HeyJaredThe Shadow Mirror
Poems, anecdotes, stories, life ramblings; some true, some not. Scribblings, rantings and musings pepper this blog. Sometimes the words are good to me, more often than not they refuse to be used. ND and queer friendly.
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The 12 Omen Days and Nights of writing - August (opens the original)
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The 12 Omen Days and Nights of writing - July (opens the original)
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I Write Poems; or I Did. (opens the original)
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I write poems. Or I did. And I may still again. I wrote poems in the first voice, in the third voice, and sometimes with no voice at all. I wrote long poems, and short poems; one was only one word long though it did have a long title. I wrote from the heart, or from observation, or even imagination. I wrote in rhyme, and not rhyme. In rhythm and meter, and also not. I’ve written good poetry and bad poetry, though others do not always agree as to which is which.Subscribe now<div class="captioned-
12 Omen Days and Nights of writing - June (opens the original)
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Dear Reflections, The PremiseDuring the Twelve Days after Xmas over at Journaling Wild encourage us to write daily, trying to seek the omens or advice the universe offered up that day to shine a light on the coming year. Nelly explains it thus.The Twelve Omen Days (…26th Dec - 6th Jan) are “days out of time,” rich in symbolism and spiritual significance. The idea is that on those days we look for signs in nature, dreams, divination (if that’s your thing), spend time quietly contemplating (here’s
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