: About Me

Blessings and Greetings,

My name is Linda. Some family members call me Lindee, some family members call me Lin. My pen name is Araya Blue. I reside in New Jersey. I am married with a son and daughter, both grown. We have two grandchildren, Teliscia and Jalen who we absolutely adore!(But make no mistakes about it, I am not your typical Grandma!)
We have two cats who are fat and crazy but we adore them too! The picture is not one of my cats, however I will post some pictures of them in the future. I am a lover of animals!

Presently, I am studying to be a poetry writer. I have taken various poetry and creative writing classes. I have an extreme writing passion! I am in love with words! I am presently writing a poetry book. I am a featured poet in the International Who's Who in Poetry.

The more I indulge myself into the creative process, the more I will learn. I stumbled into Helium and so far it is holding my interest fast. Although I think it is wonderful to be compensated for articles of interest, I will find Helium to be useful for learning. I have a short attention span and my patience runs quick but I am practicing to be attentive to both. I prefer Helium for the content. There appears to be many articles and numerous topics of choice.

I am also an on-line Student with Ashford University. My degree program is in Organizational Management. I should have my degree within the next two years. I work for a large corporation as a Senior Customer Service Rep for more then five years.

Poetry is my first love. Prose and Narrative is second. I plan to study and read the articles here and I am sure to ask for help. I look forward to the experience. I also look forward to sharing my own!

ArayaBlue

My passion is ...

reading books of every kind and writing poetry

I know too much about ...

I do not profess to know too much about anything

My parents always told me ...

to hold my own, cause you never know

My childhood ambition ...

to entertain

My favorite memory ...

my proformance in the musical "Hair"

Why I write ...

for empowerment, for knowledge, to inform and to uplift

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am reading "Dusk Tracks on the Road", by Zora Neale Hurston; I am watching "Grey's Anatomy", I am listening to Josh Gorban

My first job ...

Cashier in a supermarket

My best moment ...

giving birth

My inspiration ...

The book of Psalms and Sonia Sanchez's words

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A fallen world

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The missing piece Something doesn't fit The pieces not all there One piece missing, if you dare to care Crises in the hood, no one understood Boundaries put up, the voices shut-up The karma is, wrong place wrong face Given the circumstances, given the chances Given the body, watching the glances Watching the suffering, clinging to life Old folks remember, use to be a fight Now there's a sigh, you die, you cry What's the story? What's the use? Wake up in the morning, dead at night The in-between, no memory in sight Cry's in the wilderness, sleepless nights A mother's bent over, a child's la...

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