August 5 AN AMAZING AUGUST ACROSTIC: Write an Acrostic about August using the letters AUGUST as the initial letters of each line.
12: AKNAT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STATE MEANS TO YOU; TELL US!: Write an Aknat tribute to a state, including the word for the state bird and flower if possible
19 HAVING FUN WITH LANGUAGE IN POETRY: We will have a list of new made up words for poets to interpret and include in a freeform poem as they choose. Or they can make up their own.
26: BACK TO SCHOOL: COOL OR FEELING THE FOOL?: Write a Triolet related to going back to school past, present or generic.
Thematic Attic Thursday:
08/04-Façade – the many faces we hide behind
08/11-Divine Intervention – When surprise rescues occur on the wings of Angels
08/18-Elvis – A Poetic word game in honor of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
08/25- Sky – A look above and the experience of fast flight
At times when I think of you
My heart slows to a crawl
An immense tingling flows through me
Clinging to my blood as it travels
The Fight Begins
Emotions engulf me with your endearing vision
Coming to me as a light in the darkness
I can see your face vividly everywhere I look
Although with a lack of orderly comprehension
Memory agents try to organize the vision before me
Comfort and confusion seem to be immersed in a battle
My soul is fighting to hold on to what is forever gone
Thrown quickly into a state of total unexplainable disarray
I Must Focus
Reaching deeply within my heart for that which is real
My weapon that is strongly opposed by my mind’s illusions
In a yearning manner my mind is trying to erase you
As a reactionary impulse my heart becomes defensive
You are no longer with me; I clearly understand that
Yet, I must fight to maintain all that made you a part of me
My cerebral entity is pushing you slowly away from existence
All that is within me anticipates that it will not succeed
Clarity Verses Confusion
Thoughts loudly bang against each other in a feverish emotional battle
Strongly trying to remember what time is wishing to permanently erase
Holding onto what is no longer here, but planted deeply within me
Knowing it is all I have remaining and unwilling to let it disappear
Just Slow Down
I take a deep breath and look deeply within my heart
Thinking only of you when you were willingly by my side
Your hand in mine, the softness of your simple touch
Calmness now caresses me as I mentally hold onto you
I find myself in a comfortable existence locked mentally upon you
For maybe only a moment but I hold on so tightly to that moment
Time becomes transparent and impossible to accurately measure
With my eyes tightly closed your vision is again clearly before me
I feel a tear as it knowingly tracks its way from my eye to my lips
Maybe that is your way of moving from my mind as if to kiss me
The very thought transforms into an array of emotional confirmation
Justification for the ongoing fight that remains such a part of me
Resolve
My mind is at peace again; this day’s battle has finally ended
Again all is clear as it pertains to a persistent attempt to maintain
I hold onto you still and fight to remember all you were to me
You are no longer with me but you will never be gone
I hold onto you with my heart and my mind
Vic c2011
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August Calendar Friday Fling
August 5 AN AMAZING AUGUST ACROSTIC: Write an Acrostic about August using the letters AUGUST as the initial letters of each line.
12: AKNAT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STATE MEANS TO YOU; TELL US!: Write an Aknat tribute to a state, including the word for the state bird and flower if possible
19 HAVING FUN WITH LANGUAGE IN POETRY: We will have a list of new made up words for poets to interpret and include in a freeform poem as they choose. Or they can make up their own.
26: BACK TO SCHOOL: COOL OR FEELING THE FOOL?: Write a Triolet related to going back to school past, present or generic.
August Calender for Wednesday and Thursdays!
Wednesday Meet and Greet:
08/03- Hike!: Poetry about hiking in the outdoors!
Wonderful Wednesdays:
08/10- Rebel – Theme yet to confirm
08/17- Amy Holtz – “Babies Theme”
08/24- *Still waiting for guest confirmation*
Wednesday Pick-Apart Poetry:
08/31- Guest Poet “Vic”
Thematic Attic Thursday:
08/04-Façade – the many faces we hide behind
08/11-Divine Intervention – When surprise rescues occur on the wings of Angels
08/18-Elvis – A Poetic word game in honor of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
08/25- Sky – A look above and the experience of fast flight
I Still Hold You
At times when I think of you
My heart slows to a crawl
An immense tingling flows through me
Clinging to my blood as it travels
The Fight Begins
Emotions engulf me with your endearing vision
Coming to me as a light in the darkness
I can see your face vividly everywhere I look
Although with a lack of orderly comprehension
Memory agents try to organize the vision before me
Comfort and confusion seem to be immersed in a battle
My soul is fighting to hold on to what is forever gone
Thrown quickly into a state of total unexplainable disarray
I Must Focus
Reaching deeply within my heart for that which is real
My weapon that is strongly opposed by my mind’s illusions
In a yearning manner my mind is trying to erase you
As a reactionary impulse my heart becomes defensive
You are no longer with me; I clearly understand that
Yet, I must fight to maintain all that made you a part of me
My cerebral entity is pushing you slowly away from existence
All that is within me anticipates that it will not succeed
Clarity Verses Confusion
Thoughts loudly bang against each other in a feverish emotional battle
Strongly trying to remember what time is wishing to permanently erase
Holding onto what is no longer here, but planted deeply within me
Knowing it is all I have remaining and unwilling to let it disappear
Just Slow Down
I take a deep breath and look deeply within my heart
Thinking only of you when you were willingly by my side
Your hand in mine, the softness of your simple touch
Calmness now caresses me as I mentally hold onto you
I find myself in a comfortable existence locked mentally upon you
For maybe only a moment but I hold on so tightly to that moment
Time becomes transparent and impossible to accurately measure
With my eyes tightly closed your vision is again clearly before me
I feel a tear as it knowingly tracks its way from my eye to my lips
Maybe that is your way of moving from my mind as if to kiss me
The very thought transforms into an array of emotional confirmation
Justification for the ongoing fight that remains such a part of me
Resolve
My mind is at peace again; this day’s battle has finally ended
Again all is clear as it pertains to a persistent attempt to maintain
I hold onto you still and fight to remember all you were to me
You are no longer with me but you will never be gone
I hold onto you with my heart and my mind
Vic c2011