Pondering.......

Ah-choo haiku...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:57:00 +0000

UPDATE: Vote for your favorite haiku before midnight Thursday.

The topic for the weekly Haiku Challenge at Sparrow's is:

********************* HEALTH *******************

Submit your entry by 10 pm tonight and remember,
the winner picks a name from AnySoldier to receive
a deluxe care package.

on a separate note, go here let's have a cocktail for
some wonderful giving ideas.
h/t Mark.

I should be ashamed...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:01:00 +0000

I should be ashamed
having read so little
of so few poets
and nothing at all
of so many more.
they've spent their lives
writing words just for
the likes of me
and I barely know
but a few.
I should be ashamed
to do what I do like
I'm the only one
who has ever done it
when it's mostly been done
already and better and oftener before.
I should be ashamed
and burn my notebooks and
break my pencils and read
what's already been written and
what's being written now.
But I am reading what's being
written now this minute by me
and some others here and
there when I can and
when I want.
I should be ashamed
of thinking about quitting.
someone somewhere might
someday read what
I wrote yesterday or today
and think about writing
what they have to say
in their own way
and another link gets
added to the chain and
another chapter is added
to the story.
I should be ashamed
for doing so little.
But I'm not.

(after reading some Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

Christmas shopping...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:01:00 +0000

should include a visit to the Pondering....... store.

You remind me of someone else...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Sometimes, I am asked "Where do your poems come from?
How do you do that?"
It can be difficult to explain and often I simply shrug
my shoulders and reply "I dunno. Just happens."

The process can be different each time but, one constant
is that I keep a notebook and pen with me, always.
I never know when the urge to write will appear. Often,
it may only be a word or phrase that catches my attention.
I never know when they might come together in one piece.

It isn't uncommon for something noted days or even
months ago turns out to be a needed title, last line or the
inspiration seed that grows into a complete idea.

For example, the poem I'm posting here...
the title was written as two lines, out of the blue, several
days ago. Last night I was flipping through my notebook,
saw those lines, and started thinking thoughts with words
in them. They were insistent, demanding to be written.
This is what the muse was dictating :

You remind me of someone else...

too much time feeling
bound to do, be, say
aroused rebellion
resulting in not much good
for another batch
of too much time.
lost then found
now is when
not then.
savor self
and spend self
being true
to you.
love always honest
and much
now.

