by Laura Schmidt | Dec 27, 2020 | Keeping It Current
Is the glass half empty or half full? Isn’t it always up to us to decide… Hi all. This is a little note for you. If you read it, you’re probably one of the devoted followers of Voyage of the Mind, and for that I’m super grateful. Even if you...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 18, 2021 | Essays and Reflections, Keeping It Current
At the beginning of it, I said to myself, “Pablo Neruda wrote some love poems. We don’t read them all today.” (I mean, some people do.) “But there are a few that are very well known.” (Check them out!) And I’m glad I said this to...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 16, 2021 | Blogging Advice, Walk The Plank
Welcome back to my series on blogging basics! Last time, we discussed blog setup 101. Today, I’m here to give you the skinny on search engine optimization for bloggers. In other words, that thing called SEO you’ve probably heard of? I’ll explain what...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 15, 2021 | Keeping It Current
February is flying by! In other words, it’s halfway over, and I’m already looking toward March. My February project on Voyage of the Mind is already over — all 14 poems of love are linked on the 14 Poems of Love introduction page, so check them out if...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 14, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
You are the one who taught methat love does not always fly awayon invisible wingsas soon as it becomesa tangible fact in life. I’ve promised youwe’ll have a white baby grandsomeday. I’ve promised youeverything. I’ve promised youthe sky. But I...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 13, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
Though I say nothing,tell me you know,that your world shrinks,or perhaps explodes,with a single glanceor a single uttered wordor a single mingled breath. Tell I could stop you in your tracksor,better yet,stop your heart on a dime. Though I say nothing, I hope in your...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 12, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
This is not a choice.If it were,I’d have my way,not like this, thisfumbled dance, thisendlessness, thismuddled palpitation of my heart, thischaos cryamidst cacophony. If this were a choice,I’d have wine and roses,passed from your handsinto mine. Not...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 11, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
I did not see her as she went —a shadow, slipping into the grayand black and white of swirling snowpouring from the ashen sky. I did not see her as she went,but I heard the thunder of her steps,and tasted bitter remorse as she weptand crossed over far away from me. I...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 10, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
DIVIDE ME UP LIKE LOOT And I will not mind if you do.A chest of silver and gold, a glutof bronze and rosewood,offerings of frankincense and myrrhfit for kings. And I will not mind if you used meand made my soul like the emptied hullof a treasure vessel that carried...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 9, 2021 | Original Poetry, The Poetry Deck
Like the birds in early Februaryflock to the budding willow tree,boughs bent by frost,fighting to the last,I flew to you,my love. And like a foolI tried to renewthe irredeemable priceof the love we had lostand tried to repairbridges that burned,all the while,beneath...
by Laura Schmidt | Feb 8, 2021 | Charity and Activism, Keeping It Current
A while back, we discussed protests and police brutality here on Voyage of the Mind, with the hope of making this a more supportive and welcoming community. Recently, an activist reached out to thank us for our coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement and to ask...
