It's that time again! #FallWritingFrenzy!

 Lydia Lukidis is at it again with her #FallWritingFrenzy, and I am totally here for it.

This year I went with poetry inspired by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver.  I hope you enjoy it!

IT ALL STARTED THE DAY I WAS GIFTED A BOOK OF POETRY

Word count: 200

 

Turning crisp new pages,

I explore line after line,

word after word…thoughts stir, and feelings float up…and off the paper.

Sometimes, they fly away like sparrows.

Sometimes, they drip like the soft, cold Autumn rain and seep deep into my skin.

 

Within this melancholy hug of delicious words,

I put on my shoes,

And set out to adventure with feet crunching over frozen grass.

My shoulders bend under the dark,

deep

shadows as my eyes steal a glimpse of the blue sky

before the heavy jewel-toned forest folds around me.

 

I breathe…beneath the thick branches of lumbering Pine,

the falling needles of the statuesque Spruce and Fir,

and the lazy sway of a willow tree tickling the breeze around the little whisper of me.

 

One by one,

the poet’s words tumble from me… I stop…and in the shallow breath of my stride… I listen…

 

…there,

with me,

alight on invisible wings are her words,

woven with care, they fly freely in the crisp air,

and play with the robins,

the sparrows,

even the grossbeaks.

 

The day,

with Mary Oliver,

turns into a poem.

The walk,

turns into a fold of time…precious…pure… and alive.

 

And my heart soars,

and plants roots.

 

Photo 7 was my inspiration.