I have no interest in who wins a national game.
I have no interest in popularity or fame
I have no interest in taking aim
Mostly, I have no interest in the mundane.
Daily word prompt: Interest
“What are you going to do? Run around naked and chant?”
When my husband had asked me that question years ago, I laughed. When I returned from the Hilde Girls women’s retreat, I laughed more when I said, “Yes, we did!”
What is a “Hilde?”
Hildegard of Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess, was born around 1098. She first began experiencing visions at the age of three.
It wasn’t until she was 42 years old that Hildegard received a vision she believed to be an instruction from God, to “write down that which you see and hear.” And that is when she became a writer and a healer through her knowledge of tinctures, herbs and precious stones. But that’s not all! She also became a composer, philosopher, polymath, and illustrator.
In this mandela, Cultivating the Cosmic Tree, the elements of fire, air, water and earth are seen in this “quartering of the circle.”
Back to the retreat – Yes, some of us stripped off our clothing but all of us stripped down to our core being. What’s not to like about drumming and singing around a fire under a full moon?
For “8 Reasons Why Hildegard Matters Now”, read here.
Daily word prompt: Circle
My brain is prime for the rhyme these days. So when I saw the daily word prompt was launch? Egads!
If you are expecting me to say “paunch,” well, see yesterday’s poem post – Hand Over That Fry!
And yes, I’m a staunch supporter of the Try-New-Things-Club.
Therefore, let’s talk about the conch shell?
Pretty, aren’t they?
What? You Americans say it’s pronounced with a “k” sound at the end?
Yeah, well apparently Britains pronounce it so it rhymes with the daily word prompt.
So there!
Seriously, who wouldn’t want to write something poetic about the conch shell and its beauty?
Conch Shell Beach is a painting by Stephen Jorgensen
Daily word prompt: Launch
Raindrops
on a quiet lake
dented water
circles made
by silver bouncing pearls
hands that reach for bounty
a pirates treasure
catch them
make still
the water
art by Georgia O’Keeffe
I’d give it all for pecan pie
Or enchiladas! Beans!
A cookbook only makes me sigh
(Damn pictures of cuisine!)
The pot is missing taters
the pizza’s missing crust
How ’bout a cookie later?
Is dieting a must?
The Fridgidaire is fortified
the bakers ovens, quiet
I’d give a leg for something fried
and a different way to diet!
photo credit
Day One:
It poured on my parade of glee
a deluge in my eyes
the incidence,
no coincidence
Lost days, a sad demise.
Day Two:
Once again the morning comes
the sun makes its reprise
I leap in joy
’till learnt the ploy
in the snake’s unveiling eyes.
Day Three:
Hope knocks on my door and says
“Forgot we are allies?”
I turn and ear
from which I hear
“Self pity, so unwise.”
Day Four:
Rain or sun, it matters not
life’s twists and turns surprise
for if not so
we’d fail to know
the blessings in disguise.
Artwork by Rene Magritte
Daily Word Prompt: Coincidence
I once knew a girl named Strict Janet
the Moonshine Still, she ran it
one sip of her “tea”
at once took a knee
and she kicked me off the “free” planet
Planet– Daily Word Prompt
photo credit
She believed in something greater
no concern for self or rules
nothing would abate her
as she fought for open schools.
She spoke of female rights,
opportunities, a claim
for education she would fight
but then, they learned her name.
On a dusty bus they found her
where she spotted weapon drawn
and everyone around her
thought the shot, her final song.
An unexpected outcome passed
forgotten sorrowed woes
as people of the world, aghast
Witnessed as she rose.
Yes, we watched her as she rose.
Photo credit of Malala Yousafzai
To think another irrelevant
are thoughts from someone arrogant
slow in their development
lacking in their etiquette
don’t let them set a precedent
of how others should be treated.
I much prefer the elephant
obviously more intelligent
and not nearly as conceited!
Photo credit
Daily word prompt; Irrelevant
Carolyn Dennis-Willingham 