Prodigal Moon Poem #WeWriWa

 

Genre:

Poetry plus a supernatural coming of age story (vampires). 

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Publication Date:

February 15, 2024

Ebook Price:

$1.99 or free with Kindle Unlimited

Book Blurb:

The poems, story, and thoughts included in this brief volume were inspired by the independently produced album Wayward and Upward by Spinoza Gambit. The story Prodigal Moon and the poem 401 Rush were included in the Wayward and Upward anthology published by Off Topic Press.

I opted to publish this book on my 59th birthday. It would be a wonderful gift to learn that my work inspired you or led you to learn more about the Wayward and Upward album and anthology.

With love,

Ornery Owl

Book Length:

49 pages

Excerpt

About Prodigal Moon

I was inspired by the idea of something that disappears and returns on a predictable schedule (the visible moon) and something that cannot return (a lost love.)

Prodigal Moon 

Prodigal moon

You can spin me a silent tune

But you can’t return my love to me

I dare you to try

Catch him on the fly

Before he escapes ‘cross the sea

Author Bio

Ornery Owl is a wise old bird who seeks the truth behind the lies. She uses her observations to heal the wounded soul. In essence, she is the spirit of an odd little bird whose wings were clipped at a young age. She is at once a whimsical manifestation of poetic expression and a fierce protector of those targeted for derision by an angry and unsympathetic world. Depending on how you perceive her, she can be either a goddamned delight or your worst nightmare.   

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Ornery Owl's Mercifully Brief End of Post Rumination

No one:

“Gosh, I wonder how Ornery Owl deals with imposter syndrome.”

Me:

“Well, boy howdy, I’m glad you asked! Let me tell you all about that!”

The answer:

I still haven’t got that shit figured out.

I know I’m capable of writing between 1000 and 2000 words a day, no problem.

I take on multiple writing projects every month.

I complete at least one project every month.

I submit or self-publish something every month.

Yet I still find myself thinking “I just can’t do this” and sabotaging myself every month, waiting till the last minute to complete said project.

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November PAD Challenge 2022: Day 26: A Particular Tree

 

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outside 

my window

I imagine 

a particular tree

it grows in a land 

beyond imagination

in a land where impossible 

dreams come true

I give a second thought 

and then a third

to me and you

and what

became

of 

the 

seed

of 

love 

we planted

how long ago

my love

how long ago

~ornery owl has spoken~

Image by Erik Karits from Pixabay

notes and prompts used

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-13

Prompt: Write an ekphrastic poem

Image Information

Hinds House Window

c. 1900

maker

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company

(American, New York, 1892–1902)

America, New York, 20th century

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1966.432

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-26

Prompt: Write a second thought poem.

https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2022/11/26/day-26/

Prompt: Imagine a particular tree

Today's Playlist

https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/the-ascent-deepstink-dnexus-%281-hour-of:5?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16&lid=1efd39d91f3ef0894d6f6ec7aa4c51f99279535c

November PAD Challenge 2022: Day 4: Rolling in the Blank

 

Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay

I'm gonna use my illusion like glue

to try and stick to you

that the basis for our bond is trauma

presages floods of drama

will our love have the strength to withstand

an unfortunate and inevitable smashing on the rocks

I'd like to believe we'd stand strong as a sculpture made of vibranium

but I suspect we'll shatter like our hearts of glass

the universe won't exclude us

from the drawing of the three of swords

our epic disaster of an affair

will not merit an ever-after display in a museum

but will merely be the talk of colleagues over coffee

for fifteen minutes or so

then tossed aside and forgotten 

by everyone but such fools

as those who thought their love could survive

rolling in the deep, dark ocean

of a past fraught with trauma and betrayal

I still love you anyway

There will never be another

for this lonely heart

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

prompts used

https://messymimismeanderings.blogspot.com/2022/11/some-days-more-than-others-wordless.html

Words used:

illusion

glue

strength

exclude

basis

sculpture

and / or

museum

unfortunate

talk

suspect

drawing

colleague

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-4

Today's prompt asked participants to write an "In the Blank" poem. I could not be stopped. I changed it up a little and made it a Rolling in the Blank poem, because that's one of my favorite songs. Sorry to blemish your reputation, Adele, but Ornery Owl is a fan.

Here's a link to the video, because that's how I (ahem) roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

I'll see myself out now.

