Running
Wild, fancy free
Alice in Wonderland
Kind of day, my imagination
Soaring
Cinquain
I am in the midst of rearranging my art room, creating new outdoor garden art, participating in a daily art journal challenge, and planning for a tea party next month.
I am on this crazy journey filled with creative ideas that’s so fun but at times a bit tiring. 😊
Searching,
Finding the joy,
Unexpected delight, and
The wonder, in everything
I smile
And give
Thanks, treasuring
The memories that bring
Joy and hope when a dark day comes
In sight
Double Cinquain
“Find joy in the journey” —Anonymous
Walking through multiple
Layers of life
Enjoying the journey
Syllable Lune
Walking through multiple
Layers of life
Enjoying the journey
Syllable Lune
Walking through multiple
Layers of life
Enjoying the journey
Syllable Lune
Consider…
You can’t go back
And erase the past
You can go forward to create a
future
Cinquain
Next month I have chosen to do a challenge called “Dressember.”
For this challenge I have committed to wear a dress everyday for the month of December in order to raise awareness (and funds) in the campaign against human trafficking and modern slavery.
So some of my poetry next month may reflect on this as I journey thru each day of the challenge.
I will be making daily posts on my personal blog about my journey regarding this challenge as well as posting pics and info about Dressember and the fight against human trafficking and abuse.
If any of you would like to follow me on this journey I invite you to subscribe to my other blog at: Blog | Leona J. Atkinson | Inspirational Writer/Artist
My joyful journey
Brings me beside still waters
Trusting my Shepherd
To lead through pastures of green
Peacefully I stroll
Pockets filled with promises
Walking with my King
Over mountains high and wide
And valleys deep and narrow
Choka
(Based on Psalm 23)
From the Midwest prairie there arose,
A blue eyed country girl, quiet and shy.
Twas a simple, honest life she chose,
Enjoying nature’s wood, and clear blue sky,
Til years, and bitter tears, drew her away
To the bright city lights and noisy nights,
Bringing many sorrows and great dismay,
Filled with untrue friends and foolish fights.
But suddenly, one night, arose a light,
Telling her to return whence she came,
And visions of the prairie she did sight,
Helping her heal from all the grief and shame.
Once more, now barefoot, she stands
Upon simple, Midwestern prairie lands.
SONNET–ENGLISH:
(3 Quatrains (4 line stanzas) and 1 Couplet (2 line stanza) equals 14 lines–10 syllables each line– Rhyme: abab cdcd efef gg–problem posed in the first 12 lines/Volta=solution in last 2 lines)
In an abstract world
Searching for
Signs of reality
Syllable Lune
Do you have a plan in place?
Or are you plain wandering?
Just crusin’ thru life,
Taking any road you find,
Looking for shortcuts
Hoping to go somewhere.
An aimless wayfarer
Never seeking direction
Stuck in the vast maze of life
Choka
If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there. —Lewis Carrol
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 