ink them down scribble quickly draw from your cuts fly down this line and the next scrawl the clouds of confusion let them outside of your inside release the liquid of life swiftly, before you overthink then blow them all away like dandelion seeds ©Ali Grimshaw 2021 dVerse Quadrille - Come join the fun HERE.
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Very beautiful.
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Thank you for reading. I’m glad to hear this brought beauty to your day
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I’ve had that experience far too often: waiting too long to write down the words, and then losing them altogether.
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Ann,
Whether we are capturing our thoughts to reflect on them later or writing them down to free ourselves of them, both of these are powerful ways to help make sense of our lives.
Wishing you a great day.
Ali
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Beautiful!
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Thank you for reading
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you’re welcome ❤️
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Sometimes words have to be spilled on the paper before they are lost.
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Yes, the faster the better before they escape.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful day.
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Always a joy and pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, My Dear! You have a great day too!! xoxox 😘💕🎁🌹
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let them outside of
your inside
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Thank you for your reflection. Wishing you a beautiful day.
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shallow weeds
wholesome seeds
empty or full?
push or pull?
you decide~
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Nice work, AG. I especially like the freedom of the closing couplet. Well done.
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I appreciate your feedback, Ron. Wishing you a day of wonder and peace.
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Fabulously penned quadrille, Ali…set those words free!
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Thanks, Lynn. I am doing my best to liberate them from my head.
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I felt like shouting! Loved it!
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Well, you certainly know how to make a poet’s day. Thank you, Susan.
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Ooh, I felt this pooling, gathering, and then releasing! The image of dandelion seeds is lovely – so free.
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Sometimes I wish I could ride the wind like a dandelion seed. Thank goodness for poetry and prompts from people like you. Have a great day, Sarah.
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I love the pace of this quadrille, Ali, you’ve captured ‘swift’ in your words.
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KIm,
Thank you. It was my intention to describe an urgency in getting the words out as way to override the thinking part of the brain.
Wishing you a wonderful day.
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Oh yes, how lovely: blow those problems away and let them float off on the breeze! That’s a beautiful landscape, is it somewhere local to you?
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Ingrid,
The photo was taken near Bozeman, Montana. It is a beautiful area
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How lovely!
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I feel your dreamy words pollenating the air we breathe, and adore your wondrous finale ..
” then blow them all away
like dandelion seeds”
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I appreciate your response. Writing is such a powerful way to process emotion
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‘Ink them down’ – love that expression!
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Thank you, Carol. I love hearing what the most speaks to others in my poems.
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Absolutely beautiful!! I loved it 🙂
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I am sorry I missed this comment until today. Thank you for your kind appreciation. Wishing you sunshine.
Ali
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No worries, you are very welcome :))
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Nice one Ali!
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Thank you for reading
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Delightful “appetizer”!
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Thank you, Jazz.
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Good advice, Ali. Draw them out and let them float away on the wind.
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Processing on paper is never a waste of ink. Thanks fir for reading
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You are very welcome.
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Yes..😀
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Thanks for letting me know they spoke to you
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