I am afraid to touch the keys. They haunt me, tease and taunt me, striking out in accusation, claiming I have forsaken them. A grinning skull of abandoned letters, idle and treacherous. Fickle mistress, they whisper. Expecting a single draft of ideas to blossom full-fledged into prize winning happy endings for all? A mockery, a [...]
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A Pen And Ink Drawing Of Romance
Pepe Le Pew may be my favorite cartoon animal beast savage lover. But the skunk who waddles over brambles and noses under fences as I trudge, or dare I say it, waddle myself up the hill at dusk – I should know better – does not receive my innocent infatuation. Curiosity. Wariness. Appreciation at a [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 29, 2011
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Picking Cherries
I’m reminded of that board game, the one I played as a child – except I think it involved apples, not cherries. These specimen are perfect for plucking. We’re told not to pull the branches but, of course, we do. The stems, also, are supposed to stay on the tree. Just the cherries, naked, fill the red buckets to the [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 22, 2011
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To Be One Of Two
I sit and watch, waiting for what’s mine to come. Forget dating. That’s a crime against my heart. I want love to strike faster and more true, cause this ain’t like riding a bike. I end up black and blue every time. I get tired of my own wailing, of pretending I’m just fine, of [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 14, 2011
http://pleasurenotes.com/to-be-one-of-two/
Barking
bark This bark, rough against my palm as I search for meaning, answers, truth in its crags and crevices, is unforgiving. This tree has witnessed too much and I, still, so little. Stories of triumph are braided in its grain, and woe. Etched tributaries of sorrow and joy and life. But nothing is revealed [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 7, 2011
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Find Pleasure In Being Note-Worthy
Noted Design on Etsy
Follow The Pleasure
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