INSPIRATION AND MY IM-PERFECT-TION

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

If you study the words and actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, will you become a better person? (inspiration from Tony Burgess Blog and JohnCOYOTE blog)

If you bring your experiences to the surface, can you be a better actor? (inspired by RIVRVLOGR blog)

If you study another human being, the way they walk, the sparkle in their eyes, will you like what you see? (inspired by fauxcroft)

If we force ourselves to unchain our words, will be become better writers? (inspired by Scribbled to Paper)

If you want to understand colors and shading, can you watch a tutorial for inspiration and create something beautiful? In this case, yes. (inspired by Stoneronarollercoaster)

If you study your image in that reflected glass, do you like what you see? (inspired by Lifelessons)

And, how I could go on with how you all, dear bloggers, inspire me.

I did not study up on how to be a grandmother.

But being one has inspired a new creativity inside my very core.

Explore outside the box and BE PERFECT IN YOUR IMPERFECTIONS!

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The Hidden to Light

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

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Entertain me with your laughter

not your bravado

dance for me a jig

and smile when I join you

Extend your hand

and walk me across the water

into a field of wild flowers

Run without thought

to catch my hat from the breeze

Talk to me of topics peaceful

and fill me with stories of compassion

Take me to your favorite place

and share with me the secrets inside

Remove the metal around your chest

to show me the softness within.

And I will shelter you from the storm.

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Still the Waters Calm

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

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Still the waters calm

but not stagnant

Static waters poison change.

Shift, transform

embrace the growth.

Barren souls

lack knowledge,

awareness.

Still the waters calm

but move

float

drift

evolve

enlighten.

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Prepare to Ring the Bell

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

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His crude and callous spoken words

evokes in souls once light

darkness, anger, and despair

at him, the mighty “right.”

But do not fear enlightened ones

his sand is running low

his hourglass, once emptied

will restore the faith we know.

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I Am Not Your Sculpture

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

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Please

do not carve me into a person of your liking

or carve me into something I’m not.

Instead, carve me some bread and cheese

and I’ll sit down with you in a moment of sharing.

Then, we will discover if we can be true friends

and whether our paths will again cross.

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Your Ass-Sets a Low Bar

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

If we hear you play the piano,

you are a pianist.

If you show us the carrots and onions you grew,

you are a gardener.

If you hand us a copy of your signed novel,

you are an author.

If you are pulling 10 oz padded gloves on your hands,

you are a boxer.

If you are covered in flour and hand us a loaf of warm bread,

you are a baker.

But if you have to tell us that you are a “genius” and that your “two greatest assets have been mentally stability and being, like, really smart,”

then I, for one, feel brilliant for not believing you.