Well, in my defense, I have been sewing... but not as much as I have wanted to and I certainly haven't been keeping up with my blog. Let's just say a minor (read: major) bump in my personal life has distracted (read: demoralized) me. So without any excuses I'll get back to it. Pictures of the garments I have finished will be posted as soon as I find a willing photographer. I am working on some neat quilting projects to give my sons for Easter so I am taking a week off from sewing for myself.
I am also trying to redeem myself by doing the Poem-a-Day Challenge at the Poetic Asides blog from Writer's Digest (http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/). Each day you get a prompt and you post your poem as a comment on the blog. I posted my first one today and I'll share it here too (since it's my poem after all!). Today the prompt was to write an origin poem...
the origin of a word
how do words begin?
on the tip of your tongue, right there
but wait – gone now
my son relishes a new word
yelling it, laughing – try it again, again!
I have tried for years now to stop this from coming
this word leaves me cold
leaves me speechless, hopeless
pitiable
this word leaves me where I never thought I would be
who I never thought I would be
I’m that woman, that thing
everyone glances back as they pass by
dear, dear what a shame
this word leaves me here
at the origin of the end
where everyone does their leaving
where everything I know is right here
wait – gone now
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