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1,825 Poems and Stories
“Creativity takes courage. ” ― Henri Matisse
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My name is Sheila. I write poetry and stories and this blog is where I get to share my work with you.
I am currently on hiatus until January of 2021.
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- 4:00 p.m. (Inverted Haiku)
Golden sun rays filter through shiny rustling leaves. Cool damp earth under your feet. #30. - Creativity by Charles Bukowski
you know, I’ve either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this place, a large studio, youContinue reading “Creativity by Charles Bukowski” - The Fire Of Drift-Wood By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Devereux Farm, Near Marblehead We sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking o’er the bay, Gave to the sea-breeze, damp and cold, An easy entrance, night and day. NotContinue reading “The Fire Of Drift-Wood By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)” - When The Wind Storms By With A Shout by William Ernest Henley (1898)
When the wind storms by with a shout, and the stern sea-caves Rejoice in the tramp and the roar of onsetting waves, Then, then, it comes home to the heart that theContinue reading “When The Wind Storms By With A Shout by William Ernest Henley (1898)” - Unplayed Guitar
Standing in its case; forgotten, dusty corner. The silence in this room is enough to make one cry. The weight of what could be suspended and palpable when you walkContinue reading “Unplayed Guitar” - Spring Pools by Robert Lee Frost
These pools that, though in forests, still reflectThe total sky almost without defect,And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,And yetContinue reading “Spring Pools by Robert Lee Frost” - These Problems
These problems give us strength. “Better to have something to worry about, than to worry about nothing.” I am grateful for my troubles. I am. Thank God for them. WhatContinue reading “These Problems” - Invictus (1875) By William Ernest HenleyOut of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have notContinue reading “Invictus (1875) By William Ernest Henley”
- THEY BREATH
Silent. They are silent. She sips on her coffee and worries about her friend who feels distant. Their upcoming trip to the coast. Will she still go? Won’t it beContinue reading “THEY BREATH” - WRONG TURNS
Why I took that road, the Good Lord knows. The path lay before me long and broad, and I followed it blind to see where it goes. Often I glanceContinue reading “WRONG TURNS” - Good Hours by Robert Frost
I had for my winter evening walk No one at all with whom to talk, But I had the cottages in a row Up to their shining eyes in snow.Continue reading “Good Hours by Robert Frost” - GOOD WOLF, TERRIBLE WOLF
I am terrified of the bad wolf in me. Are you, of yours? Carl Gustav Jung suggested that we all have a shadow side in us. A dark to ourContinue reading “GOOD WOLF, TERRIBLE WOLF” - Robert Lee Frost – A Peck of Gold
Dust always blowing about the town,Except when sea-fog laid it down,And I was one of the children toldSome of the blowing dust was gold. All the dust the wind blewContinue reading “Robert Lee Frost – A Peck of Gold” - A MIGRATION OF BEASTS
I walked alongside a nomad today, on my way home with whom I shared a stretch of path and a stretch of time. He told me great stories of tenContinue reading “A MIGRATION OF BEASTS” - SECRET TO STARTING THE DAY RIGHT?
Is it by waking up before the sun does? Is it by having your daily, weekly and monthly planner all filled out and ready to go, and having three to-do-listContinue reading “SECRET TO STARTING THE DAY RIGHT?” - BIGGEST LESSON 2020 SO FAR
I think the biggest lesson I have learnt 2020 so far is to do what you have to do, when you have to do it. I realize now that procrastinationContinue reading “BIGGEST LESSON 2020 SO FAR” - FACE THEM
Face them, They want to consume you, don’t let them. It was in you that they were born. Say a prayer, chant, cry, crawl, walk, run, pour salt on them,Continue reading “FACE THEM” - Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind by E. E. Cummings
pity this busy monster, manunkind, not. Progress is a comfortable disease:your victim (death and life safely beyond) plays with the bigness of his littleness— electrons deify one razorbladeinto a mountainrange;Continue reading “Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind by E. E. Cummings” - Annabel Lee – By Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she livedContinue reading “Annabel Lee – By Edgar Allan Poe” - A LINGERING
The smell of damp earth reaching to greet the sky. Your contorted face, lemon still in hand. Last goodbyes. Your sisters wide smile etched in you like a plaque. GuidingContinue reading “A LINGERING” - My Beth
Do you guys remember the tragic, tragic death of Beth March in Louisa May Alcottt’s Little women. I actually never finished reading the book (like I do) but I watchedContinue reading “My Beth” - Birches by Robert Frost
When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees,I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay.Ice-stormsContinue reading “Birches by Robert Frost” - LODGED BY ROBERT FROST
The rain to the wind said, ‘You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged, though not dead. I knowContinue reading “LODGED BY ROBERT FROST” - 7 Day Anniversary + Robert Frost
Today is this blog’s 7 day anniversary. Yay! I mean I know it seems petty but I am legit proud of myself. For anyone who knows me, I am aContinue reading “7 Day Anniversary + Robert Frost” - DEATH (part two)
Just a quick disclaimer, as I write this, I understand that this topic is sensitive and might be triggering to people, and I want to say that I mean noContinue reading “DEATH (part two)” - DEATH (part one)
No, sorry to disappoint all the Harry Potter fans but this is not a Harry Potter post (although that would really be fun, right?) This post is about death. Sigh.Continue reading “DEATH (part one)” - SUN AND LEVITATION
I grew up in a country-side utopia in rural Kenya. I mean just picture lush-green, tea plantations like this one: Yea! Or this one: Not even joking. The one above,Continue reading “SUN AND LEVITATION” - Man Son Of Woman, Part 2
But he is the son you raised, brave and strong, strong like you, stubborn like his father. Stubbornly clinging to his burdens. The universe conspired to give him those shoulders.Continue reading “Man Son Of Woman, Part 2” - Will you cook tonight?
What does it do to man? Time? To his brain? That he thinketh himself into a rock; a riveting of neurons. “Me? You CANNOT expect me to do it, notContinue reading “Will you cook tonight?” - Castles at Home
Red, Orange and Blue rays filter in, on Green pillows strewn around, on Yellow and Pink Duvets, through our unfurled fingers, to paint our smiling faces. Moments stretch on inContinue reading “Castles at Home”
