Tag Archives: Calm

SO ODD. . . I DECIDE TO TALK TO GOD

Posted on October 31, 2017 by elainedanforth

So odd. Now, I decide to talk to God. In a way I’ve never tried. I grow, I feel good inside. . . Sort of like the way it was in days they were, just talking to the best of … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Benefit, Calm, Confidence, Dad, Faith, God, Hope, Mom, Prayer, Presence, Strength, Talk | Leave a comment

THE MOVES OF PUSH AND PULL

Posted on October 3, 2017 by elainedanforth

‘Tis good and apt to move and act quite stiff and quick on fair and proper warning, but much more rich to breathe fresh air, in calm and patience full and thick, where eyes and spirit open up to wide … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Quick reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Anticipation, Calm, Dawn, Day, Light, Morning, Motivation, Patience, Pressure, Pull, Push, Push and pull, Sun, Tention, Vision, Warning | Leave a comment

TO GAZE OVER THE STONES

Posted on June 29, 2017 by elainedanforth

Somewhere hid twixt the stones of difficulty, you’ll find those little cracks called grace. No matter how hard or smooth those stones (or of what beauty), even without squinting to perceive minuti (ae), when you breathe and muster up a … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Breathe, Calm, Cracks, Gaze, Grace, Hard, Seeing, Stones | 1 Comment

GIVE THANKS AND CLAIM YOUR PEACE

Posted on April 20, 2017 by elainedanforth

Give thanks. Live and claim a piece of your own peace– to do things else is very apt eventually to bring you flat onto your knees. So palm your palm. . . feel your warmth, your vibrancy and calm, and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Appreciation, Calm, Feeling, Peace, Sensation, Vibrancy | Leave a comment

SLIPPED THROUGH MY FINGERS, HELD MY TONGUE

Posted on March 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

That does it. Slipped right through my fingers. Held my tongue. Come quips and queues. A sting that lingers. . . No matter– Just calm and lull the present chatter then pause a breath fill up to brim, and void … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Breath, Calm, Climb, Feeling, Held my tongue, Life, Lull, Patience, Rest, Slipped through my fingers, Strength, Views | Leave a comment

MORE STRENGTH THAN YOU THINK

Posted on December 13, 2016 by elainedanforth

Strength there’s much more there than you may know, or in your wildest dreams may think, Just take a sec. . . let go the muscles in your neck. . . Then, take a breath. . . Let ride on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Add up, Calm, Capillary, Disparagement, Feel, Fingers, First to blink, Gut, Hands, Head, Heart, Hell or high water, Love, Lungs, Skin, Stomach, Strength, Tall, Toes, True | Leave a comment

ABUNDANCE — SOMETHING YOU MUST FEEL WITHIN

Posted on July 29, 2016 by elainedanforth

Abundance. . . something you must feel from deep within, with clarity, which grows with calm and steady peace and surety, along with good, strong roots in gut temerity– Temerity to shake the babble of the pundits, and unwind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Abundance, Calm, Confidence, Feeling, Peace, Roots, Temerity, WIngs, Winning | Leave a comment

NO EXCUSE

Posted on April 25, 2016 by elainedanforth

No excuse– do not defer– let your life’s engine rev and hum and purr and drive along and get somewhere. . . Take along– +++++but calm +++++with your breath– inner resistance that clings for life and has felt surer with … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems | Tagged Breath, Calm, Defer, Dreams, Hopes, No excuse, Purpose, Resistance, Saboteur, Turf, Wishes | Leave a comment

HOW TO BE HOT AND CHILL

Posted on April 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

When dead of winter licks like piling crystalline snowflakes or hits you like a pitter-patter rainy ton of bricks, you gotta learn to find within yourself just what it takes, to mend your frozen pains and aches and activate your … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Summer, Winter | Tagged Breathe, Calm, Chill, Head, Heart, Heat, Liver, Rest | Leave a comment

YOUR CHOICE OF NOISE

Posted on October 1, 2015 by elainedanforth

Our modern world is brimming full of noise. . . Sometimes you opt just not to listen to it, or suddenly find your senses dulled, diminished adjusted so to tolerate it, But, for everyone, there is some kind of limit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Adjustment, Calm, Choice, Civilization, Disturbance, Hermit, Infinite, Inner voice, Limits, Listen, Loudness, Modern world, Noise, Rhythm, Senses, Tolerate, Wisdom | Leave a comment