Writing Prompt 200 – but who do you wanna be?

January 31, 2024.Reading time 1 minute.

remember when you played “make believe”?

Dusting yourself off after “collapsing in the Face of Reality”

January 4, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

“The process and the result are very close to each other. A poem can lift me for a day, sometimes two, three if I think its good. It’s often a very personal experience, because generally, there is no one to tell. Hopefully, the reader experiences an atom of what I am experiencing.” – Raymond King Shurtz

Writing Prompt 196 – feeling good as revolution

January 3, 2024.Reading time 1 minute.

what pleases you?

100 Things that Made me Grow in 2023

January 3, 2024.Reading time 17 minutes.

There were a lot of lessons in 2023 – and they are ongoing.

I am learning how to feel and how to be true to myself. I’m learning how to honor my deep sensitivity to all my senses – I’m in this body for a reason and I get to pay attention to and act on what I am experiencing. Biggest lesson: No more ignoring myself, even if it’s inconvenient or seems rude to others. I have hurt myself too long being polite and pleasing.