Tag Archives: Feeling

ONE DOES ONE’S BEST

Posted on November 9, 2014 by elainedanforth

One just does one’s best to move through life to work, to play, to rest. . . to savor well the light of day. . . and then, relax into the starry sky that helps us find our way and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Best, Blessed, Confidence, Day, Does, Feeling, Find, Life, Light, Mind Body, Move, Night, One, Opening, Play, Relax, Rest, Starry sky, Way, Work | Leave a comment

SCRATCH MY BRAIN

Posted on November 7, 2014 by elainedanforth

I’ve got to scratch my brain, now and again, so that it won’t go flat nor get too fat, and so my blood may flow to keep my “go!” way past the get-go through every local, mind-entwining and far-flung arm-leg … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Again, Appreciation, Aptly, Arm, Artery, Blood, Blood vessels, Brain, Capillary, Confidence, Entwining, Eyes, Far-flung, Fat, Fed, Feeling, Flat, Flow, Get-go, Go, Grassy, Gunk, Hope, Leg, Local, Lush, Mind Body, Newly, Opening, Plain, Plumbing, Scratch, Seeing, Smudge, Supervise, Thought, Time, Treasure, Trunk, Trusty, Unloaded, Vein, World | Leave a comment

THE BEST

Posted on November 1, 2014 by elainedanforth

Don’t fret for them. . . First, think of, care for YOU. For we all depend on those few who dare to be to their own selves quite true. From there, the best of all the rest can follow.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged "To thine own self be true", Best, Care, Confidence, Dare, Depend, Feeling, Few, Follow, Fret, Life, Poetry, Rest, Them, Thought, You | Leave a comment

WAVES AT HIGH TIDE

Posted on October 28, 2014 by elainedanforth

Waves at high tide. . . they rise and rush– not only soaking sands of beach but rudely slapping towering walls of rocks, which are shoring up the beach’s other side. . . it’s quite a ride. . . and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Prayer, Thoughts on Macrobiotics | Tagged All at once, Balanced, Beach, Briny, Caress, Earth, Feeling, Glad, Heart, High Tide, Inseparable, Land, Life preserved, Living Heart, Loud, Mind Body, Need, Ocean, Pellucid, Poetry, Pride, Quiet, Rise, Rocks, Rudely, Rush, Sand, Saved, Sea plants, Seaweed, Shine, Shore, Slapping, Stems, Thought, Walking, Waves, Ways, What makes you tick, Yielding | Leave a comment

CARE AND PROMISE

Posted on October 26, 2014 by elainedanforth

when I think some more upon the world’s cares of people strong. . . and people sick. . . of people poor and people rich. . . a labyrinth spreads out my inner eye before. . . and I feel. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Cares, Causes, Confidence, Deep, Determination, Essential, Feeling, Formidable, Inner Eye, Labyrinth, Load, People, Poor, Promise, Rich, Role, Sadness, Sick, Soul, Strong, Weep, World, Zest | Leave a comment

THE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE TUNNEL

Posted on October 23, 2014 by elainedanforth

In a hole. . . gotta climb– just when you feel the most you’ll ever do is crawl. . . Breathe. . . to your gut, sink in. . . allow your heart to beat. . . listen to its … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Allow, Be, Breathe, Brilliancy, Cell, Climb, Confidence, Crawl, Fatal, Feeling, Gotta, Gut, Heart, Heartbeat, Hole, Light, Light at the end of the tunnel, Make, Mind Body, Most, Muscle, Opening, Panoramic, Poetry, Purpose, Rhythm, Rise, See, Shining, Sink in, Slip, Slipping, Stand, Strand, Swell, Wherewithal | Leave a comment

LOVE IN THE UNIVERSE

Posted on October 22, 2014 by elainedanforth

Send out LOVE. . . allow the Universe to fit. . . feel yourself well-clothed in it. . . just as your hand amid the warmth that you yourself emit is cradled in a cozy glove. . .

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Allow, Amid, Cradled, Emit, Feel, Feeling, Fit, Glove, Hand, Life, Love, Reaching out, Receiving, Send out, Universe, Warmth, Well-clothed, Yourself | Leave a comment

DO AND RESIST!

Posted on October 22, 2014 by elainedanforth

Do it, Do! And, all the while, resist it too! Like that, you’re apt yourself into a snit to twist!! And then, thus stuck, how can you climb out of that rut? Here’s the thought that I espy: Don’t hide! … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Apt, Commit, Decide, Determination, Do, Feeling, Hide, Ignites, Joy, Life, Love, Persistence, Poetry, Reaching out, Resist, Satisfaction | 4 Comments

FOR AND FROM YOUR CORE

Posted on October 11, 2014 by elainedanforth

Read and write, and see and do more of what feeds and tends to express what’s true in your inner core.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Core, Determination, Do, Express, Feeds, Feeling, Inner, Mind Body, More, Quick Reads, Read, See, Seeing, True, Write | Leave a comment

THE VOICE OF A CRICKET

Posted on October 10, 2014 by elainedanforth

A cricket– its shaky voice, like a little baby’s rattle, sneaks in my ear and helps me into evening’s starry peace to settle.

Posted in Autumn, Poetry, Quick reads, Seasons | Tagged Autumn, Baby, Cricket, Ear, Evening, Feeling, Hearing, Helps, Little, Night Sky, Peace, Rattle, Seasons, Settle, Shaky, Sneaks, Sound, Stars, Voice | Leave a comment