By Debra White
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This is the prologue for my book 'Musings Of My Muddled Mind', for the NaPoWriMo writing prompt challenge.
How this book turns out will be as much of a surprise to me, as it will be for you! With no set format planned, we are literally at the mercy of my muddled mind and the children responsible for muddling it.... Ben (10), Katie (8) and Rebecca (5). I'm pretty sure that they will make an appearance or two along the way! Thank you for reading my poetry :) NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. DORSIMBRA: The Dorsimbra, a poetry form created by Eve Braden, Frieda Dorris and Robert Simonton, is a set form of three stanzas of four lines each. Stanza One: Four lines of iambic pentameter, rhymed abab. Stanza Two: Four lines of short and snappy free verse. Stanza Three: Four lines of iambic pentameter blank verse, where the last line repeats the first line of Stanza One. Image courtesy of Google. |
By Debra White
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Inspired by Katie's pea-eating-avoidance-tactics this lunchtime!
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By Debra White
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Inspired by our busy day today...it's been non-stop for all of us - tiring and dirty but productive :) - Hardly any grumbling too, so buns all round! (Hurrah!)
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By Debra White
Pre birthday drinks with
my husband, or my best friend?
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Inspired by the no-brainer of a dilemma faced this evening.
I got a baby sitter and spent a great night with my husband Shaun and my best friend Julie - we didn't win the quiz or the bingo, but had a lovely time together :) I'm 41 tomorrow - Cheers! Image courtesy of Google |
By Debra White
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Inspired by my first proper road-bike ride today with Shaun....Yes, we cycled 50 kilometres and it was my birthday treat! LOL - I'm very saddle sore and I probably won't be able to walk in the morning, but funnily enough, I rather enjoyed the experience and we spent some much needed time together :)
Cafe - pronounced in this instance as 'caff' At Birkin Cafe, (also known as Birkin Fisheries Tearooms) Shaun treated me to a bacon and egg butty with a pot of tea followed by Victoria sponge cake :) Yummy! Bum - bottom/posterior/arse/butt...... whatever you may call it, mine hurts. A lot! Image courtesy of Google I really do think I need a crocheted saddle cover - it could make the whole experience much more comfortable! |
By Debra White
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Inspired by my first day back to work today.
I work 1:1 with a 6yr old boy who is severely autistic... Im usually responsible for him over the lunch time period, but today when I got to school, I was asked to stay on with him all afternoon instead of doing my usual shift in the preschool class for the rest of this week. Although Lukas and I have a great 'relationship' I have to admit to being more than a little apprehensive as I know first hand that he can be challenging, to put it mildly! Anyway, we had a fabulous afternoon - he was happy, I was happy - job well done! Bring on tomorrow :) Image courtesy of Bing. |
By Debra White
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Inspired by the painful awareness that I have taken on a challenge (this NaPoWriMo writing prompt!) that I may not be able to nail... I really do wish there were more hours in the day!
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By Debra White
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Inspired by my morning run today. The weather was against me, the hill was against me (as usual!) and I knew the cupboards were bare at home - so no motivation to spur me on either!
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By Debra White
The date must be wrong...
Today really could've been
Friday the thirteenth.
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Inspired by the unfortunate events of today...none of which I'll go into right now as I'm too exhausted :(
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By Debra White
Journey There
There he sits--
the Preacher
in his passenger seat pulpit,
spouting forth.
I grit my teeth,
nod my head,
commit each. and. every. word.
to memory,
storing it
for future reference.
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Inspired by my hypocritical back-seat-driving husband. Love him really ;)
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By Debra White
Today's writing time
swallowed up by reviewing...
No second helping.
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Inspired by the shortage of time I seem to have at the moment.
The pressure of NaPoWriMo is actually taking over my life....yet life must go on! I'm painfully aware that I don't have time to review or reply so I've tried to do some of that today... Artwork courtesy of VMarguarite at FanArtReview. |
By Debra White
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Inspiration taken from the empty space between my ears...:(
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By Debra White
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Inspired by the constant and tiresome interference of a well meaning (yet resolutely pessimistic) relative. I feel somewhat better after releasing some frustration!
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By Debra White
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Inspired by my first ever 10 kilometer run this morning....
I set myself two challenges for April - to run 10K and to complete NaPoWriMo I nailed the 10k in 59:13 - I'm so proud of myself!! I only hope that I can conquer challenge number two! Image courtesy of Google. |
By Debra White
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Inspired by nothing. Literally :(
Hoping a good night sleep returns my mojo to me... Sincere apologies... if I'm boring myself, goodness knows how you must feel reading me. X Image courtesy of Google |
By Debra White
What are you doing here?
I asked you
to leave
ages ago.
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Inspired by matters of the heart.
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By Debra White
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Inspired by the beautiful new running shoes my husband bought me for my birthday and the frequent need to escape these four walls and the chaos within!
Running is my refuge. It's my peace and quiet, my sanctuary and sanity restorer! Artwork courtesy of tekayep at FanArtReview... |
By Debra White
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The Whitney is a seven line poem with syllable count of 3/4/3/4/3/4/7 respectively.
Inspired by the whirlwind that was the weekend....where did it go?! I can, hand on heart, state that the working week will crawl by at snail's pace! Image courtesy of Google. |
By Debra White
Yolanda sat upon my knee
at carpet time, for shared story.
Alas for me, engrossed was she--
neglected that she had to pee.
| Author Notes | Inspired by an unfortunate incident at school today..... Fortunately it happened ten minutes before home time! |
By Debra White
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Inspired by children everywhere (but mostly by the ones I come into contact with on a daily basis!)
Inspiration also taken from my own behaviour of late...sigh! Image courtesy of Google. |
By Debra White
creativity
crashed headlong into brick wall --
muse battered and bruised
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Inspired by the brick wall that met my train of thought... My muse needs a medic.
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By Debra White
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Inspired by an incident at work today when one of the little darlings shoved a bead up her nose... unfortunately, we couldn't dislodge it! I think a trip to the emergency room was probably necessary!
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By Debra White
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It's been a long and tiring week... I'm uninspired, I'm sorry :(
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By Debra White
Sparks of attraction--
a dangerous distraction.
Highly hazardous.
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Inspired by hindsight...
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By Debra White
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Inspired by my 5yr old daughter's bad behaviour today.... please let tomorrow be different!
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By Debra White
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Inspired by the need to catch up with my NaPoWriMo challenge because of my inability to produce a poem for yesterday. I really don't want to fail with only 4 days left to go...
Nowt - Nothing (Yorkshire English!) Effort - Thing (Yorkshire English!) Image courtesy of Bing. |
By Debra White
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Inspired by a kiss.
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By Debra White
The sounds of silence
echo eggshells underfoot--
defines 'deafening'.
| Author Notes | Inspired by an atmosphere experienced earlier... |
By Debra White
Sleeping dog wakens,
strips meat from remembered bone...
savours the flavour.
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Inspired by the phrase 'let sleeping dogs lie' which I heard in passing today. Also inspired by someone who felt the need to rake over the past...again.
Niggled: Worried or annoyed slightly. Image courtesy of Google. |
By Debra White
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Just inspired......x
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By Debra White
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Inspired by my genuine appreciation of each and every one of you who has read and reviewed my poetry this month.
It has been a fun challenge, but I'm glad it's over LOL! Goodbye, April. Hello, May. NaPoWriMo..... on your way! Image courtesy of Google |
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