Nomination from Spillwords Press!!!

On May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 By Baydreamer - Lauren ScottIn Nominations & Awards, Poetry104 Comments

Dear Family and Friends,

I was checking emails after getting home from work yesterday, and you can imagine how excited I was to receive this email from Spillwords Press!

Dear Authors,

We are reaching out to let you know that you all have been nominated for ‘Author of The Month’ of May.
Congratulations!

Voting will be conducted via this page: https://spillwords.com/vote/

General Voting will be officially held from 5/26-5/29.
Please note, you need to register and/or login to vote.

The Winner will be announced soon after the voting has been completed and featured on the Spillwords.com sidebar during the entire month of June!

I’m thrilled to be nominated among so many talented writers!

So, if you visited my prior post, you’ll know that my poem, “Toots and Circles” is the poem that is referenced with this nomination.

If you haven’t read “Toots and Circles,” you can read it here.

And if you missed my prior post, you can find it here.

Voting begins today and continues through to May 29th. I know you have to log in to vote, and this is a lot to ask. So, I won’t ask, but I will hope that some of you will take the leap! And if you do, you’ll see my poem displayed on the right side bar.

This is so exciting, and however you offer support, I am grateful! ❤️

Most importantly, Thank you for stopping by, for ‘hearting’ the poem over at Spillwords, for voting if you do, and for simply reading and considering! ❤️💜❤️

Lastly, Thanks again to Dagmara and her team at Spillwords Press for publishing my poem, and for this wonderful nomination! 🙏🏻

Spillwords Press publishes “Toots and Circles”!!!

On May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 By Baydreamer - Lauren ScottIn Poetry68 Comments

Dear Friends,

Spillwords Press has published my second poem today , “Toots and Circles” and I am honored to have my writing featured on their site again!

This poem evolved one morning when a friend in nature woke us up with its morning greeting just before our alarm sounded off…

Toots and Circles

Perhaps he was a Western Screech Owl
that I heard outside our bedroom window
in the early darkness before the sun
fashioned its glorious arrival.
I cannot say with conviction,
but it is certain he proclaimed his presence
with his high-pitched toots.

But what I really want to know…

You can read the entire poem here…

And I”ll be grateful if you head over to Spillwords and click on the heart to “like” the poem. 😁 I’d even do a happy dance if you’d leave a comment, but of course, you’ll need to create an account and log in. I won’t ask you to do this since we are all inundated with user names and passwords. One can hope though!
Please know your time and support is greatly appreciated if you choose one of these options.❤️

Thank you again to Dagmara K. and her team for accepting my submission. I am thrilled to the moon and truly gratified!

I hope you enjoyed my poem, and I wish you many miracles in nature! ❤️

We Reflect to a Deeper Layer

On July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 By Baydreamer - Lauren ScottIn Poetry24 Comments

We are graced with their presence, beauty colors
our universe like an endless ceiling of bright blue sky.
Then one morning we wake with heavy hearts,
realizing they have gone, as though sneaking out
in the middle of the night without a word, their
existence seemingly nonexistent. Iron-gray clouds
move through that lovely cloudless sky like a brush
stroke of lingering gloom. We suspect the sun has
an attitude, refusing to rise. And each new day
magnifies the question: Did words accidentally
slip from our tongue landing like poison? Then we
reflect to a deeper layer, flipping a switch because
maybe it’s not us. Maybe it’s them. A surmising…
to soothe the bruises on our hearts.

Baydreamer ~ Lauren Scott

Tag: Realizations

Nomination from Spillwords Press!!!

Spillwords Press publishes “Toots and Circles”!!!

We Reflect to a Deeper Layer