Bright and Sunny Despite My Heart..

" Of all lies, art is the least untrue. "
  ~ Gustave Flaubert

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Haiku My Heart ~ 

Legacy

carnival of glass
sunlight sparkles fill your heart
a monarchs wings unfurl... 

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-28-2013

Sunday Scribblings #358  "monarch"

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Tomorrow

I often fear the best of times
for hard times surely follow

to grasp a soul and fill it full
of a bitter pill to swallow

useless words are whispered low
to fill a heart that's hollow

till darkness dances on it's way 
and sunshine fills the morrow..

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-25-2013

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Three Word Wednesday-
pale- naughty- douse

Un-Holy Union

naughty padre pales
vinegar and piss doused
blazing thirsts quenched

Written By: Patricia Sawer
2-27-2013

Sensational Haiku Wednesday- "quench"

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Patsy

Time to Juggle...

" The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together." ~ William Shakespeare

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Project 365 - A Photo a Day





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Haiku Heights- The April Heights - Day 28 

 - #140 - CLARITY

I See

heartless clarity
thrust upon a Mother's eyes
the butchers clothes burn

Written By; Patricia Sawyer
4-28-1012

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Acrostics Only-

Rhythm

rise and fall
harmonize
your beat
throbs and thumps
hands keep time
measuring life's sweet melodies

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-28-2012

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Spade

some fellow the white coats call spade
perceived a great fortune be made
as a new day arose
drew great birds on his toes
escaping the white coats dismayed

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-20-2012

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Paella

pan sizzle.. open air
add peppers..garlic..snails.. beware
extra herbs.. boil to a broth
lemon squeeze on rice.. no froth
lots of beans.. hare if you wish
Aha Paella.. a tasty dish

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-28-2012

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Haiku My Heart- "spring flowers"



Spring Flowers

verdant vines stretching
lift sweet scents into the air ~
blue birds build a nest

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-26-2012

One Single Impression #217- verdant

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Haiku Wednesday- conversation

Confessions

trusting confidence
a conversation prayed ~
darkest clouds relieve

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-27-2012

Tuesday Trifecta - confidence

3 a: a relation of trust or intimacy
b : reliance on another's discretion
c : support especially in a legislative body

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Patsy

The Lightening Show was Awesome...

" Oh, the brave music of a distant drum!"
- Omar Khayyám

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Project 365- a Photo a Day!



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Haiku Wednesday- meditate


Tempest

quiet meditation
motionless self harmony
cleansing teardrops fall

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-16-2011

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Acrostics Only

Preach

Praises
Raised
Enthusiastically
All
Commandments
Hollered!

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-16-2011


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The Sunday Whirl- Wordle #30
We Write Poems - Prompt #80

Pamela Sayers asked us to gather a minimum of twelve words, then write little snapshots in response to each word. Each small “poemlet” could stand on its’ own or perhaps have some relationship to the rest... as usual I have combined a few meme's to write what my heart and soul believed in..


A Dozen Thoughts

what impetus moves the bees
diligently.. sweetly

justifiable vindication..declared
my middle finger stands..

eloquent words sputtered
the Holy Book pounding the podium

no solace for the sinners
no cuddles for me

friendship swivels
on a tightrope with no balance

motionless I stand
but the chirping birds pass me by

pretty pink coral smoothed
deep in my blue jean pocket

rapidly the world spins on
no worries no worries man

point at your brother
homeless needy despairing

stand tall Samaritan
your strength is in the weary

the cleaning lady giggles
effortlessly attracting consideration

Ahhh... Another lunch hour has escaped me
while I was giving my life some thought

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-16-2011


3 Word Wednesday- impetus / solace / vindication

Weekend Wordsmith- Lunch

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Patsy

Monday.. a Good Day..

" Worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. Everyone wants to save the earth, nobody wants to help mom with the dishes. " - P. J. O'Rourke

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Project 365-



Dave wonders how much this big guy eats in a day.. I wonder if Dave will let me have one?
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Magpie on Monday




Enduring

sweet passions fleeting
no seed of love to take hold
hourglass obsessions

life is good to me
your dream is my command
till all chairs empty

hate quick to muster
from the fountain I have drank
unhitched from grace

grains of sand timing
desperate souls dance with joy
sweet passions fleeting


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-14-2011

Haiku Wednesday- fleeting
Sunday Scribbling #293 - life is good
Haiku Heights #94- obsession
One Single Impression #194 - Hourglass
3 Word Wednesday- drank / hitch / muster

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The Ride

waking bruised and weary
a nightmare on my mind
I had peddled all night long
as Grandma perched behind
up and down the hills we flew
to places far and near
I’d just set down to ponder all
when the Telephone bell I hear
My Grandma had favor
and asks me please please please
to check my new banana seat
for what had had skinned her knees..


