For more than one year
I’d not acknowledged the doors
Now I see there are 6
Now I shut them behind me
Close off the world and
separate me from you
Now there are barriers in
our home
Borders
Lines in the sand
Energy spaces
Thirsty spaces
Now even you use the
doors too
Category: Poetry
Blog (Flop) Hop Simple Instructions & Questionnaire
-3-Step Instructions-
1. Copy and paste the following Blog Hop Blogger Questionnaire into a post
(Post Friday or within one week)
2. In the post, invite your readers and fellow bloggers join the Blog Hop to promote their work by completing the questionnaire in a post of their own
3. Add your own flair to the post–images, links, etc. Have fun with it!
-Blog Hop Blogger Questionnaire–
1: What is the working title of your book?
2: Where did the idea come from for the book?
3: What genre does your book come under?
4: Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
5: What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
6: Is your book self-published, published by an independent publisher, or represented by an agency?
7: How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
8: What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
9: Who or what inspired you to write this book?
10: What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
Stay tuned for my Blog Hop Blogger Questionnaire which will debut on Friday!
Blog (Flop) Hop Reminder–Fri 3-15
A few days ago I invited you to hop on the Blog Hop, though I’ve heard from only a handful of you…a very…small…handful. I imagine that you, like me, are confused. I’m still confused! This is Blog Hop is much more difficult than, say, musical chairs, which is how blogging should be, easy! I mean, we all know monkeys could blog. This Blog Hop is like an f-ing equation–wait so I post now and five people post in seven days and I link back to five people who already posted so that the train has ten people but if you can only find three people then that’s fine but if two people jump off the train than how many pe–…
I’m about to call this Blog Hop the Blog Flop! But rather than give up, here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to post my tailored instructions on my blog. My very simple tailored instructions. Instructions for monkey’s if-you-will. There’s no limit to the number of bloggers who can join. If you like the questionnaire, post it on your blog. What you’ll do is copy and paste the questionnaire in a post and invite your readers to do the same. Time-limit-splime-limit.
Ideally what this will do is assist the readers you already have in really getting the low-down on say your memoir or your soon-to-be-released historical fiction while introducing new readers to your major piece of work. If this sounds like a good deal to you, stay tuned for the Blog (Flop) Hop Instructions & Questionnaire which will be posted soon. I’d be pleased if some of my long-term readers could support the momentum of this author-chain my chiming in with a post. Thanks guys 🙂
Bear Mountain
In life, I like hills that are mountains but not so large the average person can’t climb ’em. Mountains not so large they get glaciers and avalanches. Not so high you need special gear. No, in life I like mountains for the Everyday Person. A mountain anyone can get to and 
enjoy. Mountains with water, because life needs water. And better with water people bottle and call ‘Spring’. In life, I like mountains erupting with life. I like mountains with deer and duck and butterflies and bear. I like mountains with signs. Signs that are brown and green and read ‘Wilderness Area’ or ‘Preserve’. In life, I like places where us animals are free. Flat land is fine and the nose bleeds are few. But in life I like a mountain small enough to climb but large enough to name Bear.
Spirit Reigns
My Spirit is wild for love
It knows what it likes within seconds
There is the body
There is the mind
And then there is the Spirit
Spirit reigns
Hello Goodbye
Vanished
You did
Into the day
When by night
I arise
You are gone
A man who cared
would have said goodbye
Or would he?
My Self Lately
My mind is a machine in need
of a tune-up
My heart a dilapidated thing, again
And who damaged it but me
The only calm I come by is dawn,
even my dreams are exhausting
I am a sterile girl
with a pregnant body in
all places but the womb
My body is one bursting with life
but oppressed and not-in-use.
The past few weeks have grown me
older than all of last year
The days are dropping like rotten apples
from a tree I used to call home
and I am lying down,
fermented,
achy,
and by choice,
alone.
Walking With Our Love Woes
We all have our love woes
They come in their own unique
shapes and sizes
Often lopsided
Old married couples have big love woes that
make for strong foundations
Things to fall back on
Like joint accounts
and children
Things that make people say ‘oh what the hell’
and stay
Young couples have little
love woes that they pick at until
they bleed
and when they dry they
pick at them again
I let you guess which love woe
I have
I’m walking with my love woes
who put this day in winter?
We bundle up, our faces sadder than ever
and everyone I see
is walking alone
Blue–An Unexpected Love Poem
I thought I had it all figured out
Thought that I had no doubt
I thought I knew black from blue
Thought I knew me from you
I thought I had you to choose
Thought I had nothin’ to lose
I thought I had something to offer
Thought why should I bother
I thought I had a future
without you
Now I’m not so sure
that I do
Blue
Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
Oh boy! Much to my surprise (looooove surprises!) Maggie Madly Writing nominated little ol’ me for a blog award! This my second blog award and I’m absolutely, 100% shocked and honored. I mean, I was starting to think my blog kinda sucked if you want to know the truth…
Anyways, thank you Maggie! You are incredibly generous and forgiving.
Rules for blog award:
1) Display the blog award
2) Mention and link to the person who nominated you
3) Tell readers 7 things about yourself
4) Nominate 3 fellow bloggers
7 Things:
1) Today, I used honey in my coffee instead of cream and sugar–and I actually liked it a lot better!
2) I’m reading 3 books right now, all written by people I know! (The Dragon’s Harp by Rachael Pruitt, Make Love To The Universe by Phoenix Desmond and A Common Pornography: A Memoir by Kevin Sampsell)
3) Rachael Pruitt is a dear friend, Phoenix Desmond is my yoga teacher, and actually…I don’t really know Kevin Sampsell but I have met him!
4) I’ve lived in a lot of different places: Crescent City, Klamath, Rock Creek, Orick, Lacey, Sunsites, Douglas, Orlando, Flagstaff, Cave Junction and Eugene.
5) I’m moving to a farm smack dab in between Canby and Molalla, Oregon and I still don’t know which town to say I live in. I like the sound of Molalla, but my mailing address is in Canby…
6) On February 14th my boyfriend and I will celebrate our 2 year anniversary. But we were thinking of telling people it’s been 3 years. So we’re taken more seriously or something. Hey, it feels like it’s been 3 years. In a good way.
7) I have Twitter now. Follow me!
Now, for the nominations:
Maggie Madly Writing (what?! I love your blog!)
What’s Broken by Lennon Sundance
Found in France by Leamuse
There are many other bloggers I admire, I mean, A LOT and I hope for the opportunity to nominate you in the future!
Thanks again Maggie!
TERAH RACHELLE VAN DUSEN 