Friday, February 21, 2014

My Journal




Sitting on the night stand
under soft glowing light

You whisper in my ear
enticing me to write

Your possibilities are endless
Blank pages spell delight

Your comfort like a blanket
transforms and holds me tight

Your allure of empty pages
beckons through the night

Tempting and seducing
my muse I cannot fight








Written for dVerse Poet's Pub
Meeting the Bar-
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26 comments:

  1. Oh, I keep thinking those blank pages won't be blank for long. They will soon be filled with wonderful words....poetry perhaps?

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    1. Hi Mary-there is something so charming and comforting about my writing journal. I write down ideas, dreams, etc...Even in this age of technology, I still have to visit my journal.

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  2. smiles...
    i keep a notebook my nightstand...cause when i lay down
    my thoughts start rolling...its good to capture your dreams
    as well...

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    1. Yep-exactly Brian-If I don't keep it on my night stand, I'll forget the dreams or ideas by morning for sure. I just love everything about my journal. Like a safe place to come home to.

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  3. I relish my journals, too...and a new one! Nothing thrills quite like the anticipation--kind of like a new page of life, a new beginning. Nicely written.

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    1. Yes, it's always fun to find a new journal to fill up. Thanks for coming by Victoria :-)

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  4. What a beautiful journal, and with what beautiful feelings you write of it.

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    1. Thanks Rosemary-I do love the look of my journal. It's like a safe haven for me and it inspires my writing.

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  5. nice... it's good to be able to capture the thoughts that roll in overnite... i have my iphone next to me and write mine down there... so i don't have to turn on the light...

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    1. I don't have an iphone yet so my Journal is it. LOL It is important for we writers to have a place to jot down all those ideas that come into our head.

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  6. What a lovely invitation from the journal, write & write ~

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    1. Thank you Grace. It is indeed inviting and inspires my ideas and creative juices.

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  7. Journaling is such a meaningful thing to do. It clarifies ourselves to ourselves. I like the poem.

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  8. Exactly Myrna-I like how you defined it. It really does clarify that we are here.

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  9. Got to love a journal, I know I do. It's like a companion and a friend.

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    1. Yes, it is a friend I've had since I was a kid. I always know it's there for me.

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  10. Lovely write. I really liked the flow of your words. :-)
    -HA

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    1. I'm laughing at myself right now because I was trying to figure out why you would end your comment by laughing. Then I realized it HA stood for How Anxious. It's Sunday and my mind isn't working so good. LOL

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  11. Linda,

    I don't keep a dream journal, but my sister has (on and off) for years. Yours is beautiful by the way!

    I don't have an aversion to them and think they're awesome tools, and would encourage folks to use them if I were ever asked about them.

    Very neat post subject. I like it!

    femme

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  12. Hi femme-how fun to see you here. I love my journal and like your sister, I've had mine off and on for years. I think I started writing in mine in 7th grade. Thanks for coming by.

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  13. Oh the empty pages ... both an invitation and a curse... Myself I would write them on my mobile I think...

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  14. LOL Bjorn~I write in my journal but also on my lap top. I love my journal at the bed side for those thoughts that come to me at night. If I don't write them down, it's easily gone by morning.

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  15. Wonderful poem Linda. Why is it always the small hours that invite creativity through the door? An invitation and a curse indeed!

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    1. LOL-it is a curse-I am def more creative at night when I'm usually cozy under the covers.

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