Dearest readers,
I start out by thinking perhaps I’ll write you a quick thank you for reading and blah blah blah but then it’s like lightning strikes and a poem evolves. Inspired by my friend who wants to go see Father John Misty in February and suddenly I’m listening to every lyric as if my life depended on it more than it did on shopping. Should be at the mall, but I’d much rather be here listening to how he writes a novel and how I have a poem. Here goes.
I wrote a novel
it’s not the first
it won’t be my last.
In just a few weeks
you’ll read it too.
I want to thank you
all for connecting
reading
commenting
inhaling each word
as passionately as I tap
them out
late at night
or too early in the bloody morning
spewing words like coffee beans.
I can’t possibly read everyone’s blogs
or words
but I try. And I thank you
ENORMOUSLY
for stopping by
loving the energy. I’m full of that.
Hardly sleep or eat. Still
in the same body as my teens
don’t ask how God made me this
way, but who knows how the mind
and soul empties its contents
onto this page and how the body
reacts to age. The soul though
it never dies. Relives. Sees more
than we ever can.
I unloaded my truck full
of clothes and food
and cried. Off to charge
thousands on the credit card
and roll around in debt and wine
on my name day.
Well Happy Holidays
my friends and let’s
hope peace is on
everyone’s mind for 2015.
I highly doubt that,
but I know that doubt
is one of my slow killers.
Shine on with your words
and thanks for reading mine.
– Christina Strigas
Happy Holidays Christina π
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You too, May. I wish you the best for the New Year. Love that flower avi. xo
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Wish you all the best πβ€οΈ and thank you π it’s a cherry blossom π
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I was just commenting on your poem, Cherry Blossom. π
xo
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Thanks for having us here! Happy holidays!
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No, thank you for reading! All the best to you and your family. π
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Thank you. The same for you and yours as well. I will look forward to more posts from you in the new year.
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For sure! Always flowing with the words.:) Thanks again. Same here.
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I have truly enjoyed discovering your writing this year. Happy Holidays to you and yours and all the best for 2015 π
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Thank you Norm. Merci! I wish you and your family the best as well. π It’s fun to meet people from the same city and exchange thoughts and ideas. A true pleasure. π
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Lovely!!! Happy Holidays to you and yours too! xo
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Thank you Jen!! Enjoy family time. Xo
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the problem
following so many people
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itβs impossible
following so many people
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I know!! So true, but a few only read so that’s what we have here. Thanks!! All the best in 2015. Xo
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