i live in Germany, work in Switzerland and stay close enough to France to have a front row seat, watching their “quatorze juillet” fireworks. So i’m used to cross borders and find it easy to see beauty in other cultures. I love thunderstorms, improvising on my Alto Sax and in warm summer nights you sometimes find me sitting on the pavement with a glass of red wine and the mad desire to fly with the passing clouds.. i’m married, mom of three teenage kids and co-founder of dVerse Poets Pub
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i try to think big
and love recklessly
with a pen in hand
and hiking boots,
i small-print my way
along ordinary trails
watching out for
sparks of poetry
between the clouds,
the useless,
the twilight
and the chirping of the birds…
really nice to meet you..
Really nice to meet you too
Cheers on your new blog Claudia.
Padmavani
i LOVE this poem, about you. especially
“between the clouds,
the useless,
the twilight
and the chirping of the birds…”
I love the line, “small-print my way along ordinary trails” and yet you are anything but ordinary!! What a wonderful introduction-to-you poem. I really like this site. Can’t wait to investigate more…
lovely introduction!
This is very moving Claudia. Wow!
I love your ‘sparks of poetry between’ ….. and your lyrical, impressionistic style…looking forward to reading more…..good to meet you here.
glad to know abt u..
Loved your writing.
Beautiful poetry — and a lovely reading voice. Very nice to meet you!
Cheers!
I love this line: ” i small-print my way ”
and I wish I could “love recklessly”
It is so nice to meet you!
So nice to meet you and your wonderful poetry Claudia, and many thanks for visiting and commenting at my site. I’ll be back to explore more on your pages.
PS: I love thunderstormes and red wine as well
Hugs from Eclipse
what a beautiful about poem!…and you certainly have sparked my interest to find out about you, your words, and the adVerse Poets Pub…lovely
I hate small print, but I love sparks of poetry. … I have been compelled to walk willingly into the pull of your magic spell, and I’m so thrilled to have found myself waiting for me there.
Claudia,I am so happy for you.You did it!
Our Long and Winding Road…
Calls for a celebration ,what say you?
Love&hugs,
sheela
You are amazing, my friend C. … thanks for sharing your gift … Love, cat.
You know, I never read your “about” before. When I lived in France, I was in the Jura for part of the time (Lons-le-Saulnier). Beautiful corner of the world.
Your poem has been published on our site. I apologize for the delay!
A soul from the heart in Europe! I very much treasure my visits to Germany, lovely country, lovely people …
This is my first visit to your site and the little I’ve glanced at already strikes me as someone passionate about life and writing. I will visit more often from my corner of the US in Washington State.
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award.
http://insanebloom.wordpress.com/about-2/awards/
This is my first visit here but I have been reading your comments around WordPress and I rather like your approach, and so here I am..!!
i loved reading through your site.
i am following it..!!
by the way, i’m shiny, a new blogger and i love penning down my feelings and thoughts, if u can just comment on my posts,,so as to make the future posts better..
http://tripornaghosh.wordpress.com/
..and i just love reading any poetry & literature..
hii claudia ,, my previous blog- tripornaghosh.worpress.com mistakenly got deleted..this is the link to my new blog-
http://crowdedsolitude.wordpress.com/
much to like this one …
attitude and detail always wins me over.
Beautiful site, keep it up!
You’ve been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award…by me as well…thank you for blogging…
http://neelthemuse.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/versatile-blogger-award/
I do like the way you put words together, my dear–”Shattered pattern in your eyes” is one example. Great work! Will be back when I have more time–you’re most welcome to visit me anytime. God bless you richly.
Hello again–I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! If you need details,etc, please visit my blog!!
Thank you for visiting and commenting on my new poetry blog. I’m still finding my feet in the poetry world – totally untrained, I’m afraid.
Tony
I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award. Congratulations! http://slowmoto.me/awards/
Hey, nice to know you. Thats such a sweet poem!
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You’ve been nominated for a Versatile Blogger award on my blog
Check it out! – http://wp.me/p1xUtA-58
Hi, I am enjoying your poems
Hi. I really like your blog, your poetry, your style. Discovered you from reading Read Between the Minds… I shall come back and visit again. Thanks.
