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Summer Camp - Camp NaNoWriMo Ends

Summer Camp - Camp NaNoWriMo Ends
July 31, 20241 Comments

 




I am breaking Camp - the muze has set off to her autumn adventures as I pack up this poetic journey and head out into the wild - thank you for sharing this journey!


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Please join me for my next writing adventure - NaNoWriMo 2024

An exploration of all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: 
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect


Poetry, Prose & Pondering 


(Feedback is welcome, kindness is appreciated)



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Camping

Camping
July 31, 20241 Comments


I have a love hate relationship with camping


the thought of crawling 

into a tiny tent

laying on the cold ground

with a determined stone

against my spine

stealing my sleep

isn't something

 I have fond feelings for


still there are moments...


waking

up at 

Truth or Consequence

to see the sunrise

streak the skies

in rainbow sherbert swirls

the dusky mauve mountains

stretching

behind

the clear cobalt Caballo lake


or


diving into the warm waves

with dolphins

in the timeless afternoon

savoring the joy

of island boon docking 

the quietude 

and calm


or


 out on a Big Sur hillside

the night air crisp and salty

the waves crashing below

where I was

dreaming

a dream 

of falling

back

through life

to my birth

to oblivion

to oneness

and when I woke, the skies indigo and inviting

I spied 

the crescent moon

scooping 

stars

The night

all

my 

own


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 31 
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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Sanitize

Sanitize
July 30, 20241 Comments


My data

is

desirable

more sexy

than my skin


It can be sold

bought

or

stolen


as coveted as

a promise of

a hot date

a nip slip

a blow job


My data

is

one hot commodity

a sugar baby

getting

all the call backs

job offers at the ready

and being well kept

readily offered


My data

has a life

of its own


And 

the 

rent

 is long over due


Time to sequester

my data

for its wanton ways

and secure

a dark web deposit

for

my

troubles


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 30 
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Monday, July 29, 2024

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Penumbra

Penumbra
July 29, 20241 Comments


Start close in

even if your eyes

tired from the endless

hours

 staring

at the sun

start to blur

I want you

to see

me

naked

here

with your breath

hushed

and

hot

here

I have nothing to hide

keep

coming

closer

into

the 

halo

watch

as

our

edges

burn



Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 29
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Sunday, July 28, 2024

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AI - Biopsy

AI - Biopsy
July 28, 20241 Comments

In the sterile silence,  

I sit,  

time stretching like shadows  

across the room,  

each tick of the clock  

a heartbeat echoing  

my unspoken fears.


The white walls close in,  

thoughts spiral like autumn leaves,  

each one a question,  

a memory, a what-if,  

while the world outside  

continues its hum,  

waiting

wondering

will it be

enough

this 

time?


I trace the edges of hope,  

fragile as glass,  

wondering what tomorrow holds—  

the weight of potential wrapped  

in the cold clutch of uncertainty,  

a whisper of dread curling  

in the corners of my mind.


We await

the reaping

wondering

Will the news bring light  

or the chill of shadows?  

I breathe in the quiet,  

holding tight to fragments of strength,  

bracing

 to face whatever unfolds,  

knowing that in this moment,  

waiting is both a burden  

and a testament to resilience.


may the odds

be ever

in your favor 



Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 28 
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

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AI - Salon, Strange and Socialize

AI - Salon, Strange and Socialize
July 27, 20241 Comments

In the fading light,

we gather—

pages scattered like stardust

across the table,

words orbiting our shared gravity,

each poem a vessel

charting the unknown.


We speak of 

plagues

politics

and 

pretense,  

the world 

an aeon flux,  


together

with only

 laughter

 our shield  

against the chaos  

while Starfleet seeks

strange new worlds

and

we

find

our

words




Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 27 
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Friday, July 26, 2024

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Stacked

Stacked
July 26, 20241 Comments

Here I sit

seeking words

while 

the Echo of Old Books

calls to me

from the chaise

The Midnight Library

teetering a top

a steep stack

keeping close

company

with

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow


The tired bookcase

like me

yet

more than half my age

boughs 

under the weight

of it all

waiting

for

a

new

Release

and 

I

wait

to be

inspired



Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 26 
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Thursday, July 25, 2024

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Beyond Midlife

Beyond Midlife
July 25, 20241 Comments


Once Upon A Time

a time when

there were no bounds, set

no edges, hard

no limits, known


I collected stories

like seashells

scattered 

across the speckled sand

the sand that squeaked 

beneath our bare feet

as we wandered 

the infinite shore

at Cranes Beach


Salt and seafoam

sunburns and sea diamonds

sandollars

shook

if we were lucky, the dove

still inside


my life

was a summer day

stretching towards

an endless

horizon


now the days

grow short

the shadows

grow long

my long hair

streaked and speckled

with white

my sight

dimmed


still here

I ask

How is it 

that I can remember

tomorrow


when today

is 

all 

but

forgotten?


