tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14047188035907063302024-02-08T00:12:31.621-06:00Scribbles From Rabbit HopThis is where I leave words in the form of poems and stories, and an occasional life clip.Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-29759435750017648492021-08-16T11:12:00.001-05:002021-08-16T11:12:22.630-05:00PS<p> Hello! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that if you enjoyed my blog, I'm still posting often on my current blog, a variety of art and journaling projects, and I would love it if you would visit and/or follow me here <a href="https://themoxierabbit.blogspot.com/">https://themoxierabbit.blogspot.com/</a> Having been through some traumatic events in my life, I haven't been writing much, but after re-reading some of the lovely comments that I received on some of these posts, I am very much inspired to write again! I may even start this blog up again! Who knows? 😉 Hope to see y'all soon either place! 😊</p>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-21703979944582208172013-04-07T09:04:00.001-05:002017-07-04T12:59:11.634-05:00Final PostThis will be my final post on this blog, but I am not sad, because I have a new blog, which once again will combine my loves of art stuff and writing into one blog, and which, hopefully, I can maintain better and post more frequently. :)<br />
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The new blog is still under construction, but any posts I do from now on will be on it. The new address is <a href="http://www.themoxierabbit.blogspot.com/">http://www.themoxierabbit.blogspot.com</a> .<br />
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Thank you all for your support and for visiting Scribbles From Rabbit Hop for the last four years, and I hope that you will continue to follow me along on my creative adventures at my new address. I look forward to seeing you there! :)Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-40628572037935158492013-01-14T09:55:00.000-06:002013-01-14T09:55:50.344-06:00Ihope your New Year is off to a most fabulous start! :)<br />
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It's been a while since I posted here, but I haven't abandoned this blog. I have just been really busy with life, art projects, and learning to weave. Yippers, I found yet another hobby, which I totally love. You can see my attempts on my other blog <a href="http://wwwmoxiebluecom.blogspot.com/">http://wwwmoxiebluecom.blogspot.com/</a> . <br />
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One day I'm going to list all my hobbies. I've been learning art and crafts my whole life, many of them from my grandmother and mama. Many happy memories tied up with those hobbies. Anyway, a love of writing is at the top of my favorite list, and I am always writing, if only in my journals.<br />
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I kind of move from one thing to another and back, so I will be adding more posts soon. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you will check back along for new writing attempts. <br />
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I was going to end with one of my journal pages, but blogger won't let me download a picture. Bummer! :/<br />
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Wishing you a year full of health, prosperity, creativity, and happiness! :)Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-74311936959375721512012-10-29T16:09:00.002-05:002012-10-29T16:12:06.385-05:00EARTH BLANKET-A poemA new poetry attempt. I composed this in my head on a long road trip to my aunt's the other day. It was a gorgeous fall day with bright sunshine, I was driving, and hubby and I were just silently enjoying the scenery. I wrote down a rough draft when we stopped at a Cracker Barrel restaurant for lunch. Thought I'd share it with you and hope you enjoy it. :)<br />
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EARTH BLANKET<br />
Sharon Prater-Pope (10-25-12) <br />
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Stirred, then shaken by the wind, <br />
Leaves glide on invisible wings, <br />
And fall like multicolored glitter<br />
In the bright sunshine. <br />
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Scarlet, bronze, golden flecks mingle, <br />
As trees undressing for winter<br />
Leave a multi-colored blanket <br />
Covering the hibernating earth.<br />
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<br />Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-78713356146783045942012-09-14T13:00:00.002-05:002012-09-14T13:07:49.995-05:00BOOK TREASURES-Poetry<div style="text-align: center;">
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by Sharon Prater-Pope</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cultures take pains to make inaccessible,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Full of imperfections,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elaborate on honest lifelong learning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Among the constellations,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">No sleep, attending to morning,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharing wisdom and feelings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This poem was formed from random words that jumped out at me from two pages in the book, "Walden" by Thoreau. I listed 47 words and used all but six of them. I added a few of my own words here and there also. I love the challenge of writing this way. :)</span></div>
Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-38978876428276262382012-08-22T09:43:00.000-05:002012-08-22T09:43:38.890-05:00CHERRY LIGHT-a poem<br />
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Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-69095108961513073452012-08-20T17:05:00.001-05:002012-08-20T17:05:42.200-05:00MOXIE-a poem
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I was sitting in the car watching my brother-in-law and my husband work on a piece of farm machinery at my brother-in-law's house the other day, and I got bored, so I took my sketchbook out of my purse, listed several words that just popped into my mind, and strung them together into a poem, adding words as needed. This poem is that poem. I like it, plus it was great fun! Hope you enjoyed it too! :)</span></div>
Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-2789075280879252302012-08-13T08:35:00.002-05:002012-08-13T08:41:48.035-05:00KEEP GOING and FLY FREE (poetry)My husband and I spent three days in the hospital step-down unit with his dad last week, and one day I sat in the waiting room for a couple of hours, listening to my mp3 player and trying to nap. The room was full though; worried people waiting to hear news from loved ones in ICU or surgery, all talking and moving around. As I listened to the shuffled songs on my varied song list certain words popped out at me, and I thought, 'Why not make a list of them and make a poem out of them?' <br />
