Tag Archives: Fear

AMPERSAND (revised)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by elainedanforth

Toes edge toward the abyss,knees bendshoulders swing, and energy infinite contractswith countless other actions– a billion nervous fiberstwitching past all power ofeven first-rate Pulitzer describers. . . The scariness that appears. . . the chosen necklace choking,underlying the bold daring-ness,it … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Courage, Fear, Leap of faith, Nervous, Waiting | Leave a comment

I WANT EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW

Posted on February 22, 2019 by elainedanforth

I want absolutely every color of the rainbow– right now, and gotten all at once, and also, each savored plain, all by itself: red, blue, green, purple, orange, yellow. Yet, what this asks of me to do despite snows, winds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Colors, Consumption, Desire, Elements, Fear, Heart, Rainbow, Soul, Weather | Leave a comment

HOW DO YOU RIDE THE CHANGE?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by elainedanforth

How do you ride the change? (Though you may yearn to fight it, clear it. . .) How do you nix or take the risk while some straggling part of you yet trembles and lags back to fear it? How … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Change, Fear, Feelings, Freedom, Getting through changes, Life, Mind Body, Release | Leave a comment

YES, YOU CAN SING

Posted on September 5, 2018 by elainedanforth

Yes, you can sing of what you do and what comes to you that feels blue, and absolutely wrong. . . But, do that only, and you’ll draw out the sad, afraid and mad and lonely. . . It may … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Anger, Choice, Fear, Feelings, Focus, Joy, Loneliness, Music, Sadness, Song | Leave a comment

DANG! LIFE CAN BE SO GOOD!

Posted on April 10, 2018 by elainedanforth

Dang! Life can be so good, when you let go all of the ways you know it can be bad. There was, after all, ages ago, the first soul who ever sang, a certain kind of silence forever out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Anger, Fear, Happiness, Letting Go, Life is good, Light, Possibilities, Rising out of the ashes, Sadness, Satisfaction, Seeing, SInging | Leave a comment

GOD, PEACE!

Posted on April 5, 2018 by elainedanforth

God, peace!. . . Please, give me peace! The voices, the choices, the one who belittles, the Benzes, pliés, Rolls Royces. . . The people, the cries, and the chimes from the steeple, blown away the wrong way in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Boldness, Fear, Feelings, Love, Noise, Peace, People, Puzzles, Quiet, Risk, Stories, Stretch, Tension, Timidity, Uncertaintly, Unknown | Leave a comment

QUICKIE, SHORTY POEM

Posted on March 2, 2018 by elainedanforth

Quickie, shorty, speak-y easy. . . whip some words up to go with your post-noon or evening cup, cafe or tea-sy. . . So to do, I tap ten fingers, and ten toes, a little cold, now warm at keys, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Blue Sky, Extremities, Fear, Fingers, Leap of fairth, Meaning, Quick, Reach, Short, Sky, Technology, Toes, Write | Leave a comment

SOLSTICE– THE TIME THE SOUL MUST RUN ITS PACES

Posted on December 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Solstice. . . the time the soul must run its paces, do its tricks. The lights, the sun’s day heights, the body’s workings go more low and slow. . . Sometimes its life seems as if it’s got just one … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Winter | Tagged Activity, Anger, Body, Cold, Contemplation, Darkness, Fear, Grief, Soul, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

REARRIVALS

Posted on April 13, 2017 by elainedanforth

Hands. . . hearts. . . story strands. . . sweetest trips to foreign lands, and even sweeter rearrivals, upon return to that home place that was my start. Clever tricks with rubber bands bare toes run through gritty sands, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Anger, Beginnings, Cold, Fear, Feelings, Grieving, Hands, Hearts, Home, Longevity, Love, Mending, Sand castle, Settle, Skill, Smarts, Story, Trips | Leave a comment

SERIOUSLY WITH LOVE

Posted on March 27, 2017 by elainedanforth

Seriously do what you do with lots of love, for ’tis that will see you through and suit you up, fit like a glove, whereas the back pushed path whereon you do the same with fear may take you from … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Action, Breathe, Fear, Feeling, Fits like a glove, Harm, Light, Love, Motivation, Mystery, Seriously, Trap | Leave a comment