Formatting. Manuscript. Perseverance through the mistakes. Feels like: unexpected suspension. Today, I’m surrounded by
wildfires. P.S. I love words.

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West winds. Swept smoke east. Fire softened on already charred ground. That moment of clarity. Witchgrass thrives.
The beauty.

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Night magic. Summer desert. Light on dark. The journey has been long. Navigation clouded. Still looking for landmarks to forgiveness.

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Thinking about wings today. Hawk wings. Falcon wings. Butterfly wings. Bat wings.
Fly wings. Feathered. Chitin. Living skin. Defying gravity. Does being airbound make you free?

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New moon. Sentimental. Summer voices in the cut fields. Gone. Fleeting bloom of daisies.

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Water body. Clouds mind. Grasses life. Reflected. Connected yet separate by the horizon. Darkness is here. I befriend it. Thursday. Rain. Hope the Scorpio’s karma.

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Home. Seen and held. Carried within. Loved. Lived. Questioned. With or without walls. Sometimes—
just a moment, or forever.

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I got my 100th rejection of the year this weekend 👍

My husband says poetry is perfect for me since I secretly love rejection 🤣🤣

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Universe showing me just how good it can get. Revisions begun. Deer prints in dust. Favorite cloud—stratocumulus. Over the desert. Don’t get me wrong, I know that horrors ensue around us. Not forgotten.

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If I avoid feeling what I should be feeling in my life, my poetry falls; there’s miles of difference between hoping and frightened.

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Taken a week to comprehend I finished the first draft of my novel-in-verse. My hand held over my smiling heart. To begin and end the story. Hours at my desk. Underwood holds the barn doors secure.

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When reciting poetry, you must consider

Enunciation
Pronunciation
Phrasing
Pauses
Breathing
Energy!

Your task align with the vocalist and actor.

Recitation is serious business, and I a crusader for such

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It brought up reminders of other losses but from a fresh perspective and new wisdom to help guide me in navigating this loss. While I know my grandfather is no longer here with me physically, he will also be with me as are loved ones that have moved on before.

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