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Tag Archives: poetry

Vertigo?

August 7, 2015by bethnyland Leave a comment

The room is horizontal. A spinning tunnel. Over. Around. Under. It stops and starts without warning. No handhold. I teeter. Maybe this is just the Earth’s rotation. But somehow I […]

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Poetry

Go-Go Boots

July 20, 2015by bethnyland 5 Comments

I wanted white go-go boots so bad. I wanted to look glamorous and tough. I wanted to sing and dance and strut. I wanted go-go boots. Knee-high. Long zippers, from […]

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Poetry, Writing

Haiku: window watching

August 13, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch

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Being Creative, Poetry, Writing

Hart Crane

July 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)

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Being Creative, Beloved Quotes

Make Something: Extended Photo

April 28, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Freeze Time

April 23, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Music Media

March 19, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

While my daughters sang in church choir practice, I stacked a few of the music director’s tapes and CDs into a poem … sing the classic story of creation for […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Plant Shapes

March 3, 2014by bethnyland 1 Comment

“Create something based on the shapes found in a plant in your immediate vicinity.” I don’t keep house plants. To do so would be cruel, as I am unable to […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Reptile-Inspired

February 27, 2014by bethnyland 1 Comment

Alligators, lizards, crocodiles and snakes— all dry, scaly creatures that give me the shakes. Their blood runs so cool they need warmth from the sun. They slither flat-bellied or use […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Touch

February 24, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

as night bends to day lone bodies shift and stretch ’til his hand brushes hers

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Not So Portable

February 18, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Not So Portable We’re setting out for a weekend away! I’ve got to pack for two days of play! I’ll take the big bag. He’ll use the small. Never mind that I’m short and […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Pet Love Song

February 14, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Completely by coincidence on this Valentine’s Day, the make something prompt invites me to write a love song. But not just any love song. A love song about a pet. […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Sandy

January 23, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Use sand as your medium or inspiration today.” What a great excuse for haiku … about playing a board game with one of those anxiety-producing timers. fast and narrow sand rains […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Collaborate

January 16, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

The make something recommendation for Day 261 is this: “Start something, then have someone else complete it today.” Social media makes collaboration easy and fun. Around 5:00 pm, I dashed […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Brown

January 15, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s challenge was to work entirely with brown materials. The result is a photo and a poem. As soon as I publish this post, I’m going to eat the chocolate […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

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