Goosebumps

This week's Sunday Scribblings topic is 'Goosebumps.'  I seem to have taken up a new hobby - writing bad poetry. Or nursery rhymes gone awry - I'm not sure which...maybe both.

At any rate, the feathers* did give me goosebumps - which is a term I like much better than "goose pimples." Even though I generally like to keep words and phrases alive - I'm really glad that particular phrase seems to have gone out of style here. It gave me goosebumps every time I heard it.

The Cause of Goosebumps

Autumn's cool breezes

winter's hard freezes,

Stories that give you a fright

ghost tales told by firelight -

But not only things

that go bump in the night,

Oft times a promise of delight -

a touch so soft it teases

Sometimes, even synchronicities -

A feather found by the door

another on the kitchen floor,

What mysteries

are these -

leaving you wondering

Who came visiting,

when you were drawing

in the night...

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For other 'goosebump tales,' visit Sunday Scribblings.

*What are the odds of finding a blue feather by the front door and an owl feather on the kitchen floor when you're working on a drawing depicting an owl and a feather?!

How they got there, is a mystery to me...

Comments

[Rob Kistner]

This was a fun and fascinating read!

[Gillian@ Indigo Blue]

Hi Terri,
Just spent some time going around here, love your beautiful blog! (I see your comments on Tara's blog, and it takes me awhile to get around and introduce myself somtimes.)
I love that the feathers found their way to you right when you were in the midst of creating some owl art...very nice!
xo
Blue

[leah]

oh, what a pretty purple look you've got goin on here! love the poem and the art. and gotta love that synchronicity with the feathers. that's truly awesome.

[Kamsin]

Great poem! And wow about the feathers! I love in when the universe seems to be in tune with whatever we're up to!

[raymond pert]

Your post genuinely makes me wonder what unknown hand is at work playing these benign practical jokes of synchronicity upon us. I enjoyed your poem, the drawings, and most of all, the feather story. Some trickster is at work in our lives!

[Ray]

Lavender days Tinker.
Thoughtful....
Mysterious.....
Engaging......

Just you.

[Pam Aries]

You write the BEST poems! Yay! I enjoy them so much! AND.. THe feathers! ..Now I have goosebumps too!

[Pacian]

Evidence of fairy pillow fights.

[Tammy]

Have you ever written a children's book with your own illustration's? You have a real gift with words and drawings. I had to throw it out there because it's stuck in my craw. ;) XXOO

[gemma]

Wow! How cool is that? Great poem and then finding the feathers....OOOhhh magic is afoot!

[Mardougrrl]

I loved the words, and the art captured the feeling so perfectly!

[Cherie]

Whoa ... spooky, synchronicity, mystery ... your take on it all makes the goosebumps rise! Thank You!

[Jana]

Whoa... are you serious about the feathers??? That almost gave even ME goosebumps!

[inlandempiregirl]

Now finding those feathers would have given me goosebumps. I love the drawings also.

[miss*R]

they were gifts from the faeries! of course, you knew that, didn't you? xo

[tammy vitale]

wow - you rhymed synchronicities - awesome.
And called those feathers right to you! double awesome.
I have a friend who just published a poetry chapbook on after the fairtale - where she took the known stories further (after happily ever after). I love that stuff!

[Lisa 'Oceandreamer' S.]

They were special deliveries from the muse...your poem, your art and you...great gifts one and all.
XOXOXO
Love,
Lisa

[gautami tripathy]

What a great flow. It made one good read.

[Amber]

Very cool! You should turn it into a book. And I love your art, here. That is so fun about the feather! what are the odds. You shoud lok up the totem for owl...

;)

[Kara]

Oh Tinker I just adore the face of that owl!

[Marilyn]

Love it!