Tag Archives: Body

THE LIGHT OF YOUR EXCELLENCE

Posted on November 2, 2016 by elainedanforth

The year’s life moves fast along, in apparent descendence. . . Your light proves, when you show it, to emit perfect excellence. . . Your might you don’t lose– though you don’t always know it– when you don’t permit all … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Winter | Tagged Body, Bounty, Brilliance, Excellent, Golden, Light, Mind, Perfection, Self, Soul, True, Year | Leave a comment

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD WINTER

Posted on October 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

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 | Leave a comment

ONE-TWO-THREE PRIORITIES

Posted on August 23, 2016 by elainedanforth

Body first. . . breathe. . . well, what’s that worth? it helps you sense from places, patterns soft or hard, relaxed or tense, right now and here, just what you need. . . Brain second. . . Observe those … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Body, Body Mind, Brain, Breath, Heart, Mind Body, Priorites, Servant, Spirit, Thought, To do list | Leave a comment

YOUR FIRST LOVE

Posted on August 6, 2016 by elainedanforth

Be sure to love yourself. First, last, and in between. For, without you, there is no body with which you can do or feel anything.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Body, Love, Self-care, Self-love | Leave a comment

SUNDAY– A DAY TO LIVE– IT’S NOW

Posted on July 31, 2016 by elainedanforth

Sunday. . . It’s chill. . . it’s peaceful. . . it is fun– a day to live– it’s now. . . twixt dawn this morn and set this eve– right now. . . if we would pick a day … Continue reading →

Posted in Days of the Week, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Body, Dawn, Day, Evening, Heart, Hourglass, Life, Morning, Opportunity, Sands of time, Soul, Sun, Sunday, Sunset, Surrender, Time | Leave a comment

HOLD THAT LITTLE ANIMAL THAT IS YOUR BODY

Posted on July 2, 2016 by elainedanforth

Hold that little animal that is your own, that is your body. . . don’t eat it like a cannibal– ask it what it wants and needs to be happy, to be steady. . . And, stroke its soft and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Animal, Arm's length, Being true to yourself, Body, Cooperation, Heart, Interaction, Love, Mind Body, Needs, Understanding, Wants | Leave a comment

LIVING WITH THE NOISE

Posted on April 8, 2016 by elainedanforth

You can’t begin to smash into oblivion this dreadful noise and all the ways that it annoys, But there’s ways that you can work with it– take a walk, for instance, and thus twixt it and you interpose some buffer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Annoyance, Body, Brain, Breath, Buffer, Distance, Living with noise, Noise, Peace | Leave a comment

IT’S DARK, BUT EQUINOCTICAL

Posted on March 29, 2016 by elainedanforth

It’s dark, but here being neighbor to the park, though with a roof to keep heat in, warm my body, and protect my head, I sense the point-like beams of stars. . . it feels post-equinoctical, though to you it … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Seasons, Spring | Tagged Body, Darkness, Indoors, Light, Mind Body, Mirrors of the soul, Nerves, Night, Sky, Stars, Warmth | Leave a comment

THIS ONE BODY FOR THIS LIFE

Posted on January 30, 2016 by elainedanforth

This one body is for this life the only one we’ve got-y. So it’s best to be aware just what its nature asks for, in quantities and qualities of love and light and air, activity and good clean water, food … Continue reading →

Posted in Macrobiotics, Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Thoughts on Macrobiotics | Tagged Air, Body, Care, Food, Life, Light, Love, One body, Quality, Quantity, Water | Leave a comment

CHEWING IN COMMUNITY

Posted on August 4, 2015 by elainedanforth

Chewing in community a haven to have companions for the yum-yums to relax from this fast world’s tensions and its lunacies. . . By itself, that act seems fit, but maybe we can stop to add and ask, what if, … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems) | Tagged Body, Charity, Chewing, Compassion, Eating, Feeling, Giving, Heart, Mind, Poetry | Leave a comment