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Reflection I
Reflection I In a mass of metal, moving. Moving fast and slow along a worn black ribbon, worn and wondering on words all born from ‘drive.’ Through glass, blue sky and clouds are breezing by inviting fresh-brewed castles in the air. A flash of dream is trapped in mirrored glass, trees’ shadows caught by window,…
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One of those words I’ll gladly appropriate
I love words that have unique sounds (and no, that doesn’t mean I dislike homophones, I just really love words that are fun to say). I have a whole collection of them, in fact, but this one turned up in my inbox this morning and I decided I had to share. Definition and quotes courtesy…
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Ravel(ing)
Above my car, forty seabirds wheel and arc in time with Ravel’s swooping Barque sur l’Ocean as if they too can hear it pouring from my radio into the frigid winter sky. It is the most freedom I have ever felt sitting at a stoplight. (2/12/10)
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Autumn Love
Utter Love by Meg Winikates December, 2005 I am in utter-love With autumn light In love with the air That burns each golden Leaf to crisply glowing shards Of jagged sunlight. I am in blue-deep love With the belly laugh of Autumn wind In love with the tickling Gusts of sharp amusement Teasing hair and…
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Happy National Day on Writing
Yes, technically November is NaNoWriMo, which continues to look like a bad idea when one is working full time and taking two grad school classes. However, for those of us with the spirit but also the time crunch, today is the first ever National Day on Writing, hosted by NCTE (Nat’l Council for Teachers of…
