The Voices (Art Challenge)

The Voices

I saw a documentary about children with schizophrenia. They are possessed by the voices in their heads that are very real to them and a constant torment without medication. Truly heartbreaking to witness even just a little of the struggles they and their families go through.


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This was done for the current challenge, 'Belief That Possesses The Mind'. Please view other member's beautiful artworks at The Artist Challenge.

The Affectionate Anarchist (Writing Challenge)

The Affectionate Anarchist

He is loyal.
He is steadfast.
He is passionate, he is
The Affectionate Anarchist.

Cases, endless.
Defects, revealed.
He fights nonsensical laws.
He stands for all fallen victims.

Like a magnet,
Inspires thought,
Sparks brisk action near and far,
Opposing, protesting, striking.

Gaining notice,
Affecting change,
Challenging the usual,
Delighting in each victory.

For now we can
Juggle freely,
Play dominoes on Sundays,
Buy our peanuts after sunset.

We look to him with endearment.

He is loyal.
He is steadfast.
He is passionate, he is
The Affectionate Anarchist.

And we thank him.

© 2010 Sarah Donnellan
Inspiration:
I was thinking about people who seem to always have a cause they are fighting for and that these causes are not always major or noble, but still important. I thought of all those inane and out-of-date laws that are still a part of so many country's and state’s laws, and does anyone work to get those changed?

For example and your amusement:
In Alabama dominoes can’t be played on Sundays. Bear wrestling matches are prohibited. Putting salt on a railroad track can be punishable by death. It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sunset on Wednesdays.

In Connecticut you can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. You aren’t allowed to cross the street while walking on your hands.

In Oregon juggling is strictly prohibited without a license. It’s illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a snake’s head off with your cane.
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This was done for the current writing challenge, Affectionate Anarchy. Please go have a read at other member's amazing interpretations at The Inferno.

Broken Perfection (Artist Challenge)

Broken Perfection

This was done for the current artist challenge, Imperfect. Please go have a view at other member's beautiful works at The Artist Challenge.

A Lucky Charm (Art and Writing Challenges)

A Lucky Charm

Travel to a place tucked into where
Space and time will bend.
A place beyond and a place apart,
The sun waits for the moon to ascend.

Soaring across a growing landscape,
Whipping wind, a blur.
While all and across this green isle,
Cloaked in white mist and of pure Nature.

Landing in the heart of a meadow,
Of a faerie ring,
A storybook world lays before you,
Where mystical creatures breathe and sing.

Look deep within the thickened forest,
To an oak who hides,
Carved out of her trunk, a green door where
The luckiest leprechaun resides.

Quick now, hide yourself, for there he sits.
A coat red and plain,
On a thick stump, in front of his door,
Shoes to make, shoes to mend, coins to gain.

Struck by a glimmer of a shimmer,
A coin of bright gold
Has been taken out of his pocket,
And in one hand, it is flipped and rolled.

A leprechaun with a lucky charm!
What wonder is this?
Please, if you lend your ear thataway,
Shhh…listen clearly, a song persists…

“My lucky charm,
My chance charm,
My first to behold,
My coin of gold!”

Good reason to hold tight to his charm,
Have luck there to see,
For no leprechaun wants to be caught,
Dear freedom for granted wishes, three.

But by man he has never been caught.
First wish forever,
Is for the gold treasure, the whole pot.
Kept hidden then, glimpsed nearly never.

Will the luckiest of leprechauns,
A coat red and plain,
Escape a shamed capture always?
Lessons learned, story’s moral to gain.

*Lucky charms are only as lucky as your luck holds out.

© 2010 Sarah Donnellan
Inspiration: Origins of leprechaun folklore and I wondered what is a leprechaun’s lucky charm if not a four leaf clover?

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This was written as a literary challenge, 'Good Luck Charm.' Please go have a read at other member's works at The Inferno. And at The Artist Challenge view a different perspective of the pictured sculpture for their theme, 'Gone With the Wind,' and of course, the other artist's amazing interpretations.