Thvia Shetley's Blog
 I am a divorced, 43 year old woman of Scottish parentage with 5 amazing kids and 2 precious grandchildren. Currently I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I'm not an expert on anything in particular but have the ridiculous ability of total subject recall to see me through most any single-serving conversation I happen to stumble into.
I love writing poetry because there is something awe inspiring about the creative and skillful structure of a thought or idea. It is not just what you say, but how you say it. Poetry is simply the artistry of language.
Anyway, off we go to write great things and move great minds! Thank you for indulging my foolhardy ramblings and for taking a moment to get to know me.
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Forgive me Soupers, for I have sinned...
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Blog Posted:1/10/2013 8:48:00 PM
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It has been 26 months since my last submission.
Hello all you wonderful writers, how I have missed you so.
Well, I thought I'd make a quiet comeback yesterday with "Ode to an impostor" but, due to the many questions in my comments and soup mail, I figured a blog is probably in order.
First, a big thank you goes out to those who have welcomed me back so enthusiastically. I appreciate your warm sincerity more than you know. I have lurked around from time to time over the past two years to check on everyone in secret and respond to emails asking after me and offering encouragement.
My hiatus was primarily due to the unpleasantries of ongoing issues with my health and the resulting physical and emotional down time. I simply didn't have any poetry in me for awhile. Everything seems to be under control for now with the help of steroid and chemotherapy treatments. I do not have cancer, so no worries there. These treatments are used on me to weaken my hyperactive immune system so it stops attacking me. The good news is, it seems to be working well and I have not lost any of my awesome bright red hair.
Considering all of the above, I thought it appropriate to write my comeback poem around some of the feelings and experiences I've had throughout the ordeal but since I am not a gloom and doom writer by any stretch, it should make for a good smile.
Thanks again everyone, it's good to be back with you and I look forward to getting to know the new talent brought in during my absence, looks pretty good so far.
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 1/17/2013 | Peat-whisky dreams | Rhyme | love, |
| 1/9/2013 | Ode to an impostor | Free verse (vers libre) | death,life,time,me, |
| 11/14/2010 | The truth about women | Rhyme | daughter,mother,people,sc |
| 10/29/2010 | The fall of Macbeth | Limerick | history |
| 10/28/2010 | The eye of The Graeae Witches | Limerick | funny |
| 10/12/2010 | A Halloween birthday Tanka | Tanka | holiday,nostalgia,time,ha |
| 10/12/2010 | Epitaph of a run-away bride | Limerick | funny, |
| 10/8/2010 | A golf limerick | Limerick | funeral,funny,sports, |
| 10/7/2010 | Merry Queen of Squash | Epulaeryu | food,funny,history,,cousi |
| 10/6/2010 | Kelpie | Quatrain | fantasymen,slavery, |
| 10/6/2010 | Sawney Bean, legend of a cannibal - written in broad Scots dialect | Quatrain | history |
| 9/30/2010 | To a wasp | Free verse (vers libre) | animals |
| 9/20/2010 | A message from across the pond | Free verse (vers libre) | love,romance,time,night,m |
| 9/14/2010 | A jaded man | Free verse (vers libre) | angst,depression,people, |
| 9/13/2010 | A scorned woman | Free verse (vers libre) | angst,life,people, |
| 9/12/2010 | Beholden to Hinnom | Haiku | religion |
| 9/11/2010 | Address to the Devil | Quatrain | faith |
| 9/9/2010 | Gorbals | Free verse (vers libre) | people,places,travel,urba |
| 9/8/2010 | A glimpse of harakiri | Free verse (vers libre) | life |
| 9/8/2010 | Banter in the bedroom | Free verse (vers libre) | husband,love,romance,wife |
| 9/8/2010 | Awa' aff the river shore | Lyric | love,places,song-lyric,ri |
| 9/8/2010 | A trite and whimsical rhyme | Rhyme | romancelove, |
| 9/7/2010 | A curious choice | Free verse (vers libre) | animals,life,nature,socia |
| 9/7/2010 | Unfit and ill-equipped | Didactic | people,philosophy, |
| 9/6/2010 | Child poet | Free verse (vers libre) | inspirational,on writing |
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Fav Poems
| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| Cinder Girl | Rhyme | lovelove, |
| ......Helter Skelter....... | I do not know? | historyhalloween, |
| The Leash | Rhyme | nature,places,uplifting |
| Mento | Free verse (vers libre) | history,music,politicallo |
| Lucila | Prose Poetry | adventure,confusion,depre |
| Smoke Rings | Lyric | lost lovewords,night,love |
| Simpler Days | Iambic Pentameter | allegory,romance, |
| The Flame | Rhyme | life,light,light, |
| The Poet | Rhyme | life,words,epic, |
| San Francisco Fete - Co-authored with Thvia Shetley | Sonnet | places,romance,urban,city |
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