Holiday Haiku...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

The topic for this week's
Haiku Challenge at Sparrow's:

~~~~~~~ THINGS YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR ~~~~~~~

Deadline to submit your entry is extended to Thursday 10 pm.
Voting will be Friday.
___________

if you can't be at
my table, you will still have
a place in my heart.
___________

May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend...

easy on the eyes...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:58:00 +0000

daytime surface tension
broken becomes night
bouying what is
submerged in day.

Guess.who.is.back...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Go ahead. Guess.
Keep guessing. You're going to be thrilled. As am I, myself.
Thrilled.

Froth. Froth is back!
All is well again in this funny place called the universe.

What? Go click and welcome.

the Pondering....... store

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:04:00 +0000

gifts for all occasions...

UPDATE: Haiku Challenge at AllAtwitter...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:55:00 +0000

WAKE UP!

UPDATE: Please take the time to VOTE before 11 pm Thursday.

Sparrow's topic for the Haiku Challenge this week is:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz SLEEP zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Submit your entries before night-night time 10 pm Wednesday.
________

is a hideaway
from another day of why.
interrupted life.

tangled sheets lover
meets. In dreams alone for now.
soon arms wrapped instead.

Bed me gently on
your pillowchest. Heartbeat song
repeats lullaby.

rest well in slumber
tiny babe. What dreams do you
abide? teddy bears?

satin sheets impress
me not the least when empty.
dreaming of your warmth.

Writing contest benefits Project Valor-IT...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:25:00 +0000

700 words or less in an essay, story or poem.
Entry deadline is December 1.
Full details at Uniform Encounters.

Valor-IT is a project of Soldiers Angels.

The writing contest is being organized by
journalist/author Susan Katz Keating, who
also happens to be a major mil-blogger.

Again, deadline for contest entries at Uniform Encounters
is December 1... a mere two weeks from today.

listen to Mama Jean...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:15:00 +0000

and get your adorable selves over to Miss Doxie.
She is a young Atlanta lawyer lady with a talent
for writing laugh-out-loud reports of her life.

Wait. Go pee first. Unless you don't mind sitting
in wet pants or you're already sitting on a bedpan.
ew.
And, don't forget to wash your hands! You don't
want to touch your keyboard with those hands if
you didn't wash. Plus, you will be laughing and
putting your hands on your face and... ew.

So, go pee. Wash your hands. Grab a beverage after
all that because it is a long story. Well worth your time.
Srsly.

Then, come back here and go read 'Great Men You Don't Know'.
That one is written by a lady who calls herself The Anchoress.
Joanie at Primordial Slack linked to the story. (Thanks, Joan.)

This story made me cry. In a good way.
This country is blessed with thousands and thousands of
generous, giving, talented, quiet citizens who do wonderful
things for people every day and do not expect nor want
payment or attention.

Good Americans. Good people. Volunteers.
We still have many good reasons to be very proud
of the people who make up the majority of this country.
The American Spirit lives in them.
As it should in all of us and, I know it does in all of you.

Let both of these stories linked here lift your heart.

But, first, go pee. And wash your hands!

the Pondering....... store

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +0000

Reminders and FYIs...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:16:00 +0000

A while back, Sparrow kindly let us know that Kohl's
will ship free to any APO/FPO address.

There is another place that will ship select items for
free to military bases... Hickory Farms.

Just a thought, since the holidays are rapidly approaching
and many of you will be sending packages to friends
and loved ones who are deployed.

Haiku salute to our veterans...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:51:00 +0000

UPDATE: Cast your vote before 11 pm Thursday.

The topic for the Haiku Challenge at Sparrow's is:

*********** HONORING OUR MILITARY ***********

Remember, the prize is a deluxe care package from
AnySoldier and goes to one of our own serving in harm's way.

The deadline for all submissions is 10 pm Wednesday.

photo snatched from All Atwitter.

too soon for the moon...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:56:00 +0000

Wandered the beach very late afternoon,
wanting to see the moon rise.
While waiting for that, studied the rest
and composed and poeticized.

Wind frothed the breakers, square-danced
with the gulls. Candy clouds punctuated
the sky. Not a glimpse of a glimmer of
lunar peculiar jiggled the night swath
descending. A shrug and a slump then
turned course westward, resigned to a
glitterless eve.

Moon face smiled, "You could have seen
the moon but you gave up too soon. I'll be
back in December but will you remember?"

Code blue (wake me when it's over)...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:00 +0000

for a long time
I stopped.
flat disappeared.
and when you
are not
there is nowhere
to go.
so you stay
where you're not
and never wake up.
'til a day comes
that jars you
and the wounds
start to bleed.
then you get up
and walk
through the door
into daylight
and you see that
the road to salvation
is waiting
right where it's ever been the whole time
that you thought
you were not.

blue skies
smilin' at me
nothin' but
blue skies
do I see.

if I were
any happier
I'd have to
wear a bib.

still bloomin' in the South...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Even though we don't get a riot of leaf color
in the Fall, it isn't a bad deal that we have
flowers and sunshine nine months out of twelve.

VOTING UPDATE: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly haiku...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +0000

UPDATE: VOTE for the best before 11 pm Thursday!

So much can be said about this week's topic for
Sparrow's Haiku Challenge:

______________ POLITICS _____________

Put forth your own pith no later than 10 pm Wednesday.
___________

blah. blah. blah. Really?
You don't say. blah. blah. blah. blah.
blah. oops, sorry. blah.

Say please...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:14:00 +0000

We, you and I,
along with them,
will never, possibly sometime,
cautiously once in a while
SCREAM hesitatingly while
requesting not quite boldly
but softer than a whisper...
love me, dammit.

Wisdom from the ages...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:01:00 +0000

h/t Texas Ghostrider

In case you missed the first announcement...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:00 +0000

The on-line shop I've been talking about
for months is up, working and open for business.

The Pondering....... store.

Please go browse. I'm proud of what's there so far.
If you have questions or suggestions, leave them in
comments here or send me an email.

Many thanks to Berry and Mick and rsm (serving in A'stan)
and Mark and That Dude and Sparrow and Blaez and
HoosierBoy and CarteachO and Freddie and Big Dick
for linking to the Pondering....... store on their blogs.
I'd appreciate a mention and/or a link from anyone
in the 'sphere.

I have a permanent link at the top of my sidebar.
Click on the photo and it will take you to the store.

I just looked at my butt...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000

in the bathroom mirror.
holy shit.

I'm towing my own U-Haul trailer back there.

TIME TO VOTE: Drawn to Haiku...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:00 +0000

The topic for this week's Haiku Challenge at Allatwitter is:

_________________ ATTRACTION _______________

UPDATE: VOTING is Thursday 'til 11 pm.

Magnets' plus/minus
ends attract not same but the
opposite of ends.

You're there and I'm here.
Still, there is a pull between
us from far away.

it's like the fly on
the flypaper. that's me on
you, just hangin' 'round.

October 27...

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:00 +0000

saturated in emotion
love hate
grief anger.

colors words
spoken written
sung heard
whispered screamed
breathed.

I hate today.

I miss you, Mom.

the Pondering....... store

BeauVoirGlass@aol.com (Jean) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:38:00 +0000

...is open for business.

...is open for business.

...is open for business.