Tag Archives: Feeling

THE CROSSING

Posted on December 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Near tears. No not near. There. A leap of faith I now no longer need to take. It’s took. I’ve breached the breadth of one said stream– what looked a river, despite my spine-chill-prompted shiver, was but a brook. Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems | Tagged Breach, Brook, Crossing, Earth, Father, Fear, Feeling, Heaven, Leap of faith, Mother, Opening, Path, Reaching out, River, Sadness, Tears | Leave a comment

INHABITING THE POWER

Posted on December 7, 2016 by elainedanforth

Cleaning is. . . Mending is. . . Healing is. . . +++++++++++++++a ritual. The gleaning, wending, feeling of their deepest power lives +++++++++++++++in their simple daily practice +++++++++++++++by their dutiful enactors, And grows +++++++++++++++past what any human body knows, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Cleaning, Feeling, Glean, Growth, Habitual, Healing, Inhabit, Mending, Practice, Ritual, Wend | Leave a comment

ONCE YOU GET STARTED

Posted on December 6, 2016 by elainedanforth

Drop the hesitation. . . Quit the tortured, stuck kvetch. . . And enter in your fluid process of creation– Dare let go the “How? How? How?”. . . Take one deep breath, inner centering, to allow, Think, “Ready, Set. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Action, Close, Creation, Ease, Far, Fear, Feeling, Here and now, Hesitation, How, Kvetch, Now, Path, Tomorrow, Waiting, Wanting, Within reach, Yesterday | Leave a comment

THE DAILY MUSTER OF COURAGE

Posted on November 30, 2016 by elainedanforth

Courage is always needed. Every day. Even to do the things you thought you would do, could do, anyway. Yes, even from the day’s get-go, the simple act in which you roll, and stand up on your own two feet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Aim, Appreciation, Bravery, Courage, Daily life, Fear, Feeling, Intention, Muster, Prayer, Thanks, Waking, World | Leave a comment

BEYOND THE BLUNDER

Posted on November 30, 2016 by elainedanforth

If you would and are well able to avoid the common blunder, don’t be duped to think you get your place around creation’s power dining table from the strength of all your knowledge and your skill, though they be of … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Blunder, Confidence, Feeling, Force, Illusion, Knowledge, Power, Purposes, Skill, Voice, Your place at the table | Leave a comment

IMAGINATION AND THE HANDY DANDY WIDGET

Posted on November 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Imagine it. Immerse you in the magic of it. See it. That must come first. Though the notion it were possible should seem to you preposterous, That same audacity in fact is the prerequisite for you to actually smell and … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Audacity, Boldness, Confidence, Feeling, Fingers, Illusory, Imagination, Life, Possible, Seeing, Senses, Soul, Vision, Widget | Leave a comment

SIGHTS SET HIGH

Posted on October 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Old heights, new heights. . . Much depends on being your own ally and your friend. Forget dark fears, allow your very brightest dreams to be the realm from which you make the choice where and how high to set … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Being friends with yourself, Dreams, Fears, Feeling, Heights, Sights set high | Leave a comment

THE SILENT CHATTER IN THE CLUTTER

Posted on October 23, 2016 by elainedanforth

When sadness, fear and anger a few years long (or even longer) don’t get felt or heard or said, and then get heaped with clutter, instead, they will just lie there, burièd, seeming tacit, but, in every act that some … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Anger, Clearing space, Clutter, Fear, Feeling, Frozen needs, Journey, Life, Pain, Sadness, Self-sabotage, Space, Spring Cleaning, Stuffed feelings, Suppressed feelings, Unmet needs | Leave a comment

WILL THE FOND HEART MELT?

Posted on October 22, 2016 by elainedanforth

WILL THE FOND HEART MELT? Posted on October 22, 2016 by elainedanforth A fond heart. Will it melt? Will it start, will it leap, at the anticipate of the moment its love object with faith its set appointment with it … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Appointment, Center, Dream, Dreamland, Emotion, Feeling, Fond Heart, Love, Melt, Object of love, Sleep | Leave a comment

WONDERFUL FALL

Posted on October 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Think of wonders. . . graceful light, memories that elicit tears, warm feelings, and delight. . . sun slung in a much lower cant, than when nearer summer solstice our days ran. . . ambient power supporting purging all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Winter | Tagged Blossoms, Colors, Cycles, Fall Leaves, Feeling, Leaves, Purging old stuff, Senses, Solstice, Sun, Trees, Wonders, Year | Leave a comment