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Monthly Archives: October 2016
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD WINTER
Do not go gentle into that good winter. . . Wear good gloves and you’ll reduce the chance your paws will snag their skin upon a splinter. Don’t be too quiet, find, spend time with folks that make you laugh … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Winter
Tagged Body, Bravery, Fire, Mental, Preparation, Snow, Winter
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SIGHTS SET HIGH
Old heights, new heights. . . Much depends on being your own ally and your friend. Forget dark fears, allow your very brightest dreams to be the realm from which you make the choice where and how high to set … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Quick reads
Tagged Being friends with yourself, Dreams, Fears, Feeling, Heights, Sights set high
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TREE POSE
Fall moves strong, a downward swing– I find the way, much like a tree, still to stand , arms stretched like sturdy branches, persevering, to do all that I need to do to live my life, through all my losses, … Continue reading
BREATHE INTO YOUR PATH
Breathe in air into yourself. . . Feel your neck and shoulders melt. . . Breathe better, more, and in a while you will smile for you’ll see not just you but also, all is in its balance in appropriateness … Continue reading
Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry
Tagged Balance, Breathe, Challenge, Debt, Destiny, Ease, Path, Recompense, Self
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THE SILENT CHATTER IN THE CLUTTER
When sadness, fear and anger a few years long (or even longer) don’t get felt or heard or said, and then get heaped with clutter, instead, they will just lie there, burièd, seeming tacit, but, in every act that some … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry
Tagged Anger, Clearing space, Clutter, Fear, Feeling, Frozen needs, Journey, Life, Pain, Sadness, Self-sabotage, Space, Spring Cleaning, Stuffed feelings, Suppressed feelings, Unmet needs
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WHEN TEMPTATION COMES TO KNOCK
When temptation comes to knock, do not get up– nor even simply stir to squawk, “Who’s there?” For it is said the true root of unhappiness is mere desire. . . And in this case, yes, where there’s smoke, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems)
Tagged Desire, Excitement, Glamor, Life, Satisfaction, Temptation, Unhappiness
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WILL THE FOND HEART MELT?
A fond heart. Will it melt? Will it start, will it leap, at the anticipate of the moment its love object with faith its set appointment with it keeps? Will it dare to enter into the love found at its … Continue reading
Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry
Tagged Appointment, Center, Dream, Dreamland, Emotion, Feeling, Fond Heart, Love, Melt, Object of love, Sleep
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