a poem and a giveaway from Katy of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

i am so happy Katy is back to share some more of her incredible talents with us! [guys, she’s really talented!] she is so kind and thoughtful and i cannot thank her enough for her friendship. i hope you enjoy her post and be sure to stick around for her awesome giveaway!

 

Last month I was lucky enough to be the interview-ee in a interview post by Megan and to offer you guys a great giveaway. It turned out fantastic and I feel God just really hand-picked the winner himself and it's been such a blessing to me. And so I just jumped at an opportunity to connect with all of you again!

If you recall (and even if you don't!) Megan asked me a question about unused talents and my answer was poetry. Oh how I used to love to write. Words are just so powerful and beautiful, aren't they? So I remembered a certain assignment I had in a college creative writing class I took to use a word with dual meaning in a short poem and here is what I came up with.

The shutter hung,
desperately waiting,
aching correction
of its crooked ways.
A stale sadness
pervading the landscape.
The shutter hung,
and I shuddered.

Get it? Shutter, shuddered?! So incredibly talented, right? (wink, wink) Well, my whole point behind the post is one simple word---perspective. Was that shutter really crooked? Could an inanimate object really ache for correction? Could sadness become a tangible inhabitant of the landscape? From my perspective---yes. But could it be from yours?

Growing up I always struggled with contentment. You know, goes along with "the grass is always greener", and I just feel like that all boils down to how you look at and handle everyday life situations. Instead of focusing on its crookedness, I choose to focus on its beauty. So that's MY perspective on learning to be content and also a little bit of a dusting off of my creative writing closet!  Now let's move on to the fun stuff---the giveaway!

Up for grabs is a "what's in your heart" frame-able card. Mine is just full of my babies---share with me who fills yours!

 

To enter is simple and you can enter in any and/or ALL of the following ways, just be sure to leave a comment for each—

1. Leave a comment here and tell me who or what fills your heart!
2. Share this giveaway on Facebook
3. Like our Facebook page
4. Visit my Etsy shop and pin your favorite shop item to Pinterest
5. Follow the SOTR blog

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SOTR Blog // Etsy Shop // Facebook Page // Pinterest