Tag Archives: Grief

MOTHER NOT HERE, CHILD NOT HERE

Posted on May 14, 2023 by elainedanforth

Mother. . .. . .not herechild. . .. .. not here. . . This roll call of attendance–not stellar.That’s clear. And yet,what we we hadand whatwe were or were nevermeant to get is part ofthe chiseling, drawing and writing utensilthat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Child, Grief, Mother, Remembrance | Leave a comment

A GIANT WAVE THAT WANTS TO FLOW

Posted on November 28, 2022 by elainedanforth

A giant waveof grief. . . it wants to flow much like the fattest drops of heavy, salty tears, warm down a face, lids squeezing water out of eyes, with grace or awkwardness, so to express a love and loss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Flow, Grief, Loss, Want | Leave a comment

SOLSTICE– THE TIME THE SOUL MUST RUN ITS PACES

Posted on December 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Solstice. . . the time the soul must run its paces, do its tricks. The lights, the sun’s day heights, the body’s workings go more low and slow. . . Sometimes its life seems as if it’s got just one … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Winter | Tagged Activity, Anger, Body, Cold, Contemplation, Darkness, Fear, Grief, Soul, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

MOTHER, MONARCH, AND DEFENDER OF THE WAY

Posted on November 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

The woman– she had seven sons. SEVEN sons. Last killed. First tortured. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, though there was wicked testing of her strength and will, she lost them all, down to the youngest one. All knew they … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Defender, Grief, Mother, Pride, RIght, Scrutiny, Sons, Standing for what's right, Support, Way, Woman | Leave a comment

PAIN

Posted on March 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Pain a wistful gripping at the sunlit window pane. . . to see and to imagine from under shaded canopy a veritable panoply of things i can and cannot see that I can shun or choose, and lose or gain. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Company, Fear, Feeling, Grief, Imagination, Love, Pain, Seeing, Solitude, Thought, Well-wishes, Wish | Leave a comment

HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Burial, Children, Crying, Dad, Death, Earth, Father, Grief, Heaven, Hell, Life, Meaning of Life, Mom, Mother, Needs, Parents, Scattering of Ashes | Leave a comment

IN MY OWN WAY, ON MY WAY

Posted on July 29, 2016 by elainedanforth

In my own way, on my way I should be. . . I am– but, oh that I would move with so much more consistency, and perkier velocity! Unfortunately, I have to say It would be a bald faced lie … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Cooperation, Disappointment, Elephant in the Living Room, Exhaustion, Grief, Healing, Hoding back, Hope, I would if I could, Identity, Injury, Music, Obstacles, Path, Purpose, Receiving, RIsing above, Service, The blues, Way | Leave a comment

DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY

Posted on June 19, 2016 by elainedanforth

Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy you left so soon– I was not ready. . . I felt alone. . . the love you gave to me, I missed so much. . . the wonder ways you had to teach and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Appreciation, Crying, Daddy, Father, Grief, Loss, Love, Memory, Miss you, Remembrance, Sadness | Leave a comment

WHAT COMES IN SPRING

Posted on March 17, 2016 by elainedanforth

Some sunshine to drench the sky, the morning cold nip in the air, the lingering winter grief to weep its last, its last-year squeak, while moistening glistening ball of eye, the quickening days the faster-lifting day top haze that clears … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Winter | Tagged Bounds, Cold, Day, Grief, Heart, Light, Limits, Possibility, Sky, Spring, Sunshine, Surprise, Tears, Weeping | Leave a comment

ENDING TO AN ENDLESS DROUGHT

Posted on January 8, 2015 by elainedanforth

An endless drought. . . Impossible to wait it out. . . It’s time to let it cry. . . Alas, the tears of one of God’s true daughters want to roll, but, disappointingly, the well is found to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Prayer, Seasons, Winter | Tagged Blue, Bone, Bone dry, Broad, Catapulted, Choir, Creature, Cry, Do, Dome, Drought, Dry Well, Earth, End, Endless, God's daughters, Grief, Happiness, Higher Power, Impossible, Inspires, Joy, Lofty, Mimic, Peace, Protect, Rain, Release, Relief, Roll, Sky, Solid, Tears, Time, Unending, Wait, Wait it out, Water, Wild, World, Yonder | Leave a comment