Tag Archives: Choose

I WILL OPT FOR BRAVERY

Posted on February 6, 2017 by elainedanforth

I will opt for bravery in my old age. Caution may appear more safe and savory, but only my true, willing heart’s exposure, will lead me through to peace and sated closure of the faithful, ordinary life of an extraordinary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Bravery, Caution, Choose, Comfort, Heart, Leap of faith, Old age, Opt, Safe, Satisfaction, Savory | Leave a comment

RAISE PERISCOPE, OR ELSE, BOB HEAD

Posted on January 21, 2017 by elainedanforth

Raise periscope, or, if you find you’re growing hope, leave safe walls of sub behind, for a cool dive, and instead, bob head. Swing your sight from left to right, and far (and near) and wide, survey above the surface, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boldness, Breathe, Chewing Chewsday, Choose, Feeling right, Fire, Lack, Life, Looking, Purpose, Scanning, Seeing, Submarine, Surfeit, Swimming, Walls, Win, Work | Leave a comment

RECALL, CLAIM, FLY!

Posted on July 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

Recall and claim, your all, your reason why, Choose to rise from wide, demoralizing, deep confusion, Which, when quite well-eyed, may be unveiled as beguiling, mere illusion. Let go all tangles, indecision, Let prevail and revel in your clear, compelling … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Choose, Claim, Confusion, Fly, Indecision, Memory, Purpose, Raison d'etre, Recall | Leave a comment

I CAN

Posted on June 17, 2016 by elainedanforth

I can. . . and I choose not to. OR I don’t know if I can. . . and I choose to– OR choose not to, in line with what I want. And, if I really, really want, by God, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Choice, Choose, Decision, Determination, Do what you want, I can | Leave a comment

FRIDAY FEELING: WE ARE FREE

Posted on February 19, 2016 by elainedanforth

Friday feeling: whether frail or full of force, anything is possible– and we are free. . . it’s up to us. . . to delve into our guts, find what it is we really want, and point our compass hither. … Continue reading →

Posted in Days of the Week, Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Choose, Course, Force, Freedom, Friday, Guts, Hope, Mind Body, Purpose, Sailing, Tried and true | Leave a comment

SAY A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO STICK BY YOU

Posted on March 20, 2015 by elainedanforth

Say a prayer in celebration of all of those who stick by you, even though you may not be the best one who their imagination ever knew, and as the world goes, there’s plenty other, better things that they might … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Appreciation, Best, Better things to do, Celebration, Choice, Choose, Feeling, Gratitude, Hiking, Imagination, Life, People who stick by you, Places, Poetry, Prayer, SInging, TImbuktu Tuolumne | 4 Comments

THE PATH FROM “OH TOO MUCH!”

Posted on January 6, 2015 by elainedanforth

Oh too much of oh too many things!! Not enough of the better kind of stuff that lets my body hum and moves my heart to sing. . . A brand new set of habits must I seek in order … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Abundance, Acceptance, Attract, Balance, Best, Better, Choose, Collecting Dust, Confidence, Connection, Dust, Equilibrium, Excess, Feeling, Habit, Hope, Kind, Letting Go, Life, Mind Body, Need, Not enough, Ripe, Roots, Seek, Shift, Sit around, Skip, Sparing, Stuff, Too many, Too much, WIngs | Leave a comment

FLESH, WORDS, DEEDS

Posted on October 15, 2014 by elainedanforth

the flesh will melt. . . but, if they have been well chosen, though at times ill-spelt, the words and deeds of heart may yet endure. . . so, best to choose all those. . . the words, the deeds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Care, Choose, Chosen, Deeds, Endure, Flesh, Heart, How far?, Melt, Spelt, Spread, Where?, Words | Leave a comment

HOME

Posted on October 14, 2014 by elainedanforth

Where may I my cares allay, and savor respite from life’s kingdom, where mites or motes will often fight or fly, or give you chase, or try to get your goat, or speed-spurt to surpass you in this oh so … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Allay, Answer, Become, Belly, Bone, Calm, Cares, Choose, Clear, Deepest, Dome, Earthly, Exist, Fight, Flight, Fly, Get your goat, Home, Kingdom, Land, Oh so, Outer, Place, Proper, Redoubt, Respite, Resume, Rhythm, Savor, Seen, Settle, Skull, Slow, Sovereign, Space, Thankfully, Where?, Whirlwind, Wise, Yes | Leave a comment

LIFE– THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

Posted on October 6, 2014 by elainedanforth

Life. . . Long or short– Either way you look at it, there’s plenty reason you may want to get it right. . . Or, at least, to change it up a little bit, according to your deep desires, your … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Brightest, Choose, Delights, Desires, Dreams, Fire, Guide, Long, Plenty, Poetry, Reason, Recognition, Satisfaction, Seeing, Short, Sights, Time, Walking | Leave a comment