Tag Archives: Freedom

I CAN’T HOLD BACK

Posted on March 29, 2025 by elainedanforth

I can’t hold backthe spring leaves that want to“leaf out”as I heard it called in one news story lately. And the trees and the plants, they surely are a-leafing,if I approve or nay. So wildso strongso fast. . . so … Continue reading →

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THURSDAY THOROUGHLY

Posted on November 17, 2023 by elainedanforth

Do Thursday thoroughlythrough thick and thin. Feel freer, as if you could flyon Friday, Climb the ladderon a Saturdayto such a heightthat vistas open up. . . and you can seeskies open there,so wide and brightwhere the new week does … Continue reading →

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HOW DO YOU RIDE THE CHANGE?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by elainedanforth

How do you ride the change? (Though you may yearn to fight it, clear it. . .) How do you nix or take the risk while some straggling part of you yet trembles and lags back to fear it? How … Continue reading →

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ALLOW ME

Posted on January 12, 2018 by elainedanforth

[This one is a new and (I think) improved version of an older poem, which I originally posted on January 13, 2015.] “Allow me. . . ”: Something someone says to you, in kindness, and in offer of a service … Continue reading →

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ADDICTION

Posted on December 8, 2017 by elainedanforth

Addiction. Notice it. . . though you may embrace it, and, at the thought of stopping you court down dirty struggle in the wrangling and pain of un-pluggle, which will strain, burn and chafe you before you can ever come … Continue reading →

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Seize the day. AND Let it be.

Posted on August 11, 2017 by elainedanforth

Seize the day. AND Let it be. Spread down, extend the roots and reach up the branches, bring birds and squirrels in cahoots, just like a wildly planted sturdy, broad, and tall oak tree. Stay tightly in the bounds of … Continue reading →

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HELLO

Posted on May 2, 2017 by elainedanforth

To say hello is to say you are a human being who sees another human being– step one to activate the flow of all that joins us anyway and opens worlds of possibility we may or not be seeing. And … Continue reading →

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THE LIKES OF YOU

Posted on March 8, 2017 by elainedanforth

The likes of you. . . You’re way out there– there’s no excuse. . . You’re way too weird, you try to change– but as you feared, it’s just no use. . . Or so you say. But that’s because … Continue reading →

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YOUR LITTLE KEY

Posted on November 6, 2016 by elainedanforth

When all you need’s one little key, your power car quick to ignite, to take you where you want to be, don’t leave it hidden from your mind and sight, or you may stay stuck just where you are instead … Continue reading →

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CURIOSITY– A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Posted on October 13, 2016 by elainedanforth

“Curiosity killed the cat.’ Gee- who said that? I guess someone from a some big city, and, though the saying’s really pithy, I’ll guess such a one would tend to have an iffy tic of broad verbosity. Sure, choose with … Continue reading →

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