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The words I write are simple I'm as simple as they come. I'll never be the best poet But I'm an okay one! I write simple rhymes, Expressed with words understood, But I'll continue learning As every person should. So don't look to me for perfection Here it won't be found But if you enjoy simplicity You can stop looking now! :)

I am married, going on 18 years to a sweet heart of a man, Harvey. We have 2 children. Our daughter, Rosalie,is 17 years old and a blessing everyday. Our son Hunter Harvey lives with God until we meet again. He passed away at 2 months old from SIDS.

We are a happy little family living in the mountains of West Virginia. I'm a teacher by profession, an ordained non denominational Christian minister , and I love to write, play ukulele, sing, sew, craft, cook, read/ listen to audiobooks and study my Bible.

I'm originally from New Hampshire but moved here in 2002. We have one little dog, a chihuahua jack Russell mix named Sassy, a gold fish named Sushi, a female calico cat named Sookie, and 2 male cats. The oldest named Salem(he's all black), and a tiny male kitten named PorkChop or Chopper...a long haired orange and white stripe.

(I know we dropped the"S" name for the last kitten... but we are only fostering until our friend can keep him.. Otherwise we'd have named him, Sunny!;)

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.( Numbers 6:24-26 KJV)

<3<3 xoxo Love, Crystol

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Blog Posted:7/17/2024 5:28:00 PM

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I don't know if I did this correctly but if so, you'll see a photo I've taken of my most recent art work. "At Peace in charcoal ". I've found that many poets also paint or draw, or play music. A creative mind seeks many outlets! I enjoy singing, playing the ukulele, sewing, crafting, writing, and drawing or painting as well! I don't claim to be great at any of them but I do enjoy them!

I'm wondering who else in this group of talented poets, has other artistic interests? Do you combine your talents with your writing, such as singing a lyric poem or adding a photo of your own artwork?

Perhaps you have a unique creative talent not listed? Anxiously awaiting your replies, Crystol xoxo

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Charlotte
Puddifoot

Date: 7/20/2024 4:47:00 AM

it's always interesting hearing what other creative pursuits poets enjoy..in my case music is a great love, especially singing, and i did three years vocal training

Suzette
Richards

Date: 7/19/2024 8:59:00 AM

I've always enjoyed watercolor painting and have done a few commissions for friends. What I enjoy most about it is the thought process that goes into it before the execution as one can't underdraw (pencil, etc) when using watercolor. My daughter has shown me up with her skill in the various graphic arts, so now we try different mediums in which to compare notes. As far as musical talent is concerned: My daughter (then aged 4) told me: "Mummy, don't!" when I was singing a lullaby to her brother. She has an ear for music which I sadly lack. Some things just can't be taught, I guess -- I will leave it up to those who can ... I like your charcoal sketch, Crystol - thanks for sharing :)

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/19/2024 12:21:00 PM

I'm with you about singing not really something that can be taught... if there's already some talent, it can be perfected with practise etc... my whole family is musical in some way but I'm afraid all the talent ran out when it came to my turn lol. I have to work hard for every bit of musicality I try. My sister and brother both have voices that are unbelievable! Ty for sharing! Xoxo

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/19/2024 12:21:00 PM

Thank you Suzette! I've never gotten the hang of watercolors but love love love how it works so well for nature paintings etc... I'd love to see your work! My daughter is majoring in graphic arts! She's very good!

Arlo
Parker

Date: 7/18/2024 12:18:00 PM

Dabble in photography supporting my poetic themes. I also love prose exploration finding ways to more perfectly express myself.

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/19/2024 12:12:00 PM

Yess, Photography! Get way to express artistically! Xo

Maureen McGreavy
The Insolent Rib

Date: 7/18/2024 5:29:00 AM

Hi Crystol! I’m a visual artist also, painting and sculpture, now exploring print making. I have combined poetry and art in the past and plan to do more.