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I love doing this with words that pop out at me off book pages, where I can cut the words apart and arrange them into a poem, but this day I had no scissors and, besides, I didn't want to cut up my Moleskine sketchbook. <br />
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Instead, I listed the words as they popped out at me from the various artists' songs, and when I had a page full of words in the pocket sized sketchbook I stopped and studied the words, seeing which ones could go together to form phrases and started stringing them together on the opposite page, crossing out the words on the lists as I used them. The following two poems are what I created in the two hours I sat amidst other patients' families, all of us sharing the connection of concern over a loved one.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By Sharon Prater-Pope<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By Sharon Prater-Pope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Speeding into the dark sleepless night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Emptiness arrives,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She cheats death and leaves shame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time teaches; it’s alright.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Come! Fly free!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I really enjoyed writing this way, and I like the poems that came out. Much more fun than the game on my Kindle that I had been occupying myself with when I needed something to do. Waiting around a hospital can be very stressful and tiring. Besides I enjoyed creating something myself in stead of playing a game that someone else had created. I found it a great way to be creative when I'm away from my studio, and all it took was words borrowed from a few songs, a pencil, and a piece of paper to make me creative and happy for those couple of hours. </div>
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I hope you enjoyed your visit and my efforts! :)</div>
Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-89787283532493658152012-07-16T10:57:00.000-05:002012-07-17T07:07:28.489-05:00TRUTH AND CONTROL-a poemTRUTH AND CONTROL<br />
By Sharon Prater-Pope (7-16-12)<br />
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Stop the controlling, the manipulating;<br />
The rules and suffocation!<br />
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Relax! Listen! Be Present!<br />
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Learn compassion, peace, lovliness, awareness.<br />
Feel truth with contentment and ease.<br />
Relationships are fueled by simple beliefs,<br />
Kindness, and loving happiness.<br />
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Reteach your heart.<br />
Sense the poet within;<br />
Truth made good.Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-54917022981166796802012-07-13T08:27:00.000-05:002012-07-15T10:38:31.310-05:00RESTORATION ( poem)This is another found poem, which will probably find its way onto a journal page. I LOVE doing these! Hope you enjoy my efforts. :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">RESTORATION<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I found meaning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">walking the enormous garden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with an open heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">paths of memory</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">exquisite monuments</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">round arches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">golden orange light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">enclosing darkness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I craved peace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">knelt for a time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">prayer for restoration</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">believed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is what the original words written on pieces of paper and rearranged to form a poem looks liked glued to a journal page, which is still a WIP. I cropped the poem out of the page.</span><br />
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</div>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-56027677288678341342012-07-01T10:02:00.004-05:002012-07-01T10:02:56.071-05:00STAY CURIOUS & EMBRACE LIFE (2 Poems)Two poems using a different set of words than the last five poems. I'm sure I'm giving all the literature perfectionists a fit with my poem writing, and I'm sure I'm making lots of writing mistakes, but I'm writing them in the way that I feel them and having fun with them. I have learned through several workshops that everything doesn't have to be perfect to express it from the heart. And I'm so grateful I learned that. It opened up a whole new world to me. Not perfect, but way more enjoyable! :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharon Prater-Pope 6-20-12<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Someone screamed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I feel invisible!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I seek expression!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine being pulled, <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Turning to stone,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accepting resistance,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Feeling emptiness.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The universe is a teacher.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Embrace life choices.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Smile Work Play Live...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharon Prater-Pope 6-20-12<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She apologized,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sorry to fall over the empty chair.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She missed the stories and donuts;</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The reason isn’t important.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You gave the beats,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To be danced like she felt.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Staying curious<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Makes life special.<o:p></o:p></span>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-88030377081432905022012-06-27T08:01:00.001-05:002012-06-27T08:01:19.078-05:00MIRRORING (Poetry)<br />
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, and last, poem using same few words)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">multiply living and learning</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">listen to
