Personally, I feel a little stunned that tomorrow is August 1st. The summer is passing so quickly! I have thoroughly enjoyed the Children's Book Title Challenge and am a little sad to see it come to an end. It has motivated me to write eight new pieces and I have read an incredibly creative assortment … Continue reading Wrapping Up July’s Children’s Book Title Prompt Challenge
The sky freckled with tangerine clouds The sun’s last breath of the day The water glittered with diamonds and shadows grew long as the evening turned grey Through the looking glass of twilight astral forms came into view and under the stars we lay Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © You can read more … Continue reading Transference – Christine Bolton
Threads of moonlight streaming across the night sky weaving an intricate web of light Spilling into the darkness, creating A reflection into my mind’s eye and teasing my sight The bank of mist that was hovering just above the sea, short-lived and disappearing as it reached the land Revealing upright rocks reminiscent of lady fingers … Continue reading Imagination – Christine Bolton
It is no one’s fault That I find myself here By the water’s edge Where else would I be? Searching for answers as is my way I look up to the sky and count the stars framing the memory in my mind Remembering the last time Here with you I am not the prisoner living … Continue reading Layers – Christine Bolton
Through my thinly-veiled fear I watch as my star fell to the earth and I saw our love lay dying in the dirt There it stood in relief proud of the soil where you would pick it up and then cast it aside hurting me as only you could You, my prince who promised me … Continue reading Fallen Star – Christine Bolton
Faded memories but a place frequented often A wrinkle in time soothes the pang of guilt and pain softens A setting bucolic dreamy and romantic Love had flourished One had roared in like a lion and the other felt nourished And so it was One sided love His, fervent and passionate Hers, apathetic ambivalent, mostly … Continue reading A Wrinkle in Time – Christine Bolton
Brave & Reckless 