Affirmations

 

Courage starts

With showing up

In the den of the hibernating bear

And letting yourself

Be seen.

 ________

Conscious breathing

Is my anchor

At the bottom

Of the ocean.

 ________

I am in the right place,

[A heroin den}

At the right time,

[It’s 2 a.m.}

Doing the right thing.

[Selling life insurance]

 ________

The perfect moment

Is this one.

 

No, it’s this one…

No, this one…

How about this one?

I can’t keep up!

 _________

I am deliberate

And afraid of nothing

Said the knife, still dripping

In her cold, dead hand.

 

I say looking on the

Bright side of life

Never hurt anybody,

(Except the one afraid of nothing.)

 _________

Open your heart and drink

In the blood of this

Glorious day.

 ________

Your perspective is important.

It’s unique and it counts,

Said the mirror to its image.

 _________

Nothing can dim the light

From within…

Except the dimmer switch

In the front hallway.

 ________

I’m better than I was yesterday,

But hopefully not as good

As I’ll be Tomorrow,

When I’m the pitcher.

What?

He’s on second.

I don't know...

THIRD BASE!

 _________

Embrace the glorious

Mess that you are

The Hoarder said.

 _________

I have never, ever

Focused on the negative thing.

I always looked at the positive.

She lied.

--JDBV

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Betty from Philly is a bull terrier.

She toils in the sunshine, calls for the clouds, triggers the smell of rain, adds the plink after tasting each orange raindrop, 

Betty from Philly works in the sewers. That jawn is beautiful.

The iconic art museum of theology

The ghosts of gods and goddesses gone

haunt in marble and tempera.

Jules will release them.

Gesundheit!

The sewers hum,

Betty collects her raindrops in a sieve. --JDBV

Fun Facts

 

Fun Facts:

Cancer doesn't suck

life from your mind and body

connections: They leave.

Dying may be slow

to process. Death is painless:

quick and easy trip

to revival's force;

Pounds the heart, crunches its cage;

your cares fall away.

Reincarnation's:

an afterlife concept

That's lived everyday.

--By JulieDBV

Back in the Saddle Again

 Hey there! Long time, no blog. I haven’t posted in, like, forever… a lot has happened. Rather than get into it all now I’ll just let the story unfold in the course of writing. And what I’ll be writing is poetry for NaPoWriMo 2023. That’s the annual write-a poem-a-day-and publish event, which starts April 1st. I’m registering this site as one of the participants. Hope you’ll all join me as I pound bad poetry out daily.