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Quote for Today: Countee Cullen
© Cornelia Kopp with CCLicense From the Dark Tower We shall not always plant while others reap The golden increment of bursting fruit, Not always countenance, abject and mute, That lesser men should...
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Through The Eyes of Betrayer and Betrayed: Fractures
Is it possible to empathize with those who have made choices that inflict pain on themselves and those around them? © Sardaka with CCLicense These three poems, Fractures, were written in 2012 for an...
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A Brave and Startling Truth from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, 1928-2014. May she rest in peace. Image © Adria Richards with CCLicense A Brave and Startling Truth We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past...
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Thoughts from Zion Canyon: At The Temple of Sinawava on the Virgin River
Looking into Zion Canyon from Angel’s Landing image @ Tobias Alt with CCLicense At the end of the road in Zion National Park, there is a place called the Temple of Sinawava, a natural amphitheater...
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As the Clouds Roll By: Future Projects at Synkroniciti
We’re excited to announce our first ventures outside of cyberspace! Synkroniciti is bringing three projects to life in Houston, Texas. Open Mic Nights Especially geared for poets, storytellers, and...
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Expectation, Fear and Empathy: Cloud by Katherine McDaniel
Sharing new work can be both a frightening part of the creative process and a moment full of blissful surprise. © Raymond Shobe with CCLicense This poem tells of the swirling feelings of expectation,...
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Quote for Today: Helen Dunmore
© Steve Hunt with CCLicense Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear....
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Quote for Today: Jean Cocteau
Core (Cored Sculpture), Isamu Noguchi, 1978 Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth...
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What’s All This Then: Synkroniciti’s First Open Mic Exceeds Expectations
Last Sunday, synkroniciti held its first public event, an Open Mic featuring works that explored beginnings. What an inspiring experience! Some of the goodies to be shared. As the afternoon darkened...
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Facing Cancer: Yo soy un Corazón by Katherine McDaniel
This poem explores a woman’s thoughts about her cancer diagnosis. Can creativity help us deal with life’s twists and turns? © Jasaya with CCLicense Several years ago, I participated in a program...
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Wondrously Made: Nubia’s Shoes by Katherine McDaniel
Public Domain Image via Pixabay We all have struggles in our lives, areas in which we are lacking. Why are some of us so resilient? This is the first of three poems which were commissioned by Houston...
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A Synkroniciti Top Ten List: Most Popular Original Works of 2014
Our second year went by so quickly! Here’s the first look back, featuring our most viewed original art of 2014. 2014 was a great year at synkroniciti. We held two successful Open Mics in the Houston...
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Separated from our Roots: Offshore by Kelly Ledsinger
There are emotions that are universal, or nearly so. The paradox is that they feel personal and difficult to share. Oil Platform at Night© Mark Mitchell with CCLicense Kelly Ledsinger shared this poem,...
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The Tragedy of Roots: To a Dancer by Katherine McDaniel
Dance can circumvent words and create bonds across cultures. Could we allow the empathy it creates guide our daily lives? Sattriya Dancer, India© Subhrajit with CCLicense To a Dancer is a poem I wrote...
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The Importance of Creative Darkness: Exposed Roots by Katherine McDaniel
Creative people often examine the darkness around their roots for inspiration. Is it dangerous and risky to expose these roots? © Gmihail with CCLicense Human beings often speak of the foundations of...
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Quote for Today: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Often I Wish I Were a potato. Eyes opened in all directions. Unafraid of the cold earth. The difference between life and death for somebody. ―Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, The Air Around the Butterfly...
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Quote for Today: Henry Beston
Stars Above Haleakala© thedaintyheart with CCLicense Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well...
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Quote for Today: Sanober Khan
my love is a winter’s mist gently dissolving through the window at the nape of your neck. ―Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempest Public Domain Image via pexel.com
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We Were There: Synkroniciti’s Open Mic: Exploring Earth
It is so special to be present together, connected to one another and our Earth by the gift of life. Last Saturday, synkroniciti held the fourth Open Mic and the final one of the season, Exploring...
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Quote for Today: Henry David Thoreau
© Ton Rulkens, Mozambique with CCLicense There is some of the same fitness in a man’s building his own house that there is in a bird’s building its own nest. Who knows but if men constructed their...
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