She dances with leaves
Cascading, serenading
Dripping in finesse
Afterword: This is another R&B collab, this time is Bruno Mars, “Dripping in Finesse”.
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Sitting here with you
Brings back memories of days gone by
Being in your presence comforts me
Takes my mind on exotic vacations
Summer-blazing sunshine, crystal-blue oceans, white-sand beaches
Mother Nature pregnant in her perfection
You my darling — you’re God’s greatest creation
Beautiful in imperfection
What a joy and a blessing
Just sitting here with you
Perfect in this moment
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Two weeks have passed, my blog did rest
For a summer break well-needed, it was the best
No posts, no words, no comments seen
But now I’m back with my writing machine
I missed the interactions, y’all a blogger’s delight
Sharing stories and thoughts be it day or night
Summer’s warmth is fading, leaves will soon fall
A writer’s inspiration anew, answer the blogging call
The crisp air of autumn, a new season’s start
Brings fresh ideas to my creative heart
I’ll craft my posts from sceneries about
In this colorful season, a muse, no doubt
So here I am, rested, revived, renewed
To share thoughts in words in gratitude
As fall paints the world with hues awe-inspiring
Us creatives, let’s craft words, our stories retelling
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Hope y’all had a good summer. Contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge—anew and Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge—fall.
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In the realm where words take flight
They weave a tapestry bold and bright
When stitched together, thread by thread
They craft masterpieces where dreams can be read
An alliance of verses harmoniously blend
They unite heart’s symphony, emotions transcend
Words possess the power to heal
They bridge divides, make hearts feel
Stitch words in alliance loud and clear
In the tapestry words create, hold life dear
Stitch them with love, impart them with grace
They breathe life into alliance, they leave lasting trace
Afterword: I took up Sami on the 10 word challenge—stitch, then saw Fandango’s one word challenge—alliance. Both words formed an harmonious dance in my mind and out flowed “Words Stitched in Alliance”.
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The joys of the season are all cleverly brought together in this beautiful decor design. No trick and nothing spooky here, just the beauty of nature exemplified.
Hello Autumn!
Hey there Harvest!
What’s up Orange?!
Contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, trick; and the Word of the Day Challenge, spooky.
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She recalled her dead mamma’s words: “Child, if you run from something you’ll run from everything. There are some things you gotta fight for. Some battles God fight for you and others He fights through you”. Her mamma’s words—palpable and empowering—stayed on replay till she found her fighting strength. Emboldened.
Bags packed in waiting
Drunken footsteps approaching
Today is goodbye
Today is pay day. The ritual has been the same. This started in May. May 15th to be exact. She remembers it, and each episode thereafter, as vivid as it was yesterday though it’s been three years, two months, one week, 14 days. Yes, she’s been keeping track of pay day ‘cause that’s when it happens. Today she stood. Today she fought. Today she left. Today the ritual ended.
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Also contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, episode; and Sheryl’s Your Daily Word Prompt, palpable.
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Life is a fight. A good fight. We go through the extremes—the ascent of ups and the declivity of downs. Though we don’t choose what we go through in life, we can choose how we go through it and who we go through it with.
One thing fighters have is a corner—fighters get support—they don’t fight alone.
We are not meant to be alone.
So, who are you going through life with?
You need others to help you, and you need to help others.
Who is in your corner?
Your “corner” is your support system. And your support system is built on relationships.
Yes it’s a risk. Relationships are messy. They’re complicated. You could get hurt. But, you can minimize the risk by building a support system that is solid.
What does a solid support system look like? It’s one that is:
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Contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, extreme; and Sheryl’s Your Daily Word Prompt, declivity.
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They are an exquisite combination of class and elegance, adding beauty to any space.
It took me awhile to get the hang of keeping orchids alive and getting them to rebloom. Now that I have, I find so much joy in ‘raising’ my orchid babies.
I hope these bring a little joy to your day today.
Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt. Also contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, today’s word is combination.
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I love my birthday for two reasons:
The last two birthday celebrations have been low-keyed but I still marked them with scrumptious and delectable delights!!!
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Written to contribute to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, today’s word is “scrumptious”.
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Euphoric ascension in love FALLING
Eyes locked in indepth soul searching
Conversations unending
Hearts in unity flip-flopping
Each passing moment lingering
More of you and more of me unfolding
You’re for me I’m for you revealing
Soul to soul connecting
With no words conversing
Deeper into love FALLING
After-word: LOVE, a denizen of the heart, is a powerful emotion! In the early stages it’s like all rational thoughts are hijacked, isn’t it?! It’s no coincidence it’s referred to as falling—it’s euphoric.
In response to Sheryl’s Your Daily Word Prompt, denizen; and Fandango’s One Word Challenge, falling.
