Sunday, March 24, 2013

I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE WINNER, BUT...



Today I spent much of my time exploring.  In this March challenge I have written daily and have visited and responded to between three to ten blogs a day.  Yesterday and today I explored—and what richness and variety awaited me.  Thanks, Ruth and Stacey for this challenge for us new–to-blogging bloggers.  And thank you for hosting us on this site.

I may not have been the winner,
but, I sure did win!

An ordinarily extraordinary kind of day.
As I fell asleep and woke up
I followed blogs.
Between the pedicure and yoga
I followed blogs.
After coffee with a friend
I followed blogs.
After dinner and between bathroom breaks
I followed blogs.
Blissfully, peacefully—without guilt or remorse,
I followed blogs.

I explored and meandered
 filling my mind with words of others.
I explored and lingered offering
my words to support the words of others.
An ordinary-extraordinary day.

Ordinary-extraordinary
words of
robins and snow still here—
glimmers of spring.
Words of
poetry and prose
captions and lists.
Words of
challenge and Ted Talks,
State tests and ideas.

Ordinary-extraordinary
words of
loss, sadness and heartbreak.
Words of
joy in being a new mother to a sweet baby.
Words of
vacation and spring break or longing
for a soon to be spring break.
Words of
weariness and stretching beyond limits—
craving rest.

Ordinary-extraordinary
words of
paper weights and tag sales
of wine and cookie jars.
Words of passion and silliness
of pain, of joy.
Words of music taken
back to first love.
Words of books read
of dreams lost
of hopes fulfilled.

Words
                feeding me.
Words
                calling me.
Words
                offered to others.
Words
                given.

I may not have been the winner,
but did I ever win!



8 comments:

  1. I like your impression of the blogs you create with phrases. And I appreciate your word nerd joy expressed.

    As a new Slicer I have been unable to track with all the contests and sub events: just blogging and responding to several blogs has been plenty.

    I feel a love of language and writing has been rekindled for me...not just teaching writing for struggling students...but writing for fun, for discovery, for expression -- this blog love has come out of the Slicer March challenge.

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  2. Wow - thank you for taking the time to share your journey today and what you found along the way.

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  3. This is so beautiful. The details are authentic and the structure so pleasing.

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  4. The blogs offer a unique view of the world through each person's slice. You've summed it up perfectly.

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  5. It's neat how you summed up the blog posts, and you are right - some are ordinary, some extraordinary. It's such a great event, this challenge. We get to become wrapped up in each other's words!

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  6. This year I had 7 blogs I followed every day. While have done some days of reading as many as I could, I've really enjoyed getting to know the 7 I visit every day.

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  7. I'm so happy for you : )) xoDeb

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  8. So glad you took part in it, Deb! (And that you had time for a pedi too.)

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