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/18/2024 7:44:00 AM

That's great! I'd love to see your art! Ty for commenting xo

Gary
Radice

Date: 7/18/2024 2:17:00 AM

Hi Crystol! Great artwork! Since 1999 I’ve had a website up on the net about the history of amusement parks and rides. It’s called themagiceye and since 2007 has been hosted by Joyland Books. I tend to write about my own memories of parks on there but have had some great input from contributors willing to share their extensive knowledge (people like John Wardley who designed Nemesis rollercoaster at Alton Towers, Phil Gould an ex editor of OK magazine who writes about his extensive knowledge of parks and Nick Laister who owns Joyland Books and Fairytale Farm in the Cotswolds). It’s not had an update for a few years but will be getting one soon as it turns 25 in November. Cheers - Gary themagiceye.co.uk

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/18/2024 7:45:00 AM

Oh wow that sounds amazing! I'll be checking that out Gary, and thanks! Xo

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/17/2024 9:51:00 PM

I sure wish I understood music so that I could put my lyrical poetry to music. I took guitar in my 40's and practiced daily for two years. I picked it up a few years ago and could hardly remember any chords or strums I used to know so well. I cannot play by ear, so the times I thought up melodies for a few songs, I had to keep plucking strings until I found which note I was playing. It's incredible how easily we forget things learned in our older age. If only I had taken guitar in my childhood. I really wish I could play it easily and remember all the chords. You are lucky to have so many talents. I can't draw worth a darn.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/18/2024 9:34:00 AM

thanks, Crystol.

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/18/2024 7:49:00 AM

I found it difficult to remember chords as well! I stated writing each one over my lyrics so now I have to use my cheat sheets to play lol. But it works! Some of us are jack of all trades but masters of none... and some, like you dear Andrea, are masters of their craft! You are a poet,a writer... and you've mastered that art for sure! Ty for sharing! Xo

David
Crandall

Date: 7/17/2024 7:46:00 PM

Hi Crystal. It's interesting to hear about all your creative outlets - quite a few! I sometimes draw or paint. My son is a birdwatcher, so I wrote a bunch of poems called "Dan's Birds..." which have drawings. I like music and listen a lot, but don't know much about it. I'm thinking about learning about it so I can figure out how to put my rhymes to music, and maybe even write songs. I might have started too late (I'm 65).

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/18/2024 7:51:00 AM

Oh David! Never too late my friend!! Keep learning new things and expressing that beautiful soul of yours! I love the Dan's birds idea! Would Love to see your drawings too...ty for sharing! Xoxo

Chantelle
Cooke

Date: 7/17/2024 6:11:00 PM

Crystal thank you for sharing. I also like photography, wood burning and watercoloring. Now I am exploring arts and poetry together themes Chantelle

Crystol Woods
Date: 7/18/2024 7:55:00 AM

Chantelle... beautiful name! I tried woodburning for home made Christmas gifts last year! It was awesome to see the permanence of that art being carved into wood. It's a gorgeous craft. Keep exploring your talents in art and blessings to you! Xoxo