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-08-2011


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Monday.. This New Time Makes Me Tired..!..

" Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction." - Edward Teller

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Project 365- a Photo Every day!



" Friends are the sunshine of life. "
   - John Hay

Sunday Citar

Six Word Saturday

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Magpie Tales

Death’s Catch

mystery excels
I dare not salute your grave
you were but to fish

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-07-2011

2011 Chapbook Challenge Day 7- what won't wait? 

Haiku Heights #93- mystery

Sensational Haiku Wednesday- excel

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2011 November Pad Chapbook Challenge- Day 6- Addiction

Beloved Thou Art Gone

Hot tears break and burn
thoughts of bitter things
Solitude smothers
empty broken vows

Is it love that I have known
Lonesome nightingales sing

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-07-2011

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2011 November Chapbook Challenge Day 5- Something Broken

Aftermath

 

lace curtains flutter

pink garden tub tops the heap

cadaver dog climbs

 

 

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

11-7-2011

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Singing in the Rain...

 " People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news."
       - A. J. Liebling

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Project 365-  a Photo Everyday!

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Succinctly Yours- Week 30-  Toil

A Very Fine Tale...

Sarah and Bill
sat on the hill
a bucket in each of their hands
they toiled in the sun
and considered it fun
till the waves invaded their lands

their moat overflowed
the castle was bowed
a crab ran away with a shell
they stomped everything down
in the sand castle town
and ran home with a story to tell..

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

10-18-2011

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Lily's Friday Prediction-

The Climb

It had not been love at first sight... she had just began to shrivel when he pounced on her from the lowest limbs of the old tree.. He was a rare form of ugly.. one that few had ever seen and none had admired.. fanning her with a newspaper he had offered her a piece of gum to chew.. as if they were nothing more than humans on a desert camping trip...

"It's the only way to hide in plain view " He explained..

Knowing that it was time.. she followed him deep into the caverns.. where their ascension began...


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-18-2011


Carry On Tuesday #126- " It was love at first sight"
3 Word Wednesday- admire/ follow/ piece

Weekend Wordsmith- camping- pounce- tree- hide

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Mad Kane's Limerick Offs

Marinated Limerick

a fellow who'd taken a shot
went home with a girl he thought hot
she was colder than ice
as she gave him the dice
he bubbles and boils in her pot

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-18-2011

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday-

Rare

Darwins fish in glass
glitter in the blue moon light~
giggle-less girls dance

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-13-2011

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Half a Week to go...

 " Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity. "
      - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Project 365  - a Photo Everyday

Trinity


Jumping
with
Joy...












ABC Wednesday... J is for...

Joyless Jumpers

Joyful Jumping Juveniles..
Just the Job for Jack..
Jealous Jokers Joined right in..
with Japanese Jelly black..

Just then a Jaunty Judge Jumped in
Judgemental Jargon Jeered
Joe Jerked a Jar and ran away
Jamming Joylessly I feared...

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-21-2011

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Haiku Wednesday-  anticipation

The Note

loves sweet scent unfolds
anticipation my muse
his bulls eye desire

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-21-2011

Haiku Heights #80 - bulls eye

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Poetic Bloomings- PUN-KU

Every week they offer us new ideas in poetry form.. this week  we are introduced to a new poetic form, which is called the PUN-KU. Here are the requirements for writing one.

(1) Unlike the haiku that allows for a less than strict adherence to the 17-syllable rule, the pun-ku must be exactly 17 syllables long.
(2) It contains only four (4) lines arranged syllabically as follows:
Line 1: 4 syllables Line 2: 5 syllables Line 3: 4 syllables Line 4: 4 syllables
(3) As for the end-rhyme pattern, Lines 1 and 2 do not rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 do.
(4) The pun-ku must contain a pun on one or more of the words used in the poem. The subject matter deals with human nature, is light, humorous, or witty.
(5) The title of the pun-ku can only be one- or two-words long (or short).

My Pun-ku follows...

Inked

webmasters union
tossed me out
spider tattoo
they said taboo

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-21-2011

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Match Makers

shortage of men
the ladies undress
wrap them in scarves
call for the dwarves

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-21-2011

these might sound easy.. it's rather hard to work a pun into a limited word poem.. or maybe It will get easier as I write more.. I definitely plan to write more.. in fact I have a page full..  that well to say the least..  they aren't that good.. but they are a start..

