & …
The outcry of my heart as I muse over lives being self-cancelled, seemingly without warning. Why?!
Jesus is the reason for the season. What if instead of Santa Claus it was Jesus who visited this Christmas? This piece is a spin-off from “Twas The Night Before Christmas” and a poetic eschatological rendition of Revelation’s description of the end of time and the coming of Jesus Christ.
A numerological countdown to 2023 …
I love the way the sun kisses this orchid each morning.
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump with/in hope. Happy hump day!
It’s raining young people off roofs Suicide epidemic—the numbers are proof A single gun shot aimed at the head Appearing well but next day, dead *** Don’t take it for granted you’ll see the signs Till you read another tragedy in the headlines Don’t judge by what you see on the outside It’s not always …
Hello Everyone! I didn’t get to post at all for these past two weeks. When most people are gearing down to year end, because of one of my major work projects—16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence—my schedule goes in the opposite direction and it’s more like I’m revving up. I had a lot to …
Using traditional mediums like film and music to raise awareness or push for change…
Let everything that has breath, breathe in gratitude, exhale praise
You are worthy!!!
Beautiful foxglove!!
… garden’s last hoorah! before winter sets in —pretty in pink rose 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from you, so remember to “like” & comment. For more content start HERE👈 In creative solidarity, Dee
Born with a purpose-tag on me. Living every day t’ward my destiny. Knowing tomorrow may not be. Living out loud every day I see.
I am more than capable of conquering every tomorrow!
… garden’s last hoorah before winter sets in—delicately white roses 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from you, so remember to “like” & comment. For more content start HERE👈 In creative solidarity, Dee
The people who know God, know life!
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Don’t dim your own light. Happy hump day!
Celebrating autumn!
Don’t forget to remember—God doesn’t forget. And He’ll bestow blessings on you that’s been stored up at the request of others on your behalf.
Grand Canyon adventure
Do you! Life compared to others is never fully lived.
To love is something. To be loved by who you love is everything.
at love’s beginning conversations unending heart-beats skipping each passing moment lingering more of you and more of me unfolding you for me and me for you exchanging soul to soul connecting without words conversing emotions revealing deeper into love falling 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post …
Without—the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking
If ever you believe that love is done That’s when you’ll start back at one
Today I started my day in a bathtubNo waterNo bubblesJust me, elongated legs and arms, stretched outA fluffy pillow cushioning my back against hard porcelainSun beam piercing through the blinds bathing me in warmthThere’s a stillness in the airExcept for the steady second-hand chime of the clock on the adjacent wallEach tick-tocking reminiscent of time’s …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump—persevere. Happy hump day!
Love isn’t forced, if s/he’s wrong for you, s/he can’t love you the right way.
The more I think on why I pray, the more I come to realize that my prayers are really but fragments of my heart. Like when I’m compelled to stop in acknowledgement that the normalcy and routine of my life has been interrupted by the supernatural. Like when my eyes open in the morning and …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
I wish you—LOVE Love that never lays the blame Playing the I-love-you-more game Love that doesn’t mind being wrong Keeping vows made in tact and strong Love that always generates a smile Melting away, bridging the miles Love built firmly on faith and trust Willing to shift, make change, adjust I wish you—LOVE Love as …
Autumn’s lessons. Trees testimony is true.
Before there was before, there was God. God was. God is. God will be.
Intimacy … Into-me-see💕💗💕
… The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump, being inclusive in your love. Happy hump day!
From the source of spiritual cosmologyConceived in rhythmic movementsBirthed through pulsing pushingPunctuated by intermittent pain and joy LIFE Giving leaning into the ineffableObscured in allusionsDeveloped in plotsComposed in stanzas LIFE LIVED In fragmented syntax of challenges and victoriesLinguistic coding lyrics of uninhibited joy with unimaginable sorrowAlliteration of life’s idioms of transformationReciting poignant epigrams of wondrous …
Darkness can be from issues that you dare not let anyone see or know about, the issues you struggle with alone and silently … it’s time to open the door, let in the light!
it’s OKAY to NOT BE OKAY. Period! https://youtu.be/SXGMWuJZeeo When you're losing your focusAnd you feel too exhausted to prayDon't get lost in the momentOr give up when you're closestWhen you're down and you feel ashamedAll you need is somebody to say It's okay not to be okay 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what …
Continue reading it’s OKAY to NOT BE OKAY – World Mental Health Day | 10 October
Celebrating small beginnings — 2 years blogging!!!
If you happen to see something chasing after me, don’t be alarmed. That’s just God’s goodness and His mercy following me every day of my life.
