Moving On

Looking back on the hectic days of February has brought many days of worrying and executing my to-do list for the biggest move of my life. In order to bring some peace into the up-down emotions of packing and coordinating the move to my new home, I needed to etch out some time for writing.  

My thanks go out once again to Laura Shovan for creating a space for the 9th Annual February Poem Project of daily poetry writing.  Below are two of my latest fast write pieces.

Day 5 Prompt: Skin

Aging is a matter of mind even though our bodies slow us down. Our skin has weathered life through the decades. The following poem came to me as I looked at the brown spots on my husband's face.

Day 10 Prompt: Hair

Dedicated to all cancer survivors...

It is late now on Friday night and I spent all day unpacking, organizing my newly-constructed closets and my kitchen our Virginia home. It's been a long day so I apologize for dropping in late. 

packing, unpacking, chugging along 

like a train moving on

destination in sight

CV, 2021, draft

Today is Poetry Friday and Karen Edmisten is the host bringing some Billy Collins' humor into the opening of my day.

The Creative Mind is Restless

With my upcoming move, there is so much to do that my mind keeps racing. Sleep is interrupted and the to-do list keeps popping up at all hours. After reading Rebecca Brock, Day 17 prompt at Laura Shovan's 9th Annual February Poem Project, my brain kept churning. The floodgates of creativity opened and from beyond my comfort zone evolved the following poem. 

EARLY MORNING CREATIVITY PROCESS

early morning

brain churns-

waking from slumber

thoughts interrupted-

brain freeze

creative impulses

 searching for words-

no constraints

open the curious mind

to a new day

of imaginative thought.

©CV, 2021

The creative mind is restless. - Rishi Kapoor

The video I created with Lumen 5 is published on YouTube at https://youtu.be/UdF7zzCcARo.

Please visit to see the poem through a different lens.

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Tonight, troubled by Winter Blast #3 and continued COVID broadcasts, I created an image poem for Day 18 of the 9th Annual February Poem Project. Stacey JoyEleven Johnson offered an interesting prompt with a couple of shadow photos and a skinny poem. the poem below  uses the Shadorma format and was created with the FotoJet platform. It was prompted by the third winter blast, COVID-19 broadcasts, and my final dose of the COVID vaccine, all amidst endless packing for my house move to Virginia. 

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With an ample amount of snow covering our neighborhood once again, I toss my anxieties up in the air to enjoy some poetic goodness at Poetry Friday. This week, Ruth Hersey from Haiti, is our host. She is enjoying Carnival Week and creating a Facts of the World poem with facts offered from every Poetry Friday writer. Mine is about a surprising snowflake fact. 

I continue to collect winter photos with poems from across the world. Interested?

Send your offering to my hashtag , @cvarsalona, and #WintersEmbrace2021 Gallery on Twitter, Facebook, or my gmail.