Tag Archives: Feeling

AT THE CROSSROADS OF IMPERFECTIONS

Posted on January 19, 2016 by elainedanforth

Imperfections abound. . . There is no intervention at any intersection which that inner-outer tendency of life can manage to confound. . . but if we, with our hearts, plunge down into this gridlocked status quo, its deeper truths to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Confidence, Feeling, Imperfections, Life preserved, Mind Body, Thought | Leave a comment

THE TRUMPET OF THE RESIDENT ELEPHANT

Posted on January 15, 2016 by elainedanforth

Though so many years he sits unnoticed, maybe getting bored, before his trunk will finally trumpet some dissonant, inimitable chord, an elephantine signal sound announcing, “Now is MY time!” so behemothic more than epic, way past mythic, by then has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Elephant in the Living Room, Feeling, Heed, Life, Mind Body, Satisfaction, World view | Leave a comment

THE BUZZ ABOUT A HAIRCUT

Posted on January 14, 2016 by elainedanforth

What? What’s all the buzz– the cause of that endemic draw toward the regular ritual of getting a haircut? While some think long hair makes you strong, sometimes after it grows on and on, you know, it really feels WAY … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Coif, Confidence, Fear, Feeling, Fresh, Haircut, Je-ne-sais-quoi, Long hair, Mind Body, Satisfaction, Strength, Thought | Leave a comment

TAP INTO LOVE

Posted on January 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

Wait! Stop or pause, whatever you do, though that can be quite hard to do– to take a minute, while you’re wrapped up in the world’s daily, droning humming. . If need be, whack your hands together on each other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems) | Tagged Breath, Circulation, Feeling, Love, Mind Body, Pause, Shape, Spirit, Taking a break | Leave a comment

THE FLOW OF WINTER

Posted on January 11, 2016 by elainedanforth

Sadness +++++intercedes. . . The glittering glow of gladness +++++fades. . . The gremlins grimace, stealing their illicit ingress, stirring havoc, blurring bright of sweet sky blue into an angry, cloudy chaos, so, where they’ve slitted in, much of that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer, Spring, Summer, Winter | Tagged Darkness, Day, Faith, Feeling, Flow, Food, Light, Sky | Leave a comment

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BARGAIN

Posted on December 30, 2015 by elainedanforth

Another day, another bargain– struck between two lovers– each one concedes a self-directed seed– and thus can blend the wills, to make them tend into one will to bleed, and soften up the pair’s good fit to fine tune it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer | Tagged "Another day-- another. . .", Agreement, Bargain, Compromise, Feeling, Haggling, Love, Lovers, Reaching out, Satisfaction | Leave a comment

MY JOB

Posted on December 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

My job? +++++Is it work? +++++Is it school? Well, that’s what the world or Mom might tell, But, living through in my own terms of sick times and of well, A better answer +++++somehow managed, +++++through the pain and fog, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Calling, Feeling, Healing, Job, Life, Mind Body, School, Self-care, Service, Work | Leave a comment

THAT’S LIFE

Posted on December 23, 2015 by elainedanforth

That’s life– when things don’t go the way you want them to. . . Still, you can come to realize you’ll be okay that way, too. . . And yet can come the luckier day, although its guise you don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Disappointment, Feeling, Fresh, Life, Prevail, Put to the test, Stale, That's life | Leave a comment

WORTH YOUR SALT

Posted on December 1, 2015 by elainedanforth

Know what is worth a lot to you. . . Then do what you will have to do to get it. . . But if the cost is more than your own store or family makes, still stay to your … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Action, Confidence, Feeling, Plan, Self-Knowledge, Thought, Value, Worth, Worth one's salt | Leave a comment

SHEDDING SIMILARITY

Posted on December 1, 2015 by elainedanforth

Crushing similarity can only be embraced, when tempered well with understanding difference, which may entail some blushing and temerity, perhaps some tears rolled down my face, as I grope to breach the distance, and plod with angry bursts that calm, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Acceptance, Crushing, Dark Clouds, Feeling, Feeling Brilliance, Joy, Laughter, Mind Body, Moans, Opening, Pain, Similarity, Sorrow | Leave a comment