The Measure of Friendship by Karrlin Bain

The Measure of Friendship

                                                by Karrlin Bain

If friendship were a game of chess then we'd both be lovely queens

If friendship were in garden flight we'd be brave sweet honey bees

If friendship were an earring pair then we're wild giant purple hoops

If friendship were ice cream cones then for sure we're triple scoops

If friendship were conversation ours would go on for days

If friendship were routes to destiny we'd travel endless awesome ways

If friendship were walks through the park we'd go just beyond two miles

If friendship were a mood to be we're all happiness and smiles

If friendship were made of laughter that measure is "nonstop"

If friendship were helpfulness ours overflows beyond the top

If friendship were stiletto heels our pair is super tall

If friendship were a road trip we'd make it to St. Paul

If friendship were a sentence we'd be sentenced friends for life

If friendship were a fairy tale we'd be the helpful mice

If friendship were imagination then beyond colorful ours is

If friendship were entrepreneurial then we're the most successful biz

If friendship were made of jewels we're the sparkly-est

If friendship is great and better then ours maxed out at best

If friendship were a library then ours is all Great Books

If friends shared too much hand lotion we'd get the strangest looks

If friendship lasts forever then ours lasts longer yet

If friendship were the weather ~ sunshine and rainbows are all we get

If friendship were either dense or light then ours would float away

If friendship were just a nanosecond then ours lasts an entire day

If friendship were made of telephones then ours would ring and ring

If friendships were a musical then ours could really sing

If friendship were all coffee dates the schedule is every day

If friendship were a messy home then ours requires ninety maids

If friendship were a boat ride then we'll coast along the shore

If friendship were a thirty lined poem ours always has ten more

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The Love and Joy is Kept by Karrlin Bain

The Love and Joy is Kept

                                 by Karrlin Bain

Getting mad at History

Like clearing up old litter

Chase away memory grime

To banish all that's bitter

Think anger on that which is due

Leaving Left the Love for you

Just a Little to Sort Through

To Toss the cobwebs Out

Then View your Life Story Again

The dust Away is Swept

If you have done a Thorough Job

The Love and Joy is Kept

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Blessings in Progress ~ by Karrlin Bain

Blessings in Progress

                                      by Karrlin Bain

   

Blessings in Progress

Be Joyfully Aware

These Moments of Quiet

And Contentment to Share

Watch out for the Best in Life

And it will Guaranteed be Shown

Happiness Doubles

In Bless~struction Zones

Snap Memory Still Frames

Take a few deep Breaths

Reinforce the Trusting

And let God do the Rest

Whisper Simple Prayers of Thanks

And Sprinkle All with Love

Blessings in Progress

Are Gifts from 

Above

Facebook is fun! ~ Poemify Me by Karrlin Bain

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The Positivies Goal ~ by Karrlin Bain

The Positivies Goal

                        By Karrlin Bain

Inner Positivity

Rises to the top

When you Focus Force

And Fake it

The negativies stop

They simply have no choice

But to run away and flee

And then your day

Just has no say

The only choice is GLEE

HAPPINESS FANTASTIC

JOY GIDDINESS AND GRINS

THE GIGGLES TURN TO LAUGHTER

AND THE POSITIVIES WIN!

SUNSHINE RAINBOWS SPARKLES

Soon overtake your soul

Just look at all the good that comes

With the Positivies Goal!

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The Wizard ~ by Karrlin Bain

The Wizard 
                          by Karrlin Bain

* * *

Focus on the wizard

To meet and move my dreams

Place him on a pedestal

Investing all my means

He's both powerful and caring

If he is what he seems

 * * *

I focus on him... driven

While missing scenery

Determined... to obsession

That for me he is the key

 * * *

For years he was a promise

Of such possibility

I could not wait to reach him

Couldn't wait to become me

 * * *

But then I got to meet him

Recognize his empty shell

The wizard held no heart for me

He did not wish me well

 * * *

He could have reached a hand out

Instead he waved me off

The cost was his undoing

And I will not remain lost

* * *

What is Your Wizard?

Inspired by Wicked (the musical)

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How to have an Amazing Creative Space & Art Studio ~ Creative Spaces from Around the World ~ Artist's Studio Tour!

Where do you Imagine? 

Where do you write?

  Where do you paint?

Where do you create?

Where do you keep your favorite books?

Where do you express yourself?

Do you have a room of your own?

I am lucky enough to belong to the most AMAZING online community of creative friends!  They have shared THEIR creative spaces and art studios with me so that I could be inspired by them and share them with YOU!  Recently (FINALLY) I scored an entire room of my own in my house to use for my Creative Space.  I can’t wait to set it up.  I have a lot of sorting out to do before I get organized, and then even more organizing to do before I am sorted out!  That is okay because I am excited about the process and the future of it all.  Right now I am MORE excited to share these wonderful artist's AMAZING CREATIVE SPACES with you:

(Viewing tip that will work now and anytime on the computer ~ Hold the control (Crtl) key down (the whole time) and then click each & every link one at a time... all the browsers will open for you each in a new window and you can look at them one by one!!!)

Laly Mille ~ Studio Tour

Amy Riddle ~ On a Journey Back to Her Wings ~ A 
Room of One's Own

Colorful Creations by Jackie Tury ~ Studio

Michelle Grant Designs ~ Studio & Storage

My Artful Life by Ginger Deverell ~ In Flow

My Artful Life by Ginger Deverell ~ My Cozy Attic Studio

Seasons of Grace & Wisdom ~ Unearthing

Vickie Martin Mixed Media Art ~ MY SACRED SPACES

Suzi Poland ~ Open Studio Tour

Beyond Words Designs ~ New Year, New Studio

Oolala Living the Arty Life ~ Say Ahhhhh

Lulu Beas ~ My Workspace

Tanya Cole Arts ~ Studio Photo A 

Becky Cavender  ~ Writing Studio

SANDYMAIRART  ~ Studio in the Making

Thank You Ladies!!!!!

