April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - May 21, 2011, 12:26 pm
No alpacas were harmed in the editing of this photo.
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - May 17, 2011, 10:43 pm
This is what a strung together for last week's Three Word Wednesday. The words are brandish, forbid, and manage. I make a statement punctuated with forbidden tears As you brandish your laughter and mockery I stare at your back Your shield Your voice trailing off As you walk away I ask you to stay ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - May 7, 2011, 10:15 am
Your kiss presses my lips,limp, cold, and stillborn.Where did the fire go?Dire smoke billows;Acrid tears dwindle the fireInto smoldering coals.We poke at them - And spread the ashes. * I was inspired to write this after reading this poem by Mamta.
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Mar 4, 2011, 11:39 pm
A heart-worn path, sharp turns at every mentionOf his name - to reach out in the darkness –Searching for her center of attention,Roving daydreams - anything but aimless. Exasperated fingers only fidget,To pluck at strings a million miles away.A song grows strong within the womb of spirit,To open u...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 25, 2011, 12:31 am
                                       photo credit: photonquantique The tide that carried all my woes away,Has crashed and torn and broken everything; Has rolled back in; it's all come back today.Debris is scattered where I used to sing.Sunflowers grow nearby, ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 8, 2011, 2:36 am
An unforgettable moment. When I first read about the total lunar eclipse of December 2010 in an MSN news article just a week before it was to occur, it caught my attention for three reasons: It would be a full moon. It was happening on the winter solstice. The coinciding of these celestial events ha...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Jan 5, 2011, 12:13 am
Here we are, four days into 2011. New year, new beginnings...right? I hope everyone is starting off with their better foot forward, and all that. How many of you have set some resolutions for yourself but already feel the inertia holding them back from accomplishing them? Changing old habits can be ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Dec 23, 2010, 12:36 am
Do falling starsfeel lonely?What about comets,who endlessy revolve'round some other sphereYet never touch it. Do asteroids wonderwhere they are going?What about planets,who spin and flythrough dark energy,to us seeming still.
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Dec 11, 2010, 10:41 pm
Seventeen, working renovations One Hungarian driving, The other in the passenger seat. I sit on the floor Of the white work van. They laugh and smoke, I sit there and Eventually they notice me "Want to try?" Ivan says in his sing-song acc...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Nov 19, 2010, 10:21 pm
Nothing in the world can make me believe:      ...that we only live once            ...that its ever wrong to love                                         ...that its too late                      ...that its too soon     ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Sep 3, 2010, 11:14 pm
                                            He whispered a dream as Minerva lay asleep, awoke her soul and pulled her away from her body, into ethereal flight.She felt on her shoulder, the hand of Morpheus,warm and fantastic and full of light.He pulled her off into Dre...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Aug 20, 2010, 1:00 pm
Oneword is a great little writing prompt. Today the word is stood. This is what I got for my 60 seconds. have you under­stood every­thing what eyes are you look­ing through where do you stand from where do you view where have you stood
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Jul 20, 2010, 3:48 pm
 I finally picked up the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. This is my "pretest" self-portrait so I can look back later and see how my skills have improved. I should have the supplies I need this weekend. This book is full of techniques that are supposed to help you switch to the...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Jul 18, 2010, 11:57 pm
A few weeks back I wrote some limericks for Kindred Spirits. I had never written one before but I had fun writing these two. I hope you enjoy them as much as the poetry group (who requested I bring more for the next meet up.                                     Â...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - May 6, 2010, 3:29 am
It's Three Word Wednesday, and the words this week are hum, escape, and vibrant. I've got a poetry workshop tomorrow night. Each meet up we are given a homework. Last time it was to bring in a rondeau. Tomorrow I need to bring in two to three Tanka. Tanka is a new form for me, this is what I came up...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - May 4, 2010, 3:42 am
A OneWord creation, the one word being "regardless".  You're given 60 seconds to write what comes to mind without thinking about it all that much (stream of consciousness). regardlessof all the reasonsdamn them allreasons are onlyexcusesto stop in your tracksand get in your wayregardless
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Apr 1, 2010, 11:08 pm
Today was the second time I got to meet up with the "Kindred Spirits" poetry group over at Tiffany's Restaurant in Palm Harbor. The restaurant was packed today and all 7 poets sat around a table for 6.  An American constitution-loving barber shop quartet was singing in the meeting room so we were o...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Mar 29, 2010, 2:21 am
It's just the beginning of a whirlwind year. I haven't been blogging  much, but things are happening: ~My poem "Invitation to Flight" was chosen on Poetrydances as one of two favorite poems for the month of March. Scroll down and you'll see the poem title and my name right there on the front page. ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 17, 2010, 4:44 pm
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 17, 2010, 4:44 pm
Here we are for another Three Word Wednesday. I deviated from my regular sonnet writing and wrote a piece of flash fiction instead. The words today are occur, ragged, and tidy.      Jane was delighted to have found a large digital library of antiquated children's literature. Homeschooling the c...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 14, 2010, 10:56 am
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 14, 2010, 10:56 am
Happy Valentine's Day everyone, I wish you all a day full of love. This is a sonnet I wrote for my husband a while back, and the poetic reply he wrote to me. Enjoy.   photo credit: Mance To My Love  Your smile a beacon on the darkest n...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 12, 2010, 3:36 am
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 12, 2010, 3:36 am
For over 10 years now, I've been an apartment dweller. I really do want a house. However, this is a poetry assignment I did for a meetup I just joined. It's called Kindred Spirits, and this poetry meetup is twice a month. I really had a great time. Here we were in the back meeting room of Tiffany'...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 10, 2010, 10:23 pm
It's another Three Word Wednesday, and this week's words are righteous, lucid, and salvage. photo credit: spratmackrel Old rusted pennies lost where wishers beg,With silt atop the treasures that once fell.Down low the bucket goes, down through the dregs, To salvage wishes from the wishing well. Be...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 10, 2010, 10:23 pm
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 3, 2010, 3:57 pm
It's Three Word Wednesday, and the words are lurch, odor, and frantic. Such frantic motions spent in blind pursuitOf norms defined by cultural expectations.Wondrous places await in undiluteExpressions of purest inspirations.Splendific odor of social decays Beg for the masses to bathe in new scen...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 3, 2010, 3:57 pm
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 3, 2010, 1:44 am
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Feb 3, 2010, 1:44 am
Well, I really did push the pause button on this blog, didn't I? I really thought I'd have my new blog in full swing, which was supposed to include poetry plus the happenings in exploring venues for performing music. I recently - like 10 minutes ago - was informed by James that the template we used ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Jan 9, 2010, 12:12 am
I have a new poem up for Three Word Wednesday, the words being: drain, epic, and nibble.  An epic view of brilliant blue-green sea As eager feet meet waves with pure delight. Blue sky awakes in joyous jubilee Confetti clouds aglow in morning light. Intrepid seagulls nibble picnic spreads Near ...
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Jan 9, 2010, 12:12 am
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April Lindfors posted an article on A Muse In Me - Dec 28, 2009, 1:11 am
photo credit: amangupta With summer comes the heat and memories Of long walks, midnight talks, and wordless gazes. Warm air caresses me, its scent a tease That takes me back to all your whispered phrases. Ecstatic energy exchanged, we swim. At midnight our skin shimmers bathed in moonlight. Our bo...
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