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Caught on the bridge when the earthquake struck, Desmona clings to lose cables, her body dangling precariously above the field of debris scattered across the sea below. Marshaling all her strength, she pulls herself up when suddenly the cable…
Cliffhanger. Yes, I know I’ve left you dangling (pun intended😊). That’s ‘cause I’m writing for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt—the word is marshal, the length 39 words. Also for Author World image and title, the bridge; Fandango’s One Word Challenge—field; and Ragtag Daily prompt—scattered.
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Before-word: There’s a difference between accepting someone with and in spite of their faults and accepting their bad attitude or abusive behavior. Love is meek but in its quiet-gentle-submissive nature there is NO room for abuse.
Loving you
Accepting you
All of you completely
In your quirkiness, your shortcomings, your flaws and all
Leaves no room for
Abuse with words or actions
In love there is meekness, kindness, gentleness, patience and there’s even forgiveness
In love there is NO HURT
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All forms of violence is unacceptable. Violence against women and girls—purely on the basis of their gender—must stop now. #IStandWithHer
This is also my contribution to The Daily Spur word prompt, today’s word is abused and Fandango’s One Word Challenge, today’s word is meek.
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Delilah exhaled in exacerbation. Exhausted, and left with no more words of defense, she stomped out angrily into the court yard.
Pacing aimlessly back and forth, muttering to herself:
“How can they say these things about me?”
“I did this for my people!”
Caught up in ruminating, Delilah didn’t see the crowd growing about her in the courtyard. Her inner castigating jolted to a halt when Martha, who was always jealous of her relationship with Samson, screamed vehemently at her:
“You did this to him! You evil, conniving little witch!”
Delilah felt the extremity of Martha’s hatred and disgust.
“Out with his eyes! Out with his eyes!”
Turning in the direction of the angry mob, Delilah dashed back into the inner court, forcing her way through the crowd that had thickened around Samson. She got to Samson just as the soldier who had given her the small red drawstring purse with 30 pieces of silver, extracted his second eye.
Blinded by loyalty over love, she had blinded the man of her affections. There was no way to redeem herself from this deception. Martha was right to bring this calumny against her.
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Today’s piece was written for: Your Daily Word Prompt (extremity); Fandango’s One Word Challenge (redeem); Ragtag Daily Prompt (calumny); and Word of the Day Challenge (exhausted).
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Hurtful words bounce off
Impervious position
A duck waddles back
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This piece is a contribution to Fandango’s One Word Challenge. Today’s word is “impervious”.
“Impervious” made me think of bullying and the power of words to destroy contrasted with the fortitude and resilience of nature. Especially a duck—i.e. water off duck back—that can be emulated in empowering a child (or anyone who’s the target of a bully) with skills of bounce-back-ability.
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It’s the wee hours of the morning and sleep has evaded me. My thoughts are somewhat lucid and I want to write. In search of motivation to direct my thoughts, I went to Fandango’s One Word Challenge and the word today is “lucid”.
We’ve all heard and may practice the old adage “fake it till you make it”.
But what if we fake it till HE makes it!?
I mean: not to fake being something or someone we’re not, but to put on what we already are when we feel least like it knowing that as we are growing in Christ we are being renewed after His image.
What might this look like?
The possible life experiences where we can practice this are endless and worth a try till we get the outcome we desire, don’t you think??
I guess I only needed to get this thought out there in the “bloggasphere” for now sleep has returned to suspend my consciousness.
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One thing that’s kept me sane and connected throughout the pandemic is being in green open spaces.
Mother’s Day was spent hiking in the wonderful Palisades Interstate Park. Running up leaf-covered hillsides, balancing across water-logged walk paths, conquering rocky terrains, swinging from trees in carefree abandon—my inner child came out to play.
The changes in scenery dynamically alter between water and woodland with idyllic spots along the way, enough to lull your mind into that state of perfect happiness—nirvana.
And then there was the climb—
—steep and winding up the mountain.
Absolutely worth the ‘burn’ for the reward of picturesque views from the zenith.
At the mountaintop is the Women’s Federation Monument.
The castle-like structure overlooks the river with great views in all directions.
A climb up the stairs to the second floor…
… gives even greater views of the city far far below.
To complete the perfection of the hike, a 10-week old corgi named Luna took a liking to me.
I said a prayer along the way …
… and left a small marker—the cairn. Three stones built atop a boulder—each stone symbolically saying: “I Am Here”.
This post was inspired by Fandango’s One Word Challenge. Today’s word is zenith.
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Written for today’s Fandango One Word Challenge: focus #FOWC
Unending lists of things “to-do”, less check marks on the side
Moving hither, moving thither, all around is stimuli
Linking breath with motion, getting present in body and mind
Breathing-in-breathing-out, finding equilibrium
Finding mountain, finding drishti, meeting palms at center of heart
Pressing foot into inner thigh, extending hands toward the sky
Centering concentration, gazing at non-moving point
Honing focus
Standing tall, posing still, in tree
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