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Feeling The Love
Introduction After my last poem, I know I have to let friends know that I am in a good place because I have a wonderful Muse who inspires me and raises my spirits every day. I thought I would try another pantoum, but maybe that is just because I am very lazy when I write poetry.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
The Love Of Words
Introduction One of the reasons that we love creating stories is our love of the simplicity and complexity of words. The music I have chosen is "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister (I know it is spelled differently to the Bard of Stratford's surname)which contains beauty and darkness in a wonderful four minutes of music, a great listen and watch, and I love the sentiment "Stay With Me".
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
Drowning. Content Warning.
Introduction How I have been feeling recently. Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything stupid and I need to write things like this to clear my bad feelings. I sometimes wish I could talk about it, but I can't burden others so I use poetry to unburned myself.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
Route 666
Introduction I don't know what popped this into my head. I was reading an old blog post about the 101ers and the band name coming from George Orwell's 1984 then I thought of Girlschool covering Gun's "Race With The Devil" and thought what road would they be on, then thought of the song "Route 66" and the road Route 66 which runs from Chicago to Los Angeles nearly two and a half thousand miles:
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
Dodecahedron
Introduction This is for Heather's challenge that you can read below: I had a few more ideas for this including "Temptation" and "Resolution" but they are both only ten letters and we need twelve for the word, and then "Dodecahedron". I was surprised to find two Wiki definitions for it as I just thought it was a twelve-faced 3D object.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
Turning Negatives Into Positives
Introduction When I am looking for inspiration sometimes I have negative thoughts, like the fact that most people don't see me as a creator in any way, I am just there when stuff needs to be done, and that makes things difficult and the lines from Bob Dylan's "Joey" come back to nail things home:
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
The Importance Of The Vocal Facebook Groups
Introduction I was tempted to Vocal by the huge competition prizes back then that I believed I was good enough to win. Vocal decided I wasn't. However I have been successful in many ways on Vocal, but I believe much of that is due to the various Facebook Vocal Groups.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in FYI
Imperfection
Introduction This is for Heather's challenge that you can read below: I thought about the word "Perfect", then "Perfection" and then to increase the number of letters "Perfectionism". Then I reread the rules (you know men never read instructions but maybe I am not a real man, just some subhuman knuckle dragger) and thought "Perfection" is ten characters and "Perfectionism" is thirteen characters, but my ideas were formed for a villanelle, What could I do? Obviously, add two letters to the beginning, and find out that Salvador Dali was right.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
The Solar Eclipse In Your Hands
Introduction Judey's Challenge is here The Solar Eclipse In A Crystal Ball This is for the upcoming Solar Eclipse, and this little thing is the whole universe in your hands. This will show you how it works. All the planets are there, the Earth is there and the Sun and the Moon is there.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
Sunflower Princess
There is a secret reason for this poem, but you know who inspired it. The music is "Sunflower" by Paul Weller. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ปโ๐โ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ This Field Of Radiant Sunflowers Before The Palace Of Golden Light Where The Rose Gold Princess Spends Her Hours From Morning Sunrise Til Lunar Night ๐ปโ๐โ๐ป Sunflower Princess Weaves Her Magic Loved By All Her Devoted Subjects Words She Says Are Beautiful Music This Land Enhanced, She Makes It Perfect ๐ปโ๐โ๐ป The Fairies And Folk Of The Farest The Dryads And The Magical Ones Yes, For Her Their Love They Do Express She Is Their Princess, Their Shining Sun ๐ปโ๐โ๐ป Sunflower Princess, Her Soul Of Gold Forever Young, She'll Never Grow Old ๐๐๐ฐ๐ปโ๐โ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
Replies On Vocal Comments
Introduction This is a follow on to a previous story that I created on Vocal Comments which you can examine here: This piece is about what happens when we reply to comments on our pieces, and what happens when creators reply to our comments on their pieces.
By Mike Singleton ๐ Mikeydred 2 years ago in FYI
