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Poetic expressions
Blood Moon ©Dawn Minott
Total lunar eclipse of March 2025.
Jamaica: Travelogue 4—birthMONTH 2025 ©Dawn Minott
A rich mosaic of Jamaican culture, flavor, nature, and nostalgia.
Happy Birthday to Me! Dear Younger Me ©Dawn Minott
When did you last reach back for your younger self?!
Restoration ©Dawn Minott |birthMONTH, Week 3
We can experience deep healing and soul-refreshing restoration wherever we are. Restoration means allowing God to meet us in our broken, tired, or weary places—and trusting that He is making all things new.
A Gastronomy Discovery in Ocho Rios, Jamaica—birthMONTH 2025 Travelogue 3 ©Dawn Minott
There are the 5 love languages, then there’s Jamaican food the 6th love language!
HOLY WEEK: The Last Week to Easter
Hi WPers! I’ll be reciting this poem live on April 19th as part of a Easter program. You’re invited to join starting 11 AM EST on this channel: https://youtube.com/@mountvernonsdaevents?si=E_JQ3EM2k2ts-tEH https://createdbydeesign.com/2024/03/30/last-week-to-easter/
Pretty Close, Jamaica—birthMONTH 2025 Travelogue 2 ©Dawn Minott
It’s that time again—when I quench my wanderlust with my annual birthMONTH explorations.
Drama of Jamaican Sunset—birthMONTH 2025 Travelogue 1 ©Dawn Minott
The drama of a Jamaican sunset is unmatched. It doesn’t just set—it performs. The sky becomes a stage, bathed in gold, set ablaze with orange, then kissed by fire-red and indigo. The sun takes its time, lingering like a lover not ready to leave. It dips behind the horizon with flair, casting long shadows and …
Continue reading Drama of Jamaican Sunset—birthMONTH 2025 Travelogue 1 ©Dawn Minott
Praise ©Dawn Minott |birthMONTH, Week 2
Praise is more than celebration—it’s surrender, trust, and presence.
Abundance ©Dawn Minott |birthMONTH, Week 1
Abundance is already present in our lives.
birthMONTH Celebration—Overview ©Dawn Minott
As I celebrate my birthMONTH this year, I invite you to join me in a journey of renewal and restoration.
We Are Golden ©Dawn Minott | closing Women’s History Month 2025
We are whole—Strong. Unshaken.Shaped by history’s hands, fired in the kiln of time.But when the weight of patriarchy pressed too hard—Cracks appeared. What does the world do with women it tries to break?It tries to— Dismiss them.Silence them.Bury them. They say once something fractures,it can never be the same again.That the scars will always tell …
Continue reading We Are Golden ©Dawn Minott | closing Women’s History Month 2025
Imperfectly Perfect ©Dawn Minott
Affirmation of self-acceptance and confidence, celebrating the beauty of individuality beyond societal standards.
Undecided ©Dawn Minott |a Shadorma
When Mother Nature decides to create no “either/or” but both!
God Stopped! Shabbat Shalom ©Dawn Minott
God started it. He stopped working. Sabbath is for rest and worship.
Poetry: Evidence of Life | World Poetry Day 2025 ©Dawn Minott
Even in fading, words leave proof of their existence.
Nowruz—Spring’s Arrival ©Dawn Minott
Welcome Spring!!
Stay Surprise-able ©Dawn Minott
Allow life to surprise you!
The King On The Edge ©Dawn Minott |with audio visual
Heaven is poised, the King is ready, the world stands at the brink of eternity.
Becoming ©Dawn Minott |Women’s History Month
A reflection on resilience, growth, and transformation.
Breaking Glass Ceiling ©Dawn Minott |Happy International Women’s Day [March 8]
Women’s rights, the cost of progress, and the unbreakable will to rise.
40 Years of “We Are the World”: A Song, A Movement, A Message We Still Need ©Dawn Minott
We ARE the world, let’s live like it!!!
Planetary Parade ©Dawn Minott |a #Shadorma
Cosmic motion in the night sky.
