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“Plum Blossom Vision” – Ree Cee

Plum blossom vision, 
fragile red amongst cold gray. 
Beautiful, wandering girl 
pitched smile of humbled radiance/ 
desire to hold her gingerly in gloved hand 
but fear she will drift as flurried snow.

Scattered sunglow beam 
searching in damp scented night 
for rest of ground/ 
bed of shade, 
vanquished deity, 
seeking earthen refuge.

I can not reach her.

Vulnerable in cool of breeze/ 
survived ache of spirit, 
want to mend, 
repair that which I did not cause/ 
wicked artifice I did not enact/ 
as revenant controls choice 
from deep recess.

Residual questions rumble deep in eve, 
hesitancy prevents her from 
blooming in my presence, 
prefers instead to wait for who 
does not return and fails to note 
the eloquence of her fragility.

Still I kneel beside bank edge, 
waiting to sip sustenance from her brilliance 
as amber splendor bathes us 
like dancing sparkflies 
in twilight fields of wet grasses.

Her yesterday pains transparent 
like bands of cloud streaked blue skies, 
shadows of yesterday coiling up like bands of smoke, 
and I desire to ease those pulses of agony 
which trouble her.

Infrequently she fails to caution my intent, 
as I murmur in hushed tone, 
fomenting Sapphic vagary, 
allowing cool breeze to release 
into wind 
petals of her beauty,
descending to open hand/ 
she allows me to cradle gently, 
the plum blossom vision 
that she is.

“Timeless” – Michele Markos

I was drawn to the rivers edge and sat upon the mossy green earth, as I bent over to splash cool water in my face I found a bottle floating in the river that was caught up in the rocks. The bottle looked very aged, as if from centuries ago with a cork still attached and a note inside. Like a surgeon I carefully removed the aging note from the bottle.  I unrolled the note and it simply said, “My love if you have found this note then I have found you again. Time will never keep us apart and only love will always bring us back together”. I then heard footsteps nearby and a man in a vibrant blue shirt stood there smiling at me. The light in his eyes danced like the stars in the cosmos…..he held out his hand to help me up, and all the while I never took my eyes off his familiar face. He said to me ” I am glad you finally received my message”. As we walked down the wooded path together I noticed a carving in a giant oak tree, it said, love is timeless.

“Writer’s Block is a Thing of the Past” ~ Emily Lear ~ One of Us

I remember hearing writers tell me, “There is nothing more terrifying than a blank page.”  I looked up to these writers and wanted to be just like them when I grew up.  However, on this one point I could never relate.  I have always felt that there is nothing more inspiring than a blank page.  There is nothing better than a crisp new note book and a pen that fits just perfectly within your hand.

Yes, I too feel the pressure of filling the note book with an amazing tale.  But usually the note book is placed on my shelf full of gibberish.  This is all part of my process.

It is the gibberish that keeps my pen flowing, my mind spinning and my spirit free of judgment.  Only in this manner am I able to find the blank page inspiring, as opposed to fearing it.

I call this gibberish ‘morning pages’.  The book The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, taught me about morning pages, and I wouldn’t start a day without them.

The point of morning pages is this; there is a lot of life going on in my mind like bills, cleaning, job, money, friends, family and love.  All of which need to be attended to but not now, now I am writing.  So I take my blank piece of paper and I write all my thoughts, fears and even my to do lists.  I write them word for word as they pop into my mind.

The rules are as follows.  Write for three whole pages or more.  Spelling and grammar do not exist, no abbreviations on words, and no reading the pages for three months.  I actually never read mine again.  You will find that when you do, some of those problems that you put to rest will become problems once again just by reading your pages.

Now if you were to read these pages they would be complete gibberish.  But by the end, your mind feels organized and focused.  When you challenge yourself to write something brilliant, the words will flow. And remember this, when those three pages are done, it doesn’t mean that more gibberish will not be popping up throughout your writing day.  I keep my morning pages note book beside me while I write.  When I lose my focus and find my mind hitting on real life stuff, I open that note book and just heave every word in my mind until that steady calm flow is back.  Then and only then do I return to my writing.

This is my attack method to ending writers block.  My pen never stops and my pages, blank or not, inspire me to keep writing.

My name is Emily Lear and I am the author of Ladies of Market Street.  My book has been published by Xynobooks and is now available on Amazon.com.  This is how I wrote my book, and this is how I write every day.