October, early evening.
Remember the walk in the park, at dusk,
after hours spent daydreaming? Attune your heart
to the streetlights illuminating, the leaves,
aglow with autumn. The book of trees an understory
all gold, like a good plot all shiny, tangled,
bitter and sweet. Lift your face to the crisp wind,
to the pines, to the melody in the air. Sing along.
Remember the hopeful feeling like getting the first editions
of your favorite books or a passionate kiss from someone
who understands your quirks and finds them sexy. Lean into nature.
The improbable full moon, so big and bright no camera lens or artist’s hands could reproduce. Climb into the open sky, even the night. Remember. Relax. Be.
-Tosha Michelle
For Alex. My less than perfect cover of “Wings” by Birdy. Thanks for the request.
Some good advice for today.
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Thank you.
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Tosha, you capture the nature of all things so well. Taking time and effort to BE, is well worth the experience to act.
Thanks for reminding me of simple joys in life.
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You’re welcome. Thank you.
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love and love. btw, I have like 30 custom channels on Pandora and my Birdy channel gets all my time. Thank you for both the words and song.
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Very cool! Thank you!
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My favorite line, still waiting to live, “a passionate kiss from someone
who understands your quirks and finds them sexy. ”
Love it all!
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Thank you!
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Xoxo
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Beautiful presentation. I love that improbable moon!
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Thank you!
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Lovely writing and singing. xo
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Thank you. xo
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What are you gabbling about?! We’ve never gone on a walk! We should though! Somewhere secluded where I chop off your head!
Good read though.
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Ha-ha. To quote us both “how rude” It’s like we’re both Stephanie Tanner
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Who?!
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Oh my god. Full House. You never watched it? The little girl on there classic line was “how rude”
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Seriously never heard of it!
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Hold on. Clip coning
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coning?! bless!
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Shut up. Trying to multitask here. By the way, Ewwwww to the golden light.
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I don’t even know what that is!! I was messing. What is it?
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Oh my God. You don’t wanna know but I think you do know. Wait..
Whaaaaat?
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Never heard it called that before! How very wrong!
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Indeed
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Unlike you, that was short and sweet! 😉
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You’re so unbelievable rude.;)
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Awwww, Fanks!
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LOVE THIS!! i was there! I’m gonna read it again and go back later. 🙂
Amazing, Poetess! ❤
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Thank you, Eric. I thought I saw you on the park bench.
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A very pretty write. “Remember. Relax. Be.” Much easier said than done, ha-ha, at least for me! 😉 Have a marvelous evening! ~ Mia
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Me too. Me too. xx
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🙂 XO
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Tosha, really enjoyed the imagery created here. (October has actually become one of my favorite months) The picture selected to accompany your words was perfect. Loved your singing as always.. Have a great day, Bruce
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Thank you, Bruce. October is my favorite month too.
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“The improbable full moon, so big and bright no camera lens or artist’s hands could reproduce. Climb into the open sky, even the night. Remember. Relax. Be.”
love this…
& your poetic voice could stand and be- in any era in time…it is translatable to the experience of life…makes me admire your vision and articulation of thought…
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Thank you. What a lovely compliment.
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So beautifully written.
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Thank you!
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Thank you my southern cockney belle. So glad the song connected so much with you. It was a lovely rendition. No music just highlighted your emotive voice more.
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Thank you. I was happy to do it for you. I love you Brits to bits.
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I couldn’t pick out a favourite line. Just one long tie btw 😀
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Beautiful words, loved it.
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Thank you.
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Wonderfully written, you paint a very emotional piece within words,
the bonus of a song finishing with a loving touch…
i also see that you have been reading some my stuff,
i am grateful, sorry ifinn i hadn’t caught this earlier..
i look forward to our future…
Possibly bouncing sarcastically loving comments back an forth…
hugs & kisses chris
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Thank you. Snark is my specialty, always happy to meet like-minded snarkers. I’ve been enjoying your posts. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.
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Like your perfect one-word title, I’ll give you one word about this poem: “be-autiful”!
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Aww. Thanks xo
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You’re most welcome! 🙂
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It’s nice having you back on WP.
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Nice to be back. 🙂 I’m not posting as much, at least not yet (and you know, as soon as I type those words I usually eat them right up!).
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Yeah. We have that in common. WordPress is just such a lovely environment. It’s so different from Facebook or Twitter. There’s a real sense of community here.
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I’ve actually been doing more on Twitter only because it’s quick and over before you know it. But I agree, there is more of a sense of community on WP.
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Yes, I prefer Twitter to FB. I’m thinking about getting rid of FB all together.
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I’m pretty bored with FB. I scroll through and end up jumping out of it. We think alike. 🙂
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We do!
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Eloquent, descriptive, and well crafted…inspiring.
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Thanks so much.
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autumn is always that beautiful… you done love with words. :))
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Thank you.
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beautiful…..
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Thank you.
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Beautiful prose and singing, Tosha – I’m glad I found your blog! 🙂
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Thank you. It’s lovely to connect.
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Likewise! You are truly gifted with your words and voice – really. All the best to you!
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Thank you. I’ve read some of your poetry. It’s beautiful.
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Thank you as well! Hope you have a lovely day! 🙂
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You too.
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🙂
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I saw the moon tonight and told a couple people where I work to come out and look. It was gorgeous 🙂 I am one of those weird people who stand outside at night and look at the stars/planets.
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That’s not werid, that’s lovely. The night sky can be really beautiful.
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someone said that evolution cannnot account for the world being beautiful. Not sure if that is true, but I like the idea.
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Me too.
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Beautiful song and amazing poetry. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and voice.
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Thank you for reading and listening xo
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I love your song and you are welcome Tosha.
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Thank you. Happy Easter weekend.
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Such incredible writing! It pulls me right in and keeps me there to the very last line, each of your poems does this. Thank you.
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Thank you! I truly appreciate it.
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100 percent totally awesome hey send me that pic u use i want it as a wallpaper
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Sure thing xx
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