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Do you enjoy writing or reading poetry?  Most of the posts on Big Sky Buckeye are filled with poetry, but I also share short stories, photography, and a few surprises along the way.  You are invited to sit a spell and find something you like.  I enjoy sharing my curiosity through my writing.  You are welcome to like, comment, follow, share, or reblog a post.

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Welcome to another page of my continuing writing journey.  Today’s poem features a genuine journey into the realms of nighttime. Thank you for stopping by, and you are encouraged to read more from Night’s Lasting Charm.

My writing is supplemented by maintaining an active journal, which gathers thoughts from my Bible reading as well as sampling other bloggers’ posts.  Daily entries found in  From My Journal contain reflections about faith, life, and community for January 8.

You are invited to read a quote, updated on January 8 which features inspiration from the words of American medical researcher Jonas Salk.  His thoughts share reflections from a filled with fulfilling opportunity.

Here’s my Baker’s Dozen, featuring 13 of my recent writings from the past couple of weeks.  Each post is linked to take you right to its location.  Other poems, short stories, and feature writings can be found in the archives (found at the top of the page), which will be updated frequently with past selections.  Enjoy!

Robert Penn Warren Quotes

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The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which may see.

Everything seems an echo of something else.

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) was an American poet and novelist.  His received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1947 for his novel, ALL THE KING’S MEN.

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to each and all!  We are looking forward to sharing our writing experiences with many of you as well as reading what others write and share.  May you experience the peace and the joy of this Christmas.

Richard and Colleen

Another Christmas season arrives in Buckeye land

Bringing to all, warm wishes to write out by hand

To family and friends who have touched our lives

Sending glad tidings so that you’ll smile and thrive

The past year has been filled with very much to cheer

Retiring to become writers with words so clear

Christmas trees light the way for holiday joy

Spotting children anxious to find a new toy

The coming New Year brings much hope to all

Saluting a “2025” that will stand amazingly tall!

Novalis Quotes

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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Novalis was the pen name for Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772-1801).  He was a German novelist, philosopher, and poet.  He became best known for his mystical and philosophical writings.

Mary Oliver Quotes

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I believe in kindness.  Also in mischief.  Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.

For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary in the pockets of the hungry.

Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was a best-selling American poet, who received many honors for her work.  Her love of nature can be found in much of her writing, and it resulted in honors from the National Book Award in 1992 and Pulitzer Prize in 1984.

William Stanley Merwin Quotes

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The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

William Stanley Merwin (W. S.) was an American poet with over 50 books of poetry and prose.  Over his lifetime (1927-2019), he was honored with numerous awards:  including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1971 and 2009) and becoming United States Poet Laureate in 2010.  

Billy Collins Quotes

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While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane.

The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry.

Billy Collins (born 1941) is an American poet who served as America’s Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003.  He has published several collections of his poetry.

Monday Memories: A Writer’s Way

silhouette of trees and mountain under blue starry sky

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Discovering words with something to say

Penning poems and stories every day

                                                             

Draining cups of coffee, right on cue

Feeling emptiness, like singing the blues

 

Holding on to thoughts, waiting to give birth

Sailing onward, words waiting to unearth

 

Painting with dazzling textures, shapes, and hues

Viewing sketches, filling these eyes with clues

 

Searching for future poems, like twinkling stars

Linking verses while traveling to Mars

 

Crafting words, really not science you see

Navigating this writer’s mind, feeling free

 

Seeking prose, lost deep in this writer’s soul

Uncovering a few, making each day full

 

Looking for stories, over each rainbow

Finding inspiring words, eager to flow

 

Drinking more coffee, than one should consume

Creating endless text, now ready to bloom

 

Grasping this pen, creating one more tune

Drafting a masterpiece, ready by Noon

 

Writing encounters monumental quests

Hoping these words will always pass all tests

 

Honoring these writing moments, so sweet

Dreaming of fashioning each splendid treat

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Writer’s Vision (Haiku Series #173)

Keeping It Simple

World’s complexity

Simplicity seeks appeal—

Enters writer’s mind

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Responding with Love

Each crafted arrow

Filling this writer’s quiver—

Lasting prose awaits

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Crafting Melody’s Sonnet

Enlightened verses

Expressions of flowing waves—

Poet captures life

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Monday Memories: Fulfilling a Writer’s Fate

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Lying awake in bed, feeling ready to write

Morning light feeling much too bright

 

Searching in my head for ideas to write about

Will today’s words offer and deliver much clout?

 

Sitting, thinking, and sitting . . . nothing!

Why can’t my mind create something?

 

Perhaps more coffee will warm up my mind

Hoping that possible ideas may soon be mine

 

Do all writers usually feel this way?

With little or nothing to really say

 

Hunger offers quick, necessary break

Nutritious breakfast, now I will make

 

Finished eating and returning to my writing table

Satisfied appetite doesn’t make me anymore able

 

Struggling through another writer’s block

Tired eyes continue watching the ticking clock

 

Wow!  This short poem I now create

Finally, fulfilling my writer’s fate 

  

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