Category: Martha’s Artistic Flarings
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Podcast: Grief and Healing
I just published a new podcast episode which explores the grief and loss we are experiencing mainly due to the current pandemic and social upheaval. Our wellness is at stake, and those with pre-existing conditions are vulnerable. How can we maintain good health and navigate our grief when we experience…
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New Look for Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul
I notice that I haven’t completed a poetry podcast since April 2. However, as you can see on my WordPress blog, I have done some publishing. It seemed easier to publish in on line sites than on my own poetry podcast in my own voice. I have to admit, everything…
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Sunday Best: phantom
My poem “Dark Apostle” ranked top of three best chosen for this past week’s challenge, Phantom. My sister, Martha Harris, created the digital image, “The Devil’s in the Details”. Thank you FREE VERSE REVOLUTION! (UPDATE: This poem is archived – the link no longer works – because FREE VERSE REVOLUTION…
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Dark Apostle
Rising shadows of flames, dressed in deep void, I arrive to burn the bramble of your complacent life. You hide inside this clay façade, live for self in idle pleasure, slumber in this carcass of addiction and desire. I hold you down as you writhe in agony, thrive on…
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Sink into Your Knowing
stone skipping over stream sinks into deep mysteries magical inner sight instincts intuition magnificent sun fire blazing wisdom center earth rising in shimmering waves “Sink into Your Knowing”, revised an old post, 05/08/2020 ©Barbara Harris Leonhard@extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog Image “Center Earth Rising”: ©Martha Harris, Martha’s Artistic Flarings, artisticflarings.blog
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The Wound Still Waits
Recently published on phoebemd.com (PhoebeMD: Medicine + Poetry) as part of my article on infertility. Broken Womb, Shattered Soul: Living with Infertility (part 3) The Wound Still Waits The bandage torn From new flesh Releases wails The wound still Imbibes air The scab hides deep repair Let it rest. Wait…
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Audio!!! Guest reader Barbara reads her poem The Unwelcome Tenant for today’s 5 O’Clock Poem
I am honored and humbled to be a guest on Stephen’s site tonight. This poem seems to be getting a great deal of attention since I posted it, so it speaks to our concerns at his time of a pandemic. Thank you Stephen! Your kind words mean a lot. Image…
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The Unwelcome Tenant
Today we are forced to sequester to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We realize how powerful we are when it comes to our wellness because we can make choices to prevent contagion by following the CDC guidelines and being loving to ourselves and thoughtful of others by wearing masks and…
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Podcast The Shape of Our Light
https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/the-shape-of-our-light-1585860479/ In this episode, I explore the shape of our light. Emotions can affect the shapes of water crystals, according to experiments done by Dr. Masuru Emoto, who wrote The Hidden Messages in Water (2001). He demonstrated that the shapes of water crystals are determined by the vibrations emitted by…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 