Category Archives: Poetic Musing (Longer Poems)

FROM CANYON’S BOTTOM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMBING

Posted on May 18, 2025 by elainedanforth

Living at a canyon’s bottomleaves many openings for climbing. . . Yet,some days, when rushing torrents’wind-whipped water flows,life can feel boxed in and slippery, treacherous,though all the movement leaves not enough pausefor things to fester and become rotten. Or can … Continue reading →

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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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SEVEN COLORS

Posted on September 22, 2024 by elainedanforth

The hot red core of rocky earth, the blood,the dust,the mud,the flesh,the bone,the thrashing firebrightly shone. . The daylight dawningthrough translucent orange,black-framed windowed wingof monarch butterfly, The yellow petalsspoked fromdarker, tasty, seedy centerof late summer sunflower, The green of pointy, … Continue reading →

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WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE

Posted on May 19, 2024 by elainedanforth

A lonely placeis cyber space. Words, emoticonsphotos and videoshanging on a glowing,blue-lit screencannot replace a real live forest, river,plate of food,fresh breath of air,sun in the sky, nor a real live smiling(or any other kind of)voiceor face. And yet, we’re … Continue reading →

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THE LAMINATED LILY

Posted on October 27, 2023 by elainedanforth

When the sourceyou need to livesprings now too much,then too thin,but you must drink thereof, nonetheless, of what may yet be dubbedlife-giving water,though it poisons you too,although in the very short term,it lets you live,in a way,and, in that, you … Continue reading →

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HEAVEN TO PAY

Posted on September 30, 2023 by elainedanforth

Another day. . .another bit ofheaven to pay. Though less well knownthan hell to pay,THAT ancient gameis far too easy, now,to pay. . . To paya piece of hellour mind and bodythus to bare,our grieved and angry, fearful heart,to spill. … Continue reading →

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THE OTHER SIDE OF FALL AND WINTER

Posted on September 28, 2023 by elainedanforth

When late September sun shinesa strange clear bright,yet, but obliquely. . . and the sum of humanwatching and activityfor agesseems to tell, that, as the fall creeps deeper still,the once summer-high bright orbwill drop down far more yet, almost as … Continue reading →

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SETTING SAIL IN A NEW WAY

Posted on June 2, 2022 by elainedanforth

Setting sailis quite the sort of taskthat,of an entrenched,lifelong land creatureis a bit much to ask. . . To step towardand attemptto journey forwardon something elsethan solid groundmay feel, at first,unnaturaland of high risk, , , And yet,there’s somethingthat still … 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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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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