life’s sounds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">crawl, walk, run, fly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">dance, paint, play music, sing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">coherent writing</span></div>
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words)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Music soothed the drama</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Coherent thinking existed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mirrored my distant personality<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I learned to walk four times;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now I’m able to fly…<o:p></o:p></span>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-89134955850373513712012-06-26T06:58:00.000-05:002012-06-26T06:58:01.683-05:00SOUL SOOTHING (Poetry)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">SOUL SOOTHING (Poem 4 from same few words)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> thinking I belonged</span></div>
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played piano for hours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>soothing my ravaged soul.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sound existed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was no longer alone. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">COMPLETE FLYING (Poem 2 using same few
words)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I asked,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thinking I could belong,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But bottled up illusion existed,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And a self-ravaged personality.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I thought I’d known need,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Acted like a coherent being,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Liked music, played piano.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Undisguised drama answered…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Learn to walk in solitude.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Writing alone,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I fly complete.<o:p></o:p></span><br />Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-32240538155850349652012-06-24T09:36:00.003-05:002012-06-24T09:36:26.743-05:00MUSIC'S ANSWER (Poetry)A poem I wrote using random words written on pieces of paper, then re-arranged to form the skeleton of the poem, to which I then made adjustments from the heart. Fun! And I like the poem!<br />
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I actually wrote five different poems using the same few words. This is the first one. :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MUSIC’S ANSWER<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sharon Prater-Pope 6-19-12<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I played piano alone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span> </span>thinking
undisguised drama existed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I thought acting distant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to shake
the illusion<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span>would soothe myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music answered.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d need solitude…<o:p></o:p></span></div>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-17057889055221959482012-05-27T08:07:00.001-05:002012-05-27T08:07:55.052-05:00Two HaikuHappy Memorial Day weekend! I hope you're having a great time with family and friends. :)<br />
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Here are two more attempts at Haiku using the prompt from Jill Badonsky on her Facebook page. It's basically two different versions of the same poem, but I like them both, so thought I'd share them both. :)<br />
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midnight<br />
shooting star<br />
flashes across the dark indigo sky<br />
speed of<br />
life<br />
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star<br />
blazing trail<br />
across the black velvet sky<br />
pan flash<br />
life<br />
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<br />Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-21862904132021530252012-05-25T08:08:00.001-05:002012-05-25T08:08:34.291-05:00HaikuA haiku attempt from a prompt by Jill Badonsky on her Facebook page: 1 word, 2 words, short sentence, 2 words, 1 word...<br />
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warmth<br />
dancing light<br />
caressing my body and soul<br />
mellow yellow<br />
sunshine<br />
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Who knew that I would love trying to write poetry as much as I do? :)<br />
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<br />Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-17163430119387226542012-05-15T08:31:00.000-05:002012-05-15T08:31:44.845-05:00Tears-a poem<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">GRIEF TEARS </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sharon Prater-Pope (4-24-12)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grief tears flow from my deepest core,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like a waterfall with no shutoff valve.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For months they erupt from my eyes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Glide down my cheeks, and drip off my chin,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Crashing onto my chest,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soaking my blouse.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Memories and loss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mix with salty water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No turning off…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Suddenly they stop.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No turning them back on.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The pain of loss still sits in my core,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Etched forever <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like stone carvings under a waterfall,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the crevices of my heart and mind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Food and fat layers replace the tears,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Providing a wall of comfort and distance<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From the risk of more hurt.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The walls only cause more pain…<o:p></o:p></span>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-65111757295751172162012-05-13T09:20:00.000-05:002012-05-15T08:36:59.849-05:00Borrowed Things-a poem<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">BORROWED THINGS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sharon Prater-Pope (4-29-12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We own nothing in this life.