Liebster Blog Nominations!

Thank you so much, Janet (http://anotherporch.blogspot.com/) for choosing me as one of the nominees for the Liebster Award!

Bloggers can nominate fellow bloggers for this award in the spirit of support and appreciation.

 Once you have accepted the award you should do the following:

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

Here are my nominations:

Buddah, look forward to seeing more of your work recognized and published!
http://ihatepoetry.blogspot.com/

Jules, thank you so much for your poetry and poetic comments!
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/ 

Keith, hope you reconsider putting an end to your Carry on Tuesday prompts.  Sometimes life just takes over, and it's hard to keep up with everything you want to do..  Doesn't mean we don't like the prompts anymore :-)
 http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com/

Suzanne, please, tell us some more!
http://peoplerunningpeoplewalking.blogspot.com

The whole crew at Flashy Fiction, great job!
http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com


Thank you all!


Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur

Curio 6 is out, and I am in it! :-)

I'm doing a happy dance: my poem is in Curio Poetry!  I'm truly grateful to Joseph and Tessa for allowing this to happen.  Thank you!

Please, do click on the links to see who's in Curio 6 and enjoy their poetry.  I feel very privileged and humbled to be in the company of those poets.

http://namingconstellations.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/meta-blogging-curio-the-sixth/

 http://curiopoetry.wordpress.com/


http://curiopoetry.wordpress.com/curio-issue-6-alexandra-palmer/


Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur

"Blessing"

This poem appeared on my blog earlier, I'm posting it again in honor of Mother's Day.


~ Blessing ~


‘I’ll feel the distance if you move away,
Please, think again…again…again…again.’
Now when she’s having night, I’m having day,
And when she’s having snow, I’m having rain,
And I can never get to her by train…

With eyes too dry from holding back the tears
She watched me leave, wrapped in my doubts and fears,
And eased the burden of a looming choice
With words unsaid that help me through the years,
‘Amen to you, be happy, and rejoice.’



Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur