One of my favorite parts of Floyd Mardi Gras are the dance performances by dancers that I’ve been following for years. This year professional dancer Katie Wells wowed the crowd with scarves. She danced to She Comes in Many Colors and led party goers in an interactive line dance. Yoga and dance teacher Leia Jones […]
You’ve got to begin the conversation If you don’t listen you can’t respond If you don’t ask there is no answer And if you don’t write it down it ends before it starts __________Colleen Redman / Poets United
__Shadow Shot Sunday/ Wordless Wednesday
1. The only thing in our private mineral pool at Berkley Springs Resort this weekend was an orchid and a pitcher of drinking water. More HERE. 2. We ate oysters and sang Octopus’s garden at a club full of couches and took a hot soak in a Roman Bath. We stood on sand in an open […]
A butterfly appears My head tilts to watch it My body holds the flowers that flutter as it passes A smile crosses the room _______Colleen Redman / Imaginary Garden with Real Toads /First kiss HERE.
While Thomas Jefferson soaked in Hot Springs VA, George Washington did it in Berkeley Springs WV. In Berkeley Springs there are five warm mineral springs within a couple 100 yards of each other, located mostly at the Berekley Springs State Park. The Native Americans were the first to use the springs for their curative properties. […]
____________Shadow Shot Sunday
1. “Be the Elizabeth Warren you want to see in the world.” – my friend Kanta Bosniak 2. I’m not good with writer’s prompts like I’m not good at dance classes. I can’t follow movements or write on cue. I’m best left alone to do what I do. 3. I got a “conga rats” comment […]
So the story goes: Joe was a big attraction when he first came to Floyd. He came from D.C. to be teacher at our independent Blue Mountain School, where my sons went and where I taught a weekly creative writing class. The first time I saw him was at a community gathering for Harmonic Convergence […]
My poetry memoir, Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife, has been accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press (FLP), an award winning small press out of Georgetown, Kentucky. The 32 poem collection probes the questions: ‘How much does the essence of one’s psyche weigh? Is the soul the one carry-on that we can actually take […]
Hold That Pose! Wind it Up And Let it Go! Head Over Heels This is How Levitating Feels Let’s give her a hand Before She Leaves / Our World Tuesday
I’m counting syllables in a poem like medicinal drops of tincture I’m writing the formula on the back of a card grabbed from the table by the bed where I’m prone to lay and tell only the truth rather than lie and be caught awake ________Colleen Redman / Poets United
