Happy Sunday!!!

I do not know where the week has gone!! I have so many things going on. Great things, happy things. That being said, I missed my own deadline for poet/artist of the week!! I do apologize to my precious writer that I was to feature this week. Instead of posting it late...I will wait until mid-week as usual. Again, if you would like your poetry, writing or art to be part of my weekly feature, please let me know. Leave me a message or contact me via email.

I did want to share some good news. I have been published, again, by the Copperfield Review. I was featured in their spring edition and now have been published in their SUMMER edition. I could not be more proud!! Now, I just need to start setting some more writing goals and get back on a schedule. I had planned to write so much this summer but after the publication of my second book on lulu.com, I have hit a bit of a dry spell.

Even more good news...Friday, I got together with some great girlfriends to see Easton Corbin, Sara Evans and RASCALL FLATTS in concert. It was a blast!! I Won't Let Go...theme song of the night...and just a song that touched me deeply - as they sang, I thought about what really matters.

Much love, Noelle.

Poet of the Week

Please allow me to introduce you to the wonderfully talented Larry from Yesterday, Today, and Forever.  Take a peek over at his blog and you will be lost in the bliss-ence of beautiful, magical, whimsical words that remind you what life and love are all about. 

If you would like to be featured as Poet of the Week, don't be shy - drop me a line!! (Also welcoming writers and artists.)  We don't discriminate here. 




Nearby Surprise


when the end of the day is a nearby surprise
affection begins to shelter the struggle
companionship rises, common mind's rhythm
deal with things left undone

hopeful perfect laughter
misfortune, injuries near or long past
finding perspective through intimacy
trampled dreams revealed
empathy, oh, compassion challenges
ideas of loss and renewal
did we have "that" talk...

somewhere nearby
the crane flails night air
rises from the creek
silently ascends the moonless night
two listening to their hearts
gasp as one


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For these Moments...

I seek solace in
the reflection of your eyes
it is there that I exist
in a sunny day of perfection
I shine for all to see
as I live flawless
in that picture you sketch
I stand proud - glowing
as I see myself so clearly now
for the first time the snapshot so crisp
and it is for these moments
I am in need for nothing more..
I am in need for nothing more...... <3

(layoutsparks.com)

Oh, Serenity

Today seems magical
almost - mystical
the sun  hiding amidst clouds
the air I breathe - summer cool
Mist of rain along morning's path
I raise my head up - towards the universe
splendor and enjoyment....will it last?
all that is missing...is my cup of tea
piping hot...oh, serenity!!

(photo bucket)

Today is a perfect day to visit my
guilty pleasure - Teavana!   I'm thinking
a cup of samurai chai mate blended with white
ayurvedic chai will suit me to a "tea"

What's YOUR guilty pleasure??




(google images)



Poet of the Week

Much gratitude to my friend Rebecca over at Veils of Rapture for allowing me to feature her as the Poet of the Week.  Please follow the link to her page for some more of her fascinating poetry.  Rebecca is gifted, introspective and so kind.  If you would like to be featured as the Poet/Artist of the week, please let me know. 


Sometimes

i love how it feels

when pieces fit together

meticulously in my mind

bordering an infinite vision

bound by this drive

sometimes so hopeful

but then sometimes not

if i crack or split

which i often do

i collect the tears

that puddle in my hands

but sometimes

there are too many

so they escape

between each finger

as if these tiny leaks

were a sign or a message

for me to just let go

sometimes no tears fall at all

even when my heart aches

and suffers through unbearable waves

there will always be faults

that pour from inside

sometimes i know they sting

so i rage to veil my fear

and sometimes that blinds the path

i know i must choose

sometimes though

to keep from going mad

in a mad world

i wish it was all more than just

sometimes.

Scars

they came back to her

in the dark chamber of the night

flashing before her eyes

like the lightning of angry storms

was it a dream state

she couldn't escape

she was fighting

to get her soul back

not strong enough-

not even in her dreams,

they ate her heart-

her sunshine, her sparkle

causing their fool bodies

to glow like the still moon

discarding her gentle soul

to dissipate on that

dark road of unhappiness

how does one live without

a heart or a soul?

Poet of the Week - Craftsman of Light

Thank you, Craftsman of Light at Stars in my Inkpot and Crying Skies for being the first Poet of the Week to be showcased here.  If you would like your writing to be presented here, please feel free to contact me. 



You make my heart ache like a peach tree about to flower
i collapse into the tender words of your letter


Unable to pull myself out from its laughter
i drink from its warm blue skies
Remembering
our tightly enlaced bodies.


Each word unbuttons like your thin white skirt
swaying into my thoughts
on a cool summer morning
till i wore your deeper yearnings
till i wore their silence.


June sprays on our faces
sleeves drenched
hair wet, shoes in the puddles
smiling, deliriously happy
squirming my eyes
i stood in your world.


Have you noticed how the light changes in the sky
when something beautiful drifts into our hearts.

Dreams Linger......

Small little moppet, you little head case
what dreams still linger that you dare to chase?

In the dimly lit, powder room mirror
you long for the past but your eyes see clearer

your once shiny hair, and shimmering eyes
are a thing of the past like distant good byes

You try but are unable to carefully trace
the memories that match all of the lines on your face

You think stigma surrounds you with each turned head

Anxiety bleeds from your pores - you're one step ahead

Be proud of yourself unique as you are -
you are a wish someone made on a luminous star

I'm on Itunes!!

My first book entitled "A Portrait of the Human Heart: A Collection of Poetry" is now available on itunes!  Check it out.  You can download it to your iphone, ipad or ipod touch... now for the super low price of $4.99!!!  It is also still available on lulu.com

xoxo Noelle

Pink (P!nk) - Perfect (Music Video) HQ [2011 *NEW*]

Dreams <3

I have tucked your words
beneath my pillow
in hopes that my dreams
shall capture them and
bring peace to my restless slumber
and maybe, just maybe
for some fleeting moments
before I wake, I shall truly exist
as you have written
me out to be and I may wake
with the proud memory of
my grand performance in the
starring role upon which you
have cast me

P.S.
***Thank you for calling me "perfect" xoxo***