OctPoWriMo Day #30: (dancing on the moon)

Word prompts: ecstatic, exuberance, joyful, celebrate, on cloud nine

Let's just  say that today's poem about joys and ecstatic beauty is fueled, as often is, the sadness that precedes it. I actually wrote a Pleiades, a 7-line poem with 6-syllables in each lines; based on the Greek Myth of the Pleiades, the seven sisters of Atlas and Pleione. It is also a star formation made up of about 500 stars, although only 9 to 12 of them can actually be seen and only 6 at a time.

I'll let the poem speak for itself. Dear Readers. Enjoy!

A Journey Begins...

Somewhere beginnings are

full of ecstatic joy,

leaning heavily on

knowledge that came before.

I know that to begin

there is sadness behind

celebratory steps.

OctPoWriMo Day 8: Moon Dreams and 2 Days in Round 4

I am starting with the poem tonight. 

Rehearsal was really excellent tonight. We blocked the BIG chase scene and I danced around like an Awgwa. What is an Awgwa? Think about s hairy, nasty, mean spirited being, much like Oscar the Grouch, but without the trash. I need to get the character to be alive on stage. 

Anyway, today's prompt is about the Moon. I have an affinity for the moon. No I don't want to invade the moon (that's Strax)! I am slightly connection to the moon as my name in Cynthia, also called Diana or Artemis, the Goddess of the dark and the Huntress in chief. I love moon gazing. And pondering the universe through the moon. Being Pagan is the other half of the equation. The moon is powerful and beautiful. So, I write a Pantoum about  her wisdom and how she inspires me to seek more.

Pantoums are Malaysian poems with a repeating line scheme: A, B, C, D / B, E, D, F on so on. The poems read very well aloud, as I recently discovered. Often they are sound sing songy, but can be hard to write if you are not aware of where it is going. This is mostly from personal experience.

Word Prompts:

Full Moon/Moon Madness/Creativity/Water

Feeling Prompts:

Nostalgic/Impulsive/Dynamic/Bold

 

Moon Dreams

Bathed in the silvery moon’s glow

I am alive with the desire

A passion kindled within folds

And I remember this feeling.

I am alive with the desire

Of the path lighted before me

And I remember this feeling.

The desire to create great things.

Of the path lighted before me,

There is reminiscence of my past

And the desire to create great things,

Yet the dynamic world seduces me.

There is a reminiscence of my past

In the still lighted nightscape before me,

Yet the dynamic world seduces me—

And it is slowly driving me mad.

In the still lighted nightscape before me

I can see everything more clearly

And it is slowly driving me mad

To know the subtle secrets of the stars.

I can see even more clearly

That everything has I have been and will be

Is to know the subtle secrets of the stars

While bathed in the silvery moon’s glow.

Come and visit other poets at OctPoWriMo here and the Round of Words Blog Hop here.

First check-in and I am actually doing well. I know it's 10:36 pm EST and I am still write this, but today was a good day and I am feeling productive. A load of laundry spinning and my OctPoWriMo  is done and I am about to present my ROW80 update, Dear Readers. This and the really productive rehearsal make for a happy Cindy!

This week accomplished:

      *Reading - Finished The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, started Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and continuing with American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

      *Writing/Blogging - Keeping up with the OctPoWriMo blog poems and I have my Last Unicorn review almost drafted. That's tomorrow's project. Writing is an going project this Round.

      *Visiting - Overall been hitting my goal of at least three blog visited between ROW80 and OctPoWriMo lists.

Not yet started:

       *Editing - I'm only in my second full day of the Round and I am not about to judge just yet. I haven't started the editing projects I have slated for this Round. Plenty of time.
       *New goal!!!! Write an outline for the forthcoming H'port Xmas Show by month's end. We report on each check-in.

It's still early, Dear Readers and am getting my feet wet with projects and some new time management  that I am trying this round. Will be reporting on my successes and failures. The day job has kept me pretty busy with my boss on vacation (new grand baby born last week). Good on hours, bad on sanity! Not much else at the moment, pining for Doctor Who, watching Buffy and our back log of The Soup episodes. My life! So, it's a short one tonight. See you on the flip!

AROW80 check-in: The Tempest, Beer, and Harry Potter

Silvery light,
held in the sky,
Oh Mother Moon!
I bath in your silvery light.

Captivating,
your light shine upon thee
And I am made stronger,
as one drinks the ambrosia
of the Gods,
your nectar is just as sweet.

In a dancing frenzy,
I built the strength that leads me forward
and your guidance like trees
growing taller around me.

Mother Moon,
with you I am strong,
with me you teach your lessons.
The night is not so dark
with your full bosom
shining down,
as I make my offering
to become your acolyte. 

This weekend, I was not very productive. It was a great weekend, but I did not make a lot of progress on my current projects. I had a dream last night about being in a study hall (?) in a bar with David discussing French, which I hadn't been to in about three weeks and I was trying to catch  up. It was really weird, but I think I know where it stems from. The lack of writing and lack of motivation to write. I can't let myself slide like this. My moods lately have really taken me down a notch or two, and I have let them get to me. Bad Writer! I haven't gone to my French class in three weeks.


I don't feel that bad about this weekend; there was rehearsals and potlucks with Tempest peeps, coffee shops, Beer Kiki (basically blind beer taste testing) and a Harry Potter marathon....oh my!! I finally got to watch Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows Part 1. I spent more time out in the world than in front of my computer, but in all honesty it was a good thing this weekend. Sometimes, I feel that I need to be away from the computer to get a better grasp on what I need to do to be productive; whether it's brain storming, writing poetry, or taking walks in the woods (it's still too cold for that here).


The Tempest has been more on my mind lately. We go up April 19th. I have my lines memorized, but now it's the time to run the scenes with Caliban and Stephano, getting the subtle nuances, and building the characters into real entities. This time, which is very important to me to build my character into something. Trinculo needs to be larger than life, VERY much alive and drunk We are at the month mark, one month until show time! Getting nervous, but also excited too! I am sure that as I get closer to opening night, the writing quite possibly will get pushed aside, albeit temporarily. I am trying hard to keep to my passion alive and fresh. Theatre is also a passion and especially true of Shakespeare. There's something special about the Great Bard himself and his writing. Needless to say, it's going to be a busy month. Good!

I am going to find my balance this week, Dear Readers; get myself back on track and NOT skip my French class again. :-) I am going to review Disney's, "Reluctant Dragon" (I was review Saturday, which didn't happen). And working on my WIP's finally. It will happen, I promise! I am in charge of me, my life; even when I have a rough week, or a a bad day. Tomorrow is always a chance to make it (life) better!

Have a great week, Dear Readers! Be good to each other, help each other out, and make some good choices to make the world a better place. Thank you for sticking with me! You are why I do this blog.