Tag Archives: Feeling

A PRAYER FROM CLARITY

Posted on March 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

Thank you God for +++++the clarity ++++++++++to receive ++++++++++sun, ++++++++++air, ++++++++++and food. . . and for +++++the gift to act +++++with gentle kindness +++++and sincerity. . . and for +++++the drive ++++++++++to persevere ++++++++++till I arrive, ++++++++++push on ++++++++++until ++++++++++the … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer, Uncategorized | Tagged Action, Appreciation, Clarity, Confidence, Drive, Feeling, Gentleness, Kindness, Perseverance, Strength, Thank God, Thank you, Thanks | Leave a comment

A FITTING LOVE

Posted on March 20, 2016 by elainedanforth

Love implies that you commit. . . you go beyond the lovey dovey eyes and the early days when you just KNEW and did not have to stew, since this was clearly IT! But, with a love that’s really true … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Adjustments, Commitment, Confidence, Determination, Feeling, Love, Satisfaction | Leave a comment

THE BLOOMS OF POSSIBILITY BREAK OUT

Posted on February 27, 2016 by elainedanforth

Aching with the breaking blooms of possibility Drought shrunk trunks grown rigid, brittle, dry for years. . . thirst amply slaked a strange sensation long forgot, now recalled from root to top, by one season’s rains aplenty. . . The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Appreciation, Confidence, Earth, Feeling, Life, Light, Love, Mind Body, Opening, Reaching out, Receiving, Universe | Leave a comment

CHEWSDAYS (song)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

To be sung to the tune of “School Days” by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards (1907) Chewsdays, chewsdays. . . chew your food on Tuesdays. Chomp on your food till its mashed to bits Then chew it more till it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Chewsday, Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Song lyrics | Tagged Appreciation, Eating, Feeling, Food, Health, Love, Macrobiotics, Satisfaction | Leave a comment

BREATHE, PEACE, POWER

Posted on February 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Breathe. . . slough off the stress. . . accept whatever hint of peace you can accept, let go the grip you have on pain, so you can cease to seethe, forget the fearsome, sad and angry tales you tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Breathe, Confidence, Feeling, Glow, Ice, Light, Mind Body, Peace, Plants, Power, Rain, River, Seasons, Seeing, Sky, Snow, Stream, Trees, Weather, Wind, Winter | Leave a comment

THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE

Posted on February 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

From a painful hole, an empty, sad and lonely place, can enter vision’s sight and soul, and that sorry, said same hole can be the gateway for admission of a heretofore often knocking at the door, but thwarted, blocked from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, Admission, Being, Blocked, Emptiness, Entry, Feeling, Grace, Hole, Pain, Sadness, Seeing, Soul, The eye of a needle, Vision | Leave a comment

HONESTY IS BEST, EXCEPT. . .

Posted on January 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Honesty is the best policy, Except when you have erred and slipped right into fallacies, though they’re really not as bad as your thinking has you scared– there’s just not enough substance there your character to slay, but, to you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Acceptance, Confidence, Day, Error, Fallacy, Feeling, Honesty, Life, Reveal | Leave a comment

CLEARING A PATH

Posted on January 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

I’m clearing a path for the sun to come in, plenty months in, a winter piled on my back, which I’ve been alone lugging, I am clearing, according to palpable urge to shake off this long held contraction, I’ve squeezed … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Birth, Earth, Feeling, Life, Path, Spring Cleaning, Winter | Leave a comment

TO RECONCILE

Posted on January 25, 2016 by elainedanforth

Make it a point with yourself and with the world to reconcile. . . Get into stride, back into joint, and whatever needed help will get unfurled– to smooth the snarls that stretched for miles. . . Your efforts will … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Feeling, Help, Life, Living things, Reaching out, Reconcile, Satisfaction, Smiles, Walking | Leave a comment

SPOOKING THE BIG-BELLIED BEAST

Posted on January 22, 2016 by elainedanforth

Afraid. . . a dread. . . I wake. . . I see a creature on the wall, far too near for my comfort, I lever up, stare a moment from my bed, but fear of further worrying and losing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Beast, Belly, Big belly, Claiming, Facing fear, Fear, Feeling, Rearranging, Space | Leave a comment