I Can Only Imagine ©Dawn Minott
Beforeword: This piece was commissioned by a bride who was renewing her wedding vows and wanted a piece to cover her walk down the aisle. It was to start with visualizing her love relationship with God, then the love relationship between her and her husband and culminate in imagining what it would be like to …
Black Don’t Crack ©Dawn Minott | Black History Celebration, with audio
Black sisters, our beautiful is black!
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Spillwords Newsletter Feature ©Dawn Minott
When your work is praised and recognized as “remarkable” and “exceptional”!!!
It’s In The Way We Know ©Dawn Minott
The quiet strength of love.
Bound By You ©Dawn Minott
Love does not come with pain. It does not demand silence, sacrifice, or suffering.
Wings Held by Grace ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Some experiences shake us to the core, revealing the unseen battles waged over our lives—this was one of them.
You! ©Dawn Minott|for Black History Month
Not bound by rules the world once drew, imperfectly perfect is perfectly you!
A Prayer of Surrender
Explore the beauty of surrendering to God's presence in every moment.
UPDATE//Convergence of Severe Weather and Aviation ©Dawn Minott
UPDATE: What a difference 5 days make. After experiencing a horrifying flight during a windstorm, four aborted landings, today was a picture-perfect landing!! #Grateful
Convergence of Severe Weather and Aviation —my Experience of Terror in the Sky ©Dawn Minott
Experience the chills of a flight during a snowstorm! Read my journey of survival in the sky.
I Am Enough! on Spillwords ©Dawn Minott
A declaration of self-worth, unapologetically claiming space and authenticity in a world rushing to erase diversity.
Sabbath is a Blessing |a Poem ©️Dawn Minott
Sabbath—a sacred rhythm calling all to restoration, justice, and peace.
Shades of Black ©Dawn Minott | Black History Month
Celebrating shades of blackness, strength and spirit, ever strong!
Overcome: Love Lives Loud ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Love is in the air, or is it?!
Da Curls In My Hair ©Dawn Minott |Black History Month |with video
Black hair is black resistance. Black hair has a uniquely meaningful history as a symbol of survival, resistance and celebration and as such is an important part of Black history.
Smoothest Heist ©️Dawn Minott
Stealing back freedom, redemption, and eternal life through love and sacrifice.
The Morning Chase: Encounters on the Run ©Dawn Minott
The unexpected encounter that added a twist to my daily dash.
In Her Memory, We Live ©Dawn Minott
Living to embrace each moment fully.
I Am Enough ©Dawn Minott |Black History Month
A declaration of self-worth, unapologetically claiming space and authenticity in a world rushing to erase diversity.
If These Walls Could Talk ©Dawn Minott
Soul of home found in family dinners, lullabies and even the arguments that soften with time.
Life Lessons ©Dawn Minott
Life lessons drawn from Charlie Chaplin.
This Old House, This Old Year ©Dawn Minott
Step into the new year ready to build with love, hope, and strength.
Happy New Year ©Dawn Minott
Wishing you a wonderful New Year 2025!!
New Chapter ©Dawn Minott
365 opportunities to make a difference in the spaces where purpose meets the pulsating of fresh start.
‘Twas The Days After Christmas ©Dawn Minott
…and just like that, Christmas is over. Or, is it?! What if we kept the spirit of Christmas with us all year!!
Christmas—Out of the Ordinary ©Dawn Minott
Christmas is a reminder that the extraordinary interfaced with the ordinary!
Don’t Die Before You’re Dead ©Dawn Minott
Live fully, boldly, authentically, letting no dream, purpose, or voice remain unfulfilled.
One Another ©Dawn Minott |a Cento
One-another—a blueprint for unity, love, and hope in our lives and our world.
Finesse ©Dawn Minott | a Senryu
Dripping in finesse!
Spillwords: Spotlight On Writer
Spillwords highlights my craft! #grateful
Purpose Drops ©Dawn Minott
Purpose—a transformative call to action.