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3 Word Wednesday-  dull/ race/ yawn

Thoroughbred

titled racer stomps
sixteen hands of dullest brown
seasoned mare yawns

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-21-2011







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Patsy

Rain Rain I Know We Need You... But Did You Have to Wet My Stuff...

"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away,
it's best to let him run."   ~ Abraham Lincoln

"Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant;
 but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured."
~ Indian Proverb

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it."
 ~ Denzel Washington


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Project 365- Every day a Photo..

  

 Joy

delightful sprinkles
rain down on summer sidewalks
quenching our thirst for joy

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-28-2011



Haiku Heights #49- quench
Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Joy






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3 Word Wednesday - gag-maintain-omit

Weekend Wordsmith- Elephant

Sunday Scribblings- give

One Single Impression- seven sins

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Riding Pink Elephants

I thought I saw a pink one.
my head upon the bowl

a gag  a gaze a grunt or two
my belly how it rolled

I only though to omit
just one of seven sins

I was trying to remember which
when the room began to spin

a pretty pink pachyderm
my pride I must maintain

for every gift I give this night
is loss and never gain

a mouse of blue called me out
he told me I must stand

I hopped upon the pachyderm
and from the mouse we ran....

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-28-2011

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Patsy

Wednesday.. Hot and Dry.. Wasn't Rain Promised?

"A rustle in the wind reminds us a fairy is near."  ~Author Unknown


"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"  ~John Lennon

"The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve; lovers to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. " ~William Shakespeare

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Project 365- a Photo Every Day!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One Shot Wednesday- week #50
 
 
Midsummer's Eve- ( a fairy tale)


little people prance
flickering fireflies join in
vagabond prince twirls

lads bound by bright thread
mortal fortitude foiled
by saffron's sweet grip


vivid mirages
arrive astride spotted fawns
good fortune bestowed

preferring sunlight
giant slumbers in grass ring
toadstools surrounding

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-15-2011

We Write Poems #58- a cocktail of words
Sensational Haiku- Fortitude
3 Word Wednesday- grip-prefer-thread

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Another Week has Come and Gone!

" An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean." ~ Socrates

"Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child." ~Carl Sandburg

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Three Word Wednesday-- Evident/ Illusion / Tragic

Redemption Nigh-

attention details
uncertain tales spill wildly
almost poetic

blood red fills the glass
tiny droplets stain the floor
best enemies look away

tragic illusion
fierce involvement evident
six friends bear witness

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
4-13-2011

Haiku Heights- Prompt #38 Nigh-

Sensational Haiku Wednesday- Attention

Magpie Tales #61-

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Have you wondered where I am?... I have been gone from my blog for way to long.. Life has been pretending that I am a yo yo.. tossing me this way and that.. sometimes even letting me sleep as it plans it's next attack.. Today I discovered my husbands drill abandoned and took out my frustrations on baskets.. boards.. buckets and even a rake.. hoping that the something different might exercise my angers.. cool my fires.. still my thundering thoughts.. silence is often the best charge.. but it was not to be.. I am still feeling mean and vindictive.. Tomorrow I will leave the drill alone and attack the yard with a rake instead.. Maybe if I can't calm my spirit.. I can wear it out instead.. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. I welcome comments and followers.. Have a great day!

Patsy

Wednesday.. Drums and Downpours Fill My Day!..

"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him." - Francis Bacon

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems." - Rainer Maria Rilke

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3 Word Wednesday-

loud/riches/persuasive

Paradox

the poor count riches

loudly persuasive to self

hot water rises

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

3-30-2011

Sensational Haiku Wednesday- Paradox

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Haiku Heights- Hush

Circus

as the lion roars

a hush falls over the crowd-

clowns empty buckets

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

3-30-2011

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Thanks for stopping by my rainy.. dripping.. dreary.. world today.. I hurried the dogs on a short walk with one eye on the darkening clouds.. Even though we ran the last two hundred steps.. I still got soaked.. that was early this morning.. I told myself that it was a refreshing way to start the day... I welcome comments and followers.. Have a great day!

Patsy

Wednesday.. this Week is Roaring By...

