Tommy the Clown
After attending a grown-up birthday party with Tommy the Clown (known for his “Krumping,” and inspiring youth) I wrote this (hope you can read it!):
RAW Journal Kernels – KRUMPING
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RAW Journal Kernels – Bemoan
I wrote this after I suffered a disappointment. (I wondered where this poem had gone. Found it taped in one of my journals.)
RAW Journal Kernels – J. Depp
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RAW Journal Kernels – Fertile
Don’t we all feel this way sometimes?
Raw Journal Kernels – 6
Random journal entry? Yes, except for the top right corner that came from a dream. I was about to step into the water of the National Mall in D.C. to follow others.
I looked down at the water contemplating stepping in, when two Marines, one on each side, escorted me through the water. As I got to the “end,” I realized who was at the front, the person I had been following. Rosa parks turned to us, threw her arms up and said, “Point your breasts up to the heavens and dance!”
Loved this dream!
Raw Journal Kernels – 5
Ooh! This was a special find! (See other Journal Kernels here) This was a dream that inspired The Last Bordello. See the short excerpt below.
Most nights, I see Papa in my dreams. In a slower-than-life pulse, in a not-so-common four-count measure, he smiles as he grabs the knob of our screen door and opens it to enter. His movement repeats. He smiles and opens the door. Smiles and opens the door. Each time, he never enters. He never falls.
But Papa did fall; collapsed before crossing our threshold into the house his neighbors helped him to build. Four years ago now, all of the notes of Papa’s life faded away with his last breath. A stillness so loud that my ears still burned.
If only Papa hadn’t died.
Raw Journal Kernels – 4
Raw Journal Kernels – 3
More of these “kernels.” Before long, I might have a whole cob!! Maybe even start remembering past events!
“Skimming through these old treasures, I had this thought: “What if I shared kernels, bits of my past from numerous journal entries?”
So, here I go, making myself vulnerable. Again.” – from Raw Journal Kernels- 1 and 2.
I remember now! Vacationing in Whistler, Canada.
Raw Journal Kernels- 2
Just for fun!
“Skimming through these old treasures, I had this thought: “What if I shared kernels, bits of my past from numerous journal entries?”
So, here I go, making myself vulnerable. Again.” – from Raw Journal Kernels- 1
Note: most of the journal entries were written years back at a coffee shop before hitting the gym next door.
Wrote this after visiting a small town where a small home sat a few feet away from a funeral home.
RAW Journal Kernels – 1
Since my laptop took over, I haven’t journaled in many years. But, as you can see, I used to.
Skimming through these old treasures, I had this thought: “What if I shared kernels, bits of my past from numerous journal entries?”
So, here I go, making myself vulnerable. Again.
Please note: In order to be true to myself and to my fellow followers, this and upcoming entries are raw, unedited and scanned into this blog.
Carolyn Dennis-Willingham 