September 26, 2012 
Ok – I’m a day late. But I have good reason. I fell asleep next to my daughter while laying with her as she went to sleep! I haven’t been well these past few days and the night before last, I had a terrible nights’ sleep so I guess last night I made up for it!
I have made a bit of a decision…..I’m going to stop sharing scenes from my WIP for a while. No major issues behind the decision – only that I want to write a bit more, piece the scenes together so that they form more of a sequence than they do now. I’ll come back to sharing in the next month or so 🙂
A few days ago, I came across an old notebook with poetry that I wrote in my late teens/early 20’s and I would like to share some of it with you. And I invite everyone to do the same! I haven’t written a poem since then (nearly 20 years!!) so this stuff is all very very raw, very young. But I thought it’d be fun to share. After all, my blog is called Poeta Officium – which translates from Latin in to ‘poet office’.
If you have any poetry you would like to share please do! I will be dedicating the next few weeks to poetry of all kind. I’d love to hear from you 🙂
Your hands
Will caress
My essence
You have blessed
Do you want me?
Ever will you need me?
A question that hovers
Deep in the moonlight
Stars will reflect
In the blackest of midnight
Answer my prayer
My only beloved
Reach out
And feel
The strong wind above
Yes, I have cried
In my heart
I have died
Your gaze will uplift me
Your love
Resurrect me
Your smile is enchanting
Forever
Everlasting
Your soul I do keep
Entwined with mine
Wishing in time
My life
With thine
Illa Poeta 
Hi – do you know about 20 lines or Less? It’s a WordPress blog for just that 20 lines or less and they take poetry. It’s a nice little community which you might like. If you already know or aren’t interested, sorry to mention it. 🙂
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No, I didn’t know about it Pat, thanks for telling me 🙂 I’ll go and have a look 🙂
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do you happen to have the link? I can’t find it on the search 🙂 thanks x
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Oh, yes of course, I forgot the link isn’t 20 lines it’s http://anexerciseindiscipline.wordpress.com/
Pop and have a look and a rummage. You need to be invited in order to contribute, but there won’t be a problem. Hope you like what you find. 🙂
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Oh, yes of course, I forgot the link isn’t 20 lines it’s http://anexerciseindiscipline.wordpress.com/
Pop and have a look and a rummage. You need to be invited in order to contribute, but there won’t be a problem. Hope you like what you find. 🙂 sorry should have given it to you before.
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Wow! What a lovely and sincere poem.
I just stumbled upon your blog and instantly loved it. I should be digging in to read more of your posts because you’ve got the talent! Oh, I am also a member of CritiqueCircle. What a small world.
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Oh thank you so much! That’s lovely. Thank you for following – I’ll be checking yours out too 🙂 Yes, I only recently joined Critique Circle. I haven’t had a proper look on there yet as I haven’t had the time but I’ll definitely look out for you! 🙂
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That will be nice! I go by the username Frychild at CC, though I haven’t made any post there as of late. But then, yours will be something I would like to look forward to.
Happy writing, Virginia.
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I’m at Critique Circle as well! If you want to buddy me, I go under ‘kirstenb’ over there. 🙂
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Very lovely.
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Thanks Steve 🙂
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Hope you’re feeling a bit better now honey 🙂
Lovely poem V!
Xx
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Thanks! 🙂 I wrote it so long ago…..I do feel better, the energy is back but the voice is gone. Hoarse and gone 🙂
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Hi – just spotted your face on the contributors list at 20 Lines or Less – jolly good – Welcome!
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Yes, I’m there! Thank you SO much for telling me about it 🙂
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You are very welcome. 🙂
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Your poem is so sweet! Thank you for sharing it.
I totally understand not posting your draft right now. What I’ve been posting on open mic night is revised draft, and I was always surprised by how polished your WIP was! My first drafts are often not very cohesive, but I like them that way. Early drafts are my sandbox and it gets messy in there sometimes.
I’ll be looking forward to more poems. 🙂
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What a lovely poem! I haven’t written poetry for some time (since my teenage years) and I’ve got some old tattered pieces of paper somewhere that I now want to dig out 🙂
I totally understand not sharing the WIP for a while – but I’m looking forward to reading your work when you post it up here again.
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Thanks Dianne 🙂 Well most of the poetry I’ll be sharing is from my teenage years too….which I really had to think hard about because they mean something to me – publishing these pieces is like putting my heart on a table top and giving someone a knife….’here, take a few stabs if you want’….. Before now, I have never shown anyone these poems – not one person. So it was a big decision for me. So dig those out, share them on here with me 🙂 xx
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I love your analogy about the heart on the table top. That is incredibly poetic in itself! 😀
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Thank you 🙂 x
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