A cathartic cry escaping lungs long-time loaded Pain languishing In hollow heart finally released Waterfall of tears washing away debris of dead love Harbored hopelessly until now, exorcised from a hateful hell Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Image by Cheryl Holt from Pixabay Bjorn is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with a Google List. I typed in "crying" and got this list:
Senryu
I am crying now
as you have withdrawn your love
Heavy is my heart
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Crying
She wept
and the sky cried with her
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
National Poetry Writing Month
Day 30 - NaPoWriMo
And last but not least, now for our final prompt for this year!
I’d like you to try your hand at a minimalist poem. What’s that?
Well, a poem that is quite short, and that doesn’t really try to
tell a story, but to quickly and simply capture an image or
emotion. Haiku are probably the most familiar and traditional
form of minimalist poetry, but there are plenty of very short
poems out there that do not use the haiku form. There’s even
an extreme style of minimalism in the form of one-word and
other “highly compressed” poems. You don’t have to go that far.
Photo Courtesy of Pixabay
Good Sunday morning. Jim Adams is hosting Song Lyric Sunday again this week and the theme is Crying/Sadness. This is favorite of mine by Fergie and beautifully produced by Will.I.Am. Hope you enjoy it too.
Big Girls Don't Cry
Fergie
Lyrics
Da da da da
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection, baby
To be with myself and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps till I'm full grown, full grown
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and Uno cards
I'll be your best friend, and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
'Cause I want to hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers, and share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late and dark outside
I need to be with myself and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
La da da da da da
Songwriters: Tobias Gad / Stacy Ferguson
Big Girls Don't Cry lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC,
BMG Rights Management
My capacious heart
Full of affection
Secretes slowly
The love you need
Like an intravenous injection
Your wounded soul
Beaten and bruised
Crying to be nurtured
And healed
No longer misused
Let me nourish
Your spirit and mind
With milk and honey
Infuse them with strength
Until once more entwined
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Photo by Felipe P. Lima Rizo on Unsplash
The sky is crying
The teardrops of a planet
Dying from neglect
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Journey
If you have lived your life
To the ‘nth degree
There is no part of you
That is not damaged
Leaving behind some debris
Growing and learning
Through the circle of life
Banging into walls
Running into dead ends
Doing your best to avoid the strife
The happiness is in and out
Like the sunshine playing with the showers
You bask and you run for cover
Laughing and crying
Living and dying like the flowers
You flourish while you are nourished
Taking the food of the gods
Drinking the wine of life
Sometimes overindulging
So what are the odds
What goes up must come down
You take the good and the bad
For every hill you climb
There is chute going down
And sometimes a Galahad
Life is always a gamble
You play the game
You can win big and fall hard
Welsh on your debts if so inclined
But take responsibility for any blame
Never give up on your challenges
You will always see them through
Life is a race to the finish
How you get there
Is entirely up to you
Christine Bolton
Word of the Day Challenge: Flourish