Ribbons of white minerals,
Quartz and lime deposits
Leach through cracks and
Braid their way through the
Largely granite outcropping
Twisting,
Linking,
Holding together
Like fatty strands in
Crisp bacon.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
2 a.m.
(January 4, 2012)
A new poem!
a freight train rumbles past
a snore from the next room
pushes away cold
daunting silence
A new poem!
a freight train rumbles past
a snore from the next room
pushes away cold
daunting silence
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Timing and Distance
(January 3, 2012)
Funny how a challenge motivates! No promises it's any good, but I'm happy it's something, since it's the first creative piece I've written in months.
try to remember
how she fell overboard
when she left the boat deck
perhaps she just
slipped off
quietly
into distressed waves
as she peered through
her telescope
gazing
reaching for stars
never once looking down
Funny how a challenge motivates! No promises it's any good, but I'm happy it's something, since it's the first creative piece I've written in months.
try to remember
how she fell overboard
when she left the boat deck
perhaps she just
slipped off
quietly
into distressed waves
as she peered through
her telescope
gazing
reaching for stars
never once looking down
Ted Kooser Poems
(January 2, 2012)
Horse
In its stall stands the 19th century,
its hide a hot shudder of satin,
head stony and willful,
an eye brown as a river and watchful:
a sentry a long way ahead
of a hard, dirty army of hooves.
Screech Owl
All night each reedy whinny
from a bird no bigger than a heart
flies out of a tall black pine
and, in a breath, is taken away
by the stars. Yet, with small hope
from the center of darkness,
it calls out again and again.
Delights & Shadows.
Horse
In its stall stands the 19th century,
its hide a hot shudder of satin,
head stony and willful,
an eye brown as a river and watchful:
a sentry a long way ahead
of a hard, dirty army of hooves.
Screech Owl
All night each reedy whinny
from a bird no bigger than a heart
flies out of a tall black pine
and, in a breath, is taken away
by the stars. Yet, with small hope
from the center of darkness,
it calls out again and again.
Delights & Shadows.
My Bucket List
(January 1, 2012)
Obviously this is subject to change, and I had a lot of suggestions (making it very random), but it's something!
1. Hike the Appalachian Trail
2. Hike the Pacific Coast Trail
3. Ride a bike efficiently and safely
4. Go on a kayaking adventure
5. Try wind surfing
6. Continue fencing...and compete in a Vet 70 event
7. Learn archery
8. Take horseback riding lessons in every location I live
9. Go horseback riding along the beach
10. Go horseback riding in Central Park, NY
11. Own a horse
12. Learn how to ice skate
13. Ski a black diamond trail
14. Be conversational in Spanish
15. Play clarinet for Scottish/contra
16. Learn to play guitar
17. Take singing lessons
18. Learn to waltz well
19. Teach Scottish Country Dance
20. Ride in a hot air balloon
21. Fly in an open cockpit airplane
22. Learn to ride a motorcycle
23. Go firewalking
24. Hike/explore a rainforest
25. Sleep in an overnight train
26. Swim with/pet dolphins
27. Go on safari
28. Adopt a pet from the animal shelter
29. Save a species from extinction
30. Run with the bulls
31. Grand Canyon
32. Victoria Falls
33. The Northern Lights
34. Yellowstone
35. Yosemite
36. The Nazca Lines
37. Stonehenge
38. The Parthenon/Acropolis
39. Machu Picchu
40. Chichen Itza
41. Carnival in Venice
42. The Guggenheim
43. The British Museum
44. The Tate Gallery
45. The Smithsonian
46. The Egyptian Pyramids
47. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
48. Visit all 7 continents
49. The Blarney Stone
50. Dance in Scotland
51. Tower of London
52. Visit Hawaii
53. Go to Harry Potter world in Orlando, FL
54. Ride a cable car in San Francisco
55. National Cherry Blossom Festival
56. Mardi Gras
57. Be a good gourmet cook
58. Take up photography
59. Make a list of 100 books to read
60. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
61. Read every novel that has won a Pulitzer Prize in fiction
62. Create a small library filled with high quality books
63. Watch every movie that has won an Academy Award for Best Picture
64. Watch the 10 Greatest Movies of All Time (according to the AFI)
65. Become a good public speaker
66. Discover what makes me truly happy
67. Become an early riser
68. Learn to allow myself to make mistakes
69. Learn time management
70. Develop a good self-esteem and self-confidence
71. Do something creative every day :)
72. Learn to love the reflection I see in the mirror
73. Be able to do 50 push ups
74. Be able to do 10 pullups
75. Be able to bech press 150
76. Take a zumba class
77. Get a masters degree
78. Get a Ph D
79. Develop general knowledge on important topics
80. Spend a year volunteering
81. Have tea in London
82. Stay at a villa in Tuscany
83. Find the love of my life
84. Be a foster parent
85. Create a home with an inviting, joyous, comfortable, loving atmosphere
86. Pass on a family heirloom
87. Write a letter to each of my children, teing them what I want them to know about my life and the lessons I've learned
88. Live in a farmhouse, or a rural, beautiful area with: a fireplace, meditation room, large kitchen, garden, library filled with leather bound books, writing nook, stable for horses and a tree house
89. Attend a Native American ritual
90. Learn to live in the now
91. Take up yoga or tai chi
92. Meditate often
93. Make a difference in at least one person's life
94. Donate clothes I no longer use to a battered women's shelter
95. Plant a community garden
96. Volunteer time at an animal shelter
97. Be passionate about a cause
98. Include a charitable donation in my will
99. Write every day
100. Protect the environment
101. Be recognized as an authority in my field
102. Start (and keep) a blog
103. Wirte and publish a book
104. Actually do NaNoWriMo
105. Write a travel book
106. Write about food
107. Write my memoir
108. Correspond with someone I love for years and then publish the letters
109. Audition for Survivor
110. See a Riverdance performance
111. See a Cirque du Soleil show
112. See a major fencing competition live
113. Spend Halloween at Salem, MA
114. Cook an entire Thanksgiving meal from scratch.
115. Go to the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day
116. Learn to read tarot well
117. Learn to read runes well
118. Act in a play
119. Participate in a flash mob
120. Have a signature dish
121. Get a tattoo
122. Travel solo
123. Attend a murder mystery dinner
124. Go to a masquerade
125. Watch sunrise and sunset on the same day
126. Help someone to cross an item off their bucket list
127. Love another with all my heart
128. Spend an entire night sleeping in a hammock
129. Learn to make fire
Obviously this is subject to change, and I had a lot of suggestions (making it very random), but it's something!
