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Seniors Beware – 2 Examples of Deception I’ve Encountered
There are those who seek to take advantage of seniors. I know, because I encounter it all the time. Specifically, I have two recent examples related to Medicare that I want to share as cautionary tales. If you’re a senior … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Christina Anne Hawthorne, Ontyre Passages, Health, seniors, #amwriting, medical, healthcare, insurance, Medicare
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Word Commotion
Everyone beware,angry words aboundacross time and space,even the agitated adjectivesdescribing their complaints.The nouns are making sounds,some commonplace,others esteemed,while demanding they should ruleover pronouns unnamed.Conjunctions obtain injunctions,their preposition relationsknowing what to do,for they’ve propositionsyou can’t refuse.Adversarial adverbsin advertisementsseek auxiliary verb connections,every … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #poetrycommunity, #WritingCommunity, Christina Anne Hawthorne, humor, humour, language, meaning, Ontyre Passages, poem, poetry, words
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Dancing in Colors
One for the writers,for the passion surging in their veins,they dance in colors,vivid always, but not the same.Resolve driving the mind,gratitude in the heart,lives at their fingertips,some thriving, some torn apart.Another chance to live,hope before all is lost,so much inspiration … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #poetrycommunity, #WritingCommunity, art, Christina Anne Hawthorne, creative drive, creativity, inspiration, Ontyre Passages, poem, poetry, writers, writing
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Worldbuilding Decision Making – Expectations, Innovation, and Consistency
Worldbuilding is about making decisions, about balancing genre expectations, innovation, and staying true to the world you’re creating. Except… When I’m prioritizing those three elements, I reverse the order. If I’m deciding what stays and what goes, world continuity comes … Continue reading
Going There
Lives worth savingWere lives worth tellingShe’d languished in a locked box too longTo not careFantasy inspired wonderPast shadows cast horrorShe sought the hushed places in mysteryWhen she daredThe long ago family pyreBecame a phoenix family in OntyreShe carried her longing … Continue reading
Dreamer
One dreamercontemplating questions,ponderingwhat the world ignores,dreamingof a better tomorrow,her but one,but onethe world needs,her silencea void in the future,all that she fails to sharebecoming hollow reality,a dream lost,a future where possibilitiesbecome ordinary,so dreameveryone,and dream big,because the worldis desperate for ideas.©April … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #poetrycommunity, #WritingCommunity, Christina Anne Hawthorne, dreaming, dreams, future, humanity, Ontyre Passages, poem, poetry
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My Equation for Managing Overwhelm Before Overwhelm Happens
Life can trigger an earthquake that overwhelms, but if we’re self-aware we have the opportunity to notice any tremors that precede it. Self-awareness, along with a dose of self-honesty, is the path to safety. It’s about more than a single … Continue reading
Inheritance
It wasn’t the life she’d have asked for.She hadn’t asked at all.There were times when she wasn’t sureIf what she could she should.She knew she wanted to liveBut what life had givenNo one understood.Always a shadow walked beside her.She’d tried … Continue reading
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Saving Earth
What is this dance we doacross a toxic floor,deluding ourselveswe can indulge a little more?Shall we do this dance of death,our eyes closed to truth,while placing our greatest treasurein a negligent noose?Let us cease this dance,where we rape and torture,and … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #poetrycommunity, #WritingCommunity, Christina Anne Hawthorne, climate change, earth, environment, global warming, humanity, Ontyre Passages, poem, poetry, survival
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Adversity – It Can Benefit Writing
Long ago, I’d dream of the day when I’d have so learned the writing craft that I could turn out each book with mechanical precision. Now, I’m thankful that I can’t. Nothing stays the same. Each year for NaNoWriMo, I … Continue reading
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