" All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

" Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
- Oprah Winfrey

" It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too."
- George Eads

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We Write Poems #45- Against the grain..

all week I have tried to come up with something witty and smart for the prompt that deals with something each of us.. who fancies ourselves as writers.. must face at some time.. writers block..
I am almost always able to twist words around to make something that passes for a poem or even a short story without to much trouble.. there are days when I don't want to write.. they are few and far between thankfully.. I do find that brownies often help.. this is my offering for "Against the grain"...

Against the Grain

words spill from my pen
meaningless gibberish all
brownies scent the air

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

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Project 365- A Photo Every Day!-

Three Word Wednesday -

breeze- mellow- tickle


Missing

salty breeze tickles
highly mellowed man drags board
men in gray suits feast

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

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ABC Wednesday-

I is for integrity...


Integrity-

life of harmony
no exception to the rules
stumbling .. I rise

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

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Wednesday.. Wind ..Wind Blow This Bug Away!

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size."
- Mark Twain

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship." - Buddha

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Happy Birthday Barbie!!



Barbie was born on this day in 1959 at the American International Toy Fair held in New York City... Ruth Handler had noticed that even though her daughter had only baby dolls.. she played with them as if they were much older.. looking for an adult doll She found Lilli.. though she was unaware that the German doll was modeled after a cartoon lady of the evening.. She convinced her husband Elliot.. to bring a similar doll to market... Mattel named the doll after Ruth and Elliot's daughter.. Barbie.. and has sold over a billion of them... a good many of them to me.. I even have a Lily doll that I was lucky enough to dig out of a box of old Barbies at a junk store.. I love to tell people that Barbie and I are the same age.. I guess though that she is actually a few months older than me.. I have many Barbies stored in boxes and cases.. I love to sew and crochet clothes for them and for the large family of dolls that has developed over the years.. Cousins.. boyfriends.. best friends... children.. furniture and even pets of Barbie are highly collectible..

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday- Hope

Hope

great expectations
pinned upon a knock on wood ~
Grim pens a new tale

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-9-2011

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3 Word Wednesday-

dainty- Tantalize- Haunting

The Diet

dainty bites adorn
tantalizing emptied guests
fat me stands haunting

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-9-2011

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Acrostic Only-

Wow

wisest ones see all
others without rose tone shades-
wishing blindness yield

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-9-2011

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I welcome comments and followers..

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Patsy

Wednesday.. A Good Day.. After All..

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."
~Anaïs Nin

"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket." ~Charles Peguy

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." ~Sylvia Plath

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Project 365- A Photo A Day! -

ABC Wednesday-
F is for Friends...Favorite.. Forever.. or four footed furry..

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Fable-

Fine horses they ride through the glen
A beautiful maid sleeps within
Brambles hold them at bay
Letting love find the way
Even knights give up in the end

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-23-2011

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday-


Elation-

taking the long way
Grandma with her stick and me
ankle deep cold creek

homing pigeons rise
circling evening skies
fledgling blue-bars in training

blackberry stained lips
sipping hot sassafras tea
fireflies welcome home

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-23-2011

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3 Word Wednesday-
figure.. juicy.. stress

February Day-cation

juicy peach dripping
stick figures drawn in sand
gulls devour my stress

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-23-2011

One Shot Wednesday ~ Week 34-

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Wednesday and I have a Few Words for You!

"Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees."
- Paul Strand

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money." - Moliere

"Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people."
- Katherine Mansfield

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Acrostic Only-

For all of us die-hearted serious writers.. they have some wonderful challenges that will test your skills as a writer.. or help you to become a better poet...
they welcome you on this journey of change and innovation.. They invite us to Choose one.. or do them all.. but most of all..to have FUN! this is my very first try at this and I may very well be doing it all wrong but I have decided to do two of the challenges in this post..

Regular acrostic prompts #5
Nature Acrostic- Viper-

Viper-

vile venomous vermin
intriguing intertwined insurgent
petulantly promenading patrol
excruciatingly evil exile
ruthlessly relentless reptile!

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-16-2011

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Innovative Acrostic Prompts: Prompt C
Acrostic Haiku- Asp



Asp-

ancient deceiver
slithering symbol of kings
perhaps Cleo's bane

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-16-2011

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“Sensational Haiku Wednesday!”
This week’s theme is: Freestyle


Freestyle-

dancing with my muse
twisting desire into dreams-
my pencil lead breaks


Written By:Patricia Sawyer
2-16-2011

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3 Word Wednesday~



Brooding-



joyous occasion
kindness thrown out in a blink
silently scorn brews



written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-16-2011
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One Shot Wednesday-





I Have a Dream-




daring not to dream
captives face their worst nightmares
ambition beaten




Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-16-2011
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