GIRL SMITHS WORDS
In 2014 I discovered redaction poetry. There are hidden poems and stories everywhere, just scratch the surface to unearth them. . .
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Wife Returns on Sunday (2014)
Sunrise and soft lament. A call to nobody. Waiting to be tapped has become common as rice. The sounds are for show. Bathed in dim and mournful drama the Madam begins at dawn, an early enjoyable but by-the-book drama. A female of State and obvious inspiration. With a human face, a husky voice and a loose unusual brain, she has all the determination of the Original. It’s a wish dragged reluctantly into high. Her time there is spent making the world her next move. A closer model found in a different name- Wife. |
Wife Returns on Sunday (2014) Redaction poetry with accompanying digital collage
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Wife, who stands then leaves and returns on Sunday. Sunday is bracing and especially long. It's the imagination and energy of it's married creators.
The Wife, played, is sympathetic but also devious not beyond using her own words.
Believe.
In some ways the Madame seeks to be the first hostage, talking in echoes to save another held by the calls of State to show as real life.
This fantasy was forced upon her. She is unexplained and content to raise horses and children.
Reluctantly, she makes a difference, on the wrong side and sports a ghost of a smile.
In charge without approval He asks Her how She did it. "I don't know. With a shrug?"
Suddenly full of a Heroine's mind and of state Her home has opened doors.
Stealing a bit from home and from house, faith in Mrs. over She proves to be too dark.
Wife stands.
She strikes virtue. She balances vice.
The Madam has good but would be better if She were just a little worse.
Redacted from:
Stanley, A. (2014, September 19). Two Ways to Accessorize Power ‘Madam Secretary’ and ‘The Good Wife,’ TV’s Mighty Women. The New York Times, p. C1.
The Wife, played, is sympathetic but also devious not beyond using her own words.
Believe.
In some ways the Madame seeks to be the first hostage, talking in echoes to save another held by the calls of State to show as real life.
This fantasy was forced upon her. She is unexplained and content to raise horses and children.
Reluctantly, she makes a difference, on the wrong side and sports a ghost of a smile.
In charge without approval He asks Her how She did it. "I don't know. With a shrug?"
Suddenly full of a Heroine's mind and of state Her home has opened doors.
Stealing a bit from home and from house, faith in Mrs. over She proves to be too dark.
Wife stands.
She strikes virtue. She balances vice.
The Madam has good but would be better if She were just a little worse.
Redacted from:
Stanley, A. (2014, September 19). Two Ways to Accessorize Power ‘Madam Secretary’ and ‘The Good Wife,’ TV’s Mighty Women. The New York Times, p. C1.
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Close Encounter – redacted.
You say you want a close encounter to follow footsteps to lay eyes to show up on doorsteps and strum and pluck and write and sink many many hundreds of hearts deeper. |
Pinned - redacted.
I attempt to pin stars to the view I can see I'm weak I may glance To see The question I try to answer How close to terms am I? Sift through a year Trying to feel strong and in order I say I was missing Gone or wished I could I find myself before reservation Still, regard the stars as a little perspective While I stand by the view |
His Limelight – redacted.
A century is many things- a hat a screen a form a success often over looked. A creative reared in music played by ear but could not read. The music, his city lights. The sound, the essentially silent. The score, his limelight. New York will play his satire While the kind Embrace his years. ~ |
A Sterling Act – redacted.
Five years before the world stopped it turned upside down and inside out reshaping Mind and Man. The Collector of Transformative Gifts- the Chairman Emeritus promised to come in form of exhilarating exhibition. History and humor met and five years is Now and New as it will be known are gifts with no restrictions . A sterling act of Four Horsemen. |
Home in a Wider World – redacted.
The Sculptor everlastingly episodic home in a wider world born traveled made born traveled made her base had a tendency to take off on trips at crucial junctures when things were just beginning. Her travels unfailingly glamorous enough to compare they twist inside of her making appearing diving making appearing diving pastel seascapes carved wood fish portraits of new close friends now winking and veering into her influence on Her. |
The Daily Confessional Project
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I CONFESS: I have grown into a card-carrying rule follower. I'm an adherent stickler for rules birthed from not wanting to get onto trouble. Its a far cry from my damn-the-man teens and twenties.
I CONFESS: Though I know better, I drank a large real coffee this morning. I'm bouncing off the walls and will be crashing in t-minus 10, 9, . . . I CONFESS: Too often I confuse stuffing my feelings and seething with taking the high road. I CONFESS: I do not feel ready for Monday. |
I CONFESS: I hate celery.
