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Poetry that I have written for and/or posted on Poets of G+ or other Poetry communities. 
I am including the links to my blog posts for easier reading. 

Handfuls of Love
Written for and posted to Prompt of the week on 9/15/13
Prompt: Use "clean hands" in a poem
My first posted poem

My Peaceful Hand
Written for and posted to Prompt of the week on 9/20/13
Prompt: Start a poem with "This is my hand"
Tied for 3rd place

Walk With Me
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 9/21/13 

The Gifts of Meditation
Posted to People's Choice on 9/23/13 

Moon Dance
Posted audio recording to Spoken Word Contest on  9/23/13 via the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/marjorie-lacovic/moon-dance
Received a mention in the results for the week

The Maze
Written for and posted to Prompt of the week on 9/25/13
Prompt: Start a poem with "In the midnight of our days"
Won 2nd place

My Sweet Girl
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 9/28/13

Accept Me
Posted to People's Choice on 10/1/13
This won first place! 

Splendor
Written for and posted to Prompt of the week on 10/1/13
Prompt: Begin a poem with "I see" and end it with "through a glass darkly"

The Full Moon of Our Love
Posted to Spoken Word Contest on  10/2/13 via the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/marjorie-lacovic/the-full-moon-of-our-love

Endless Loop
Posted to People's Choice on 10/8/13
Tied for 2nd place

Remember
Written for and posted to Prompt of the Week 10/12/13
Prompt: End the poem with "Oh, you who is made of stardust"

Love Under the Sun and Moon
The Beckoning Breeze
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 10/12/13

Believe
Written for and posted to Prompt of the Week 10/16/13
Prompt: Begin a poem with "Even as you begin"

Dream
Posted to Spoken Word Contest on 10/16/13 via the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/marjorie-lacovic/dream
Text of poem can be found on the following page:
Love Sweet Love

Seeds
Fear and Peace
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 10/18/13

Took a break week of 10/21/13. Busy doing yoga, walking, meditation. No poems posted or written. 

Faith, Hope and Charity (Love)
Posted to People's Choice on 10/27/13. 
Prompted to post this by reading Maya's poem that had this line in it. Reminded of my poem.
Text of poem can be found on the following page:
Family Ties

In Between
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 10/29/13
Prompt: "On this, the quiet side of tomorrow"

The Elements
Posted to Spoken Word Contest on 10/29/13 via the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/marjorie-lacovic/the-elements

Time is Relative
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 11/5/13
Prompt was to watch a video of a busy cafe for inspiration
I saw two people that stayed in the video most of the time, 
enjoying their time as others passed them by.

Waiting
Posted to People's Choice on 11/6/13
Text of poem can be found on the following page:
My Friend and Soul Mate

The Pause
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 11/12/13
Prompt: Start the first word of each line with the following letters in order: ALYTMESO

Angel Song
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 11/23/13

Love is Like the Sun
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 12/6/13
Prompt: Write a poem about the sunset, and don't use the personal pronoun "I"
I wrote this poem for Damon in 1997 but it fit the prompt nicely

My Guardians
Posted to People's Choice on 12/6/13

The World's Lullaby
Posted to Spoken Word Contest on 12/13/13 via the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/marjorie-lacovic/the-worlds-lullaby
Won 2nd place

The Road to Peace
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 12/14/13

In Their Shelter
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 12/14/13
Prompt: Explore this phrase: "Their names were somewhere between something and nothing..."

My Offer
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 12/16/13
Prompt: Finish the line "When they come for me in the morning"
Tied for 2nd place

The Comfort of Candles
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 12/21/13

Reflection
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 12/24/13
Prompt: Write a poem on the theme "The Color of Water"

My New Year's Wish
Posted to People's Choice on 12/31/13

Frozen Haiku
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 1/4/14
Snow Haiku
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 1/5/14

Sounds of Discord
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 1/8/14
Prompt:
Listen to the string quartet, "Black Angels" (part one) by George Crumb.
Your poem must be a reaction, description, or be otherwise tied to this piece of music. "Black Angels" must appear somewhere in the poem. 
Optional: The music is very dissonant. Explore dissonance in language this week. 

Frozen Forest
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 1/13/14
Prompt: Write a poem inspired by the picture: what it suggests/says to you
Tied for 3rd place

Awakening
Posted to People's Choice on 1/14/14
Text of the poem can be found on the following page:
Love Sweet Love
Won 3rd place

Finding the Light
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 1/24/14
Prompt: Write a poem that contains (in its entirety) one of the following lines:
I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes

Family
Posted to People's Choice on 1/25/14
with a note about my inspiration and a photo of the Lacovic clan from Summer 2o14

Simple
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 2/15/14
Prompt: Write a poem containing 160 characters or less

A Peaceful Ride
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 3/1/14
Prompt: Write a poem based on what the given piece of music suggests to you

Poetry Train
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 3/7/14
Prompt: Write a poem that contains the exact phrase "When we traveled in metaphors"

Colors Blend
Posted to April 27th challenge (30 days 30 challenges) on 4/27/14
Prompt: Write a poem based on a painting

Sounds of Silence
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 9/18/14
Prompt: Explore the idea poetically "I am looking at sound" and use the phrase somewhere in your poem. 

Let It Go
Posted to People's Choice on 9/18/14
Inspired by a meditation and share on 9/11/14 and the song "Let It Go" from Frozen
This won the contest for the week. What a nice welcome back after being gone for months.

Inspiration
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 9/20/14
Inspired by a walk in my little park, with nature surrounding me

New Beginning
Posted to People's Choice on 9/22/14
Inspired by my new beginning on my spiritual path, taking better care of myself on a holistic level - body, mind, spirit.
This tied for 1st place in the contest for the week. I was so surprised again! 

Precious
Posted to Prompt of the Week on 9/23/14
Prompt: Tell about one person, tell about them all. It needs to follow the following word count per line (three stanzas): 1st - 7/9/7, 2nd - 5/7/5, 3rd - 7/9/7

Beautiful Day
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 9/27/14
Inspired by a perfectly beautiful day and my enjoyment of every moment of it

My Truth
Posted to People's Choice on 9/30/14
Inspired by this new feeling of being able to achieve my goals and have a healthier body
Came in 3rd place for the week

Daybreak
Morning Fog
Posted to Weekend Showcase on 10/4/14
Inspired by walks in the morning

Fire of Freedom
Posted to The Prompt on 10/9/14
Prompt: Begin a poem with the exact phrase: 
When it comes time for the darkness to begin burning

Breaking Through
Posted to The Showcase on 10/11/14

Solitary Hike
Posted to POETS community on 10/11/14

The Treasure Within
Posted to POETS Poetry Contest on 10/11/14

Inner Beauty
Posted to The Showcase on 10/21/14

Half of a Whole
Posted to The Prompt on 10/21/14
Prompt: Use the same topic/subject as Lucille Clifton's "Adam Thinking", rewrite it (retell) it in your own words. 

Seek Your Rainbow
Posted to POETS community on 10/24/14


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