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I am a mother, a lover, a writer, a poet, and an artist of some strange sort. I am passionate, brutally honest, funny, crude, loyal and sincere. My life is an open book for all the world to read. I am who I am and nothing will change that. I am compelled
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The Fall
It is amazing how cognizant one becomes of their moods when they are taking medication to control them. I find myself over analyzing what could ordinarily be just a drab day. It's crappy outside, the sky is grey, I am tired and unmotivated....not dep...
Random Musings from The Pastoral Princess
I was sitting outside this morning on my porch drinking coffee and smoking my one cigarette of the day with a slight tummy ache. This led to several humorous random thoughts that I thought my readers might enjoy.Don't you hate it when you have this a...
Manic Musings
I am feeling quite 'energetic' ie hypomanic this evening and all the windows have been washed and floors scrubbed so I am just hanging out at the computer trying to occupy my mind. I was putting tunes on my iPod and came across and old song that I l...
A little ditty
I could grumble about my husbandBut I won'tI could tell you I feel chipperBut I don'tI could say to you,How do you do?I could act like I careWhen you say "Oh I'm fair"I could write about Obama,And my fondness for his wifeI could bitch about conservat...
Let it Die
I am sure that I am way behind the times in my discovery of the song “Let it Die” by the Foo Fighters. (Give me a break, I'm stuck with Barney and Laurie Berkner everyday) I felt compelled to blog about it. WOW! I wonder how long he held that in...
The Wrecking Ball
Music has been a saving grace for me in the last 4 weeks, and I find myself listening to those deep melodic haunting tunes that sometimes lift you up and bring you down simultaneously. I had to laugh at myself though when I first started to write thi...
The Road to Nowhere
I was jammin' on my iPod tonight while the boy were outside with Daddy and a song came on that just touched me. Ya'll know how that happens to me....music is a passion for me. Anyhoo I just had to share this song that filled me with hope and made me ...
Tonight's musings
UnwelcomeWho gave you the right to waltz here?Sauntering in like a smooth criminalIn your black jacket and your patent leather shoesWaving your cane around so arrogantly…Demanding attention,Disrupting the ball,Announcing your arrival with boisterou...
Then there is that which you desire most....
Robert Frost so wisely wrote "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired"....were truer words ever spoken regarding love and lovers?Madame de Stael wrote in her famous letters "The desire of the man is for the woman, the desire of the...
Goodbye City
A sense of lossFor something never mineAn emptyness somewhereA longing that could never fulfillPromises that were never made,Scenes that were never played.And yet....I miss.Miss the idea of what could have been.That which would have hurt,Pain beyond ...
The Medicine Show
Finally one that is not so morose....sometimes writing poetry is like travelling in the spring...the weather is unpredictable. But tonight I have been inspired. I am grateful for the flow...The Medicine ShowDraw your bow lightly young manAcross your ...
Navigating
The sands of time flow like the creek to the west of my house.Rushing smoothly down a crooked path.Their sounds crisp and cleanDisappearing before they can be seen.Lost in the rapids of my mindSearching for a paddleTo steady the stream.Rains keep com...
Harlot
Surrounded,Guns pointed,High Noon,Silence.Click, Click, Click.Six shooters and shot guns,Aimed at the accused.The standoff has begunThe tumble weeds of indiscretion rollThe gain is none,But the burning thought is blindingOff in the distance, shining ...
The Whining Moon
Well after visiting with some girlfriends and checking a few of my favorite blogs, it seems my hubby ain't the only one in the doghouse this weekend!! Around here when things in nature take on a familiar pattern of behavior most old timers will tell ...
Untitled Blues
A poem poured out of me this evening that I felt like sharing. Mostly because I know there are partners all across the world feeling these same feelings tonight. This poem probably make things sound bleak...but sometimes that is how it feels. The roa...
My Life In Music
The house is quiet, hubby is out, the kids are asleep and I have been adding songs to my Playlist for my blog....it has put me in mellow mood, as always seems to happen when I have time to listen to meaningful music. Much like reading an emotionally...
Overflowing with Emptyness
OverflowingThings are never what they seem.The cup that overflows,Is often too shallow to be full.Fulfilled is not fullOn a tiny plate.Screams are silentIf no one is listening.Silence is deafening,If no one hears it.The struggleIs exhausting.© J Sta...
