#30in30days

[starshineplush]

This was the year preceding #plushtober that inspired #30in30days #plush #plushie #mlp #bats #pumpkinspice https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0vNQTjahw/?igshid=1p76s5rplx7we

[terimariedegree]

Did you know the Star Spangled Banner was a 4 stanza poem and the anthem that is sung is just that first stanza?  I had no idea, or if I learned this fact along the way I had forgotten it.  Due to current events it just got me thinking, the song we sing to show pride, to show respect of country and of athletes etc., that song is about war and bloodshed.  It’s a celebration of death.  Maybe if we weren’t so proud of war it’d be less easy for us to dive into war related activities.  I don’t know, just thinking.

I wrote a short piece for Twitter and Instagram already.  Here is another a bit longer including lesser known phrases from the original poem.

Day 6

Oh say can you see

in the recesses of memory

the place where you were when the towers fell

Do you recall whether

you stayed up all night

or if you were able to sleep

For me

I realized

those colors of pride

were the same found adorning bullseyes

I wondered

what would life be like

is it even truly a life

existing as a global target

To think our ways

have caused countless others to have that type of day

Reminds of Key's unsung blood drenched verse

"No refuge could save the hireling and slave  

From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave"

[signalsecor]

Today is exactly 30 days til my 30th birthday! So I’m doing something fun, good or new each day for the next 30 days! Today I flew to Colorado for my cousins wedding!

[terimariedegree]

Poem #11

so this one time

at art camp

i met a boy named George who smelled like Old Spice

the scent makes me feel sick now

but back then

i thought it was so mature

back then

i wrote a poem about the experience of eating a Hershey kiss

and i believe i painted something but that memory is webbed over

and delicately tucked away

just out of reach

i spent days composing a song for piano

i remember performing in front of the entire camp

my hands were shaking

heart racing

barely took a single breath

concentrated until the very last note

and then an eruption of applause followed

and oh i had wished

someone from my actual life could have been there

a witness

someone to testify of what they’d heard and seen

someone to say ‘i’m proud’ or ‘job well done’

i have the discolored sheet music in a folder

in my closet now

and that song is one of the things i’ve created that i truly love

most days i walk past my piano without a single touch

but sometimes

sometimes it calls out

beckoning me to take a seat

and sometimes i’ve freed myself from busying just enough to comply

and then the unnamed melodies float up as an offering

oh how bittersweet it is to remember

the song that sprung from me when i was just 16

[terimariedegree]

Day 2 prompt was to write a poem that included questions.

[wolfvl28]

Day 1

I cant sleep so I decided to do some exercises while I randomly clean the house and prep for tomorrow.  I feel like death has come over me just in the cardio alone.:(  Ive had to take many breaks and my body is already sore.

I prepped my food for the day (ill post later after I know I actually ate it) and kids dinner.  Managed 2 loads of laundry and dishes.  Felt like death just doing cardio challenge, which is sad hoping it improves.

Exercise:

40 High knees, 20 climbers #cardiochallenge

25 leg lifts (after the cardio these came easy and are only now assisting in sore legs and knees.)

10 sit ups, 15 bicycle crunches, 30 squats #ab&squat challenge (again frustration with the amount of breaks needed for my unhealthy self and the feeling of death is again surrounding my body.)

Now I'm tired and don't want to move upstairs to bed... :(

[terimariedegree]

Day 13

one with a sorrowful

heavy

hardened

heart

and

eyes

beauty-blind

looks out into the garden

seeing

red

after

spotting

yellow

in

the

bluebell

bed

as she runs to grab the spray

she doesn’t realize

the nearing demise

of the dreams

she hasn’t yet

been

brave

enough

to

wish

existed

[terimariedegree]

#12 of 30 #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2015 #30in30