tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460797824535947742024-03-13T13:05:41.278-07:00Smallest Storiesartwork by Bonnie Marie SmithBonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-2838162042618862162014-04-04T15:12:00.003-07:002014-04-04T15:20:24.789-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oingU-jxOsjG7fOpgOxyRY8aRdfN9By_fFi0vBt35mu0vBSUGOPP4AW8VHk_sdtN_OiOLtJT65Uy1ot0M1l53g6LoT-wFFnxfMFCExoZwsXLNTXHgz0jN2WUj6AEMy20WQOk-alqXrw/s1600/cat+head+B+Smith.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oingU-jxOsjG7fOpgOxyRY8aRdfN9By_fFi0vBt35mu0vBSUGOPP4AW8VHk_sdtN_OiOLtJT65Uy1ot0M1l53g6LoT-wFFnxfMFCExoZwsXLNTXHgz0jN2WUj6AEMy20WQOk-alqXrw/s400/cat+head+B+Smith.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517246852219146402" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 267px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">dress me up with scalloped edges</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Palest queen<br />of ice and snow</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">just lack of warmth</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">and H2O</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">In her camouflage of white</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">she nearly fades just out of sight.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">A fortress of twigs will keep out most</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">except for those who can see</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">this ghost.</span></span></span>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-63995754855946707992010-08-11T21:45:00.000-07:002010-09-15T14:02:18.918-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRQsT8EznAbCwbI7CLLBqeXqfqM0uZ4mZuDsfqeDSeabpm3qbDyCE_PsbblUfbpFbxstKN3PO0dKXPC_3V568bFRUjDOwQwWLVgz8a7q2GfLFTI3ETYA5XtlyfdBSyzNw3I140px1KL8/s1600/cross+my+heart.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRQsT8EznAbCwbI7CLLBqeXqfqM0uZ4mZuDsfqeDSeabpm3qbDyCE_PsbblUfbpFbxstKN3PO0dKXPC_3V568bFRUjDOwQwWLVgz8a7q2GfLFTI3ETYA5XtlyfdBSyzNw3I140px1KL8/s400/cross+my+heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504380271073623026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Cross my heart </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >and hope to die</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Stick a needle in my eye</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >All my promises are breaking.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >I know the cost</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >But who promised those things?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >She no longer exists.</span><br /></div>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-4408292751767131292010-08-09T17:45:00.000-07:002015-03-20T08:31:57.662-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_RHSOkagFbnulD4nV1CS1A6FPz_gXVWZbXV_iMzD-Oxyqpkz-ZC3nPdHnLws5OPStdSSSXlqQ5IVgWAAI7y_Ljj_lLeWlkpDHBOLhxUvl0x5p1AZYGH3w9MqBBxbgI0xTw_LNZR7NDE/s1600/two+sisters.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_RHSOkagFbnulD4nV1CS1A6FPz_gXVWZbXV_iMzD-Oxyqpkz-ZC3nPdHnLws5OPStdSSSXlqQ5IVgWAAI7y_Ljj_lLeWlkpDHBOLhxUvl0x5p1AZYGH3w9MqBBxbgI0xTw_LNZR7NDE/s400/two+sisters.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503576277430048466" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 236px;" /></a><br />
Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-91081668050535344872010-07-14T21:56:00.000-07:002010-07-14T21:58:53.953-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIly1ljY81VEY5ZbSliGU0zn9VPN3j5kObpP9Rw5ZJjota1wHpdLDhmauRvWlExvKCtiN1tB9hXrOsa46CZF7yoMSy6-KO3h9NDpUHF19ezWklKI4zGg2H00a2fQUyaHAFRqbF_swXpY/s1600/my+hands.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIly1ljY81VEY5ZbSliGU0zn9VPN3j5kObpP9Rw5ZJjota1wHpdLDhmauRvWlExvKCtiN1tB9hXrOsa46CZF7yoMSy6-KO3h9NDpUHF19ezWklKI4zGg2H00a2fQUyaHAFRqbF_swXpY/s400/my+hands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493992904806604306" border="0" /></a><br />My hands make little hands.Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-45137453834789455152010-07-14T21:45:00.000-07:002010-07-14T21:52:33.055-07:00<a href="http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/2010/04/survey-select-press-release.html">http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/2010/04/survey-select-press-release.html<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWk7oqXy71ul6HHUSP_MD2cPeXMw1_mWHhYqM4gFA-gICVywbkGyDomPz9y2cg6sUhS22F6tPyOOOs2u7HtwyH6yxWubCsAe25h1gXZYGH9zMAnO4_QCFSoba3e_I_gdoDGT4cB25SMZc/s400/Survey_Select_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463338298807730866" border="0" /></span></span></a>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-11148211771505075562010-07-07T19:24:00.000-07:002010-07-07T19:36:50.181-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbfhuihQm_d8tMxswsRYtrZFh2G3Xcg7E0gC_FzQN8q94q9dIi_Tq9ZyD-CB9KzP6F9kdi4hqt4Uq0wr8AAr0cPWV-IqyViM3z-xa4cFqY3tLHd5w6D3lF9aG3CY0CwnWheGcINV-FKw/s1600/tooth+bonnet.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbfhuihQm_d8tMxswsRYtrZFh2G3Xcg7E0gC_FzQN8q94q9dIi_Tq9ZyD-CB9KzP6F9kdi4hqt4Uq0wr8AAr0cPWV-IqyViM3z-xa4cFqY3tLHd5w6D3lF9aG3CY0CwnWheGcINV-FKw/s400/tooth+bonnet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491356190455709314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:130%;" >I am the good baby.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >I never make a fuss.<br />Such a quiet child. No demands. I can be whatever you like.<br />But watch out:<br />for all my sweetness demands a devouring.<br />One day I may swallow this house, but right before I do I will speak all of the things that I never said.</span><br /></div>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-67913825512859608552010-07-07T12:10:00.000-07:002010-09-15T14:09:51.583-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZD-N1kQZFvMe211HNEWw0c6TwYFugcaHjMImkG3uhMdZzyirNAphFaM_pa6-hlGNw_UAery_MdiThp1vCIpsjWc8SIzy6hmuehhCs4dCjDWVJ5Qr5OPwAepMZatHJS0F5IktTGG5fPs/s1600/oil+baby2.