Dear writer, poets and readers at the GDG,
Last week in my feature at the Go Dog Go Cafe I put out a call to write a poem to introduce yourself. the idea was formed from a spoken word poetry meet I attended. I was very impressed with a young Filipino woman who was bold with her words and attitude. She said we all need a poem that introduces us before we present our spoken word, I thought that was such a unique idea. So I wrote mine.
If it inspires you to write one, Pingback to here or my Come Sit With Me post and I will feature it this week at the Cafe!
I have received some amazing poems and am so excited to share them with you!
I would really like to read who you are in your own words!
Here’s mine.
I am a Story
If we met and said hello
I wonder what would be
The thing that
makes you want
To know more and maybe
Get to know me
My looks, my voice, my smile
Or the words that I speak
First impressions might baffle
Confuse, and intrigue
But I am nothing special
Another human,
living,
Loving life
between words
Lines, poetry, prose
in this place
and wanting a space
But what is it that
Really defines
ME?
I would like to think
it is the Flower
of my childhood valley
The frangipani,
and my love of the sea
Fragrant and sweet
turbulent and wild
I have been told
yes that’s
Me
but there’s more to this
frangipani’s story
you will have to stop
and ask me!
What else defines me?
My culture, my heritage
In a large mixing bowl
Stirred and added
nothing ever removed
A melting pot of race
Language and colour
A person born of two
A product of combined
Personalities
all the flavours that
Make this person you see
I know I am also a story
and it needs to be told,
A story that never ends
Just becomes one more
Through the children I bear
The lives we lead
The people we meet
The hearts we touch
The souls we mark
Our presence
in this Life,
a blemish on the earth
that we stain
only when we live
For me it was always
A life less lived
Still more roads to travel
still living on the equator
but always longing for snow
P/S : I am sure this poem will be re-written as my story continues but it is a good one for now!
Hope & Light
Gina@Singledust
trust your heart if the seas catch fire – e.e. cummings
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Great concept and great poem.
I will work on one later, I like poetic challenges!
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thank you Karen for checking this out. It was a lot of fun writing this, I hope to read yours!
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https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/my-zealous-heart/
This is a poem that I wrote the other day and it is about me. I am a Sagittarius so I’m not quite as pedantic as the poem makes me out, except when it comes to my Cup of tea, then nothing short of perfection will do. 🙂
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it is a good heart to have Kristian, and I love that perfect cup of tea. thank you for sharing it here with us
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You’re welcome, sharing is caring after all 😉
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it surely is!
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And what a lovely story it is. Thanks Gina, for this wonderful glimpse into you.
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Love!!!!!
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Ah thank you so much!
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This was a very provocative writing prompt for me
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that is a most unexpected response Christine. you took a level higher!
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This is a poem I wrote this summer, discovering the battles scars I share with my sisters. Thanks for a great, inspirational site, that encourages it readers to create.
https://rachelwritesherheartonhersleeve.com/2018/05/31/on-to-thy-own-self-be-true/#more-249
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well articulated share Rachel, the journey a woman goes from child to adult, it is indeed all our stories too. you wrote this beautifully. thank you for sharing here and appreciating our community. My heart is very happy after reading your words.
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https://nuthousecentral.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/share-your-poem-with-me/
read this from Mama squirrel from Nut House Central – she shares the best of who she is
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Interesting
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https://justcasualread.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/the-real-me/
Hey, interesting challenge. Loved working on this one!
Please let me know how you found it.
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hello Shreya! welcome to the GDG. Happy you found the challenge interesting and wrote on it. I will be reading it shortly. thank you for writing here.
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Thank you! I will be looking forward to participate in future challenges too😊☺️
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so looking forward to that, check out the cafe menu, we have a weekly Promote Yourself Monday that just passed (catch next week’s!!) and also a Tuesday Writing Prompt you can still post on. lovely to have you!
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Hey, I am new to your blog and here’s a poem I wrote a while ago. It’s not really a proper poem describing me but it kind of fulfills the purpose.
https://sallychowdhary.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/the-girl-in-the-pictures/
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Hello sally, we;come to the GDG! Happy to see you here. Will read your poem shortly. thank you for writing here! I like the title already – the girl in the pictures!
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Thank you Liz! I will be popping over soon to read your writing!
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Hello! Is it too late for another submission? I am new to your blog and found it through another blog that I follow. This is something I wrote awhile back but I think it fits for your challenge. Thank you for highlighting some beautiful pieces here!
https://iidorun.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/intertwined/
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hello! I will be putting together a few more of these share with me poems before the end of the week, so thank you very much for writing and sharing, I am glad you found the prompt and my blog through such a roundabout way! I am so very pleased that you have read some of the other talented pieces here.
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Here is my poem about Me! Thank you for this challenge.
https://poetryforhealing.com/2018/08/23/me/
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thank you Christine Bolton! I adore it!
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Thank you so much 😊
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my pleasure Christine, and thank you for submitting and joining in the fun, I will be doing a review and summary of all the submissions on Saturday.
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i read it and loved it, however there is no reblog option at this time o your site for me to feature it on the GDG
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I’ll double-check, but I don’t think my theme allows that option. Mighty strange that it would not.
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replied on your post
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I call mine, “I Revel in Life”. It was either that or “Stay Off My Grass”. Tempting as the latter was, I went with the former, albeit reluctantly.
Great idea, Gina. Wish I’d thought of this one myself!
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https://cafephilos.blog/2018/08/24/i-revel-in-life/
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https://cafephilos.blog/2018/08/24/i-revel-in-life/
This didn’t get posted on my first try.
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Thank you Paul, sorry I missed due to time difference.
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Stay off my grass! sounds so territorial! It was quite a good response and I read such amazing contributions. I will read yours as soon as the coffee permeates my capillaries.
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late although as I just came across this brilliant page. here is a small take on ME
I am the grown up
who wants to
see the kid in me
I am a kaleidoscope
and
a plethora of emotions
come and sync with me
@syncwithdeep
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this was lovely! Is there a post I can link up to to re-blog at the GDG? Thank you! I love how you wove that together with your blog name, very creative and artistic! So nice to meet you syncwithdeep!
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No there is not a post. But if u wish i will write a post and tag .. Thank u gina
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most welcome and my pleasure, just post it back here in the comment section and I will archive it. if you like otherwise its fine here as it is. many thanks
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Reblogged this on roaming thoughts and commented:
a very creative way of introducing oneself.
Thanks for this creative idea @gina and @Go Dog Go Cafe.:)
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