Category Archives: Life

FEED THE HUNGER

Posted on October 23, 2024 by elainedanforth

Feed the hungerSlake the thirst.Let sleep the weary,Wake up and rub the sleepsfrom morning eyesstill a bit weary. But, then,arise, and walk the feetand move the wholematerial thing you’ve gotwith arms and legs,and trunk and head,bone and blood and air … Continue reading →

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THE GIFT OF BREATH

Posted on August 25, 2024 by elainedanforth

When breathdoes not feel like a given. Recallit was not everso much a given,as a gift. The electric spurto the primordial soupthat began it all,even beforebreath as we know it. . . Not a given. It was a gift. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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WHO DO I TAKE MYSELF TO BE?

Posted on December 23, 2023 by elainedanforth

Right now– Whodo I take myself to be? Am I pretty?Am I smart? Am I thoughtful slow?Or bold and quick to start? Do I lack? Or, even though I lack,do I still think and feel I haveand do, and be, … Continue reading →

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THERE’S MANY A SLICE OF LIFE

Posted on May 25, 2022 by elainedanforth

There’s many a slice of lifethat’s cut somewherebetween the gloryand the grim. . . But perhaps,that’s not quite right. . .and maybe there’s only glory in the wayyou hear and feel and tell the story and only grimaccording to a … Continue reading →

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NEVER A MOMENT WITH NOTHING TO SAY

Posted on September 4, 2020 by elainedanforth

There’s never reallysuch a dull momentor a daythat I haveabsolutelynothingto say. But it’d be sillyand furthermore,beyond even meto blurt out every momentor yea,even everylivelong special and precious day, for,if I’d use every momentsomething to say,not all that I’d utterwould contain … Continue reading →

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WORLD, BE HERE FOR ME

Posted on August 30, 2020 by elainedanforth

World, be here for me. . . oh, and please let me be here with you. . . through hope, sadness, fear and all else that inside I feel here, please help me see clear, to do what I do … Continue reading →

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TAKE CARE OF SELF, OR ASK FOR HELP?

Posted on April 15, 2020 by elainedanforth

Take care of self,orseek and ask for help?Yes!Put oneAND the otherto the test, in this and thatdifferent sort of circumstances. . . one soul will singthe other one will make things betteras she dances. . . see trees aboveand creekbeneath, … Continue reading →

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