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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN


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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.

David Whyte


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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

January 3, 2019 at 8:45pm
January 3, 2019 at 8:45pm
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Prompt: Start with a fresh page." Henry Ward Beecher What would your fresh page to say?

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Starting with a fresh page is not exactly my stance in life. I am grateful for all my experiences, good or bad, because I’ve learned from them, and I hope I never lose their memory. Still, taking each day as a gift and looking forward rather than back is a more positive approach

Since I don’t cherish fresh or blank pages all that much, I am not into making resolutions or setting strict goals for a very distant future. I make to-do lists for short-term projects, however. These are not must-to-do lists at all. I write things down so in my old age I don’t forget to do things or do them halfway. Then, for some reason, if any items on the lists stay undone, so what? I don’t push or punish myself. Those lists are only referrals.

My experience has been that--because life can throw curve balls or some situation may change for better or worse every once in a while--not every goal is doable as it was intended at the start. I understand that goal-setting may work for young people and for those who are undertaking a new project or a new vocation. I applaud those who are able to reach their original goals, and I sincerely hope that all goal-setters can achieve perfectly whatever their hearts tell them to do. *Smile*




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