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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.
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
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anything or anyone
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
August 22, 2018 at 12:33pm August 22, 2018 at 12:33pm
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Prompt: "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." Anne Of Green Gables With this in mind, write you love about October
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I used to love the Octobers in Long Island, NY, in dinosaur time. Whenever I was alone in the house, I used to take a book and lie in my hammock under the oak trees. Our backyard was very large, filled with trees, and isolated. Even the distant houses weren’t visible. I loved the quiet that was only broken by the sound of fallen leaves of all colors, then turning to rust on the ground.
This utopia lasted until I hit my mid-forties when I suddenly developed all kinds of allergies and asthma, the worst of it being against ragweed, all weeds, all tree pollens, and anything you can think of that can be airborne. Then, the entire fall season became my enemy.
Soon, to give my allergies a break, we moved to FL. Well, the allergies are still there, but with much-diminished strength. I think the shots I got for about eight years helped, too. Anyway, I am still wary of Octobers because they are at the thicker tail-end of hurricanes.
So, to Anne of Green Gables, not everything that seems lovable to you may be as lovable to other people, especially to those who have experienced a love-hate relationship with your Octobers. 
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Note: The best thing about Octobers that I have experienced in the recent years is Brandiwyn🎶 s NaNo Prep. "October Novel Prep Challenge" . If anyone would like to help finance it, the group number is 1474310.
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