Monthly Poetry Challenge - January

in the depths of
the bush sings
winds which
carry tiny finches
through who in silence
dive and speak
the cities are burning
dry earth, red sun
and another bird
with frantic flight
trapped by it's
own constant sight.



Note: It's been hard not to think about the bushfires happening in Australia.  I got the imagery for this poem as I was driving back from our local swimming hole, past some bush that had burnt and past others that hadn't.  

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Monthly Poetry Challenge 2020

So *drum roll* my new monthly project for 2020 is to complete one poem per month.  I stepped away from a lot of things when dad died, almost all of my creativity pursuits except for writing, I wrote a lot and found a bucketload of joy in it.  Writing doesn't demand an investment of money to get started, you can do it anywhere and you just need to tap/pencil/pen/think away.  There's a bigger dream that's been brewing of having a published poetry book and I think I'm going to explore that idea more.  It's just a little seedling of a thought right now but I'm a big believer in putting things out to the Universe, doing the work (as Steven Pressfield would say) and seeing where that journey will lead you.

As always, you're all welcome to join in on the monthly poetry challenge.  

Very very loose guidelines - totally okay if you fall off the bandwagon, just take that leap of faith and give it a go, that's all that is required :)

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Bought/gift/made /02

Another month, another bought, gift, made!

gift

This was gifted from Ben, who commissioned a girl in his TAFE class to make me a clay gremlin necklace :) She's actually a really neat artist and you can check her out via her facebook page here!

bought

I might be late on the rosehip oil train but I (like the rest of the Internet) give it a thumbs up. I'm not 100% sure it's the best-est oil in the World but I do thoroughly enjoy massaging it into my skin

made

Emma from the blog letter loves, started a Penny club in 2015 with her friends and has since carried on the tradition. Last year they racked in 26.74 pounds which to me sounded like something I should get on board with! 

Since the start of January I have found $2.50 (credit for the $2 going to Ben!) which by my calculations still isn't the greatest. Perhaps where I live, others are also doing their own club, or people aren't clumsy or maybe I'm a terrible finder or (and this is probably most likely) I just don't go out very often.  Anyway my findings show something is clearly amiss - any tips :p

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