February 2014 Comics of author CelenaDiana Bumpus

01Feb2014

Just finished book designing Tie a Woven Bracelet:  Dreams Within the Ocean Literary Series #4 by Reanna Marchman.  Its ready for print.  The book launch is 02Feb2014, Sunday, 6-9pm at the Dreams Within The Ocean Literary Venue at Shades of Afrika, 114 E. 6th St, Corona, Ca.  I am the host of the venue.

I still have:

     another book to edit and layout this weekend

     correspondence to answer

     student homework and manuscripts to review

     my "white rabbit" poetry project to outline

     lesson plans to write for my 4 creative writing classes

     Dreams Within The Ocean Literary Series #5 through #10 to start editing, laying out and 

          designing

NaPoWriMo Day 27

Day 27

Today's poetic offering is simply strange.

STRANGE

"Strange how I find myself upon your shore"
"On Your Shore" by Enya


Strange how I find myself at your door
fingers caught in mid-knock
anxiously biting my lower lip
Do I stay if you answer?
Do I leave before you do?
Strong wind pushes me forward
into the shelter of your porch
Waiting
Indecisive
Your dog does not bark in greeting
But it waits attentively at the door

Copyright Celena Diana Bumpus

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NaPoWriMo Day 16

Day 16

Today's poetic offering is a matter of questions without really wanting answers.  Because answers can be too finite.

CIRCULAR

Pervasive thoughts
Hidden agendas
This lost dream
Is there anything to salvage?
No comfort in silence
Same frustrations spoken
I know there's a solution
Afraid to let go
Prisoner of my own dependency
I don't dare ask "Why?"

Copyright Celena Diana Bumpus


Circular by Celena Diana Bumpus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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daY TEn

...a un-love poem...

Sitting at the top of the staircase

I imagine my life without you

What life would have been had we never crossed paths.

I wonder if my dreams would be different.

Would my prayers include you even though I wouldn't know

who you are?

I am curious if you would look for a girl with green eyes

and long hair, thick lips and thighs or if the girl you would find

would be very different.

Would she be tall and slender?

Athletic?

I imagine quiet afternoons with no children

and my fingers tapping on the faded letters of my keyboard

writing things that I don't think.

Experiences that I never had unable to press out of my fingertips

existing in a world without you.

And without the things that have molded my poetry into

this.

Standing on soapboxes with scratchy microphones in

darkened rooms

Reciting poetry with too many lines

As if you never even existed

© Ginger Galloway 2013

NaPoWriMo Day 4

Rough and rugged.  Unedited and raw.  It comes with an enigmatic smile.

CelenaDiana

 

NaPoWriMo Day 4

POISED

I pull my new black stillettos

from my tossed blue duffle

in the other room

slip them onto my bare feet

then walk into the main room

there is a metal stool

in the center of the room

light flanks me

from all sides

Leaning forward over the stool

I arch

my back a bowed curve

long legs stretched

left knee slightly bent

bracing my right arm

against the cool metal

of the seat

I peer over my right shoulder

hair falling

in a dark auburn wave

over my left eye

Smiling enigmatically

I stand silent for a moment

Still silent

I take my right hand

twist my arm above my shoulder

touch the spot

between my shoulder blades

tilt my chin upwards

only my profile in view now

hair held in the bend of my elbow

delicate chin

high cheekbone

tiny ears

curved forehead

short lashes

small nose

full lips

same enigmatic smile

poised

After several moments

I laugh

kick off my high heels

pick up my camera

and gesture to the chair

See how easy it is?

I say to my wide eyed friend

©2013 Celena Diana Bumpus

Composed in silence

For a complete listing of my poems for the month of April 2013 entitled:

UNDER MY SCARF, BENEATH MY HAIR AND BEHIND MY GLASSES
(because who knows what mysteries lie there):
A COLLECTION

which will be updated daily.  Simply click on the titles to discover the poem and more.

This work by Celena Diana Bumpus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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