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An Artist's Poem 

Unlocking my thoughts,

and drifting through dreams,

a pencil for creativity,

a pen for pulling together seams.

Creating possibilities,

and drawing new plans,

a brush for imagination,

and oils and crayons.

Sketching the skies,

and painting the seas, 

these are the tools,

I use to make these. 

~Sarah Gracen

The Peculiar Place (part 1 The Poem of Beginnings)

I walked outside to get some air

But was surprised by what I didn't see there.

Nowhere was it to be found

It was gone without a sound.

My eyes bore down at where it should have sat

And saw something else very wide and flat.

What to make of it, I could not decide

So I got on my hands and knees near where it lied.

I pressed my face so close ere I was upon it
Pondering why it was here and why my thing was not.

Suddenly it opened up and in surprise I slid  forward falling in

Tumbling deeper and deeper in an uncontrollable spin!

I hit the ground with grunt and pulled myself to my feet

My entrance closed,worry descended on me, can you feel the heat?

Yay Updates!

(picture by me)

Nothing can be said now that hasn't been said or written or before and so I’ll try to change the way I approach this particular piece of typed singularity.

BUT let me just say….Hey, how you doing?

Translation: What can I say about not posting in a really long time that other bloggers haven’t already said so I guess I’ll just say something totally unrelated, How are you?

  That’s right it’s me, I’m back and hopefully to stay for awhile.

So you guys remember how this Summer all throughout this very day I've been saying that the reason for my not writing has to do with the fact that I've either been busy or been uninspired because of not being able to leave the house very much because of house renovations and stuff. Well I'm happy to say that today we finally finished applying the primer and the first coat of paint to the house! Though we might apply the second coat to the front of the house this year...the rest of the painting should be left until sometime next Spring or Summer....so that means for now we can have a time of rest and somewhat normality :) I'm still happy about all of this upgrading and such I'm just not so ecstatic about all the time it's taken to complete these long do renovations it really felt like we were moving not just fixing up some things... so much more than just painting…um…so yeah we’re done and I can no longer bore you with updates on progress so I’ll just end work updates here and save you the annoyingness of having to deal with more of my rather uneventful Summer…don’t get me wrong we had a lot of great things happening and I’ll love this Summer forever I just well yeah you get the picture.

(the house after painting. It still has some green tape on it but doesn't it look nice)

(picture also by me)

To paint our home, we did endeavor 

Though it did seem like forever

We kept hard at it until it was done

Till the completion was won 

(poem requested by my dad)

So yesterday after we’d finished we went out to eat and celebrated our completion of the long “Never Ending Adventure” as I called it.

We were happy it was done but….then it started to rain and paint can’t dry when it’s raining we could only hope that the paint had, had enough time to dry before the rain came…and today we found out that we still had more days of endless rain coming...we were worried it would never have a chance to dry if it hadn't had enough time…but then while we were worrying I happened to notice I was a little hungry so I picked up a fortune cookie from the night before that was lying close by, I cracked it open and pulled out the little slip of paper it read, “The job is well done.” If ever there was a time we needed to hear that it was then…and wow I showed mom and she was just all smiles, thanking God for this strange way of letting us know it was okay we didn't have to worry, my stomach was in knots and was just thanking God over and over again sooo happy…cause you know how amazing it feels when you know God’s spoken two you I've only felt that a few times is my life and it’s so special! :D

Now to less amazing topics, you guys who follow The Artistic Writer know I’ve been drawing a lot recently in fact I’ve been doing a back to back series of Challenging with my friend Samantha…who might I add is Awesome!

And as a result I’ve been pumping more and more creativeness into my drawings…yes this distracts from my writings but I hope with time I’ll be able to refuel that little part of my life that’s still running on empty haha yes I’m writing despite a severe case of writers block, I feel like lately my life has been taking a different turn art is becoming more and more my favorite hobby and it’s very distracting though my character creations do help replenish idea’s for my already in progress stories…even so please bare with me I don’t usually have writers block this bad…please help if you can, maybe provide some idea’s or something how do you guys work with this I keep writing but yeah, it isn’t going so well.

