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Weekly Photo Challenge: Cherry On Top!

Peaceful Sunset - @Carolina Russo
Peaceful Sunset – @Carolina Russo

Today I came across to The Daily Post “Weekly Photo Challenge” the theme of this week is interesting and inspiring “Cherry On Top!”
I am supposed to share a detail that makes a good thing even better.
To participate I will share some of my photos!

Last Ray - ©Carolina Russo
Last Ray – ©Carolina Russo

 

Walking on the hills Photo #2
Walking On The Hills ©Carolina Russo

Godly Sunset
Godly Sunset ©Carolina Russo

These beautiful Sunsets also inspired me to write a poem:

Overwhelming Beauty

The sunset light was approaching
the soft curved hills.
Evening was entering like a fierce painting
in the sky.

How amazing colors
in a new dimension that only
nature and someone above
has the power to create.

I felt that overwhelming presence
a strange feeling surrounded me,
all over like holding me
in a tight and breathtaking embrace

excitement and power for
something that I see unbelievable unreal
but truly real.

I am glad I was there
grabbing the drops of this
overwhelming beauty.

-CR

Wish you all a great weekend!

Thank You!
Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

 

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My Poem “Open Your Wings” Published on Spillwords

Angels - Digital Art ©Carolina Russo
Angels – Digital Art ©Carolina Russo

Today is a special day for me!

I am so thrilled  to have my poem “Open Your Wings” first published on a wonderful Literary Press. Two poems have been already published on Spillwords
I am very honored to be listed as one of their writers!


Spillwords.com
  “home for all that live and breathe words, spilled or inspired, through literature of every genre, from writers and poets of every walk of life”.

Here you can read my Published Poem:  Open Your Wings

 

I want to thank the editor of Spillwords for choosing and publish my poems. Thank you!

Please If you have the time and opportunity, head over Spillwords.com and check out this interesting press where you can have some good reading!

 

Have a great day and weekend!

©Carolina Russo
©Carolina Russo

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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My Short Story – Memories of Happiness – Published on Visual Verse

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Image Jean Cooke

Camden Art Collection – London

 

VisualVerse Anthology
VisualVerse Anthology

 

Visual Verse An Anthology of Art and Words One image, one hour, 50-500 words.
The picture is the starting point, the text is up to you.

 

Visual Verse Published my short story!

This month I participate again to this interesting monthly writing event that brings together Art and Words on VisualVerse.org Anthology Press. I found it to be  very  challenging for me last month to write something inspired by a picture as starting point to a creative, timed, writing process.

The painting  that you see here above was the starting point image assigned this month by Visual Verse:

“we are connecting with Camden Art Collection in London to bring you your new writing prompt. In June, Camden Council will launch a new portal bringing their phenomenal collection to a public audience. We are thrilled to be able to share an image from this collection exclusively with you.
This painting is by Jean Cooke, an artist we love, who once said: “Everything that happens when I open my eyes [each morning] is a surprise. It’s like dying and coming alive again every day.” You’ll be able to view this image, along with other works from Camden’s extensive collection, at Swiss Cottage Library over the coming month.

From this picture I was inspired to write a short story  “Memories of Happiness

This short story is my second short story first published on Visual Verse and is not published here on my Blog yet.  I am very happy to share it with you as a nice achievement of my creative writing that now is part of this interesting Anthology and  published on:

Visual Verse  Anthology – Vol. 03 Chapter 08 –  “Memories of Happiness” page 56

Here I link the Archive with all the images and writings published until now!

I am happy that my writings are part of this Anthology,
I hope that you like my story please let me know what you think it means a lot to me.
I love your comments!

©Carolina Russo
©Carolina Russo

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

 

 

 

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My 50 words Story “Deep Water” Published on Spillwords

Deep Water - Digital Art ©Carolina Russo
Deep Water – Digital Art ©Carolina Russo

Today is another great day for me!

 

Welcome-To-Spillwords
Literary Press

“home for all that live and breathe words, spilled or inspired,
through literature of every genre, from writers and poets of every walk of life”

I am very happy  to have my 50 words story “Deep Water” Published on this great Literary Press.
I am honored to be listed as one of their contributor writers.

A special thank you to the Editor for publish my story.

Please give a visit to  Spillwords and check it out is a very interesting press!

 

I wish you all a lovely weekend!

