Writing is a passionate obsession, and it is not always easy living with one. It can be difficult living intimately with a writer, being married to one, and perhaps even more so to a poet, dreamy and often solitary by nature, and needing the mental freedom to use their artistic abilities in whatever ways the creative mind may venture, and the mind of a creative does venture. Words written are sometimes misconstrued by the partner. Misconstrued as fact or desire or something about them or not about them. Fiction mistaken for truth; the poet merely stretching her imagination and being…
Author: Melody Lee
Melody Lee
Melody Lee has published four poetry/prose collections, including Moon Gypsy, Vine: Book of Poetry, Season of the Sorceress, and Lilies & Lace & Dark Pretty Things (also in Spanish). Her poetry has been featured live on Shrimp Shack Ipswich Community Radio, based in the UK; A Better Media Today, an online magazine; Creative Talents Unleased; Indie Blu(e) Publishing; and Her Red Pen. Coming April 2021, Poems for Girls Becoming Women, an anthology from Workman Publishing.
The weak will attempt to censor your voice. They do not want you to write your stories, sing your songs, worship differently than them, pray to gods they don’t believe in—they demand you be part of the status quo. It is important for you to continue on your artistic journey, or whatever path your soul is traveling. Be steadfast—Speak your voice, follow your intuition, you have a message that needs to be heard. The strong will inspire, stand and project with you. I think of Josephine Baker. She was so much more than graceful legs and gyrating hips. She exemplified…
Sometimes you must let people go because their pieces no longer fit. This departure is for the betterment of your energy, your space and your precious life. For example, when someone’s main desire is to build their ego, while you are busy working on your soul the result is disharmony. The collaboration of ego and soul causes discord and strife, stifling your own personal evolution. There are a multitude of reasons for the necessary removal of people from your life, if the dynamic of relationship no longer works no matter how many attempts to make it so. You know in…
“This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.” ― Susan Polis Schutz Everyone has power. Everyone is a warrior, everyone just doesn’t view themselves as one or treat themselves as such. If you have been given life, you…
When you’re a lover of words and curious by nature and you see a quirky, uncommon word you take notice. Some words are so damn alluring you can’t help but be captivated by their appearance alone. Indeed, words can be quite seductive. Take cryptoscopophilia for instance. This is not a word one passes by without taking a second look. What makes cryptoscopophilia amazing is its meaning, which will be defined in my list below and which is what gave me the idea for this “word hunt” project! I recently learned that having cryptoscopophilia is quite common, even though the word…
You’ll only find your wings when you let go of hate and greed and material things. Oh, those old artistic souls With poets’ hearts and gypsy blood Movers and shakers of the world Who don’t fit in and always stand out Fluttering among us with words and art They live in a world colored With mangoes, oranges and aquamarine Skies filled with blues, blacks and tangerine Singing, painting and creating out loud They belong to no one and no crowd Playing only the strings of their serendipitous hearts Being rebellious as only nonconformists can be Courageous and brave they…
A recent dialogue concerning the following poem had me deep diving into my own words, “If you are afraid of the thorn, you truly don’t deserve the rose.” A reader mentioned being cautious and how their own fear of being hurt in love doesn’t mean they don’t deserve love. True, I suppose. But in that same caution and fear one is blocking the full capacity of love a person deserves. There are times when caution is wise. Perhaps I throw caution to the wind more than I should, but for me to fully experience the joys and highs of living,…
When you’re a soul seeker, you question, you wonder, learn, and evolve. We stretch and ultimately outgrow things – ways of thinking, philosophies, objects, even people – that once seemed vital in our lives. As searchers, it’s crucial we step away for a time, sometimes forever. Your soul will speak to you, if you listen, and you’ll know what you need to know WHEN you need to know. You’ll return with a freshly invigorated perspective. Whatever your soul is doing, let it move forward at its own pace, with its own rhythm. You will return to yourself with renewed vitality and…