Tag Archives: Breath

WHERE IS PEACE?

Posted on June 15, 2024 by elainedanforth

Peacewhere is it found?In breath?In beat of heart? In smiles and laughter? In building upand knocking downa house of cards? Inside the cooler houseor in the sunny, warmer, grassy,flowery backyard? Alone?Or in the comfort companyof family or friends or strangers? … Continue reading →

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BLOOD AND BREATH

Posted on September 13, 2023 by elainedanforth

Bloodand breathand mudand bones and flesh all could be saidto carry fearand maybe evenpave the wayto death. . . By their very nature,they maywith thisor with that happenstance,quite easily collide,get out of handormake an awful mess. But, Blood and breathand … Continue reading →

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THIS ONE BREATH

Posted on October 10, 2021 by elainedanforth

This one breath. . .this one ray of morning sun. . at oncethe only one with whichI know I’m blessed, and yet I itchto count this dayas just the firstof a living, breathing,eye light seeing,week to come. Impatientand imperfectthough I … 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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EVERYTHING NEEDING DONE IN ONE SWIFT MOMENT

Posted on April 19, 2019 by elainedanforth

Every single little thingand big thinglooming, pounding, festeringneeding donein one swift moment. . . this life, this breatheach is a giftthat, in itself,needs no bettering. . . so, be still,or move,however you can find the love,the joy, the fun– and … Continue reading →

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SAVOR THIS

Posted on January 29, 2019 by elainedanforth

Savor that taste. . . that breath. . . that cheering beam of light. . . there is no knowing beyond that. . . Some more may come, for you to see– but looms too the possibility that before or … Continue reading →

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THANK GOD FOR BREATH

Posted on November 21, 2018 by elainedanforth

Thank God for breath, and for disasters, the most forceful askers which bid us now step up our game. . . Thank God for sweat, for air, for masks, and bicycles. When normal daily acts of ease have turned quite … Continue reading →

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LET SUN AND BREATH BE

Posted on August 25, 2018 by elainedanforth

Let sun and breath be. Let them in when it is time. Let them leave when it is time. Let dirt and weeds be. Let them be just where they are. Their special nourishment and beauty is meant to rule … Continue reading →

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THOSE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2018 by elainedanforth

Stare them in the face. . . all those little things you find yourself too often doing, that don’t help get you where you wish so bad to be , but which take you to some other, lesser, crummy or … Continue reading →

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ONE, TWO, THREE. . . AN ETERNITY

Posted on May 8, 2018 by elainedanforth

ONE, TWO, THREE. . . AN ETERNITY One, two, three, an eternity. . . it’s sink or swim if you refuse to sink in to what it’s like to be in your one and only body. . . your life … Continue reading →

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