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not the next breath.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not the next heartbeat.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our eyes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not each other.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our children.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our families.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our friends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our pets.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our land.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our homes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our cars.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our bank accounts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not the beds we sleep in.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not the food we eat.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our bodies.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our health.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our lives.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our creativity or talent.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our material things.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our sentimental things.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not our memories.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not the earth…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All on loan to us<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For a lifespan,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To use and take care of while we’re here.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To be taken at any moment,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a heartbeat.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The last breath drawn<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leaves it all
behind<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For others to use or abuse.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">None of it ever really owned,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Only borrowed for a moment.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We go out of life <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we came in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Naked and alone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bringing nothing.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taking nothing…<o:p></o:p></span>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-54272129670347240612012-05-05T09:27:00.000-05:002012-05-05T09:29:04.234-05:00Tears Freefalling-poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">TEARS FREEFALLING <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Freefalling tears,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cleansing the soul,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Making way for new growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">SOLITUDE </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In solitude<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am smart</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am inventive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am brave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am confident<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am free spirited</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am not clumsy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am not anxious<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe in my creativity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a beautiful soul</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am okay with my body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am spiritual</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am sensual</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a dancer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am joyful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am strong</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am fragile</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a dreamer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am one with nature</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a child of God</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can do anything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I can be anything</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am fearless!</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But then I’m never<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Really</em> alone... am I?<o:p></o:p></span></div>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-29236501065632039962012-04-23T14:33:00.000-05:002012-04-23T14:38:45.063-05:00MARRIED STRANGERS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">MARRIED STRANGERS </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By Sharon Prater-Pope </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Day by week by year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">One by one by one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Negative words, actions, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Emotional pounds,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pile up</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Until all that’s left<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are two strangers<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sharing a house.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Only when one is taken<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Does the other realize<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">What has been lost…<o:p></o:p></span>Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-17655725782817287322012-04-19T09:46:00.000-05:002012-04-19T09:46:12.353-05:00Walls, a Poetic AttemptWALLS<br />
by Sharon P. Pope<br />
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Day by week by year<br />
One by one by one<br />
Words actions pounds<br />
Build walls that hold in<br />
Emotions, anger, pain, resentment, <br />
Disappointments, pride, and fear,<br />
While holding out<br />
Love, life, joy, happiness, inner peace,<br />
And the people we love the most.<br />
Sharon P Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828700913491969786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404718803590706330.post-15588754859810630652012-04-08T09:10:00.000-05:002012-04-08T09:10:51.710-05:00Happy Easter!Wishing you all a happy Easter with bunnies, eggs, family, and friends, but let's not forget the real reason for the Easter celebration, the resurrection of Christ and what He did for us on the cross. :)<br />
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