Tag Archives: Fire

LIFE CAN’T BE TRAPPED IN A BOTTLE

Posted on August 2, 2018 by elainedanforth

Sometimes it needs to be said (or at least thought) that life can’t be trapped in a bottle and kept for admiring, like those little ships people build, that will stay ever there to fuel dreams and egos in deep … Continue reading →

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PAIN: THE BUMMER AND THE UP-AND-COMER

Posted on June 19, 2017 by elainedanforth

Pain. It’s hard to name it anything except a bummer. But, you wish you will be worth your self and name. . . Therefore, you let the fact of how it hurts become your friend to teach you better means … Continue reading →

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WHERE THERE’S FIRE

Posted on March 10, 2017 by elainedanforth

When there is fire, sound alarms! But if the fire lacks of luster, Hear ye, beware!– You’d best take care lest your pretty siren song with time, should come to lose its charms. And the action that you hoped and … Continue reading →

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DEEP LIGHT

Posted on January 31, 2017 by elainedanforth

Deep need not be dark. Inside it’s bright. I am, thou art A fire of love and light.

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THE FIRE OF LIFE

Posted on January 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

When you want the light and warmth, but gray-black smoke to billow up and forth, where it will rise away from you, Proceed, with care, to stoke the fire and build it up with ample force, but keep your mind … Continue reading →

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RAISE PERISCOPE, OR ELSE, BOB HEAD

Posted on January 21, 2017 by elainedanforth

Raise periscope, or, if you find you’re growing hope, leave safe walls of sub behind, for a cool dive, and instead, bob head. Swing your sight from left to right, and far (and near) and wide, survey above the surface, … Continue reading →

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PERHAPS I’VE STRUCK A NERVE

Posted on December 1, 2016 by elainedanforth

I must remember that a nerve splays into many tiny branches. So maybe it might be all right, according to my hunches, that there’s but one mere ember of my fire still lighting this same, , but now dim, once-straight … Continue reading →

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THE OTHER SIDE OF FIRE AND ICE

Posted on November 23, 2016 by elainedanforth

Ice. Fire. Plagues you had to steer right through. . . An albatross that brought a switching, inconsistent fate: first sun, then snow it sent right down, welcome one day but cursed the next, once each had lingered over long. … Continue reading →

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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD WINTER

Posted on October 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Do not go gentle into that good winter. . . Wear good gloves and you’ll reduce the chance your paws will snag their skin upon a splinter. Don’t be too quiet, find, spend time with folks that make you laugh … Continue reading →

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TAKE THIS DAY AND GO FOR IT!

Posted on August 15, 2016 by elainedanforth

Take this day, and go for it! Whatever it is!– That thing that sets your heart on fire! And once you feel done, fulfilled in your desire, for the night, you can retire, be you a Mister or a Ms., … Continue reading →

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