November PAD Chapbook Challenge 2021: The Book of Delights

 

Image by Here and now, unfortunately, ends my journey on Pixabay from Pixabay

from inside my bubble, or maybe from outside yours

I canvassed your activities and proclivities

your enterprises and exercises fascinated and inspired

I wished I could be part of your world

I canvassed your activities and proclivities

I would have loved to grace a canvas with your image

I wished I could be part of your world

but could not find a way to breach the bourne between us

I would have loved to grace a canvas with your image

I inscribed your name in the book of delights

but could not find a way to breach the bourne between us

now the hour has grown too late

I inscribed your name in the book of delights

alas, the dream of amour shall never be born

now the hour has grown too late

grief for a potential lost is borne by me alone

alas, the dream of amour shall never be born

lucky in love means unlucky at cards so they say

grief for a potential lost is borne by me alone

as it happens, I'm lousy at playing cards too

lucky in love means unlucky at cards so they say

as time goes by I take comfort in tradition

as it happens, I'm lousy at playing cards too

It's time for fresh starts, a change of direction

as time goes by I take comfort in tradition

to quiet the ache within for what was lost or never happened

it's time for fresh starts, a change of direction

sometimes on cool nights, I remember my old dreams

to quiet the ache within for what was lost or never happened

your enterprises and exercises fascinated and inspired

sometimes on cool nights, I remember my old dreams

from inside my bubble, or maybe from outside yours

For Gem

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://earthweal.com/2021/11/12/earthweal-open-link-weekend-92/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-13

Prompt: Write a luck poem.

Some might say that the poem I wrote illustrates bad luck, but I'm not sure it does. It simply illustrates an outcome. It is what it is.

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2021/10/octpowrimo-day-4.html

Prompt: Write a Pantoum

I guess what I wrote is a Pantoum. Poets.org does not indicate that a Pantoum needs to rhyme. The Society of Classical Poets suggests that it does. Decide for yourself.

https://poets.org/glossary/pantoum

https://classicalpoets.org/2016/09/19/how-to-write-a-pantoum-with-example/#/

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/reenas-xploration-challenge-207/

Three prompts to choose from.

Write a story from inside a bubble.

Augmented reality

Metaverse

I wrote a poem involving bubbles and, to some degree, including a metaverse, as there were a few potential outcomes. 

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/double-take-saturday-mix-13-november-2021/

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What's Next (Senryu/Sedoka)

 

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lonely day to day

those who don't know me think to

quickly branding me lazy

I wish I knew you

when my heart was full of love

when my eyes were full of stars

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-27

Write a "what's next" poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-547

Write a "lazy" poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sedoka-poetic-forms

Write a Sedoka

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Hold Me Again

 

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I wish that it was possible

to ask you to come hold me now

to feel your kiss upon my brow

our love was once unstoppable

or at least so it seemed to me

back when you set my spirit free

I try to do what's practical

but there's no way I can forget

you were the best that I've had yet

back then our love felt tropical

but over time your heart went cold

I wish I'd never been so bold

my methods are not tactical

I am no good at trickery

you would easily see through me

a raging stream not crossable

I see you on the other side

now I just want to run and hide

you once made my heart feel so full

but suspicion and jealousy

drove you to pull away from me

our love had a magnetic pull

but my dark heart could not believe

that you could give yourself to me

if there but were a crucible

where I could melt your frozen heart

I'd never again let us part

is it in some way plausible

that we could work to fix our love

and once again be hand in glove

your love for me untraceable

I wish I had not let you go

I love you more than you can know

~cie~

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/11/27/hold-me-now-challenge-170/

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/11/28/saturday-mix-lucky-dip-28-november-2020/

Write a Costanza

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-24

Write a love or anti-love poem

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The Meaning of Nothing (Tanka)

 

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just a memory

just a lie I told myself

meaning of nothing

I let myself roll too deep

silent scream in my nightmare

~cie~

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/11/13/rolling-in-the-deep-challenge-169/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-15

Write a "the meaning of (blank)" poem.

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/11/writers-pantry-46-playing-catch-up.html

Acknowledgments

The poem was inspired by these songs:

And the World Was Gone: Snow Ghosts (2013)

Only A Memory: Smithereens (1988)

Rolling in the Deep: Adele (2010)

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http://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com

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Lost Time (Senryu)

 

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I thought it was you

I wish it could have been you

this time, the last time

~cie~

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-7

Write a "this time" poem

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Lost Knight (Senryu)

 

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realized too late

in the middle of madness

you were everything

~cie~

Haiku My Heart

https://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-6

Write a Medias Res poem

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