A New Journey

Hello! Glad you are here! Thank you for stopping by. This is my last post for 2015. Hard to believe.      This year has been very eventful, but not in a physical sense. It has been eventful in an emotional sense. I have been on a journey with my writing, from completing and self-publishing my second poetry book to working on a very personal story. I jumped back into the school setting as a substitute and have had many experiences with that! I have had to completely alter my path that my writing life is on, and I honestly froze up inside and experienced something I did not enjoy - the absence of my enthusiasm. My motivation and positivity felt distant, inaccessible. It was strange. I had to learn to summon my desire, my gratitude and openness. The writing I wanted to do felt stuck and that made me so sad! It was like a spiral. Luckily I surrounded myself with good books that brought me back and filled me with inspiration. Acceptance and enthusiasm returned, along ...

I have a poem expressing my inner feelings today. I have been considering the dreams I have for my life and how I have taken steps to make them a reality and yet have also been forced to change my plans, create a new plan. Life is full of adventure, and as we learn to listen to our soul I think we embark upon a very personal and exciting journey. I have very high hopes for the new year coming up. What about you? Do you have plans/dreams for yourself or something in the works for 2016? What of Dreams Tender dreams slip through my fingers like a mist they evaporate- a ghost of a shadow remains; their image fills my soul with light. Now in the darkness I feel lost. Still able to taste their flavor in the wind feel their anxious-to-be-born-cry upon my skin, I am face to face with nothingness without my dreams. I catch  glimpse of hope, a shimmer my breath quickens suddenly I am turning toward a new beginning .

Hello! Thank you so very much for stopping by. I have just one poem today for my post, but it is a poem that reflects my mood lately. I have been thinking about family, about legacy, about love. In this reflection I have also reflected upon spiritual themes and concepts. Things that give me hope, comfort, understanding and peace. I have been remembering the feeling of things more than specific events. Does that make sense? It's not just because the holidays are coming up. I have just had time to reflect lately. Writing my story has prompted that, as well as some quiet time in between substitute teaching jobs. The past few weeks have been busier on the inside than on the outside!! Anyway, I have one poem to share and I hope you enjoy.   Within I carry within myself the memory of You- all my senses rise when the thought of you stirs my mind awake; part of you I carry within my heart's desire and as I go toward it you are with me within me as enthusias...

    Hi! Thank you for stopping by.     For today's poem I was inspired by a quote. I love a good quote. One that inspires you and makes you smile or sigh in agreement. One that reverberates within your heart long after you have read it. The quote I found for this week caught my attention because it speaks of inner awareness, self-respect, self-love, appreciation for just being. It is simple yet and profound in it's wisdom. See if it strikes something within you:                                       "I love the person I've become, because I fought to become her."                                                                                     ...

Hello! Here for you today is a poem influenced by considering the gift of time, of all the moments we have to embrace and all that life brings us. Gift The gift of a moment glistens in the sun; time offering itself again and again for what? Expressions of love transform the atmosphere and elevate the future. The tide comes in then goes out to the rhythm of eternity and I stand linked to everything, my feet in the sand; this moment contains everything and nothing until I choose to accept the gift before me.  The gift I have received lately is the gift of time to write. What have you been gifted?

Hello! Thanks for stopping by! I want to share a poem inspired by all the books I have read throughout the years on the subject of self awareness and personal growth. I love nonfiction!! How I finish the sentence "I am..." has changed so much throughout the years. How do you complete the sentence? I AM I am love seeking expression creativity unbound I am unity within diversity the common thread woven through life; many moments link this one to eternity existing within my heart for the joyous realization of all that I am.

Good day! Today I have a poem inspired by the change that life brings, by nature and emotions. Enjoy! Restless Like the falling leaves my emotions twirl tossed about by the wind of changing thought; letting go/releasing holding on to the promise of the spring and summer that exist within me despite being bare for the moment.