I CONFESS: It's not my life that's so complicated, it's my reactions to my life. I CONFESS: I'm taking a break from the book (Impossible Vacation by Spalding Gray) that I'm reading even though I'm so close to the end. The main character's impending mental break is causing me too much anxiety. I CONFESS: I shave my toe knuckles. I CONFESS: When we moved to NY last summer I was going to reinvent myself by introducing myself as "Jenna Ann." |
I CONFESS: My first confession seems a bit weak so here goes, I confess that I feel like a complete asshole for having to pray (really pray) for the patience, loving kindness and compassion it takes to do my job today.
I CONFESS: Its not easy for me to take a compliment or compliment myself so today I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and invite you to do the same. Here goes, I am a talented artist with a voice and vision worth sharing. :) I CONFESS: I permanently delete all my text messages daily as a form of new technological age cleansing. |
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I CONFESS: My life has been full of redos, rebranding, career changes, image make overs, college transfers, start overs, take 2-3-4-5. . . a constant string of new beginnings. I may never settle in, never settle down, become a "company man" so to speak and I think (I'm becoming) ok with that. Some people call it flaky or immature but I say it's my phoenix nature, burn baby burn and rise again. The universe is ever changing with its rhythmic and sometimes chaotic ebbs and flows, trickles and volcanic eruptions. I'm dancing to its beat.
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I CONFESS: I talk to myself (not out loud, luckily) a lot. A whole lot.
I CONFESS: If the alarm clock wakes me from a nightmare, I will snooze until I have a good dream or at least shake off the bad one. I CONFESS: I'm taking the day off from confessing. I CONFESS: I've been balking over my confessional today. PMS has me super emotional and unsure. |
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I CONFESS: Party Rock by LMFAO is my guilty pleasure dance jam.
I CONFESS: The first thing I do when I start a paper back book is break the spine. (be forewarned.) I CONFESS: For a person who made a conscious decision to not own a television set for anti-couch potato and anti-cable bill reasons , I watch a whole hell of a lot of television programming online. |
I CONFESS: I don't read a newspaper, read RSS feeds, listen to news radio or watch news programs. If it wasn't for my mom's text updates I'd have no idea what was going on in the world.
I CONFESS: I've always been a bigger Rolling Stones fan than Beatles fan. I CONFESS: I make sure to tell both my cats, "I love you." before leaving each morning. |
I CONFESS: The first crush I can remember having was either on Jessica Rabbit or Rowdy Roddy Piper. I can't recall who was first.
I CONFESS: I will let trains pass me by in the morning (on my way to work) if I haven't completed my ritual of walking to a particular part of the platform to say good morning to the little copper statues. |
Image References Wife Returns on Sunday
British Broadcasting System. (2010). Serio-Comic War Map of the Year 1877 [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://www.designpoi.com/2011/12/bbcs-beauty-maps-series/
Isreal, R. (2013). Mercator's Projection Map [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/m103/mercator/mercator.htm/Mariner’s Compass [JPEG image]. (2015).
Retrieved from http://www.highdesertsteam.org/p/events.html
Milner, D. (2013). Alchemical-sun-moon [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://www.eve.com.mt/2013/04/30/surya-and-chandra-the-play-of-sun-and-moon-in-human-relationships-
part-2/
Montiel, A. (2011). Vintage Palm Reading Charts [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://anamontielblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-palm-reading-charts.html#.VRqrtfnF-So
Ogden, L. (n.d). Earthlore Astrology - Body Correspondences [JPEG image]. Retrieved from ttp://www.elore.com/Astrology/introduction.htm Phrenology Introduction [JPEG image].
(2013). Retrieved from http://www.happehtheory.com/2012/01/23/phrenology-introduction/
Watson, K. (2013) Anatomical Heart – Vintage [Royalty free image]. Retrieved from http://thegraphicsfairy.com/royalty-free-images-anatomical-heart-vintage/
Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. (2014). Azores Old Map [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Azores
Isreal, R. (2013). Mercator's Projection Map [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/m103/mercator/mercator.htm/Mariner’s Compass [JPEG image]. (2015).
Retrieved from http://www.highdesertsteam.org/p/events.html
Milner, D. (2013). Alchemical-sun-moon [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://www.eve.com.mt/2013/04/30/surya-and-chandra-the-play-of-sun-and-moon-in-human-relationships-
part-2/
Montiel, A. (2011). Vintage Palm Reading Charts [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://anamontielblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-palm-reading-charts.html#.VRqrtfnF-So
Ogden, L. (n.d). Earthlore Astrology - Body Correspondences [JPEG image]. Retrieved from ttp://www.elore.com/Astrology/introduction.htm Phrenology Introduction [JPEG image].
(2013). Retrieved from http://www.happehtheory.com/2012/01/23/phrenology-introduction/
Watson, K. (2013) Anatomical Heart – Vintage [Royalty free image]. Retrieved from http://thegraphicsfairy.com/royalty-free-images-anatomical-heart-vintage/
Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. (2014). Azores Old Map [JPEG image]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Azores
