Monthly Archives: October 2018

EYE OPE TO EYE SHUT

Posted on October 27, 2018 by elainedanforth

From eye ope to eye shut, and eye shut to eye ope, the sun doth rise and cuts its arc the world round through varied kinds of skies, and then the stars, our sister worlds, and our bright smiling moon, … Continue reading →

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I’LL LET NOT DUSK

Posted on October 26, 2018 by elainedanforth

I’ll not let dusk leave me here in the dust. Nor fall, the steep descent of autumn. I’ll pry the stubborn, creaky door, with late day sun my eye to bless, and I’ll break out and put my feet smarts … Continue reading →

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Yes, DO go gentle into. . .

Posted on October 21, 2018 by elainedanforth

YES!! Go! Yes, DO go gentle, gentle, into that good night. No, NO! Not THAT good night! THIS one here, this one now, this one that’s fallen, and whose calling is to let us from this day down to settle, … Continue reading →

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HOW DO YOU RIDE THE CHANGE?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by elainedanforth

How do you ride the change? (Though you may yearn to fight it, clear it. . .) How do you nix or take the risk while some straggling part of you yet trembles and lags back to fear it? How … Continue reading →

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A GENTLE DUSTING OF THE NASCENT WINTER’S SNOW

Posted on October 6, 2018 by elainedanforth

Rain at the bottom. . . the dusk of summer’s blush segues to autumn. . . the peak receives a gentle dusting of the nascent winter’s snow. Still green, the high up forest contracts, awaits the coming gusts, which foreshadow … Continue reading →

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