Tag Archives: Brightness

REDUCTION TURNED AROUND

Posted on May 27, 2016 by elainedanforth

Reduction is the word for brew cooked down and got so strong, that something must, at last, be stirred and turned around, to birth a new creation, as bright and wide as the phoenix seen to rise from the darkened … Continue reading →

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STRIDE OF DECEMBER EVENTIDE

Posted on December 8, 2015 by elainedanforth

Step in stride, late in day, by December’s definite and stubborn quick steep fall into eventide. . . From light to dark in one fell slip– no cozy fade to warm, short night from a day that’s hotly lit. . … Continue reading →

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LIFE’S PLAN

Posted on January 3, 2014 by elainedanforth

How many deaths? How many deaths do we have to die, while we live in our one earthly body? We begin as a cell, and before we can blink, we’re not nearly so small, and must shuck off each shell, … Continue reading →

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THE UP AND UP

Posted on December 28, 2013 by elainedanforth

Creep. . . itty bitty critter small. . . slow uphill crawl from the parabolic pit of this old year, about to shuck its hull. . . the night recedes days ooze more long seeped minute fractions spread the day … Continue reading →

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WATCH THAT OVER-VIGILANCE. . .

Posted on June 4, 2013 by elainedanforth

Over-vigilance breeds Careless oversight that leads me to feel marooned. . . only to be saved by what I can innovate with my mind and body, even in their aging patina, honed quite bright.

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