Do you have a Creative Work~space Blog Post

 or Public Facebook Photo of YOUR  space that

you want me to add here?  Message me at

Poemifyme@gmail.com with the post

 and I will consider adding it here! 

Not sure how to refer to YOUR Creative Space?

Make it something FUN!

How about...

Watercolor Workroom

Crafty Conservatory

Construction Cubby

Sculpting Sunroom

Objects d'Art Office

Invention Junction

Landscape Library

Animation Station

Imaginationarium

Sketchbook Study

Dream Dormitory

Production Patio

Patchwork Porch

Thinking Theater

Painting Parlor
Assembly Room

Drawing Room

Discovery Zone

Designing Den
Graffiti Gallery

Visual Hideout

Ceramics Suite

Innovative Inn

Glue Getaway

Forging Foyer

Woman~Cave

Savvy Studio
MY Room!

Mine will be.... 
MY Room and Imaginationarium!!!!!
YAY!!
I will add pictures of my Imaginationarium
someday when it is all sorted out!


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Waiting by Karrlin Bain

Waiting
                          by Karrlin Bain

How do we Wait

How can it be

“We will let you know”

Yet don’t you just see

I’ve been waiting Forever

And Ever 

Times Three

Just don’t let me know

I don’t want to see

I’d rather just hang out

Or go climb a tree

Don’t bother calling

Don’t reject or accept

I’m all done with caring

My cool is unkept

My phone is getting turned off

My mail all ignored

I’m so beyond interested

I’m actually bored

I’m not thinking about it

Not one little bit

OH here comes a phone call

Maybe that's IT!!!!

* written while waiting *

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Thank You School Bus Drivers ~ A Kindness Mission Blog Hop ~ by Karrlin Bain

I am so happy that I get to take part in the Flying Sisters Blog Hop!  (We are "Flying Sisters" because we took Kelly Rae Robert's Flying Lessons together!)  At the end of this post you will be given the link to another wonderful blog post by another creative friend of mine, then at the end of hers will be another link, then at the end of hers.... and so on... until you get all the way back to my blog! We all blog on the same topic... It is a Blog Circle... or a BLOG HOP!

This month's topic is: 

KINDNESS MISSION

as found on (clicky link)

Artist Kelly Rae Roberts
 Kindness Mission Page

My Kindness Mission:

  APPRECIATE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS:

An inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City reads:

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.[1]

The above quote is about mail carriers, but I also think it applies to School Bus Drivers.  The difference is that their cargo is much more precious!

          The only thing that stops our bus drivers is the much beloved "snow day" or, as of late, the "polar vortex".  A bus driver has to work hard to get their special driving license.  I am so impressed by anyone that can drive such a large boxy vehicle.  I would be impressed if the vehicle were empty.  Add in 1 to 75 lovely beings and the feat becomes simply amazing!!!

My Kindness Mission is to

  APPRECIATE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS by:

1. The "Thank You School Bus Drivers" poem (below) is the cover of a FABULOUS Thank You Book that will be dropped off for the bus drivers to keep in their meeting room.

2. I joined with another teacher to have over 100 local students write thank you letters to bus drivers.  These letters mean an awful lot because they are from grades 6 and 7!!!  The letters include favorite stories about, and appreciations for, their bus drivers. These make up the pages of the book. These student created letters AND poems are simply AMAZING!!

3. CHOCOLATE!! Chocolate will be delivered too! Nothing says thank you like CHOCOLATE treats!

  4.  We can show our appreciation every day by helping school buses out when we see them on the road.  Research universal and local laws in regards to driving near school buses.  Help a driver out by giving them access to the road before you during high traffic times.

I have a special place in my heart for school bus drivers...
Because one of them is my Mom!!!!

Thank You School Bus Drivers

                                        by Karrlin Bain

Thank you school bus drivers

That go the extra mile

Driving safe and caring with

“Good Mornings”

Treats and

Extra smiles

Seating charts and mirror checks

Safely driving kids to school

Bus drivers kind and thoughtful

Gets points for being extra cool

Sometimes they play the radio

Sometimes seat choice is free

The role of bus driver is not simple

This I can easily see

Because sometimes driving my TWO kids

Is hard enough for me

Imagine seventy plus kids

Fog, freezing rain, or snow

They keep our kiddos safe each day

And befriend them as they grow

From tiny tots with GIANT backpacks

To teens refusing coats

So thanks again Bus Drivers

For the many things you do

You are appreciated

For your services so true

  All the lovelies in the Blog Hop have posted their
Kindness Mission:

Heart Soul Create, USA
Ginger Deverell, Canada
Sandy Mair Art, Atlanta
A Gentle Rebellion, Australia
Bag Lady Lulu, USA
Lulu Bea's, USA
You Are Here ~ Karrlin Bain Creates, USA

Thanks to Kelly Rae Roberts for sharing our
 Kindness Mission Blog Hop on her awesome website Here
 
Photo Credits
School Bus in the Sun ~ belongs to Karrlin Bain

Works Cited:
[1]. Wikipedia contributors. "United States Postal Service creed." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 Aug. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2014.

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