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Can You Answer This? What Are You Writing For?

Writing pad

Writing is therapeutic.  Whether you write for self-discovery or recreation is totally a personal choice.  Both are equally fulfilling. The process of putting pen to paper is an artistic expression. Everyone writes but not everyone thinks of themselves as a writer.  

Another reason that you may find yourself writing is in a professional capacity. Composing emails, sending text messages. Also, for careers such as a journalist, author, and educational professions too.

Writing also serves as an outlet, a way of journaling. Whether it be in the handwritten style or typed, it is definitely a valuable tool.

Can you answer this? What are you writing for?

Blog or Vlog and the Difference Between the Two
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Poetry Topic Words of Wisdom

Hanging Onto Ifs

Questions of uncertainty
Hanging onto ifs
Restricts growth
It constrains

Hanging onto ifs
Breeds uncertainty
And doubt

Hanging onto ifs
Robs you of exploration
Stalls curiosity

Hanging onto ifs
Builds rifts
Stalls shifts in creativity
Takes all the lifts out of the sails

Hanging onto ifs
Can foster inner tiffs
Let go of the ifs

It helps to sift
Sift away fears and doubts
Lift hope and confidence

Let go of the ifs

The poem, Hanging Onto Ifs is about how our mind plays on us. It can let doubt creep in and stop us from pursuing our dreams. We question ourselves and ask, “what if it doesn’t work?” Well, what if it does. Injecting hopeful thoughts and believing in ourselves is a positive alternative.

The mind is very powerful, and it is important that we guard our thoughts. Every action starts with a thought. If we question and overthink, it stalls growth.

What do you think about the what ifs?

Thank you for stopping by to read.🙏🏽💞

Photo by Laurin Steffens on Unsplash

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Sweet Slumber

A Tricube

step inside
feel the vibe
calm imbibe

guard let down
blissfully
pillow bound

eyes closing
rest ensues
start the snooze

Sweet Slumber is about that moment you get home from a rough day. All you want to do is get some sleep. No longer on the clock, you can just let go and hit the bed. Let the snoozing begin.

The Tanka Tuesday host this week is Willow, who has tasked us with the challenge to write a tricube poem.

You can write your Tricube poem in as many multiples of three-line stanzas as you wish. Please pick your moment and write about your feelings. A word of advice don’t overthink the moment let your words flow.

Thank you all for stopping by to read and thank you Willow for the prompt. 🙏🏽💕

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No Need for Name Calling

No Need for Name Calling

An Etheree


Knock 
Who's there?  
Tap, tap, tap  
Tap tap tap who?  
Knock, knock, tap, tap, bam 
Who's that rapping my door? 
Knock, knock, tap, tap, bam, bam, ding 
Pressing the doorbell again, dong 
Trodding to the door, you yell, coming!  
Just open the door already, Ding Dong!

Robbie invites us to write a poem using onomatopoeia for this week’s Tanka Tuesday challenge. I tried to add some humor to this one about someone knocking at the door. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it!😊 And thank you, Robbie, for your inspiration. 🙏🏽💕

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30 Years Turns the Art of Poetry

April is National Poetry Month. The year 2026 makes 30 years of this celebration of art.

What does poetry mean to you? What is your favorite poetry form?

Is there a special way you like to commemorate the art form of poetry and writing? If so, share the most meaningful way you choose to celebrate.

Words are very powerful. They can inject joy and adversely, bring about feelings of hurt. The way we choose our words is very important. Words can be used to compose a song, convey an idea, express thoughts, and a plethora of many things. Both spoken and written words carry weight.

For National Poetry month, I have tried writing my first Trenta-Sei poem. Not an easy feat.

What is a Trenta-Sei poem?

-Created by John Ciardi, the Trenta-Sei poem is a poetic form that contains 6, six-line stanzas for a total of 36 lines.
-A rhyme scheme of ababcc.
-Lines 2-6 of the first stanza will be the first line of the stanzas to follow, in the same order.
-The cascading repetition adds to the complexity of this style.

Sounds simple, right? I’m joking. It was challenging for me but nonetheless, it was fun writing.

30 Years Turns the Art of Poetry

Artistry comes in many forms 
Creating ways to move 
Motion in strokes not the norm 
Writing that transforms and grooves 
Rhymes skillfully arousing the senses 
Poetry and prose in many tenses 
 
Creating ways to move 
Your mind drifts afar 
Riding words feeling the groove 
Inspiration shining like a star 
Don't stop, ideas abound, keep up the flow 
Intricate words flood the brain, page aglow 
 
Motion in strokes not the norm 
Acrylic, watercolor or oil 
Brushstrokes haphazard forming a storm 
Circular and abstract like a coil 
Collage of fabric in Pink, Yellow, Green 
Blending media, asking what it means 
 
Writing that transforms and grooves 
Taking you on a wild ride 
Explain the meaning a pen behooves 
Awing the reader, mouth open wide 
Scanning the page, delight and disbelief 
Vivid, exact, succinct and very brief 
 
Rhymes skillfully arousing the senses 
Cadence so crisp and clear 
No more dis songs, time to mend fences 
Harmony is music to my ears 
An art form transcending generations 
Lyrics infused with deep revelations
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Trust the Waters, Secluded Not

the middle of the ocean
all alone it seems
no one in sight
east west north south

the sun is turning down
darkness on the cusp
pitch black abyss arriving 
deathly dark will soon settle

fear tries to hijack your thoughts
suddenly you remember
Isaiah forty-one, ten
slowly breath returning again

fear now ejected from your body
comfort and assurance ushers in
weakened sense of loneliness
sailing away and strength comes again

you see, being the lone ship in the sea
is not what it appears to be
just because the eyes can't see
doesn't mean his presence is absentee

the Creator is always there
no need to cast a life preserver
he is near to catch you
trust the waters

Trust the Waters, Secluded Not was written for the WDYS prompt by Sadje.

Image by softcodex from Pixabay

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Sidelined Sadness

Sadness be gone

A Triolet poem

Laughter cradles when sadness weighs 
A good belly roll brings oxygen to the brain 
endorphins stick around for days 
Laughter cradles when sadness weighs 
stimulating feel good pathways 
shifting mood to a higher plain 
Laughter cradles when sadness weighs 
A good belly roll brings oxygen to the brain

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read Sidelined Sadness.

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