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Tammy Vitale
Tammy Vitale is a poet/painter/sculptor who is also a grandmother/mother/ daughter and a lover/partner/wife. Others have called her trouble-maker/ catalyst/lynchpin. She likes the title of Renaissance Woman. Her passion is making a safe place for women to discover themselves because it helps her discover herself. She believes in the web of life: Everything is connected. Anything is possible.
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Tuesday Morning Meditation I crack open like a shelled egg and slide out sparkling unformed to face this life into which I am poured my protestations yellow butterflies, white foam on the crest of green waves, brown flotsom on the blue river. I spin into the quickening flow despite myself and find I can swim against the undertow. Pale moonlight I float on the sur- face and though I break into a thousand glimmers I am whole gliding on oceans that mirror my steps and kiss my toes. I rest behind the sun cloaked in spider silk and washed by dew. My breath is peppermint, my hair is long, white as rose petals. I am full with people who whisper my name into the center of circles surrounded by women holding hands and dancing. As first place winner in the Poetic Idol Competition, Tammy won a prize package that includes a $150.00 cash prize; an e-Chapook of her poetry (up to 20 poems), attractively created and published for her personal or commercial use; public status as Artella's Poetic Idol in Residence; a feature interview in an issue of e-Artella; guaranteed publication in an e-Artella issue; free enrollment in her choice of Artella e-courses, the Artella eBook, "Behind the Veil", her choice of any e-Artella issue, and one month FREE Artella membership. Click here for contest details. |
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Jaime Adcock
Jaime Adock humbly and alternately chases/channels creative muses of writing and art in Atlanta, GA. She is currently developing a Web site devoted to fashion advice, encouraging women to follow their own unique style in wardrobe and life
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Green Shutters Ripe mangoes, pulpy and slightly bruised, pinky-red in promise, still wet, having recently been washed. Piled pyramids of succulence stacked haphazard in an old, shallow tin plate placed with the idea of " till later" on an open window sill framed by green shutters. As the second place winner in the Poetic Idol Competition, Jaime won a prize package that includes a $50.00 cash prize; guaranteed publication in an e-Artella issue; free enrollment in her choice of Artella e-courses, the Artella eBook, "Behind the Veil", her choice of any e-Artella issue, and one month FREE Artella membership. Click here for contest details. |
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Tara Douglas-Smith
Tara Douglas-Smith, M.A., is an education author and curriculum strategist living in New York, NY. Thanks to Artella, new doors to her creativity have recently been opened, birthing a poet who had been too quiet for much too long.
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In that moment In that moment The sky cried muddy drops My stomach screamed of bitter squishy salt As the tears came from a faraway place I had never traveled on summer vacation Joy was erased by opaque white paint splattered in a single brush stroke mastered by an artist with just one arm whose dreams were so far gone it was not worth it to even try to paint In that moment hope seemed as likely as a winning lottery ticket or even world peace how sad to admit that in that moment I had almost given up on luck and peace and you As the third place winner in the Poetic Idol Competition, Tara won a prize package that includes a $25.00 cash prize; guaranteed publication in an e-Artella issue; the Artella eBook, "Behind the Veil", her choice of any e-Artella issue, and one month FREE Artella membership. Click here for contest details. |
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Joel Abramson
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Falling Close to the Tree Its size so small, Though its possibility so great, This miniature ball, Doomed to a ravished fate. It lay by its mighty parent, Rolling lifes weighted dice, For nature chooses not, its apparent, And all must be ready to sacrifice. The majority of the bet, Point out to a winter meal, For the food chain is already set, And is not up for any appeal. The other more slim of a chance, Takes many a year to complete, The small body will soon enhance, To heights that cannot be beat. |
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Melissa Chapin
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sidewalk miracle buzz and hustle dodging shoppers, strollers, sidewalk vendors the gooey sweet smell of cooked cashews holiday sales, liquidation sales, warehouse sales anything for a bargain--anything sniff and stretch striding amongst languorous tourists past street vendors, street walkers, street cleaners and the flutter of aubergine sheets drying in the sun stepping through a saccharine breeze heavy with salsa and urine wanting for the sinewy, shrewd forests of Vermont edging toward home, the gentle shade of the studio sliding, shuffling on, getting by sticky crowds waiting for shows, cinema, the latest hot spot for sipping martinis at six on cell phones ladies buying skirts, suitcases pashima scarves a stirring crowd from the youth hostel savoring this chaotic gem of a city stopping stopping to slowly exhale and there like a sidewalk miracle, the serendipitous grace of a single feather |
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KJoy!
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The Illumined Mother I AM Illumined Mother Nurturing, holding, caressing Being unconditional Love Being unconditional acceptance Being the Light That shines ahead That shines within That shines for all children to SEE To see the Truth of WHO THEY REALLY ARE I Love Children EVERYWHERE Young and Old Bright eyes Wonder, Curiosity, Magic Laughter Sweet, Joyous, Rich Each child DESERVES the Loving Embrace of the Illumined Mother Each child DESERVES to be told How Special They are Each child DESERVES the environment that is Safe, Secure and Nurturing I AM Illumined Mother Feel my arms around you sweet child and KNOW that YOU ARE LOVED. |
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