Lavinia Thompson
Belladonna's Roots 6: Thayer
When Alyssa was first introduced to the Russian rookie covered in biker tattoos, she could only roll her eyes. Thayer waltzed into her...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 28, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 5: Alyssa
Sometimes a character can reside in a writer’s mind long before they come to exist within pages. Such was the case when I created Alyssa....
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 21, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 4: Deadly Nightshade
The ominous, droopy, bell-shaped flower that becomes a purple star is an enticing sight, growing on branches that reach out, almost...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 14, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 3: Narcissism
Narcissist: “an extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance”, and also: “a person affected with...
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Lavinia Thompson
Sep 6, 2020
Belladonna's Roots 2: a glimpse at the profile
Research, research, research. Knowledge becomes central to a story. Much of what a writer studies to make a story realistic never makes...
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Lavinia Thompson
Aug 30, 2020
Belladonna's Roots
A story is written when many pieces and layers of inspiration weave together. It starts with something – a phrase, an image, a song,...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 21, 2020
Hope Incipient
Becoming something new has uprooted what that kept me immobilized for so long. This is the first time in many years that I have felt an...
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Lavinia Thompson
Jul 29, 2019
Mid-Fall Upon a Deathly Shoreline
I drove until the morning light greeted my rearview, drawing fractures of my heart from beneath the night where the truth left shards of...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 16, 2019
Seldom
It was the night I set my heart down before you, in all it’s eloquent fragments; the night you stomped them to shards, saying it no...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 7, 2019
Prompt 6 - Current
Stop that. Stop telling yourself that having a partner in your life is the only thing that matters. After being in a couple of long term...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 7, 2019
Prompt 5 - Floats
It floats; this singular heartstring, some sort of flow following beats upon wind. There’s a rhythm out there somewhere trying to drag me...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 4, 2019
Prompt 3: Leaps
You don’t have to go vaulting off a cliff, wincing at the crunch of every bone to come back down to earth. Sometimes breaking yourself...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 4, 2019
Prompt 2 - Bird
Runaway Bird A heart like a runaway bird flapping frantically, wings that can’t escape this town fast enough. A plumage hued like...
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Lavinia Thompson
Apr 2, 2019
Caged - a poetry challenge for April
I am trying out this challenge for April that's circulating on Tumblr - a month of prompts inspired by the poetry of the amazing Maya...
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Lavinia Thompson
Mar 30, 2019
The Filter
It is the shade in which lovers see. A filter of that specific hue from their first summer sunset together lingers in their eyes; through...
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Lavinia Thompson
Mar 8, 2019
Musings: This is my Meadow
Sometimes I'm living my life in a rearview mirror. There are so many moments here and now I should be living for. Soaking in. Because...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 11, 2019
Onward and Upward
My First Writing Conference In the midst of my “Edge of Glory 1” edits, I am surrounded by my binder, three notebooks, three pages (and...
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Lavinia Thompson
Feb 8, 2019
New poem ~ Patchwork Wings
You stuck a pin through a butterfly, yet promised she deserved the best, a slight stroke along her delicate wings of velvet, she was...
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Lavinia Thompson
Dec 30, 2018
New poem ~ Montage
You couldn’t give me shelter when a hurricane crumbled in with gusts irate enough to send solid bones trembling. Yet stoic you stood...
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Lavinia Thompson
Oct 17, 2018
#Preptober Days 15 and 16
For the sake of staying caught up, I'm combining these two days - Cast Your Villain(s) and Cast Your Seconds. I'm thrilled to introduce...
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