Honored to collaborate with Jeff and his beautiful collection of poems, “Nature Speaks” with this piece: “Love to Love Stays” Love won’t leave when love asks for more of it Love to love, stays For Love is a delicate yet strong dance Of push and pull A determined yet dual-minded … #NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in …
Continue reading #NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 15: Love to Love, Stays, by Dawn Minott
Hi Blogging Friends & Readers! I’m excited to share that another of my piece, “Perfect in this Moment”, is featured on Spillwords. You may read the full poem at this link. While you’re there I’d appreciate if you’d show me/my art some love with a like and your comments. Thanks! Many thanks to Dagmara K., …
Continue reading Perfect In This Moment© | featured on Spillwords
Pray for understanding.
Came upon this creative body-as-canvas art in a parade in Costa Rica — Nelson “Madiba” Nelson with a peace dove. How creative uh?! Creativity More you use it, more you have Use it up? You can’t! The attention to detail!!! Astounding!!! There is no end to creativity. The week is long. The weekend is short. …
Continue reading Midweek Boost: The Thing About Creativity Is …| A Senryu
Well … it’s a rainy rainy day in my part of the world then I got this from a friend that literally made me bust out laughing so loud it drowned the showers away. So, how can I not share with my WP fam: 😂 😆 😝 Hope you laughed!!! Make this a great day …
When you wish upon a star and love calls.
When heart overrules head, love eclipses logic.
Winter cold trumps fall warmth
… on the rare occasion I’m videotaped while reciting There she stoodRadiant in her beautyA shimmering, bright goddess of gold in human formTransfixedHe stares, then wills himself to speak the wordsAs if like copperConductor of electricity and heatHe draws her unto himselfAnd she surrenderedBone of his bone, flesh of his fleshWith the exchange of “I …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump conquering. Happy hump day!
… the power of art to ignite activism and inspire change
You die once. You live everyday. LIVE!!!
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. Achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race, gender, class etc.
Love won’t leave when love asks more of it Love to love, stays
Flowers that mimic Duplicity in nature Created design
Extraordinary flowers that look exactly like animals, aliens, fairies and other strange creatures
She’s America’s largest cat. Iconic symbol of Power. Beauty. Freedom. Resilience. Grace Yet she’s being eradicated from our world, her world …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump honoring what cocoon us and celebrating the crucibles that challenge us to transform. Happy hump day!
For the love of orchids.
Not every opportunity is a blessing. Not every open door is for us to walk through. Not every closed door is a missed opportunity.
No matter the challenges, love finds away
Have you ever seen black sand? Held lava pebbles in your hand? It’s magical!
Day after day she writes on white boardWords in red, black, green markers pouredSpanish words tumble off her lipsAs smooth and eloquent as the language is, she dipsPulling out phonetics, conjugation, pronunciationPatiently she teaches on language constructionDay after day repeat what was taught beforeAdding on, building, expanding, teaching moreShe teachesMind changesLanguage acquisition is no easy …
One of the benefits of writing is that words live on in perpetuity and can be revisited. This week was very trying for me with some heavy emotional moments on issues that will deeply impact my future. By the end of the week I was emotionally spent. The week also concluded a month of intense …
Continue reading Shabbat Shalom: What In God’s Name—Jehovah Shalom (Peace) with audio
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
A future of human rights and justice for people of African descent everywhere.
Iron things remindNature we can imitateNever duplicate Nature protectedShe is the only motherIrreplaceable 2022 ©Dawn Minott All Rights Reserved Like what you see? To never miss a post click HERE👈 to subscribe & follow the blog. I love hearing from you, so remember to “like” & comment. For more content start HERE👈 In creative solidarity, …
Continue reading Sunday Photo Reflection #32: Iron things | a Haiku series
At last What a blast Just what I needed Thirst superseded That drink!
Today’s a good day to be alive. Enjoy it!! Happy hump day!
It’s an invitation to co-create a poem with me …
Nature pretty in blue! From ocean to sky to boat sails going by my window.
No one sees my tears when I’m walking in the rain…
Setting sun reminds Life—not lived in the darkness Perpetually *** Intermittently Sun hides behind the night sky But light will break through 2021 ©DeeMin createdbyDEEsign.comAll rights reserved Thank you for journeying along. First time to the site? Welcome! Feel free to “like” or drop a comment, I love hearing from you. You may start here👈 …
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge! Everything feels difficult when you’re about to LEVEL UP.
Lavender, lilies Draped splendidly in allure Round-star-shaped wonders 2022 ©DeeMin All rights reserved Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt. Thank you for journeying along. Like what you see? Read more here👈 I love hearing from you, so remember to “like”, comment. And subscribe/follow the blog👈 to never miss a post. …
Continue reading Flower of the Day Challenge #45: Embellished Lavender | a Senryu
Grateful for the old rugged cross! Nothing Gucci about it.
Jamaica 60th year of independence. The Jamaican proverb “Wi likkle but wi tallawah” describes how this tiny island make such great contributions to the world.
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