Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Liebster Award

12 Saturday May 2012

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The Liebster Award

 

 

 

I’ve been honoured this week to have been nominated for a Liebster Award. The award isn’t voted on by any kind of committee; instead, it is passed from one blogger to another, to recognize fellow bloggers with a sort of cyberspace pat on the back and cheerio. The “rules” for the award specify that, once nominated it is the recipient’s responsibility to:

  1. link back to who nominated you
  2. nominate five blogs with fewer than 200 follows
  3. let nominees know by leaving a comment on their sites; and
  4. add the award image to your site

Thank You!

A big thank you to cloudfactor5 http://cloudfactor5.wordpress.com for nominating me for this award – please do take a moment to check out their blog, it is well worth it!!

 

 My Five nominated blogs are:-

  1. Kira Moore http://kiramorrescloset.wordpress.com/
  2. Resting in Awareness http://restinginawareness.com/
  3. Polly http://journalread.wordpress.com/
  4. My Life Uncut Almost http://mylifeuncutalmost.wordpress.com/
  5. Peace the consciousness http://starsrainsunmoon.com

These are a variety of blogs that I really enjoy visiting. It was really,really very difficult to pick only five. There are so many fabulous bloggers out there, and so many talented people to choose from.

 

Again – a big thank you to cloudfactor5 for not only nominating me, but also for taking time out to visit my blog and offer words of encouragement 🙂

Phoenix

12 Saturday May 2012

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36/365

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burning my memories,

one by one.

Igniting past pains,

cauterising old wounds.

 

Flaming, hot, words,

vitriolic in verse.

Flagellation, flagration,

purge passions, past-tense.

 

Incinerate insinuations,

imaginings real.

Immolate in sincerity,

allows hearts to heal.

 

In a blaze of gold glory,

the past is undone;

to rise like the phoenix,

from the flames of the sun.

 

© Phoenix  2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

36/365 (Photo credit: celeste343)

Oh Dear!

11 Friday May 2012

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Oh dear!

What have I done?

How did this happen?

I’ve come undone!

 

I should’ve known

that this would be,

and that it would

go wrong for me.

 

What should be fun,

and cause no harm,

has gone quite wrong,

and caused alarm.

 

I’m so ashamed,

that it would be,

so obvious,

for all to see.

 

Now my mistake,

whilst unintended,

was caused by vanity,

and can’t be mended.

 

I’ve learned my lesson

and felt such pain.

I’ve rued the day,

and burned with shame!

 

© Oh Dear!

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Dunce

Dunce (Photo credit: Candie_N (Will organize photostream eventually))

Haunted

11 Friday May 2012

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Diary

 

 

 

 

 

Thoughts

my chattering children

in the playground of life

 

Tears

fall as snowflakes

before turning to ice

 

Laughter

echoes and shadows

dancing with the light

 

Memories

wistfully haunting

as she dances away

 

© Haunted 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Diary (Photo credit: Barnaby)

One Day

10 Thursday May 2012

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Waterfalls at Bahati Camp, the first of three ...

 

 

How I lived,

loved, and

lost,

in a

day.

 

A crisp winter

walk.  Breath.

November

skies so

fresh.

 

Suffocating summer

afternoons, spent

making love, in

your bedroom.

Passionate.

 

Autumn abandonment.

Love tossed aside.

Sad, bitter tears,

words said,

love dead.

 

Armchair reminiscence,

so long ago,

memories,

spring,

forth.

 

How I lived,

loved, and

lost,

in a

day.

 

© One Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Waterfalls at Bahati Camp, the first of three camp areas in the Uluguru Mountains. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dreams

07 Monday May 2012

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Nereides, 1902 by Gaston Bussière
Of what do I dream,

when I close my eyes?

I dream of the sea

and the star filled skies.

 

From constellations above

I would fashion a crown;

a cloak from the sea

matches my moonbeam gown.

 

I roam in the heavens

with Arianrod and Aether.

I swim in the oceans

with Nereides beneath.

 

With heartbroken Sirens,

sing laments to the seas.

With Aquilo the wind

I sing songs in the breeze.

 

When I close my eyes,

to this earth I’m not bound.

Neither time nor dimension

can tie this soul down.

 

 

© Dreams 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Nereides, 1902 by Gaston Bussière (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Versatile Blogger Award

07 Monday May 2012

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Versatile Blogger Award

Yesterday, Paul the author of the ‘Living in Awareness’ blog, nominated me for The Most Versatile Blogger Award.

