Tag Archives: Clear

CLEAR

Posted on June 2, 2018 by elainedanforth

1. place graced by emptiness 2. sharp defined or understood the best 3. transparent, near invisible, +++so what’s behind is more apparent Clear a vital sign, I do opine, that must be in the mix to help one live in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Appearance, Clarity, Clear, Definition, Emptiness, Grace, Transparency, Understanding | Leave a comment

INFINITY– PLEASE OSMOSE SLOW

Posted on July 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

A prayer– may infinity osmose slow and thorough, through to heal me. . . May I stop a moment so I may, in each chamber, cell and fiber of my being, feel me, and may I ever feel as though … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Cheer, Claim, Clear, Friend, Hope, Infinity, Light, Osmose, Pick up the baton, Prayer, Run, Thoroughness | Leave a comment

PRAYER

Posted on August 19, 2015 by elainedanforth

The act through which we present ourselves to ourselves for true understanding, and hold tight, for a bit, till one clear voice tells the things we must clear from our lives and our shelves, and what we must gather and … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Clear, Expanding, Ourselves, Prayer, Present, Shelves, Strength, Universe, Voice | Leave a comment

A CLEAR FOCUS

Posted on February 2, 2015 by elainedanforth

Sometimes, when you are trying to be effective at a certain task, and unrelated things nag at the periphery (or center) of your dense gray mass, it’s best that you just let them pass, and tell yourself, with gentle firmness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Anyhow, Center, Clarity, Clear, Dense, Determination, Don't look now, Effective, Effort, Feeling, Firm, Focus, Gentle, Gray, Gray Matter, Important, Later, Let it pass, Mass, Mind Body, Opening, Pass, Peace, Periphery, Poetry, Quick Reads, Task, Thought, Trying, Unrelated | Leave a comment

THE COLOR OF A SOFT GRAY DAY

Posted on January 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

A soft gray day, late January. . . the pale sun, the ambiance so airy breathe life and light to spring’s small blooms, and gentle pop of squirrel peep, plus bubbling fresh birdsong. . . the clear, cool warmth, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Accompanied, Airy, Alone, Ambiance, Ashes, Bare, Beauty, Birds, Birdsong, Black, Blooms, Burst, Challenge, Clear, Comfortable, Confidence, Cool, Day, Diary, Digress, Distance, Earth, Ere, Eyelashes, Fear, Feeling, First, Flowers, Gentle, Good, Gray, Gray Sky, Hair, High, Hilly, HInt, History, Hope, Horizons, Image, Important, January, Journey, Leaves, Life, Light, Love, Mind Body, Mingled, Movie House, Mush, Muted, Neighborhood, New, New horizons, Pale, Peace, Peep, Pop, Quiet, RIght, Rising, Road, Save up, Seasons, Secret, Sky, Slope, Slow, Spirit, Splendor Colors, Spring, Squint, Squirrel, Sun, Thirst, Tour, Trees, Unwritten, Up, Vantage point, Walking, Warmth, Wash, White, Winter, Year | Leave a comment

TEDDY BEAR, COME HERE

Posted on January 20, 2015 by elainedanforth

Teddy bear. . . come here! Stay near. For I’ve landed in a brand new, empty year It’s started out as fun, which will continue on. . . And yet, this drought still dampers me to much more than a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Artist's loft, Belly, Bounce, Brand-new, Bravery, Bright, Cathedral, Cathedral vaults, Cell, Child, Clear, Cold, Cold stares, Come, Come here, Comfort, Coming of age, Company, Continue, Core, Count on, Crazed, Creep, Cushy, Dampers, Dare, Deep, Difficulty, Dread, Drought, Empty, Eventuality, Fear, Fearsome, Firm, Fleeting, Fly, Fun, Fuzy, Fuzzy, Generosity, Give, Grown-up, Have their way with (someone), Help, High, Hope, Hugged, Immortal artists, Joy, Keep your cook, Know, Landed, Landscape, Loneliness, Look up(wards), Low-lit, May, Me, Melodious, Molecule, Musty, Ne'er, Near, Need, Never before, NEW YEAR, Out of the stream, Pace, Penetrating, Permit, Place, Plough, Points, Pout, Resilient, Respond, Rocky, Round, Rushing, Sacred, Safely, Scoff, SIng, Sky, Song, Space, Stand, Stand firm, Stares, Started, Stay, Steadfast, Steep, Storm, Strong, Successfully, Support, Teddy bear, Throng, Tread, Unknown, Voice, Warm, Wide smile, Wonder, Yet | Leave a comment

KNOWING THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

Posted on December 18, 2014 by elainedanforth

Does the better part of valor call for patience? The kind that waits, and wise, holds back, when every being fiber bawls silent, in insatience? Or does it call for yet another crack at that endeavor that may require an … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Bawl, Being, Best, Blessing, Bounty, Cinch, Clear, Conclude, Connecting, Deep, Discern, Dub, Endeavor, Extension, Festering, Fiber, Fiber of your being, Flow, Fresh, From here, Garden, Gentle, Go, Grown, Growth, Harvest, Hold back, How, Know, Leaving, Life, Living, Living Being, Love, Loving, Machinery, Obstruct, Offer, Olive branch, Path, Regrow, Renewal, Require, Satiation, See, Seeing, Silent, Sincere, Sputter, Sword, The better part of valor, Tinker, Tools, Try, Unprecedented, Wait, Want, Way, Well, Wish, Working, Wrench | Leave a comment

FREEING THE FLOW

Posted on November 26, 2014 by elainedanforth

some days when you’re stuck, you need to find at least one way to clear your drain of some pretty gunky muck. . . for then , can so much move with ease, and the flow that your newfound movement … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Clear, Day, Drain, Ease, Feeling, Find, Flow, Gunky, Life, Mind Body, Muck, Newfound, Opening, Poetry, Pretty, Quick Reads, Stuck, Thought | Leave a comment

TO BREAK A TRUE FAST

Posted on October 19, 2014 by elainedanforth

Allow your hunger to develop. . . only then can life come in, surround, and once again your depths envelop, into your clear and empty place within, so you can feel what you have won there. . . and relish … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads, Thoughts on Macrobiotics | Tagged Allow, Break a fast, Clear, Depths, Develop, Empty, Envelop, Feel, Hunger, Life, Place, Plenty, Relish, Surround, Within, Won, Wonder | 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