Tag Archives: Sight

I AM A PEEP

Posted on May 30, 2018 by elainedanforth

I am a peep. I am a pipe. I am a megaphone. I make a sound that to distant lands resounds. I make a sight that starts small and faint but grows to tall and very bright. My presence shall … Continue reading →

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DID NO ONE EVER ASK A BUTTERFLY?

Posted on October 15, 2015 by elainedanforth

Did no one ever ask a butterfly, and talk with with them quite long enough to have them speak just how it felt to die? Or how hard the labor, as a caterpillar, was the task to spin a coat … Continue reading →

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MONDAY’S CHILD (a few Monday wishes for my readers)

Posted on August 24, 2015 by elainedanforth

“Monday’s child is fair of face.” (A line from an old Mother Goose rhyme). Somehow, I think a person coming into the world on a Monday would almost need to be “fair of face,” or bright-eyed and bushy tailed, as … Continue reading →

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THE WISPY WINK OF MOON

Posted on April 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

Such a gift to glimpse the slim and scythe-like wink of moon, a beauty and a slower, gentler cousin to the metronome. . . More visible in dark, but peaceful night, it keeps us in our proper rhythm on this … Continue reading →

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RESPIRE, INQUIRE

Posted on April 10, 2015 by elainedanforth

Respire. . . Inquire. . . Feel deep inside– do not try to hide within, nor blind your vision: dare to peer into the layer of mire. . . whisper a prayer. . . allow your heart to beat and, … Continue reading →

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THANKS TO MY READERS

Posted on November 30, 2014 by elainedanforth

Thanks send I to all of you who’ve told or showed me you believed in me, in any big or little way from actions or from words you say or even just from clicking Like on something that I’ve left … Continue reading →

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PRECIPITATE

Posted on February 6, 2014 by elainedanforth

Sometimes it’s really, really great when the sky deigns to precipitate. . . we need rain– that, we all know it gives our trees and grass their special, wet green glow, And, if we travel to great heights cold crystallizes … Continue reading →

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UP IN ARMS AND ONWARD

Posted on May 6, 2013 by elainedanforth

Where DO we go from here? Mistakes, somehow only in the aftermath add up in such a way we think we see them crystal clear. . . Although it’s key not to misjudge their size or kind– for, bear in … Continue reading →

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BEAUTY ABOUNDS

Posted on April 3, 2013 by elainedanforth

Beauty abounds– in nooks, in hooks– quite where you’d least expect, it looses, softens what binds. . . and opens what needs opening to receive waves of warm and light, be it eye or heart. . . for those who … Continue reading →

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