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5/9/2025	Mother Nature	Haiku	spring,
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5/1/2025	SON	Acrostic	death,grief,
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4/23/2025	Charity	Shadorma	christian,i love you,
4/22/2025	Scarlet thread	Acrostic	christian,family,
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4/20/2025	Direwolf, Dire Times	Dramatic Monologue	animal,bible,community,fa
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4/17/2025	Lost All Sense	Lyric	abuse,black love,fear,hea
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4/17/2025	Museum of the Past	Free verse	emotions,heartbreak,memor
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4/7/2025	Awe,age	Free verse	change,emotions,growing u
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4/5/2025	The Butterfly continued	Couplet	butterfly,nature,
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3/31/2025	The earth brings new life	Haiku	birth,nature,
3/30/2025	Dizzy Dancin	Rhyme	dance,
3/29/2025	Supercalifragilicticexpialidocious	Rhyme	nature,
3/27/2025	Second chances	Free verse	growth,
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3/25/2025	Speech Impediments, Moons and Spoons	Limerick	child,funny,
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SIT-UPONS	Free verse	places,
Rainbows on the Moon	Rispetto	death,
Urban Legend	Rhyme	murder,mystery,
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Pursuit of Infinite Knowledge and Understanding	Dramatic Verse	journey,passion,philosoph
Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?	Free verse	faith,history,mystery,phi
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Letter from the Grave	Free verse	emotions,
Rapture	Couplet	love,
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Note to Self	Rhyme	humor,poetry,
Why I Became a Poet	Bio	how i feel,
Poe's Untimely Demise	Rhyme	horror,
Shameful Lover	Rhyme	analogy,first love,irony,
Mary Rogers	Lyric	mental illness,
Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress	Dramatic Verse	death,loneliness,mental i
For My Children	Dramatic Monologue	loneliness,longing,native
POETRY CHURCH	Rhyme	poetry,
Golden Hearts - ::POTD::	Rhyme	angel,bereavement,goodbye
Knots Between The Pearls	Free verse	angst,life,pain,relations
Within these Walls	Free verse	abuse,introspection,love
The Empty Room	Free verse	angst,emotions,
The Empty Room	Free verse	baby,flower,girl,grief,li
Enigma	Rhyme	abuse,racism,
Calls My Name	Free verse	addiction,cute love,dark,
The Gun Shop	Quatrain	animal,conflict,death,lif
Enigmatic Perspective	Free verse	bird,dark,death,extended
Where Do We Come From	Sonnet	creation,
Recital	Free verse	daughter,music,parents,pr
Forgiveness	Free verse	forgiveness,
Shattered	Free verse	addiction,
Life is a Song	Narrative	appreciation,music,romant
the little things	Haibun	appreciation,
Raindrops 2	Free verse	11th grade,freedom,humani
My Trip Journey	Dramatic Verse	analogy,journey,
spring mountain spring	Haiku	mountains,nature,
I Found Someone To Love Today	Pantoum	anti bullying,
The Rape of Lebanon	Rhyme	anxiety,war,
Death Blows a Flamed Horn	Sonnet	bereavement,death,
The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God	Free verse	10th grade,bible,christia
Die with me	Free verse	death,
Almost Something	Lyric	god,
Stoic - POTW	Free verse	endurance,life,
My Fellow Poets	Free verse	appreciation,art,dark,dee
Hear Me, and Be Still	Lyric	bird,deep,pain,psychologi
DAYSTAR	Acrostic	star,
Ode to Aaliyah	Ode	strength,
Ode to the Mirror	Ode	analogy,courage,imaginati
MISMATCH - TRI	Rhyme	animal,
Mary Rogers - Now a Song	Lyric	abuse,addiction,hope,
Serging Through Life's Stitches with Scars	Free verse	emotions,faith,philosophy
The Happiness Factory	Free verse	appreciation,
Soupers, to you I am Indebted	Rhyme	appreciation,family,poets
You Keep on Moving	Free verse	heartbreak,
NEW - Where is The Love Mamma - The Video	Dramatic Verse	anger,angst,conflict,pove
Lantern of the Shadowed Glade :POTD:	Rhyme	dark,fantasy,halloween,ho
The moon, now full, begins to show	Rhyme	scary,
Makabre Marionetta	Free verse	character,child,conflict,
Room Made of War	Rhyme	absence,depression,psycho
The Scary Story	Rhyme	dark,death,evil,halloween
The Burden Man	Rhyme	anxiety,horror,
The Fly	Rhyme	death,humor,insect,
To Whom Does This Come	Rhyme	destiny,inspirational,int
Step Ever So Light, On Halloween Night	Lyric	halloween,night,scary,
When The Space Between Stars is Not Empty	Free verse	passion,stars,
Three Sides to Every Story	Rhyme	jealousy,marriage,
HOLIDAY LIMERICKS	Limerick	america,holiday,sunshine,
Mouser Jill	Rhyme	nursery rhyme,
Hindsight is 20 20	Rhyme	angst,anti bullying,anxie
Justice Served in Blue and White	Rhyme	murder,
Sea Of Love's Mystery	Romanticism	romantic love,
The Rose II Cy Twombly	Ekphrasis	art,
Santa versus The Grouch	Rhyme	christmas,holiday,humor,s
Recognition	Free verse	appreciation,meaningful,p
The Ballad of Circumlocution	Ballad	allegory,allusion,confusi
The Tempest, Painting by Michael Cheval	Ekphrasis	art,
Snowbound	Kimo	snow,wind,winter,
Epilogue	Tercet	angel,writing,
Tired Soul	Rhyme	depression,
frame by frame	Monoku	memory,time,
MONSTER	I do not know?	depression,
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When You Need A Friend	Sonnet	friendship,

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