NaPoWriMo #3 – National Poetry Writing Month Social Media Soup Tumbling into mind spaces tasting delicious cultures admiring digitized faces in e-books and journals never disconnected always linked in locked into…
I’m a few poems behind, but here’s my latest offering for National Poetry Writing Month: NaPoWriMo #2 Up, Over, and Beyond A light flickers pens run out of ink…
Hello readers! I’m always in a poetic state of mind, but with all of the poetry celebrations going on this month, I’m lyrically loopy! Contributing to that loopiness is NaPoWriMo,…
The first writer to kick off National Poetry Month on Lyric Fire is Rimly Bezbaruah. Based in India, Rimly is a beautiful poet, storyteller and blogger who takes you deeper…
We are now four months into the year! I’m sure some of you may feel there is never enough time in the 24 hours we are allotted each day. It’s…
It might be a little cold and dreary in the northeast, but that won’t stop me from celebrating one of my favorite words on this blustery yet beautiful Friday! I’ve…
I’ve been a writer all of my life, but a blogger for just under two years. The activity of writing is something akin to breathing to me and for a…
my mouth is dry and I’m walking in reverse my soul is dark and cold just like a hearse I’m wallowing in in in vivid pictures of the past you…
Don’t you just love Thursday’s future and Saturday’s past? Of course I’m talking about FRIDAY! There are so many reasons to love today and one of them is Friday’s Favorite…
We’re at the end of the week and whoo hoo! We’ve made it! Happy Friday everyone! Time to zone in on another word worthy of high praise. Today I’ve selected…
Here is another question from the mind of Tamstarz, a place where thoughts, theories and lyrics mix and mesh to create more thoughts, theories and lyrics! QUESTION: If you were…
I consider myself to be a news head and journalism junkie, but I must admit that I was not familiar with the work of Belva Davis. Growing up in the…
I wasn’t able to attend this year’s South by Southwest Conferences & Festivals (March 11-20) event this year, but it has been nice to see everyone posting about their takeaways…
Your head hits the pillow and mine pops up I’m going nowhere fast and it’s because you’re not here I go through days in a fog Wishing for a clearing…
On this sunny Friday afternoon I have so much on my mind, and even more things to accomplish and do, but I’m finding it very hard to concentrate. So because…
We’re three months into 2011 and I know for sure that some wonderful things have been happening for people. Someone somewhere just finished a novel, got engaged, opened their first…
picking up a box of cereal shaking it and finding not enough for a bowl your favorite fragrance filled soap bar melted down to just a sliver that bottle of…
Last week I featured Iyanla Vanzant’s book, “Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You’re Going Through” as a Book Binge selection. After searching for the title at one…
Working hard and preparing for the future has been your life’s work. You’ve studied, prayed, and sacrificed many things for your dream. Yet it hasn’t come to fruition. You feel…
Making personal and professional decisions are not always easy. I can think of quite a few that had my head spinning: Do I stay in my hometown or move to…