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 25 
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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Streak of Wisdom

Streak of Wisdom
July 24, 20240 Comments


A mother's struggle

she holds fast

to this

new life

asleep in her arms

wondering what the world

will bring

to

this 

one

being

She holds tightly

to tiny hands

hoping

for

safe passage

though 

this

one

wild

life

She holds back

all

the vitriol

and

tears

alike

watching 

as the girl

is 

no

more

She holds

onto

moments

memories

made

her mother's mark

weaving

its wisdom

at her brow

She holds out

her hands

small and trembling

to the one

now 

a

woman

with

her own

wisdom

streak


"I am here"

she says

the struggle softening

now but a distant

whisper

on the early

winter

wind


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 24 
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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Bolt

Bolt
July 23, 20241 Comments


my body

is a garden

once verdant

and wild

low leaning lilacs

and

Wide open Iris

ever arching

towards the sky


now

all

is

withering

and

woeful

yellowing

left 

long

to overwinter

without 

regard


no birds

nor bees

frequent here


why would they

the blooms are gone

my sweet silk

long since

bolted


all

that is 

left

is

a memorial

of neglect






Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 23
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Monday, July 22, 2024

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Santal 33

Santal 33
July 22, 20241 Comments

Please

hold me

down

below

the embers

glow


red and pulsing


Leave

me

wanting

what will not

be

mine


Feel

me

my skin

stil slick

redolent

with salt

smoke

and

sandalwood


there is nothing

left

but the indigo sky





Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 22

 
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Sunday, July 21, 2024

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The Hand that Writ

The Hand that Writ
July 21, 20241 Comments


There was a time

in the tangled years 

of youth

when the pen

eager to obey

my orders

words would flow

onto the page

as effortless

as 

breathing

or

bleeding


this time

in the agony of the unseen

my words

 labored

and

clotting

as I scratch

an inkless rod

onto a glowing diode tablet

begging

the

recalcitrant

muse

 to comply

Her demands

simple


I yield

under the pressure

her insistence

to persist

to deepen 

the groove

however

painful

until the place

grows warm

and

familiar

as

tears



Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 21
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

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Meditation

Meditation
July 20, 20240 Comments

I greet the day

in darkness

unfolding my limbs

shaking off dreams

settling on the chaise

with coffee

and compassion


Sometimes

 I see

the sun rise

all early orange in the east

over Russian Hill


Sometimes 

 my eyes

closed

my breath

slow

the sky glows gold

across the bay


Sitting

in the morning

as new as dawn



Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 20

 
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Friday, July 19, 2024

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A Little Push

A Little Push
July 19, 20240 Comments


I fear I have nothing

to say

that every utterance

drool soaked

and

garbled

says

nothing

or worse

says

everything


all my foibles

fears

failures

and

falsehoods


I tell myself

it is ok

everyone

is

imperfect


that somehow

by getting it out

getting anything out

I will make space

to grow


to grow

a will

a discipline

a voice

a backbone


I pick at my manicured memories

 with an orange wood stick

I push the point

deep back

to the quick

I scrape

the dirt 

dug up

for the evidence

 of planting

a garden

a

single

seed

a

life


finding

feeling

finally

in my fingertips


Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 19

 
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Thursday, July 18, 2024

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Spiral-bound

Spiral-bound
July 18, 20240 Comments

Our Life spans

like metal rings 

winding 

around

us

our words

wandering

off the spiral bound 

childhood

where we first crossed paths


in

 between

the coming 

and

the bitterness

of age


we coiled

 words

around

every

choice

and

catastrophe


twisting

the pen

between the lines

with vengeance

and indifference

all the same


the page

begs

for 

it


its translucent ivory skin

veins arching up to the surface

like tangled sanguine vines

grasping for sunlight


bring down the blade

and 

let

it

bleed





Camp NaNoWriMo  Day 18

 
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