Schools been fine but sleeping hasn’t, I stay up waaaaaay to late. I know I need to remedy that and I have been working on it but still if you guys could please pray I would appreciate it a lot, I’m really moody when I don’t get enough sleep and as a result I’m rude to my sisters and parents and I hate it, also it doesn’t help with school. I’m starting to worry about that….I really care about how much I pay attention and learn I want to take things in, I’m going to need to remember these things if I ever want to be a writer or even to just make it through day to day life so please pray for that too, pray that I am a diligent scholar and take in what I learn J right now I’m enjoying it but I want to be able to remember too.

Sooooo thanks for reading J

Gracious

(Awesome Pic by Liz) 

I'll stand there,

No place else is nowhere,

I'll retreat into my mind

I want to see what I'll find 

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot

To ponder, why else, why not?

I'd like to cling to memories 

Reclaim my imagination 

And write into my world of stories 

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot

To ponder, why else, why not?

I'd like to color my minds creations

To add to the formations 

Build upon a dream, higher and higher

Creating something to inspire 

I want to plant them so they grow,

Into something pretty I can show

I'll frame them with little careful thoughts

And tie it with a bow of my best story plots

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot

To ponder, why else, why not?
~Sarah

Yes I had to retreat to the land of nowhere and scrounge around till I found this for you guys, see what I do for you...haha just kidding but I had a small spurt of inspiration which was discouraged when I had to struggle for rhymes...which happened three times...but I had fun with it anyways...but I thought you guys should know the best and most natural parts of the poem is the first three stanza's :)

Tirz - Music

Hey guys today we have some poetry from my friend a young poet, Tirz. She's going to send me some of her poems and I'm going to post them on here for her :) 

Music

What is this sound,

That I have found?

This beautiful melody,

Of perfect harmony.

It is music!

Whether a deep drum,

Or a calm harp strum.

Whether a bird that sings,

Or violin strings.

It is music!

What is this the stars sing all day,

And the whales hum in the ocean bay.

Perhaps a huge orchestra?

Something with almost no flaw.

It is music!

All the music in the world is like a symphony.

I could listen to it for an eternity.

It can pull you into a musical dream,

And like a whole new world it will seem.

It is music!

It can go up and down.

It can make you smile and frown

It can go on and on and on,

And never seem to be gone.

It is music!

There are thousands of tunes.

Every time music starts, it blooms.

It even comes from the crickets that chirp.

Whatever the  happy sound is, it gives us a jolly, new perk.

It is music!

It is merry and bright.

Sometimes it seems to shed a kind and warm light.

It cheers us up lots of times,

With it's cheery chimes.

It is music!

I love to listen to it,

Whether I lay or sit.

It can be peaceful.

It can be graceful.

It is music!

-Tirz

Once Upon a Time...a poem

Once Upon a Time 

Once upon a time,
The story begins,
We meet our hero,
And the tale spins.

The hero sets out,
The adventure is told,
A quest is announced,
Hero be bold!

 The plot builds,

Excitement grows,

The twists and turns,

Uncertainty shows. 

Things look bleak, 

To much at stake,

The hero wonders, are there...

Any happy endings left to take.

Just as all seems lost,

Something changes,

Turns the tables,

And rearranges.

 Finally everything is done
The tale is over though my mind is still spinning
The page says The End but...
It's only the beginning.

Sea of Dreams

Sea of Dreams

Close my eyes

Take a deep breath 

I'm not there 

I can't look yet.

Soon the colors fade and it's just me

my reflection and,

An endless sea .

Blue eyes open,

Staring ahead,

A boat on the shore

Step out of bed.

Feet touch the sand

Tide meets my toes

Secrets on the water

Ever dreamer knows.

Board the vessel 

Close my eyes

Take a deep breath  

Starry skies.

Tilted head

A quiet smile

Pulled out to sea

Float for awhile. 

Dreams sweep around,

The farther I go 

To a distant light

Mornings faint glow.

Sometimes I Wonder

Sometimes I Wonder

{true story}

Sometimes I wonder,

Where it all goes,

When sense has left me, 

And embarrassment grows. 

Sometimes I wonder,

Why I can't get it right,

On the very first try,

On the very same night.

Sometimes I wonder,

When I'll start getting it good,

To say the right things,

When I care that I should.

Sometimes I wonder,

Why the things that I say,

Never come out right, 

And are taken the wrong way.

