My heart Heather. you have my heart. Your words are so powerful. ❤️

Love your first line! That sliver!!! 💕 It creeps into my room as well. It’s a love/hate relationship 🤣

Prompt: Wildcard Weekend Context: I would like to take the opportunity of this “open” prompt to share the experience of how something I write goes from “poem” to song. I never expect something I write would or could become a song. Just like I never expected my writing would ever be called “poems” ☺️ “Poem” was written in 2018 when I lost my service dog Mia. She was an amazing companion who went from rescued bait dog to becoming a detector of seizures, navigator of the visually impaired, and caretaker to a brain injury survivor. She even became an active actor appearing in commercials and TV shows. I attribute my survival to her. Goodbye (Original Version) 2018 - By Katherine Dickson No one gives a book to learn On how to heal a broken heart I’ve only got the years I’ve earned Loving you from the start No one ever gives away Gratitude like a stray All these years, you’ve guided me through Now’s my turn to help you too I wish that I had given more If the score was kept, I’d surely lose Your love for me I could plainly see And I wish I had given more You always stood by me Gentle and trustworthy Rest assured your job is well done Lay your head down go to sleep All your worries are long gone Take me with you in your dreams Where do I go, where do I seek? Who’ll be my major company? Goodbye Song ( Version Two) Words & Music – Katherine Dickson Time Signature: Music composed in  3/4 (''three four'') time signature No one gives a book to learn On how to heal a broken heart I’ve only got the years I’ve earned Loving you from the start No one ever gives away Gratitude like a stray All these years, you’ve guided me through Now’s my turn to help you too  (leave) I wish that I had given more If the score was kept, I’d surely lose (In love it’s an un-even score) You(r) (were never one to let me down) love for me I could plainly see And I wish I had given more You always stood next to me Gentle and trustworthy (You were never one to let me down) Rest assured your job is well done Lay your head down go to sleep All your worries are long gone Take me with you in your dreams Where do I go, where do I seek? Who’ll be my major company? Goodbye Song (All Is Quiet) Final Recorded Version Words & Music – Katherine Dickson Music - Katherine Dickson, Briana Bradley & Phil Carroll {Verse 1 } No one gives a book to learn On how to heal a broken heart I’ve only got the years I’ve earned Loving you from the start No one ever gives away Gratitude like a stray All these years, you’ve guided me Now’s my turn to help you leave {Chorus} I wish that I had given more In love it’s an un-even score Your love for me I could plainly see I wish that I had given more {Verse 2} Rest assured your job is well done Lay your head go to sleep All your worries are long gone Take me in your dreams {Chorus} I wish I had given more In love it’s an un-even score Your love for me I could plainly see I wish that I had given more {Bridge} You never let me down No better friend have I found You always stood next to me Gentle and trustworthy {Coda} (And) I wish I had given more But love’s an un-even score Your love for me I could plainly see {Chorus} I wish that I had given more I wish that I had given you more Here you can take a listen to the final results. ☺️ https://open.spotify.com/track/10D0MeqEuQkvQolsZy5exP?si=Fcah_NwrSnmqul1i6ZUgVw

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Love this Gillian. We are celebrating my Mom’s 87th birthday today and this one hits home. 💕

Thank you. I wasn’t too sure. This style of writing is really out of my comfort zone. ☺️

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The Haiku was easier to write. Not sure if the other part is really a Haibun ( I’m not sure what that entails) I looked it up but still don’t understand it fully. 😃

Thank you so much. The Haiku I wrote first. That was the easier part. 😁

Oooo… poke-y. Love the intensity of this poem. And the responses it elicits.

Ah! This is so full of emotion Gallagher. It’s a broken heart 💔 in words. So beautiful. Thank you. 🥹

Thank you my dear friend. Your words mean the world to me. Same to you… I am here for you always. ❤️

Prompt: Haiku/Haibun: Context: Writing this piece felt like journaling. The last line of the Haiku was the first thing I thought of as I came out of anesthesia last week. From things written in my journal the following came out: ( it may not be a true Haibun) Return from the Silence By Katherine Dickson Drifting, the world slipping into soft, colorless waves. The voices around me became whispers, then echoes, then nothing at all. I floated in the silence, weightless, as if time had unraveled, leaving me suspended in stillness. There was no pain, no feelings or thoughts; just the gentle pull of some unseen current, guiding me deeper. I didn’t want to return. Waking felt like an intrusion, a break in the peace. In the endless calm, a world without edge or sound why must I return?

Here I combined two prompts. Not sure if I got the Double Etheree correctly. I’ve never done this type of writing before, there’s no rhymes! All I did was count words… oh well, I gave it a try. Prompts: 1. Double Etheree  2. Word: Threshold Context: The past couple of weeks have been difficult. Pain, physical discomfort disrupts your ability to put forward your best efforts in all things. 😮‍💨 Threshold from Pain to Hope By Katherine Dickson Ache, it grows, layered too deep, a heavy knocking throb, pounding in the smallest bones, each breath a whispered choked scream, stretching the edges of my mind’s endurance, pushing past where will turns to numb existence. until the body surrenders to nothing, to nowhere, to silence. then, my mind awakens to everything, to here, to life. pulling me back from numb existence, darkness and fear easing the edge of what once hurt me each breath a quiet release of tension radiating through tired broken bones Softly a steady hum, layer by layer, it sparks, Hope.

Oh Gallagher, I love ❤️ this image so very much and your words…. I’m speechless. This work is magnificent. 🥹

Me too!! 😁

Thank you Genevieve. I love all things eerie! 😃

Thank you Adam. This one felt a little tight as I was really trying to fit in the 3 prompts and make them work. I feel like as I got towards the last two stances the rhythm gets lost. What do you think 🤔?

Playing catch up with the prompts. Here I combined three prompts in the hopes to gain momentum. 🌼 🤭 Prompts: 1. Abandoned - Abandoned house in rural hamlet 2. Use lines from Shakespeare. 3. Ghosts of Broughton Whispers In The Mist By Katherine Dickson A house stands hollow, deep in the woods, In a town where once Broughton stood. Now nature grips hold tight and deep, Where ghosts in shadows like to creep. The watch dogs barks through misty air, Guardians of nothing, no souls left to care. The lake nearby, a mirror gray, Hides whispers of those long swept away. "Out, damn spot, out! I say!" Echoes from graves where silence lay. Pity the world that has turned its face, From this town overtaken, lost in grace. Graves overgrown, no names to call, As ivy climb crumbling wall. The mist rolls in, thick as night, Covering Broughton in ghostly light.

Thank you so much. I’ll definitely be keeping Gallagher’s words close to heart. This group offers so much inspiration, I hope to get a sonnet or two up in a day or so. ☺️