Bad Poetry!

I love bad poetry especially when it is mine! Yay! I think it is funny to call it bad poetry even though secretly I really like but we all have different tastes. It is allowed to not like something, and to love something that may or may not be bad. Recently I learned that Emily Dickinson only published a dozen poems in her lifetime, it was only after her death that it was discovered that she wrote over 1800. Amazing. Also as an inspiring poet, fiction writer it is encouraging. I have written lots of poetry some of it bad, and some of it good. Poetry is something I write when I need to work through my emotions. This is the only thing that I write that might be considered non fiction (except you school paper. By the way I have 18.5 weeks left). I struggle with how much I belong in my writing and it is really my least favorite kind of writing because it is hard. In the past I did not value my work as much as I should have (crazy self esteem issues left over from my childhood) so I have lost an insane amount of work over the years due to being careless. I vow to stop being careless and more importantly value the talent God gave me. I hope you like my poem today. Hopefully I will bring you more work in the future. Also when I am finished with school I will be more active. I have a ton of projects in limbo which I decided to let sit until I am less distracted with what I am going to write for school.

I am
By Trisha Bartlett
Suffocating creativity
under the disguise
of teaching and learning.

Inspiration lost
in expectation.
My voice
transforming
unrecognizable
flat and boring.

This is me
on the page.
I cannot
will not
change
to simply please you.

I am
I can
I will

P.S. here is an Emily Dickinson poem

Fame is a bee.
By Emily Dickinson 
     

Fame is a bee.

It has a song—

It has a sting—

Ah, too, it has a wing.

 

 

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love, inspiration, and laughter. Be well friends.

Keeping the wheels turning

I know I have been quite on my blog lately but I promise I have been busy with college, home school, a little house keeping, reading, and well a few other things. . .

This is a duct tape dress form. Turns out this is my good side.

Straight on I look well a little lumpy and

the I have an urge to get on the treadmill.

In theory it will help me make clothes that fit my body.

But I still want to lose 10-20 pounds.

Then I want a less lumpy dress form.

This will one day be a dress in theory.

Notice the lack of planets in the fabric.

It is going to be cute!

maybe.

hopefully

oh, dear.

I have been working on log cabin blankets.

As you can see this one is for Callie.

My friend is desperately waiting her arrival.

I love embroidery but I am a little rusty.

I hope they don't mind that it is a little sloppy

I did by hand free style.

An idea of what the whole blanket looks like.

It is not finished.

 

Callie has a big sister.

This is her blanket.

It is not even close to being finished.

Her Dad will be here in two weeks.

I want him to take them home.

I better get working.

I have school work!

Eek!!

Where the cuting happens.

A box of yarn, I am going to mail this out soon.

This is a shawl.

Oh will be

someday.

It takes a long time

It takes a lot of yarn

It takes the fun out of Crochet.

It is for my Mother-in-Law.

These are the same size

 I do not know why the right looks bigger.

They are baby flip flops

for Callie

Oh, dear...

 That is what I have been up too lately. Not to mention the cooking, I found a lovely recipe for sweetened condensed milk, cream of mushroom soup you add to recipes to make them amazing, and more.

Here is your song of the day

Proud Mary

What is better then Tina Turner?

Nothing.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the river

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.