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZD-N1kQZFvMe211HNEWw0c6TwYFugcaHjMImkG3uhMdZzyirNAphFaM_pa6-hlGNw_UAery_MdiThp1vCIpsjWc8SIzy6hmuehhCs4dCjDWVJ5Qr5OPwAepMZatHJS0F5IktTGG5fPs/s400/oil+baby2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491253764900002738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"> ferocious dark monster,<br /> I dwell below.<br />A secret I'll share<br />and now you know:<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >I am only a small child.<br /><br />Not seeing my mother, I believe myself abandoned.<br />I grasp at everything I can - and my cry is always for "MORE!"</span><br /></div>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-34929970405273666162010-07-07T11:50:00.000-07:002010-08-11T22:17:49.485-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ts8yeTEhB5f7fvvQvYazCC9oIUiFA5m_xyoEMMwZ8isY0_mbDd59bMU8Z-1DVj83XXaEGAZwKGrx2rENfRRu7tbIK_KZgsmpSLolCME8TJ_Q6RLzXm0hjOL1pFPfZF38dbyyopyw_tY/s1600/ocean.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ts8yeTEhB5f7fvvQvYazCC9oIUiFA5m_xyoEMMwZ8isY0_mbDd59bMU8Z-1DVj83XXaEGAZwKGrx2rENfRRu7tbIK_KZgsmpSLolCME8TJ_Q6RLzXm0hjOL1pFPfZF38dbyyopyw_tY/s400/ocean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239113526073154" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >You know who I am.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >I am the part of you that is the ocean.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >You didn't know we are the same? </span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" > Why do you think your tears are full of salt? </span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Your sweat? </span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >And blood?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >How long will I cry?<br />How long will you keep doing this to yourself?</span><br /></div>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-80185452998140807122010-06-25T21:59:00.000-07:002014-04-04T15:19:26.011-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg9apzGtuc9gBgs-9HMiEq2jO5dgbR6xVPhm7vBgUaS1Lb1XFaxScxJRsAGPpTnxcR9DKYmqanTj6W222NyuwrLd5VYn1OZB7GndMV1MLqZ4Zl3BCQgG0hKs4iqeD6fyqTfnc8CjKAYE/s1600/Birdwoman+B+Smith.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg9apzGtuc9gBgs-9HMiEq2jO5dgbR6xVPhm7vBgUaS1Lb1XFaxScxJRsAGPpTnxcR9DKYmqanTj6W222NyuwrLd5VYn1OZB7GndMV1MLqZ4Zl3BCQgG0hKs4iqeD6fyqTfnc8CjKAYE/s400/Birdwoman+B+Smith.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486942948559812866" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 267px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">Once we loved. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">Then, we parted. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">My wings became arms again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">I speak now and seldom sing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">But some things can never be as before. I pay attention now to different things </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;"> I hear the tiniest insect move beneath the ground.<br />Small hopes keep me alive </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">like the way leaves </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">still sometimes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">grow </span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new;">from the stumps of trees.<br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-46966991720206069792010-06-25T21:53:00.000-07:002010-07-07T12:03:20.686-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pxnTLeBO-Qt6IkflSshUUD2JyT4M4xaz78i9UEg0poP-83h2TK000Dm-CXTnBI9Sh3SQ0pwJGA5gElGDtDbrhS5PsUhJumRhog7z_NhZg3bu7qdxAebfeulPbpOJXk8Mex6Y0zTSJUo/s1600/hands+give+and+receive.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pxnTLeBO-Qt6IkflSshUUD2JyT4M4xaz78i9UEg0poP-83h2TK000Dm-CXTnBI9Sh3SQ0pwJGA5gElGDtDbrhS5PsUhJumRhog7z_NhZg3bu7qdxAebfeulPbpOJXk8Mex6Y0zTSJUo/s400/hands+give+and+receive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486941438964879682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >Mystery of mysteries: what is given returns.</span><br /></div>Bonnie Marie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853300548027420237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646079782453594774.post-14208198304855228192010-06-25T21:33:00.000-07:002013-12-17T20:19:55.519-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhe-EqA0k9GC0lU5wTSKWXDDBUOAPs9Dvj2jH2e4eCA-ZFwcCrnxA0Mgv9YmT3H80wjijtAbOgtwjSv_W3f3bRt9tGN67symFa0SaalJZRnqTwyyqR6GAl10ivHJl6qVV_Vkd5bE89Ek/s1600/red+tears+bonnet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486935983943081266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhe-EqA0k9GC0lU5wTSKWXDDBUOAPs9Dvj2jH2e4eCA-ZFwcCrnxA0Mgv9YmT3H80wjijtAbOgtwjSv_W3f3bRt9tGN67symFa0SaalJZRnqTwyyqR6GAl10ivHJl6qVV_Vkd5bE89Ek/s400/red+tears+bonnet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 279px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because I could not </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">speak they thought </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I could not hear. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Because my mind </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">was new they thought </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I could not notice. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But I saw </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">everything even the </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">invisible and I heard </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">everything including </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">the silences. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I never spoke of it </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">but much later when </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I was alone </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">again all my tears </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">turned </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
<span style="font-size: small;">to red.</span></div>
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