Visual Feast

Mirrored thoughts tarnished

morphed muse twirls light

voyeur caught stealing gold

haunted dancer exposed

her orb grows cold.

© Ellen Wilson

Hickory nuts fall from black n' white

world portal blurs sun's muse

skeletal hands clock time out

Soleil spray paints her art

tickled pink her show on Saturday, at noon. 

© Ellen Wilson

Sun kissed spoils

linger baking in pink oven

Where did dinner guest go? perhaps...

gathering mushrooms for stew...

Time tempers meal

© Ellen Wilson

Midnight snack for us

spicy meat day baked

 scurry to finish

crowd demands encore

off to replay Sweet Sacrifice.

© Ellen Wilson

Half n' Half

*****

Half Night, Half Day

stealing night I clamor

echoed song in fog's smoke keeps me awake

seer paints my future

stylish blue-threaded with pale moonlight

I glide into indigo's brow

wisdom screeches-tell everyone

silence kills enthusiasm

as I glide into yellow Van Gogh

with my lucky rabbit's foot 

© Ellen Wilson

Written for Poets United's prompt Half & Half by Kim~  Thanks Kim!

Blue went Shopping

Over in the Garden, Peggy asked us to write a poem about an animal.  Here is our prompt:

Point of view and place are both important elements of poetry and story telling. This time take the point of view of an animal -- lets stretch a bit and make it NOT a dog or a cat.  You can even choose an imaginary or mythical animal.

Take this animal to a place you are not in every day. It can be a real place or an imaginary place at any time past, present or future.   Tell us about this place through the eyes, ears, nose, skin  (or whatever)  of your animal.

  The lady at the farmer's market has peacocks.  This is her pet Blue and he loves dog food. 

Blue's Clues

I don't want to shop

nothing will fit me

Love red-my favorite color

I like prints

polka dots, stripes

I want a cart

ooooh, I like scarves

I want to be a Chic Geek

Mean girls lurk aisle 10

I have a nice caboose, but

so what

beauty doesn't rule

Chic Geeks know this

So

    Mean

            Ass clowns

   Rank

             Twig status

Lolipop heads staring

Whatcha lookin' at
Oh, what is Juicy Couture
and do I want it?!
Who is Victoria and what is
her secret?!

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

I have a lot of eyes

YOLO

my mains tell me
Let's get
dog food
I love Kibbles n' Bits

Trade Offs

     Sunday night I was excited on Monday I had plans-I knew hubby was going hunting and I would have a chance to be alone with my thoughts.  I would write, create, stitch, gather inspiration and make a day of it.   My daughter reminded me when she came home-"Mom guess what I don't have school tomorrow-teacher's workshop."  I was happy for her, but sad for me.  I thought I would have a different day-just the hound n' me.  Him stretching n' basking in the sun. Me, happy with webs of glue, spray paint and writing poems. Him taking a nap. Me, happy with my thoughts, quiet and having popcorn for lunch. I grew up in a movie theater, so popcorn is my comfort food!  Now a new plan-recalculate keeps coming to mind.  Daughter wants to go have coffee and shop. 

Yes, she is a teenager!

It's GOlden

Mom pleeease

Ok-I'll GO

 heart knows 

 GOlden

funky finds
in

chic geek

burGundy tOp

Rolling in the Deep

cranking radio

wailing royal dreams

Grab cOffee

n' linGer with shared biscOtti

 recalculate GPS=

Gifts, PassiOn, Spirit

styling corners 

in the hall of shame

Her big smile

one dimple
pierces my heart

yes, it was GOlden

 no regrets

blue paint, finger webs of glue

stitched dreams

my Guess tOmorrow...

© Ellen Wilson

 Sometimes we just need to hang up our plans and trade up for GOlden! 

This is for Open Link Night over at dverse.  This challenge was offered up by Brian!  We all know sacrifice~

 Thanks Brian

dVerse in the Pumpkin Patch

Brian at dVerse conjured up a challenge that is near n' dear. 

 "I want you to think about something you are passionate about—world peace, gun control, child hunger, slavery, politics, homelessness….you get the picture. Now write about them through the lens of a pumpkin."

My poem is near to my heart.  I also thought it fun to add in a favorite childhood memory. 



Dear Hubby,

Our anniversary is coming up

I'll be home in time

must finish Charles' legacy   

The golden glimmer of the melting sun will

cascade over our favorite spot on Earth

we can celebrate

my sweet Dreamsicle

It will be a harvest moon again

just like that night long ago

You warmed my heart  in college

my sweet Babboo

Remember...

you proposed at Disney

in Cinderella's carriage

I had one too many at the Aladdin Festival

Lucy said you cantaloupe

we waited for next Halloween to wed

Now your work with Rachel Ray

part of Yum-o!

brilliant flame of mine

I love it when you call me Buttercup

our kids Big Max, Jack

Estrella n' Mandy are coming

we can see our new baby bear

Remember trick or treating for Unicef

in our tweens

you were so proud of me

Good grief my Sweet Dumpling

time flew like Sweet Lightening

A carnival in our honor

we will dance the Cha cha

as the Orange Magic rises
its our fairy tale

All my love,

Sally

IWSG

Damn, I forgot today is Wednesday.    It is the first of the month and time for a post about the Insecure Writer's Support Group.  Our founder, Alex Cavanaugh encourages us to share a post about our fears or encourage others  and be supportive. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. 

 I call Alex-Captain Cool.   

 I am pleased to announce that the Insecure Writer’s Support Group website is now open!!!

Alex:   It is still a work in progress and we will continue to add to it over time. You will find pages full of links to great sites and databases under the following subjects – Writing Tips; Publishers, Agents, Queries; Self-Publishing; Marketing; Contests; and Publications.

We also have a page where you can leave suggestions for sites to add to the database. Note we are looking for sites, not individual posts!

The IWSG List is also up on the site HERE.    We also have a Facebook page HERE.

The first Wednesday will be an encouraging word from the team, and every Monday will be a post from one of the admins about writing, designed to encourage and give you some valuable information or resources.

Eventually, we’d like to open it up for guest posts on Wednesday, and expand to include Twitter and possibly a newsletter. (The Twitter hashtag is still #IWSG.)

We invite you to follow and explore the new site. And let us know what we can do to make it a great resource for writers. Thanks everyone for your dedication to the IWSG and making this site a reality!

See he is Captain Cool-I told you! 

I am struggling these days.  I thought I could do it all, art, poetry, photography and writing, but with my alone time is in short supply.  I am struggling...I am trying to figure out what I really want.  I had this really wild dream the other night...I was sewing a dress with words.  I was tearing pages out of books and stitching them into fabric. Yes, poems, dictionary terms and passages- I love.   I woke up feeling like I had been on an episode of Project Runway...but I felt like my dream was encouraging me to continue writing.   So, I am going to gather my poems and continue.  I want to write several books. We must follow our passion, it guides us out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary.  It is our GPS after all-Gifts, Passion, Spirit and we do have to recalculate sometimes, but as we do we make new discoveries, new friends, find new paths to trend or genres! ;D

Maybe I will make that word dress!