©Carolina Russo
©Carolina Russo

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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GUEST DOODLEWASH: Creative Journeys

I have been doodlewashed!
I am so excited, happy and honored to announce that I am a Guest-Featured on doodlewash.com thank you! Please give Charlie a visit and you can read all about my creative life!

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Doodlewash and watercolor sketch by Carolina Russo of Shrimp

Doodlewash and watercolor sketch by Carolina Russo of Chocolate Mint Mousse for National Chocolate Mousse DayHello everyone! I am Carolina Russo from Southern California (follow me on my Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!). I am very excited and happy to be a Guest Doodlewasher! This blog is fantastic! I admire Charlie’s creativity and his doodlewashes are beautiful and inspiring. I am so proud to be able to say that I am one of the featured on Doodlewash. Thank you Charlie for having me here.

I was born and raised in Italy, the beautiful country where I have been surrounded by Italian art, creativity, history, Mediterranean traditions and European influences. My father is an artist and I grew up observing and being amazed by his oil paintings. I knew since I was a child that I wanted to be an artist. I enjoyed drawing, coloring and creating things since a very early age.

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Haiku 5.7.5 – Music

 inspiration-music-2

 

Music

 

Ink notes on a pentagram

a written melody from heart and soul

hearing notes freed a beautiful music.

-CR

 

Haiku 5.7.5
©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

 

(Photo source Google Search)

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Poetry – Visual Verse Published my Short Story – Poignant Pondering

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Visual Verse Image Starting Point

 

I am thrilled again!

This month I received an invitation to participate to this interesting Anthology of Art and Words on VisualVerse.org I found it to be  very interesting and challenging to write something inspired by a picture as starting point to a creative, timed, writing process. The antique image that you see here was the starting point to write in a limited time and words a poem or story.

Visual Verse gave these instructions:

Visual Verse An Anthology of Art and Words
One image, one hour, 50-500 words.
The picture is the starting point, the text is up to you.

“we present an image will surely prompt some challenging responses. Taken from a 17th Century text, it is an illustration by French artist Alain Manesson Malett of two women in Syria. The image invites questions about identity, perception and the assumptions we make about those who are different from ourselves. And being over 400 years old, this image also reminds us that our quest to understand each other, to accept and to be accepted is nothing new”

I have been staring at this image and I let my imagination fly for awhile. I wrote and submitted a short story  of 65 words  “Poignant Pondering”  is the title.
This short story is not published here on my Blog yet.  I am very happy to share it with you as a nice archivement of my creativity that now is part of this interesting Anthology and  published on:

Visual Verse  Anthology – Vol. 03 Chapter 07 –  Poignant Pondering #75 .

I link the Archive with all the images and writings published until now!

I hope that you like my short story please let me know what you think
I love your comments!

©Carolina Russo
©Carolina Russo

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

 

 

 

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My Poem “Emotions” Published on Spillwords

Emotions - Digital Art ©Carolina Russo
Emotions – Digital Art ©Carolina Russo

 

Today is a very special day for me!

I am so thrilled  to have my poem “Emotions” published on a wonderful platform and great Literary Press.
I am honored to be listed as one of their writers!


Spillwords.com
  “home for all that live and breathe words, spilled or inspired, through literature of every genre, from writers and poets of every walk of life”.

Here you can read my Published Poem:  Emotions

 

I want to thank the editor of Spillwords for choosing and publish my poem. Thank you!

Please If you have the time and opportunity, head over Spillwords.com and check it out is a very interesting platform where you can have some good reading!

 

I wish to my mother and all the mother’s around the world
a wonderful Mother’s Day and a lovely weekend!

©Carolina Russo
©Carolina Russo

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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National Haiku Day – Everything 5.7.5 Haiku

Walking on the hills Photo #2

 


Everything

 

Find the beautiful in everything

our souls are streaming life in everything

inspiration comes from our everything.

-CR

 

#NationalHaikuDay

Read my Haiku 5.7.5


I love to hear from you!
I love to hear from you!

 

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April Poetry Month – Overwhelming Beauty

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Overwhelming Beauty

The sunset light was approaching
the soft curved hills.
Evening was entering like a fierce painting
in the sky.

How amazing colors
in a new dimension that only
nature and someone above
has the power to create.

I felt that overwhelming presence
a strange feeling surrounded me,
all over like holding me
in a tight and breathtaking embrace

excitement and power for
something that I see unbelievable unreal
but truly real.

I am glad I was there
grabbing the drops of this
overwhelming beauty.

-CR

#AprilPoetryMonth2016

Poetry and Photography
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