Then I remember,

That things don't always go well,

That I'm not perfect,

And can't always tell,

What the right thing is, 

When I'm doing it wrong,

That's when I seek God, 

With his guidance I'm strong.

Here's a few more pictures.

3 Year Blog-O-Versary, Mark Your Books!

Hello once again, I'm here with an extra special post for an extra special day as it says above we are now celebrating the 3 Year  Blog-O-Versary of Poetic Meditations {pause for applause}-{just kidding} 

but yep 3 years today maybe not the exact time because that was on a Saturday and pretty...wait I actually remember what day of the week it was?! Without checking?! Yeah I guess I do hmm guess I'm meticulous with dates and never even new it, {just joking here, it wasn't hard to remember considering} anyways to celebrate I'm going to do a bunch of really fun cool things that you guys like!

That's right....Poetry,Contests,Stories,, .....and Art because I like it :) 

So let's get started shall we :)art

Dreams #2

When you think of dreams, What  comes to mind?

Wispy, lovely, slip through your fingers 

Humorous, Dangerous, Superhero singers?!

Running, Leaping, Getting away,

Flying, Dancing, Lovely array.

Beautiful story you long to recall,

The enemy standing intimidating, tall.

The chivalrous hero, The princess, Ordinary girl,

For some reason the palace is made of chocolate swirl?

What kind of dreams do you remember I wonder?

The contest shall be that of the poetry kind so sharpen your pencils...or your um...polish your keyboard? 

Rules:

1. You must post the poem on your blog and put the link comments 

2.Only one entry per participant!

3. Put the contest button on the side of your blog 

Awards:

1. Poem, topic of your choice dedicated to you
2. Appearance in my new book Rion Drayden
3. Header and button designed by me
4. Suggest my next art piece.

Due Date:

9/23/13

Rion Draden preview {this story will be making it's appearance on The Authors Club}

"16 year old Rion Drayden, was the second son of Lord Garrick Drayden. When his father announced he was going abroad for a year and didn't wish to be called back before under any circumstances except death he decided he'd take a little vacation of his own incognito to the far away village of Bernshire to try and find his childhood friend Ellen but, but finding her isn't as easy as he'd thought, after running into countless problems and troubles will he find her?"

Here's my final piece thanks for reading :)

It would have been longer but.....I have to go out and mow before it gets to hot, 91  degree's seriously that's warmer than it's been all Summer...

Posting Procrastination and Poetry

Yes I have been a littler post procrastinator haven't I and I know I still owe several promised stories, awards, contest results, and whatnot right...well I'm not actually going to be posting any of the things I just listed, my apologies but I must ask you once again to be patient I know what your thinking, "She keeps telling us this is she ever going to do what she says?" 

Yes my friends I am just not those things I listed I believe a short while ago I promised I'd post a poem by the request of Sarah Rudolph and I shall now proceed to write it so yes I'm doing something I said (though artwork to match the poem is lacking)

Dream

Tonight it's here,

Tomorrow gone

Played and over,

Like a song.

It's almost forgotten,

But it lingers still,

Bit's and pieces,

To find and to fill.

Could you collect them all,

And come forth with the whole,

The Dream you had,

Before it's become null?

I'm Back!

Of course I'd be back so quickly I said it'd be a short time didn't I? Me, Liz, and Ani had a great time and if I can get some time I'll grab a few pictures from the trip and tell you all about it. 

Soooo updates...for the Author's Club 

we have a new story that'll be coming soon and perhaps a new look I'm still trying to decide if it's the right time for that I guess I'll have to take it up with the other girls.

Poetic-Meditations

Will most definitely be getting  new look and I'll get on that as soon as I can also you can be sure to see a poem as requested by {Sarah Rudolph} with possibly artwork accompaniment.

Now onto a request...

You guys haven't gotten back to me so I'm going to ask again...which of my continuing stories do you want to see the next chapter too 

Cathrine Weatherbane, Taste of Danger, what? 

Let me know in comments it helps a lot...oh, yeah and I realize artwork's the lowest on the polls but it seems to be what I've been doing the most do you want to see more or should I just drop it for the time being...if more than would you like to see artwork along with my stories? Again let me know in comments your help would be really appreciated thanks :)