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28 comments on Z is for Zeal • #atozchallenge #NaPoWriMo

Z is for Zeal • #atozchallenge #NaPoWriMo

Zeal (2015)

Zeal (2015)

 

Zeal

Zeal
The squeal of a child
The enthusiastic wag of a dog
Fervor
Passion
The authenticity of being true
To oneself
To one’s passions
And life choices
It wanes and waxes
Like woman
And the moon
But there is a steadiness
In the undercurrent

 

 

This is my last post for the 2015 Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Want to check out other bloggers’ posts? Go here.
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Ula

I’m a (vegan) broccoli addict. Also, I’m a wife, mom, copy editor, health writer, yoga and meditation teacher, and soon-to-be personal trainer and health (sleep, stress management, and reovery) coach. I love coffee, my dog Jazz, two cats, Kimchi and Pixie, and the color dusty rose.

28 responses to “Z is for Zeal • #atozchallenge #NaPoWriMo”

  1. roweeee Avatar
    roweeee

    Wow! Firstly, well done for finishing the challenge and finally arriving at the end and for reading my blog along the way. I have absolutely loved the challenge but have also found it true to it’s titlle: a challenge.
    I just thought to suggest that you do a summary page for your A-Z posts so readers can easily check each of them out. I’ve found it a bit slow etc going backwards and that way people can come and go easily through the list.
    xx Rowena

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      The challenge for me has been reading all the other blogs. I wish I had more hours, there are so many interesting themes.
      Yes, I was thinking of doing a page to pin up there. Thank you for the suggestion.

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      1. roweeee Avatar
        roweeee

        Ula, organisation isn’t usually my thing but I’ve had a lot of trouble trying to go back through people’s blogs and it would simplify things xx Rowena

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      2. Ula Avatar
        Ula

        I’ve posted a page in the right hand corner labeled A-Z.

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      3. roweeee Avatar
        roweeee

        Thanks for mentioning that Ula. I’ve been trying to insert pages up the top and I went and had another go after your comment. I now have the headings and just need to get the data in there now. xx Rowena

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  2. roweeee Avatar
    roweeee

    I forgot to mention how much I loved this poem and related to it. I loved the steadiness of the undercurrent…whatever that might be. xx Rowena

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Rowena.

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  3. camillae Avatar
    camillae

    What a great word to end on.
    …and ‘Like a woman/And the moon’ – a perfect two lines.

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you.

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  4. lucciagray Avatar
    lucciagray

    Wonderful last poem, Ula! There has been gret passion and beauty is all your poems. Thank you for sharing them with us 🙂

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Luccia. This challenge has given me more confidence to share my poetry and prose. I hadn’t done so thus far fearing it would drive people away, which I realize was silly.

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  5. christinarose Avatar
    christinarose

    Congrats on finishing the challenge! I have truly enjoyed your poetry throughout the past month and look forward to reading more in the future!! Let’s stay in touch! 🙂

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Christina. I enjoyed your posts as well. You made a pretty common topic very interesting and engaging. I would definitely love to keep in touch. I’ll be visiting your blog for sure.

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        christinarose

        Thanks! Likewise! 🙂

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  6. ahtdoucette Avatar
    ahtdoucette

    I especially love the last line and the rhythm to it, both soothing and unsettling at the same time. I’m glad you took Zeal too! I was going to use that word for my last post but the story I started writing was just not-good so I scrapped it and did something else (but inside you feel this sense of lost for the one-not-written.) It made me happy to see that word did such a good turn and like the universe is being made right. Great job and thanks for a great month of evocative poetry. 🙂

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Anne. It was fun. I chose words completely intuitively, they had to somehow speak to me. I’m glad you enjoyed my poetry. I love your work as I have already told you and I look forward to reading more on your blog.

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  7. Patricia Lynne (@plynne_writes) Avatar
    Patricia Lynne (@plynne_writes)

    Great poem to end the challenge on. Congratulations for making it.

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
    Member of C. Lee’s Muffin Commando Squad
    Story Dam
    Patricia Lynne, Indie Author

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Patricia. You too.

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  8. Nadine Feldman (@Nadine_Feldman) Avatar
    Nadine Feldman (@Nadine_Feldman)

    This is a beautiful end to the challenge. Congrats for hanging in!

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Nadine. It was a fun challenge, and I discovered so many great (new to me) blogs, including yours.

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  9. John Holton Avatar
    John Holton

    Great theme! I enjoyed your entries, and thanks for stopping by my place.

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, John. I enjoyed your posts as well. It was nice to reminisce about Chicago.

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  11. Charli Mills Avatar
    Charli Mills

    Powerful ending to A-Z! I thoroughly enjoyed your poetry, Ula. Each one was so different, too.

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you, Charli. I wonder if the fact that they were so different is a good thing. They did reflect the mood I felt at writing.

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  13. Cheryl Wright Avatar
    Cheryl Wright

    Congratulations on finishing the challenge! It has been great reading all your wonderful poems.

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    1. Ula Avatar
      Ula

      Thank you so much, Cheryl. I’m glad you enjoyed them. Congratulations to you as well. You really had a challenge in so many ways.

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