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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas Open in new Window. became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.


Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.


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May 22, 2025 at 11:40am
May 22, 2025 at 11:40am
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Prompt:
Beyond The Gates.
Use this and opening for your Blog entry today


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I believe this is a new TV show that is either is about to air or it has started to air. I also don't know which channel it will be shown in. These days, I only watch the news. So, I took this phrase as what its words suggested to me.


Beyond The Gates

I wonder what lies past those gates since
my path was choked with vine and thorn
for I was into unknown born, light or dark
or just what awaits here?

Is wonder in there or whispered doom
or just a tomb in a secret world?
At the threshold, I stand and stare...
another step? I don't dare.

Beyond those gates, shadows moan and creep
silence stirs, too dark, too deep, and
guarding a grim unknown, the hinges
now begin to groan

and for what lies past those iron gates
I'm gripped with fear for what awaits...





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