Kindred by Selma Martin
Remembering my childhood Christmases.
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December 30, 2023
Royalty Free– https://pixabay.com/illustrations/vintage-victorian-antique-old-1706202/
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W3 Prompt #84: Wea’ve Written Weekly at The Skeptic’s Kaddish
Prompt posted on December 6, 2023Hey friends, do you know The Skeptic's Kaddish Website? It's a lovely websitewhere bloggers gather every Wednesday to work on W3 Poetry Prompts.I invite you to click…
December 9, 2023
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Three In The Afternoon Was Storytelling Time With Mom
The little girl went through the motions of preparing and pouring the steaming hot-tea into dainty cups that sat atop matching saucers, she sweetened with condensed milk, and began a conversation with her dolls. (also, self-promo)
June 23, 2023
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GloPoWriMo 2023, Day 19 — Tata Duende: A Conversation Poem
Dear reader, if you ever hear a whistle as you roam the jungles in Belize, hide your thumbs-- the only way to fool Tata Duende. And You & your horse will not get tails braided into a tangled mess. Trust me on this one.
April 19, 2023
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Saudade– A Girl And Her Grandparents: A Short Story
Hiraeth -- a word from the Welsh language, was the theme of the challenge I participated in. Mine is creative non-fiction from one of my many times visiting my grandparents: Nostalgia.
March 20, 2023
You cannot see it, but within, there thrives a happy child. Photo by Selma
It’s A Feeling: A Child Resides Within Us All #ha’sonnet
You can no longer see it, but you can feel it-- the child within. I hope the feeling is of a good memory. Like Christmas perhaps? Please read these ha'sonnets, and perhaps write one too. For your inner child.
February 1, 2023
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Caribbean Bee: Moon Casts Me A Spell– Quadrille #dVerse
The town school I went to was near the sea, and our spelling bees usually took place outdoors to accommodate a worthy audience. What was your experience like?
June 15, 2022
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Merry Old Christmas is Here
The country that raised me boasted of one season throughout the year, but perhaps it was because we wished for snow so much, but at Christmas time, we often pulled out sweaters to ward off the chill. And mother read us stories of Christmases in cold countries. Hope you enjoy these from Librivox.
December 1, 2021
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In the Window of A Store, In a Small Town, In a Small Country #dVerse
These things I remember, and I remember them well: Father brought us white Christmases to revel and to boast, and Mother brought us Christmases to last forever.
November 11, 2021
Wild like The Wind Again Zéjel #dVerse #poetry
Taking a fantastical wild ride with the wind like I ‘used to’ in yester-years. Come ride with me, why don’t you, as together we explore this new Zéjel form that’s a Spanish form with lovely history: Arabic influence related to the Qasida and adopted by the Spanish troubadours of 15th century. Enjoy.
September 25, 2021
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Bathed in Saudade: Hiraeth — A Ragtime Daily Prompt #RDP
Hiraeth: Nostalgia that is closer to Sehnsucht (German) and Saudade (Portuguese). Creative non-fiction. Hope you enjoy my childhood story of longing. Saudade.
August 16, 2021
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Of the House, Etched in Mind
In two decades of decadent living I'd banished all remembrances of the past But the house that I ran from came ghosting Nudging me to go visit one last time…
August 11, 2021