If we’re stuck in the past, it’s resentment. If we’re stuck in the future, it’s fear. ~ Diana H. Obsession. Fixation. Bedevilment ensnaring my life. Escape? Impossible! No matter how long sprung, the trap can’t be loosened but digs deeper, […]
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Oops!
NaHaiWriMo poetry prompt for September 17: OOPS! Write about something that turns out not quite the way you had planned. A mistake, clumsiness, thinking one thing but doing another, slipping, sliding, goofing, embarrassing yourself to yourself or others, awkwardness etc. […]
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The prompt for September 16 at NaHaiWriMo: Vertical 5. Carlos’ prompt earlier resulted in a great bunch of haiku. Let’s do it again. 5 lines, one word each leaving out “a” “an” “the.” Program motto: Pass it on. Love’s bucket […]
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We may lose our position or reputation or face jail, but we are willing. We have to be. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 79 Like a freight train roaring over me like a runaway bull aiming for me doubt hovers over […]
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Looking back on a barren landscape of wasted time — minutes, hours, days… I can stand, dismayed at the deprivation, at the desolation. Or I can look forward with resolve toward recompense, toward vigor, toward life.
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