creation chimera

 

“Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.”

 

~ Kathleen Raine ~

 

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la muse

 

“Fool,” said my muse to me. “Look in thy heart and write.”

 

~ Philip Sidney ~

 

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MY AMBER MOOD

 

“The muse doesn’t come without being called.”

 

~ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ~

 

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A SHY NOD AND A QUICK WINK

 

“A nod is as good as a wink.”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

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ANCIENT SKINS

 

“If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.”

 

~ Tom Petty ~

 

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REFLECTIONS BLENDING

 

“All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.”

 

~ Elias Canetti ~

 

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CURLED IN THE AFTERGLOW

 

“I like my afterglow with you in motion.

I measure time by how your body sways.”

 

~ Jennifer Crusie ~

 

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THE NIGHT COMES DOWN

 

“One should always be drunk.

That’s all that matters…

But with what?

With wine, with poetry, or with virtue,

as you choose. But get drunk.”

 

~ Charles Baudelaire ~

 

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HITHER

 

“Men must endure, their going hence even as their coming hither.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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REFLECTING IN THE LIGHT

 

“The shadows: some hide, others reveal.”

 

~Antonio Porch ~

 

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MUSING

 

“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend

the brightest heaven of invention.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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IN THE GARDEN OF THE HONEYED MOON

 

“I have so much that I want to say to you,

but I can’t say a word.”

 

~ Michelle Burns ~

 

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MOON DANCE

 

“And all the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush,

And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush,

Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love…”

 

~ Van Morrison ~

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DRIFTIN’

 

“I’ve been drifting like a dream out on the sea,

I’ve been drifting in between you and me.”

 

~ Tim Buckley ~

 

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A MUSE’S

 

“Love transcends dimensions of time and space.”

 

~ Brownell Landrum ~

 

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BLACK NIGHT SHADOWS

 

“Despair is the price one pays for self awareness.

Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.”

 

~ Irvin D. Yalom ~

 

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SURMENÉ

 

“Never forget that the nurturing and preservation

of your own muse is job one.

Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.”

 

~ Robert Genn ~

 

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THE FIRE IN HER EYES

 

“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story.”

 

~ Robert Fitzgerald ~

 

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LA MUSE

 

“Fool,” said my muse to me.

“Look in thy heart and write.”

 

~ Philip Sidney ~

 

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PARIS: PLEASURES, PASSIONS AND PERAMBULATIONS – FIVE

 

“Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.”

 

~ Gail Sheehy ~

 

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