Women: Where It All Starts

A free verse poem

IWD: Outlook

wombed love for
human beings who
shoot forth into
a world of anger, hatred,
and fueled fires,
women: where it all
starts . . .

cultivating peace during
“unprecedented times” and
damaged due dates,
we breathe life into
misunderstood nations and
dynasties on their way
to the foul-smelling bowels
of hell.

without us, crumbles
would gather under our feet
of lineages and legacies
too weak to stir
their own tea.


Zoe Saldaña wins her first Academy Award for best supporting actress in Emilia Pérez” because she truly deserves it! And the way she cried out for her mother had me in T E A R S!

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Happy International Women’s Day!

Poetry As Your Guide To Intelligence

A Book Review

We Are Poetry. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

Sometimes, a book takes you down so many “Memory Lanes” that you just have to sit with it longer than you would. Kym Gordon Moore’s We Are Poetry is one of those books. I can tell that the author loves poetry, and she also loves learning about poetry.

Here is my review, which is shared via Amazon & Goodreads:

“Informative And Creative

Kym Gordon Moore does a fantastic job sharing her thoughts and observations about poetry, its origin, the writers who are well-known for it, and how we can all grow from it, and learn to use poetry as a form of expressiveness and encouragement.

I love how she pinpoints society’s best known poets against lesser known phenomenal writers and how we should be aware of them as well.

She not only shares these facts, but she also gives readers a tutorial of sorts into the various forms of poetry and how to write them. If you’re a lover of this genre of writing, you are going to be in heaven as you thumb through the pages of this book.

She closes the book with her original poems that make up a good portion of the book’s ending. I have to admit, for me, this is the meat of “We Are Poetry”–the part that fills the reader up.

Every poem stirs up a different emotion, and they are all very well-written. Kym did an excellent job weaving in comedic verse and reflective poems, too.

If you’re interested in learning different forms of poetry, reminiscing along with an author, and experiencing several emotions, too, then I recommend “We Are Poetry” to you. Your heart and mind will thank you.”


Get your thinking caps on and grab your learning tools. It’s time to give poetry the respect it is due!

Undeniable

The Gift of Friendship

Undeniable by Tremaine L. Loadholt. Created with Canva.

had I known I’d spend
almost 30 years loving
someone as magical as
you, I would have begged
God to have us meet
sooner.

you give the word “joy”
a whole new meaning.
I think of you and smile
uncontrollably – you ignite
the happier moments
of my life. grateful is an
understatement.

you are blessed to gift
people your heart and you
do it effortlessly.
I’m so proud to witness
your growth and to say
confidently, “She’s one
of my closest friends, and
I love her.”

for as long as the Lord
sees fit to bond us,
I will sing to the mountaintops
of the beauty of our
friendship, and I hope
the angels hear me
far and wide.

I’m willing to lose my
voice over the gift of
you.


Karen, you are an amazing human being, and you have changed my life significantly. Thank you for being who you are. Happy Birthday! I hope and pray that you are blessed to see many more. I love you!

basics of the 8th

My 8th tattoo, the Aries Ram, artistically expressed courtesy of Drew Collins at Art Attack in Winston-Salem, NC. Photo Collage Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt


Aries ram . . .
respectfully, yes, I
did capture the 8th
in a colorful sphere
of creature quality
for the first
zodiac sign.

the artist touched
my heart with his
artistic discretion.
my left thigh is
home to change
that is constant.

a therapeutic session after
my therapy session that
both pained and
invigorated me opens
eyes and launches
illustrated conversations
third eyes can’t see.

I am a ram.
to put it plainly,
I breathe Aries.
my sane self greets
my insane self and
we make magic
and miracles jealous.


Haven’t you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?

canning

Homemade pickles: sliced cucumbers, minced fresh garlic cloves, onions, serrano peppers, Everglades seasoning, Ethiopian spice blend, & Tabitha Brown’s Sunshine seasoning, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, & water.

to ward off
heartache, I can
because I can.

Organic whole garlic cloves & organic raw honey.

Valentine’s Day isn’t a favorite holiday of mine. Love should be shared and expressed every day. There doesn’t need to be a special day to show that you love, care, adore, and wish to be kind and give to your loved ones and others.

But, here we are.


Addendum: for those of you wondering about the garlic and honey, it’s a natural medicine. It has major health benefits and is rather inexpensive as well. Here’s a YouTube (one of many) about it.

Saturday Six Word Story Prompt: Pride

Prompt for Week #124 February 08, 2025 – February 14, 2025

Title: Fatally Enamored

Six Words: Only son worshipped by prideful father.

It’s time for Shweta Suresh’s Saturday Six Word Story Prompt! This week’s theme is “Pride” and here are the prompt details:


Welcome to Week #124 of the Saturday Six Word Story PromptClick here to read the guidelines for the Saturday Six Word Story Prompt series. (Psst! I have changed the guidelines recently.)

Prompt for Week #124 (February 08, 2025 – February 14, 2025)

Pride

Click here for the 6WSP image.

I will do a roundup post each Saturday (or Sunday if I run out of time!). So please be sure to participate before time runs out! I can’t wait to read your stories. 😀 I hope that you’ll be back for next week’s Six Word Story Prompt. Have fun! Thank you for participating. Until next week, folks!

P.S: If you have any doubts/suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. The comments section is all yours!
P.P.S: Use the tag 6WSP and don’t forget to pingback to this post!

If you’ve got six words to contribute to this week’s Saturday Six Word Story Prompt, then please do so by journeying over to Shweta’s page and responding in the comments or by creating your own post and *pinging* the original post for this week.

How creative can YOU be for the theme/prompt subject, “Pride?”