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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!

Green Peas at Stake

"The astonished muse finds thousands at her side."

R. W. Emerson

I made this poetry journal because I like to play with words and lines and I wanted to put somewhere some of my practice work (or first draft) in verse, written--within a very short time, probably daily on the spur of the moment, with the idea to work on the entries later--with or without the help of the astonished (should I say shocked?) muse.

Some of the haiku I have mixed with senryu, not only because I am not a purist, but also because I like to do what I like to do given what I feel at the moment.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 28, 2013 at 6:21am
In response to "At Sea"

Another vivid image. Great work!

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 24, 2013 at 10:44am
In response to "Wind"

I just love this, Joy. Saw it earlier featured on FB and couldn't access WDC to log in on my iPad with the FB/WDC link being fairly capricious.

Just love your weather-vane line and the idea of wind bringing fear. That sums it up so well for many of us sensitive to the wind's power and not being able to point our fingers logically in any direction.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 23, 2013 at 2:51am
In response to "Early Spring"

Very original use of words, Joy!

Alexi

Mar 21, 2013 at 3:10am
In response to "Feb. 18. 2013"

Lightning
Tuning forks
Chargingly electric
Love it
:) Alexi Mason

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 21, 2013 at 2:42am
In response to "Rain"

Lovely! It's too bad you're not haikuing daily!

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 16, 2013 at 3:43am
In response to "Snail"

Yeah! Yesterday I moved some pots around on the balcony and found a snail sleeping peacefully under an overturned one.

GabriellaR45

Mar 15, 2013 at 10:44pm
In response to "Feb 11, 2013"

Walt Whitman wrote poetry about bicycling as did Dylan Thomas. :))

GabriellaR45

Mar 15, 2013 at 10:17pm
In response to "Feb. 18. 2013"

My favorite....this is gorgeous, Joy !
I can see flashes of lightning
illuminating the stony cold beach.
You capture the essence, sometimes
with a single definitive stroke.

GabriellaR45

Mar 15, 2013 at 9:38pm
In response to "Feb. 19, 2013"

This is one of my favorites...I love all 3 lines !

GabriellaR45

Mar 15, 2013 at 9:36pm
In response to "Feb. 24, 2013"

I like the picture of asters like candles !
Lovely descriptions, Joy.

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#127. At Sea
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#126. Wind
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#125. Early Spring
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#124. Rain
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#123. Snail
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#122. Feb. 24, 2013
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#116. Feb. 18. 2013
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#115. Feb. 17, 2013 -Goldenrod
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#111. Feb. 13, 2013
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#110. Son's Birthday 2/12/2013
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#109. Feb 11, 2013
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#108. Feb. 10, 2013
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#107. Feb. 9, 2013
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#104. Feb 6, 2013
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#103. Feb. 5, 2013
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#102. Feb 4, 2013 -Haiku
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#100. Feb. 2
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#99. Feb. 1, 2013
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#98. January Haikus
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#97. Old Dinghy
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#96. Winter Night
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#95. Family House
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#94. Used Furniture
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#93. Clueless
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#92. Years
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#91. The Ant in the Milk
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#90. Fickle Moon
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#89. For a Split Second
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#88. J’accuse
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#87. Summer Mountains
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#86. The One that Got Away
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#85. Two Beasts
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#84. Angels Who Left
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#83. Roaming -- Dew Drop 30
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#82. Down below -- Dew Drop 29
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#81. Synchronization (Dew Drop 28)
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#80. The Pain of Packing (Dew Drop 27)
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#79. When Old Friends Call (Dew Drop 26)
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#78. Watching the Current (Dew Drop 25)
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#77. Snapshots (Dew Drop 24)
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#76. In the office (Dew Drop 23)
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#75. In the Kitchen (Dew Drop 22)
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#74. Jensen Beach, April 21 (Dew Drop 21)
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#73. The People before Us (Dew Drop 20)
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#72. His Handwriting (Dew drop 19)
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#71. Sunset Beach (Dew Drop 18)
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#70. Ye Olde Yarn Shoppe (Dew Drop 17)
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#69. Art (Dew Drop 16)
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#68. This Dark Thing (Dew Drop 15)
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#67. Missing (Dew Drop 14)
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#66. Selling Knives (Dew drop 13)
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#65. Beggar Girl (Dewdrop 12)
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#64. At Lunch (Dew Drop 11)
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#63. Emulation (Dew Drop 10)-haibun
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#62. In the Clouds (Dew Drop 9}
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#61. Pettiness (Dew Drop 8)
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#60. What is not said… ( Dew Drop 7 -April 7)
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#59. Hmmmm� (Dew Drop 6) April 6
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#58. Watch Where You're Going! (April 5 - Dew Drop 5)
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#57. Soft Soap - April 4 - Dew Drop 4
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#56. Morning Stroll (April-Poetry month-Dew Drop 3)
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#55. Bugs (For April Poetry Month - 2)
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#54. Graffiti Writers -- For April Poetry month -1
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#53. Cargo
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#52. Fortune Cookie
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#51. Poems from a Sleepless Night
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#50. Other Tomorrows
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#49. Dark Matter
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#48. Roaming
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#47. Search
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#46. Risky Business
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#45. Haikus and Senryus
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#44. Garden and A Shortie
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#43. Inside the Dark
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#42. Cold Dawn
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#41. Jealousy
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#40. An Affair to Remember
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#39. The Wrong Train
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#38. Jane: The Bag Lady on the Beach
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#37. The First Brown Leaf
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#36. The Red Fox
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#35. Reflections on the Boat's Hull
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#34. Going Back
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#33. Apology
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#32. Doves
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#31. In my Hands
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#30. Places
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#29. My Blood Redux
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