Tag Archives: Gentle

THE WISPY WINK OF MOON

Posted on April 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

Such a gift to glimpse the slim and scythe-like wink of moon, a beauty and a slower, gentler cousin to the metronome. . . More visible in dark, but peaceful night, it keeps us in our proper rhythm on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Beauty, Circling, Cousin, Dark, Darkness, Gentle, Glimse, Home, Metronome, Moon, Night, Orb, Peaceful, Rhythm, Scythe, Seeing, Sight, Slow, Spinning, Visible, Wink, Wisp | Leave a comment

WHAT’S WISE

Posted on March 25, 2015 by elainedanforth

What’s wise: Love, Know-how, and gentle care. . . . Eyes raised above. . . All these, when fit just like a glove will endow such solid strength that they, come night, come day, will take you anywhere.

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Above, Anywhere, Care, Confidence, Day, Endow, Eyes, Fit, Gentle, Glove, Know-how, Love, Night, Poetry, Raised, Solid, Strength, Thought, Wise | Leave a comment

DISCIPLINE IN GENTLEST LOVE

Posted on March 17, 2015 by elainedanforth

“Discipline is remembering what you want.” And remembering and remembering. So keep a strong, good memory– if you wish to delve down deep into your full capacity, and stake your birthright claim. . . Dig in those heels, with pluck, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Prayer | Tagged Allow, Appraise, Appreciation, Being, Birthright, Capacity, Claim, Confidence, Crucial, Deep, Delve, Desire, Determination, Dig in your heels, Discipline, Dreams, Game, Gentle, Heels, Know, Life, Lofty, Love, Memory, Mind Body, Opening, Perseverence, Play, Pluck, Poetry, Purpose, Remember, Spirit, Stake a claim, Tenacity, Thought, Veracity, Vicinity, Want, Way, Wish, Wondrous | Leave a comment

A CLEAR FOCUS

Posted on February 2, 2015 by elainedanforth

Sometimes, when you are trying to be effective at a certain task, and unrelated things nag at the periphery (or center) of your dense gray mass, it’s best that you just let them pass, and tell yourself, with gentle firmness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Anyhow, Center, Clarity, Clear, Dense, Determination, Don't look now, Effective, Effort, Feeling, Firm, Focus, Gentle, Gray, Gray Matter, Important, Later, Let it pass, Mass, Mind Body, Opening, Pass, Peace, Periphery, Poetry, Quick Reads, Task, Thought, Trying, Unrelated | Leave a comment

THE COLOR OF A SOFT GRAY DAY

Posted on January 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

A soft gray day, late January. . . the pale sun, the ambiance so airy breathe life and light to spring’s small blooms, and gentle pop of squirrel peep, plus bubbling fresh birdsong. . . the clear, cool warmth, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Accompanied, Airy, Alone, Ambiance, Ashes, Bare, Beauty, Birds, Birdsong, Black, Blooms, Burst, Challenge, Clear, Comfortable, Confidence, Cool, Day, Diary, Digress, Distance, Earth, Ere, Eyelashes, Fear, Feeling, First, Flowers, Gentle, Good, Gray, Gray Sky, Hair, High, Hilly, HInt, History, Hope, Horizons, Image, Important, January, Journey, Leaves, Life, Light, Love, Mind Body, Mingled, Movie House, Mush, Muted, Neighborhood, New, New horizons, Pale, Peace, Peep, Pop, Quiet, RIght, Rising, Road, Save up, Seasons, Secret, Sky, Slope, Slow, Spirit, Splendor Colors, Spring, Squint, Squirrel, Sun, Thirst, Tour, Trees, Unwritten, Up, Vantage point, Walking, Warmth, Wash, White, Winter, Year | Leave a comment

KNOWING THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

Posted on December 18, 2014 by elainedanforth

Does the better part of valor call for patience? The kind that waits, and wise, holds back, when every being fiber bawls silent, in insatience? Or does it call for yet another crack at that endeavor that may require an … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Bawl, Being, Best, Blessing, Bounty, Cinch, Clear, Conclude, Connecting, Deep, Discern, Dub, Endeavor, Extension, Festering, Fiber, Fiber of your being, Flow, Fresh, From here, Garden, Gentle, Go, Grown, Growth, Harvest, Hold back, How, Know, Leaving, Life, Living, Living Being, Love, Loving, Machinery, Obstruct, Offer, Olive branch, Path, Regrow, Renewal, Require, Satiation, See, Seeing, Silent, Sincere, Sputter, Sword, The better part of valor, Tinker, Tools, Try, Unprecedented, Wait, Want, Way, Well, Wish, Working, Wrench | Leave a comment

PRAYER TO BE THE GENTLE LAYER OF MY OPINION

Posted on December 6, 2014 by elainedanforth

Oh, God, please help me hold– and still hold forth– my strong opinions. . . in all humility. . . and with respect, and an attentive ear and heart to those who differ with me, with a sense of purpose, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Attentive, Be, Continuity, Countless, Define, Differ, Ear, Extract, Feeling, Finite, Flow, Gentle, Grains, Heart, Hold Forth, Humility, Infinite, Jointly, Layer, Light, Moons, Opinion, Others, Ours, Perpetuity, Poetry, Purpose, Reaching out, Respect, Sand, Sense, Service, Shine, Smooth, Stars, Thine, Throughout, Thy, Time, Ubiquitous, Wonderous, Worlds | Leave a comment

A STRONG AND GENTLE FLOWING STREAM

Posted on September 10, 2014 by elainedanforth

When you know yourself to be a strong and gentle freshly flowing stream, And your slow and deep eroding paths glance as you flow something much more hot than you, and very fast, a forceful, bafflng burst that strews confusion … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Baffling, Blame, Bombast, Claim, Collision, Confidence, Confusion, Cruel, Curtain, Dammed, Eroding, Feeling, Fireworks, Flow, Forceful, Fresh, Gentle, Hot, Life, Love, Mind Body, Purpose, Reaching out, Seeing, Self-Knowledge, Shame, Spew, Stream, Strew, Strong, Stuck, Thought, Vision | Leave a comment

ON PURPOSE (revised version)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by elainedanforth

[The original version of this poem first appeared on The Danforth Anchor during a Poet’s Rally in 2011, and contributed to my receiving a Perfect Poet Award for my participation in the rally. The Rally officials awarded poets for their … Continue reading →

Posted in Poet''s Rally, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Week 59, Week 60 | Tagged Air, Axe, Better good, Boat, Catch, Drive, Earth, Edgy, Elements, Fill, Gentle, Greater good, Hacking, Hardest, Honed, Move, Propel, Purpose, Push, Rock, Sail, Saw, Sawing, Steer, Water, Wears down, Wind, Wood | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Gentle

THE WISPY WINK OF MOON

WHAT’S WISE

DISCIPLINE IN GENTLEST LOVE

A CLEAR FOCUS

THE COLOR OF A SOFT GRAY DAY

KNOWING THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

PRAYER TO BE THE GENTLE LAYER OF MY OPINION

A STRONG AND GENTLE FLOWING STREAM

ON PURPOSE (revised version)

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