Claudia, your Madkane Limmerik of today doesn’t rime ….
Grüße von der Konkurrenz
I love recklessly as well.
Glad I found your writings… inspirational, and beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.
Lovely poetry, and you seem like you’re in a enviable location, having 3 different countries close by! Nice to meet you.
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Wow, you’ve got an awesome blog here. A person like you should be in my “Glossary of Awesomeness”.
It’s great to visit your blog!
Warm regards from Down Under,
Subhan
Claudia, hi, this little verse in your ‘about me’ is absolutely stunning. So simple and beautiful, I love it to bits, that is the kind of poem I aspire to write!! Thanks.
WOW — you have THREE teenagers.
Holy cow. I did not realize.
Hope that’s going well.
xoxo
Nice to meet you, too! You have lots of friends from all over the world who love to think big!
Hi there. I have nominated you for the Very Inspirational Blogger award. I like your work and feel it is deserving of even more recognition. I guess the rules are, list seven things about yourself and nominate other bloggers that you feel are deserving of the award. Keep up the good work.
“Sparks of poetry” – I love it. Perhaps I shall have to “borrow” it to see what ignites…
Merci,
Léa
Hi again,
I have meaning to say that from your writing I was convinced that you came from an English speaking country and were an expat in Europe. I am sure your self-confessed accent is barely noticeable if at all. Your writing is amazing, and to think that you are probably proficient in half the European languages as well.I can just about ‘speak food’ in a few
I like your blog, you’re so cool.
I love your blog Claudia and your poetry
Hi Claudia, I just nominated you for an Inspiring Blog Award. I will post on my blog explaining the reasons why shortly, but in the mean time there are some rules to follow apparently!
1.Thank the blogger who gave you the award. 2. Tell 7 things about you that have not come up in your blog. 3. Pass this on to 7 other blogs you find inspiring and explain why. Look for a post with my details of why I love you shortly in my blog
You play alto sax? Wow!
i can imagine the beautiful area you live in!
love your poem, ‘…i try to think big…’
Good Morning Claudia from Kansas USA , I just finished reading “several” of your posts and I am so glad you visited mine so that we can now connect. You are a wonderful artists I love the way you play with words and pure genius on how you worked the square verse. I am now following and look forward to your many beautiful words.
Nice to meet you too. Nice way to introduce yourself too!
I love this blog and your poetry which both give a feel of you: I imagine wide strides powered by a huge heart and a smile, sometimes lipsticked, that beams through the rain and the forest and the page. I just looked back over your poems and I don’t think my comments are coming through–so I want you to know that I am a fan of your boldness and I loved the public reading of “The Bell” that you arranged with dVerse and that what you do with reading and writing and plotting surprises has enhanced my life 10 fold. I hold you in the Light. I thank you for all you do.
I read one poem, then know I was going to follow when done, I read another, and another. Keep the raw love flowing.
You have been nominated for the Super Sweet Blogger Award https://insanebloom.wordpress.com/awards/
So glad I stopped by. : )
Great to meet you! Thank you for the about page. May I ask? What is your profession — and do you have any published works? (it is OK to ask, no?)
yes, it’s ok to ask…i’m organizing customer seminar and trainings in a technical company, a job that i really love– and my poems have been published in two books in the UK and US and in an american poetry magazine as well…
Fantastic!
Suggestion: Great info — put it in your about section. And then, link us to the books or publications. That would be very exciting!!
smiles…i’m with ten of my poems in this book for example..a wonderful collection of ancient and modern poetry…
Fragments: Poetry, Ancient & Modern
How lovely, you’re quite the gem.
Like you, I have a life ‘on the border’ of countries, experience, literature. I really enjoy your work and have nominated you for a Beautiful Blogger Award. I know, I know… but I hope you will accept it.
simple but special ,I like that.
I continue to enjoy your work and have named you to receive the “Very Inspiring Blog” award. Check my site for details in about an hour. – AB at Mild Musings of a Mediocre Man