May 7, 2011 ·
CreativePoetryCorral
Welcome back old friends and welcome new friends! We are ecstatic to have Inky as our featured artist again. She is a uniquely artist soul. So, please welcome: A bit about the artist(by the artist): I AM A WRITER, A DABBLING POET…WANTING ONLY PEOPLE TO ENJOY MY STORIES OR SHORT WRITES AND POEMS. THOSE THAT […]
Other, Poetry
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May 6, 2011 ·
Barbara_K
WITHIN A DREAM BY BARBARA A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB Diamond rivers flowing through starlit skies and walkways paved in moonbeams bright, as they often do in your dreams when you sleep, as floating gently upon clouds of fantasies, my dream fades into shadows and mist, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. And just […]
Tags: BarbaraK, Collab, CPC, poetry Poetry
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May 5, 2011 ·
Barbara_K
TAKING FLIGHT I watched you growfrom the tiniest seed,when you were hardly a thoughtand barely a dream.And when you were ready,you knew and so did I,(for mothers and fathers know all those things),time to try out those new wingsas you soared and I again smiled. And on those days each one of youwere born into […]
Tags: BarbaraK, CPC, MothersDay, Photography, poetry Life, Poetry
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May 4, 2011 ·
CreativePoetryCorral
Greetings everyone and welcome to Thematic Attic! Today I want to share with you an inspirational poetry challenge. With Mother’s Day only a few days away, this time of year I always find myself reflecting on the memories of my childhood and of my relationship with my mother. A mother’s influence to a child is […]
Poetry
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May 4, 2011 ·
Barbara_K
THE END When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three, I was hardly Me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I’m as clever as clever, So I […]
Tags: BarbaraK, DripsofInk, poetry Poetry
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May 4, 2011 ·
Barbara_K
“Transcendent of the Blues” by William Tolliver WITHIN THESE BAYOU BLUES Dancing in the dark to that familiar dusky song, caressing the strings of broken hearts, somber melodies drifting painfully through the tortured darkness of this Saturday night, lyrics laced with sadness and broken dreams, invading every corner of that smoke-filled room of hazy blue; […]
Tags: BarbaraK, CPC, poetry People, Poetry
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May 3, 2011 ·
Scotorum
This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling on Friendburst. Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M. For our first Fabulously Fun Friggin’ Friday Fling on Friendburst, we thought it would be a good time to celebrate friendship by writing about our animal friends, our pets […]
Poetry
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