This week’s prompt from Jim Adams for Song Lyric Sunday is “Baby” Spoilt for choice I decided to go with “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” by Bob Dylan. This is one of Dylan’s finest and most memorable. The poetry is exquisite and I wish I could write this well. I hope you enjoy it.Continue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue”
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Negativity
Negativity Negative thoughts tauntedIn my head, not amusingAppearing, unwantedLeaving me dauntedMuddling and confusingForcing me to searchSo easy to find out about youFeeling my heart lurchLooking for a smirchIt is there for everyone to viewI see your life lived like a foolOld lovers and ex-wives, Such a collection of jewelsLike a pack of old mulesand as bluntContinue reading “Negativity”
In Dreams
In Dreams That rare momentwhen you feel yourselfhanging betweensleep and awakeA euphoric stateyou never want to endStopping and startingdoing a retake Multiplying the climaxagain and againuntil sleep is triumphantfinally surrenderingThe mind relaxesand in dreams you travelto another worldof visions for remembering Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:Climax – Word of the DayRare – FOWCSleep –Continue reading “In Dreams”
One Liner Wednesday
Good Wednesday morning! I hope you are having a wonderful day, but if not, just know that I understand. I’ve been there and here is the ecard to prove it. I hope it will bring a smile to your face. In response to Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday
Echoing Images
Echoing Images In the perfect stillnessof this magical caveour voices echo in semi darknessthrowing back the sound we gaveThe light reflecting imageryof perfect visual symmetry We drift on mirrored poolin silence but for our breathThe air heavy, dank and coolHumidity smelling of deathShivering with a feeling of fearWondering where to go from here Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Echoing Images”
Mighty Ocean
Mighty Ocean Mighty ocean commanding respectof all those who enterIt will take youcarry you, devour you,even be your mentor Stand at its shorevoid of emotionand vacant intellectionFeel its strengthimpossible to fightinevitable insurrection Let its soundenvelop and infusethe spirit with energyLive in awe ofits strength while ittakes your lethargy Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:Ocean -Word of theContinue reading “Mighty Ocean”
Moody Sky
Moody Sky Gone the dramaticcrimson sunrisethat brought birthto the dayThe lightnessof pursuingpowder puff cloudstaking breath awayNow a setting sunshines brightnesson the pewter lake in a twilight of silvery grey A mood for every skyThe shimmering stillnessof serenity and calmends a perfect dayChristine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©in response to Sue Vincent’s WeeklyWrite/Photo – Shimmer
Song Lyric Sunday – With Arms Wide Open
Jim Adams has continued with his body part theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. The prompts are Arms, Elbows, Knees and Legs. I have chosen With Arms Wide Open by Creed. For some reason I have a soft spot for certain singers. To name a few, Lenny Kravitz, Eminem, Ed Sheeran and Scott StappContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – With Arms Wide Open”
Wilderness
Wilderness I find myself longingas we struggleto stabilizeFor those dayswhen there wasnothing to compromiseGoing here and thereour excitement unbridledWe traveled the same roadStumbling now and againbut always togetherCarrying each other’s loadA life-changing eventso randomit was hard to believeNeither of ussaw it comingDifficult to conceiveNow we wanderin this wildernessof perpetual confusionChoosing solitudePushing the other awayLiving lifeContinue reading “Wilderness”
River
River You have bathed meSoothed meDrank my tears and carried me awayon your fierce currentYou have given meyour frozen surfaceso I might skatein the moonlight Your magicalexistencechanges colorswith the sunFrom morninggolden pondto shimmeringdiamondsas twilightclaims the day~~~~~~~~~~~~I am deeplike my sometimesstill watersBeneath my surfacein its dark mysterylive creaturesyou never seeand plants that need no lightfrom the sunReplenishedby constantheavy rainsIContinue reading “River”
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