From
here, onward.
Singing or silent: in beauty,
grace-full. (No boot-licking, hoop-
jumping; standing on shoulders, not crawling
on backs.) Step by step into black clouds (silver-
lined and electric,
alone-not-alone).
Listen for a still,
small voice, for
this way, written
on your heart.
Beautiful – especially that last bit! And I love the image of the arrow that you created with your words.
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Thanks for reading! I’m glad you liked it.
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So cool, the image you made! And the last line, too. That was gorgeous!
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Thank you. And I really enjoyed your take on the prompt this week!
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That is amazing! The visual element of the arrow plus the words…I especially love the tip of the arrow…”From here, onward.” Love the whole thing. You are so talented!
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Oh, you are too kind. Thanks for the encouragement!
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Wow!What beautiful imagery-Step by step into black clouds (silver-
lined and electric,
alone-not-alone).And I loved that bit about no boot-licking-gorgeous! Kudos to the artistic presentation-a visual treat 🙂
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Thank you for the kind words, so appreciated!
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Your fabulous piece deserves that- and more.I know one of my votes will go to you 🙂
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Thanks, everyone! I admit I spent way too much time trying to make that shape. 🙂
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dude super cool arrow point UP. 😉
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Always up! I’m also glad no one thought it was a tree.
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I absolutely love this – Listen for a still,
small voice, for
this way, written
on your heart.
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Thanks so much!
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Listen for a still,
small voice, for
this way, written
on your heart.
Just beautiful. Loved this.
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Thank you.
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always listen to the heart – lovely
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It’s the way to go! Thanks for reading.
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Oh WOWZA, I love this, every bit–but especially the electric clouds, for some reason! Feeling the crackle of God’s power, YES!
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I’m always happy to get a wowza. 🙂 The electric clouds just kind of appeared, glad you liked!
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I’m stunned! I really love this poem. Thanks for sharing. FGM
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Merci! Thanks for the kind words.
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Love this! The imagery is charming.
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Thank you!
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Not a poetry expert but I like the feel of this piece. The arrow is a bit fancy pants, but what the heck 🙂
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Yes, even I like to put on the fancy pants sometimes. 🙂
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Very interesting, and that arrow–wow. 🙂
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I’ll be honest–the arrow was the most time-consuming part. I am a pitiful artist, had to find the MS Word arrow to fit my words into it! I don’t know what possessed me to try in the first place…
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Very cool formatting. Love the parts in parentheses.
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Thank you. I am fond of parentheses. 🙂
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Lovely, lovely poem! Just perfectly gorgeous – not a word out of place. Thanks for linking it up to the gargleblaster!
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Thanks, Christine. My pleasure–so many super posts this week, wonderful company to join!
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Very cleverly written and presented 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks for your visit. Sometimes being too honest has it’s downfalls. But if one can live with their own convictions while believing in themselves – then the truth will be told. 🙂
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Definitely! Convictions are hard enough to come by in this muddled world–stick by them and share your truths and discoveries!
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Beautiful imagery, words and the crafting. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Beautiful writing.
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I love to see that word, “beautiful.” Thank you so much!
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Really beautifully written. And very clever use of visuals too! Love it!
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So very kind, thank you!
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I love the tension between the way you have to read down against the pull of the arrow upward.
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Thanks! I hadn’t thought of it in that way!
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Love how you created an arrow with your poetic words.
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Thank you.
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So nicely done! Sometimes the shaped poetry can cause strange line breaks but you’ve obviously smoothed this one down with a poetry lathe. Or something.
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Haha..or something! Now I want a poetry lathe!
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