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Friday, August 17, 2012

August Blog Bash, Day 17 - JulesPaige

Welcome to the Debut of the August Blog Bash 2012!
I am very much excited and honored to be hosting this new feature series... and it is a great way to end the summer!  This Blog Bash is an impressive talent showcase of poets, artists, and writers/authors from all walks of life.  For each day of this month, one individual will be featured here on this blog, at Origami Lotus Stones, my Twitter (hashtag will be #augblogbash), my Facebook community page, and on my blog page on Writing Our Way Home.  Please be patient while I post on all platforms. 
**Please note that all authors/artists have given me permission to post their work on the following platforms/sites I have just mentioned.  Please do not plagiarize, modify, reproduce, or distribute any work without permission from the original authors/artists.  Thank you!** If you are interested in participating in this Blog Bash, feel free to check out the details here.
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Today's Feature:  JulesPaige Another Harvest Moon by JP
JulesPaige is an invented nom-de-plume that translates to "jewels on a page."  She has been writing for 40 years and is a seasoned member on the Writing Our Way Home community.  Her poems are usually filled with fantastical images and stories that oftentimes leave the reader with a sense of light, sweetness, and beauty.  These two poems as presented here are examples of those magical poems.  In "Another Harvest Moon," there are images and stanzas that parallel one another.  However, the third stanza acts like an anchor to this poem.  It speaks of a transient nature (both nature and human nature)--how we "consume" and harvest everything in life before "we too fade."  From this anchoring stanza, it is much easier to branch out to the other stanzas and understand what's going on in the poem.  For instance, the speaker of the poem (or author) states that she "shall count [the Ladybug's] / Years before [it] flies," noting that transient life as mentioned previously.  It is as if the speaker/author is trying to "harvest" the Ladybug's years, so that she can enjoy life a little longer; for it is said in myth that a ladybug brings "good luck" to mankind (stanza 2).  Interestingly, there are bits of wisdom scattered throughout this poem (stanzas 3 and 5 are examples).
Mis-steps by JP
In "Mis-Steps?," this humorous poem tells a story about Two Left Feet at a lovely "costumed" dance party.  Readers can relate to experiences of ridicule and peer pressure to fit in with the crowd as well as the courage it takes to accept own's self-identity--with flaws, quirks, and deformities, even if it means having two left feet!  But as it is with life, Two Left Feet continue(s) on dancing because after all, how can one measure a fighting spirit?  It is that sense of accomplishment and courage to stand up to something that sets a person apart from others. Wonderful work, Jules!  Thank you so much for sharing and being one of the contributors!  (NB:  Text arrangement on MS PowerPoint by Kathy Uyen Nguyen.  Please note that text/graphics will be in this format.)

To check out more of Jules' work, you can click on the following link(s): Julesgemsandstuff (blog) Julesgemstonepages (blog) Please do promote this new feature on Facebook, Twitter, etc.!  Thanks so much for all the support!  And look, my blog now has buttons (see below) to make your life easier!  Come back tomorrow for a new artist/author feature!

1 comment:

  1. Hi, thanks for all of your visits to Gem Stones today.
    I tried to send you an e-mail but the address I have doesn't work and my outlook isn't functioning.

    Be well, cheers 'JulesPaige'.

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