1. Hike the Appalachian Trail
2. Hike the Pacific Coast Trail
3. Ride a bike efficiently and safely
4. Go on a kayaking adventure
5. Try wind surfing
6. Continue fencing...and compete in a Vet 70 event
7. Learn archery
8. Take horseback riding lessons in every location I live
9. Go horseback riding along the beach
10. Go horseback riding in Central Park, NY
11. Own a horse
12. Learn how to ice skate
13. Ski a black diamond trail
14. Be conversational in Spanish
15. Play clarinet for Scottish/contra
16. Learn to play guitar
17. Take singing lessons
18. Learn to waltz well
19. Teach Scottish Country Dance
20. Ride in a hot air balloon
21. Fly in an open cockpit airplane
22. Learn to ride a motorcycle
23. Go firewalking
24. Hike/explore a rainforest
25. Sleep in an overnight train
26. Swim with/pet dolphins
27. Go on safari
28. Adopt a pet from the animal shelter
29. Save a species from extinction
30. Run with the bulls
31. Grand Canyon
32. Victoria Falls
33. The Northern Lights
34. Yellowstone
35. Yosemite
36. The Nazca Lines
37. Stonehenge
38. The Parthenon/Acropolis
39. Machu Picchu
40. Chichen Itza
41. Carnival in Venice
42. The Guggenheim
43. The British Museum
44. The Tate Gallery
45. The Smithsonian
46. The Egyptian Pyramids
47. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
48. Visit all 7 continents
49. The Blarney Stone
50. Dance in Scotland
51. Tower of London
52. Visit Hawaii
53. Go to Harry Potter world in Orlando, FL
54. Ride a cable car in San Francisco
55. National Cherry Blossom Festival
56. Mardi Gras
57. Be a good gourmet cook
58. Take up photography
59. Make a list of 100 books to read
60. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
61. Read every novel that has won a Pulitzer Prize in fiction
62. Create a small library filled with high quality books
63. Watch every movie that has won an Academy Award for Best Picture
64. Watch the 10 Greatest Movies of All Time (according to the AFI)
65. Become a good public speaker
66. Discover what makes me truly happy
67. Become an early riser
68. Learn to allow myself to make mistakes
69. Learn time management
70. Develop a good self-esteem and self-confidence
71. Do something creative every day :)
72. Learn to love the reflection I see in the mirror
73. Be able to do 50 push ups
74. Be able to do 10 pullups
75. Be able to bech press 150
76. Take a zumba class
77. Get a masters degree
78. Get a Ph D
79. Develop general knowledge on important topics
80. Spend a year volunteering
81. Have tea in London
82. Stay at a villa in Tuscany
83. Find the love of my life
84. Be a foster parent
85. Create a home with an inviting, joyous, comfortable, loving atmosphere
86. Pass on a family heirloom
87. Write a letter to each of my children, teing them what I want them to know about my life and the lessons I've learned
88. Live in a farmhouse, or a rural, beautiful area with: a fireplace, meditation room, large kitchen, garden, library filled with leather bound books, writing nook, stable for horses and a tree house
89. Attend a Native American ritual
90. Learn to live in the now
91. Take up yoga or tai chi
92. Meditate often
93. Make a difference in at least one person's life
94. Donate clothes I no longer use to a battered women's shelter
95. Plant a community garden
96. Volunteer time at an animal shelter
97. Be passionate about a cause
98. Include a charitable donation in my will
99. Write every day
100. Protect the environment
101. Be recognized as an authority in my field
102. Start (and keep) a blog
103. Wirte and publish a book
104. Actually do NaNoWriMo
105. Write a travel book
106. Write about food
107. Write my memoir
108. Correspond with someone I love for years and then publish the letters
109. Audition for Survivor
110. See a Riverdance performance
111. See a Cirque du Soleil show
112. See a major fencing competition live
113. Spend Halloween at Salem, MA
114. Cook an entire Thanksgiving meal from scratch.
115. Go to the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day
116. Learn to read tarot well
117. Learn to read runes well
118. Act in a play
119. Participate in a flash mob
120. Have a signature dish
121. Get a tattoo
122. Travel solo
123. Attend a murder mystery dinner
124. Go to a masquerade
125. Watch sunrise and sunset on the same day
126. Help someone to cross an item off their bucket list
127. Love another with all my heart
128. Spend an entire night sleeping in a hammock
129. Learn to make fire
The Beginning
Is there a better place to start?
The 365 Challenge: Do something creative every day for a year.
This can include, but is not limited to: taking a photograph of something in your environment, reading a poem, creative writing, choose one object and do something creative with it, gourmet cooking, visual art, textile projects...the possibilities are endless.
The 365 Challenge: Do something creative every day for a year.
This can include, but is not limited to: taking a photograph of something in your environment, reading a poem, creative writing, choose one object and do something creative with it, gourmet cooking, visual art, textile projects...the possibilities are endless.
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