I was extremely excited and very surprised as I have not been blogging that long! Receiving the VBA is not only humbling it is also a positive affirmation as I sometimes feel blogging is a bit like being a X Factor contestant; whilst I might think my writing is okay, others might be secretly cringing 🙂

Many thanks Paul, this has really made me do a happy dance. Please do check out ‘Resting in Awareness’, it is a beautiful gentle blog with lots of practical information.

www.restinginawareness.com

Those receiving The Versatile Blogger Award are asked to:

  1.  Thank the person who gave them this award, and link to their blog.
  2. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
  3. State 7 things about themselves

Below are my nominations for The Versatile Blogger. These blogs are ones that I have found to be entertaining, beautiful, poignant or humerous.

  1. Thoughts From The Outdoors  http://thoughtsfromtheoutdoors.wordpress.com/
  2. Clown Rhymes http://clownponders.wordpress.com/
  3. Jenny Kissed Me http://jeglatter.wordpress.com/
  4. Nae’s Nest http://naesnest.me/ 
  5. Schtiel http://schtiel.wordpress.com/
  6. Wendy Strohm http://wendystrohm.wordpress.com/
  7. Rumpydog http://rumpydog.com/
  8. Shifting Shades http://shiftingshades.wordpress.com/
  9. Veggiewitch http://veggiewitch.wordpress.com/
  10. I Stop For Suffering http://istopforsuffering.wordpress.com/
  11. Polly http://journalread.wordpress.com/
  12. Simple Pleasures http://lesplaisirssimplesdelavie.wordpress.com/
  13. A Place Called Love http://aplacecalledlove.com/
  14. rudyandmoody http://rudyandmoody.wordpress.com/
  15. Through The Healing Lens http://throughthehealinglens.com/

7 things about me

  1. I am a Buddhist
  2. I am a British Sign Language Interpreter
  3. I am allergic to cats, eggs and caffeine
  4. My favourite bands are Thin Lizzy and Judie Tzuke
  5. My dream is to live by the sea
  6. The celebrity I’d most like to meet is Alice Cooper
  7. My favourite season is autumn

Link to Versatile Blogger Award page http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/

Buddha Day

06 Sunday May 2012

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In celebration of Buddha Day.

Dedicated to Resting in Awareness – www.restinginawareness.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buddha mind

Burning bright

Searing serenity

Luminous light.

 

Buddha eyes

Warrior’s way

Diamond depth

Gentle gaze.

 

Buddha nature

Human heart

Sangha sings

Compassionate.

 

 

© Buddha Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Photo credit Julie Bailey

Taken at Buddha Day – The Sheffield Buddhist Centre

 

First Love

05 Saturday May 2012

Posted by in Daily life, Humour, Longing & Waiting, Poetry

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Teddy Bear
I held you tight

and clung to you,

my love for you untold.

I stared into you deep brown eyes,

my heart was yours to hold.

 

So soft to touch,

I kept you close,

I kissed your furry ears.

My love, my friend, my confidante,

my darling teddy bear.

 

You shared my secrets,

calmed my fears,

as you watched over me.

You’ve watched me grow over the years,

a birthday gift at three.

 

You stood by me,

in hours of need,

and protected me at night.

When I was ill, you’d comfort me,

and soothe me ‘til the light.

 

I cried for you,

and made a fuss,

my teddy bear most dear;

hanging wet upon the line,

one peg upon each ear.

 

We’ve had our scrapes,

both you and me,

but survived them none the less;

the time the dog played tug o’ war…

but I sewed back your head.

 

Now I’m grown,

no more a child,

It’s you that I adore.

Although you’re bald, you’re my first love,

my one eyed teddy bear.

 

 

© First Love 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Teddy Bear (Photo credit: ertemplin)

I Wish…

05 Saturday May 2012

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Right to the sea
I Wish….

 

I have a list of dreams to fill,

before my time is through;

although they may seem fanciful,

I wish they will come true.

 

I want to be an artist,

on the riverbank of life.

To wear a smock and sip champagne,

whilst painting with my knife.

 

I want to write a book or two –

a literary success!

A story of my coloured life,

upon the library shelf.

 

To be a renowned poetess,

publish a rhyme or two.

To find my muse in poetry,

and fall in love with you.

 

I’d like to write a sad song,

that makes the toughest weep,

to be played at all the funerals,

as the coffin is lowered deep.

 

I want to live just by the sea,

in a white house with a view

of waves that crash upon the shores,

where I could stand with you.

 

Most of all, be in your arms

and spend with you some time,

gazing at the moonlit stars,

whilst sipping white chilled wine.

 

 

© I Wish 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Right to the sea (Photo credit: christing-O-)