By Mary Hill
Welcome back from the holiday. I hope that you were lucky enough to travel and spend time with your family. My family had time at home last week. I also spent last week involved in the Summer Lovin Read-a-thon. I enjoyed my down time reading. Now back to business as I start at new week.
Camille at A Sorta Fairytale has a great directory:
http://www.asortafairytale.com/p/blog-hop-library.html
Clarie at http://www.clairejustineoxox.com also has a great bloghop library which is organized by theme: crafters, fashionistas, recipes, and no rules hops. It is a great resource.So from this exploration, I came up with four really great hops for Monday that I think fit my niche as a creative writer and blogger.
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In this blog hop, which is also sponsored by Jenn at Party for One, you are supposed to set five obtainable goals for the week and blog about them. The next week you review about how you did on your prior week’s goals and then set five more goals for the new week. Ok, my first week starts now, so here are my first five goals:
- Write poetry for the Creative Mondays and Inspire Me with Joy blog hops. (I will do this below). My ultimate goal is to write my first complete book of poetry. My poems that I feature on my blog are my first draft.
- Explore publishing venues for my poems and submit at least one poem to a literary magazine.
- Work toward growing my blog audience and also work on an ultimate blogging plan and mission.
- Spend time with family and create a family exercise program.
- Continue working on my creative writing projects which includes a novel in progress.
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winds flow through the waving textiles
hung out to dry
upon the stove, the sauce bubbles
the stuff of motherhood
juggling cries and miscues
roaming the skies like a crazed hen
looking for the little chicks to gather in
protection, correction, loving
sometimes losing our way in the heat of the day
perfection is a dream, stuff of legend
i feel a tug at my sleeve,
a daughter, a son reaching toward the sky
reaching toward eternity
now i share another favorite poem of mine which touches upon feelings moms get when they are doing laundry.
Of course they are artifacts.
Even if my sister and I should wear some,
or if we give others away,
they will always be your clothes without you,
as we will always be your daughters without you.
Source: Poetry (March 2000).
My inspirational scripture for busy moms:
Jeremiah 31:16-17
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
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Thank you for sharing your poetry with us at Inspire Me Monday.
I hope you have a blessed week!
Create With Joy
http://create-with-joy.com
Love your poem, Mary! And I’m making note of the recommended hops so I can join in the fun after we’ve moved and I have time to enjoy. 😉 Have a great week! 🙂
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I pray that the Lord blesses you with your dream my friend…write on!
Thanks for the follow!! Following you back via bloglovin!
🙂 Rebecca
http://www.caravansonnet.com
And, thanks from me too, love blog hops and always looking new ones. Lovely blog you have here and a very creative writer too. Blessings for this week!
Wonderful post Mary! It is great that you write poetry. I have written some in the past and need to have a go at writing more. I like your 5 goals and wish you all the very best. Thanks for sharing on Creative Monday and mentioning our hop in this post. Have a good week.
Thanks Judy. Would love to read your poems. I have major changes in the works with my blog which will unveiled soon so stay tuned. 🙂
I am visiting you from Inspire Me Monday/Create with Joy. Thank you for the great ideas. I will add these to my Pinterest boards. Visit my post on teaching your children to sew:
http://www.thelostapron.com/2013/07/sewing-your-first-stitch.html