A Christmas Poem: Mary’s Awesome Child ©Dawn Minott
Have you ever wondered what it was like for Mary being the mother of Jesus? This piece was conceived as I pondered Mary’s life from the time of the angel’s visit to the expectation of seeing her Son again on His second return to earth, not as her baby but as her King.
Friends Net Worth ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Net worth of friends, not tallied in sums!
Love Rolls On (after Nikki Giovanni) ©Dawn Minott
Tribute poem: for Nikki Giovanni
Commemorating 16 Days of Activism: A World Without Fear ©Dawn Minott
A world free of fear, is possible!
December Already?!©Dawn Minott |a Haiku
Where did the year go?!
You Are My Home ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Your foundation is not in where you live or what you own.
FREEdom ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Let bells of freedom echo round, “Free at last!”
Eclipsed By Love ©Dawn Minott
When heart overrules head, love eclipses logic.
Midweek Boost ©Dawn Minott
God cannot bless who you pretend to be.
Even The Adult In The Room Cries ©Dawn Minott
Those who are strong for others need space to grieve.
Strength: Tribute to My Mom ©Dawn Minott #Senryu
Mother’s quiet strength.
Autumn’s Breath ©Dawn Minott #Haiku
Autumn—the season of cozy moments!
Unleashed ©Dawn Minott
To live in regret is to live within the length of a leash that connects to the past!
Leaves’ Fire ©Dawn Minott
The trees are about to show us how to let dead things go!!!
What’s Old Is New ©Dawn Minott
There’s nothing new under the sun. What was will be again.
The First Time ©Dawn Minott
A moment of connection through words.
No Regrets ©Dawn Minott
To live life with no regrets.
…Even There ©Dawn Minott
No place or distance God’s love won’t go.
Nevertheless ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Trusting, nevertheless!
In The Park ©Dawn Minott
Quietude in the park!!
Hope ©Dawn Minott
Hope is memory, it’s possibility, it’s dreaming in color.
Live Out Loud ©Dawn Minott
Live in the now!
The Shift ©Dawn Minott
Life is a river, flow with its waters.
For Purpose On Purpose ©Dawn Minott
Live in the moment on purpose for purpose.
In The In-Between ©Dawn Minott
Transforming. Emerging. In the in-between.
The Appointed Vision ©Dawn Minott
The vision will come, it will not tarry.
Be Encouraged ©Dawn Minott | Mental Health Awareness
Life gets hard sometimes. In those moments stay encouraged.
Strength in Surrender ©Dawn Minott |for Mental Health Awareness
Sometimes being strong is just surrendering…
4th Blogiversary: Bloom From Heart to Hand |a Dectina Refrain
Four years and counting.
Wordless Wednesday ©Dawn Minott
When a photo speaks!
October: Mental Health Awareness Month ©Dawn Minott |a Haibun
Mental health, the compass guiding our way. In its embrace, we find strength to face each day.
Falling For You, Monday ©Dawn Minott |a Limerick
Sometimes you just gotta take that leap for love.
Ode to Muse ©Dawn Minott
What/who is your muse, your inspiration? What do you do when you lose your muse?
Soar ©Dawn Minott |an Elfje
Release inhibitions, let me soar!
Called ©Dawn Minott | a Dectina Refrain
A Pastor’s send-forth poem.
Wrapped In Black ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
The boldness of black is—beautiful!!
Waiting … ©Dawn Minott | a Dectina Refrain
Between now and not yet — wait!
Yellow ©Dawn Minott
Childhood exuberance meets gentle curiosity of a feathered friend.
Love Can’t Live In The Dark ©Dawn Minott
Love can’t live hidden, behind closed doors.
Perfect in this Moment ©Dawn Minott
The simplicity of love.
Moment ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka
The moment is not too big!
Freedom or Safety? ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka
Freedom or safety? Not a zero-sum game.
We Are One ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka
Live in harmony.
Cycles & Seasons ©Dawn Minott
Cycles are to humans what seasons are to nature.
BirthMONTH Day 1: I Affirm Today I’m A Work in Progress | a Senryu
Happy birthMONTH to me!
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