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REARRIVALS

Posted on April 13, 2017 by elainedanforth

Hands. . . hearts. . . story strands. . . sweetest trips to foreign lands, and even sweeter rearrivals, upon return to that home place that was my start. Clever tricks with rubber bands bare toes run through gritty sands, … Continue reading →

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A WISH, A FISH, AND YOU

Posted on December 19, 2016 by elainedanforth

A wish come true. . . Just like a fish that lives in water, but being beached and after having been deprived of it, returns to its great ocean blue, There is some switch, that can get flipped upon your … Continue reading →

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A CORNER TO HANG YOUR HAT

Posted on August 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

To find a corner where you can hang your hat– well, yes, for our kind, there is much good in that. And even, a steady place you can call home, and a person or people you feel deep are your … Continue reading →

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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 →

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HOME

Posted on October 14, 2014 by elainedanforth

Where may I my cares allay, and savor respite from life’s kingdom, where mites or motes will often fight or fly, or give you chase, or try to get your goat, or speed-spurt to surpass you in this oh so … Continue reading →

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A BAFFLING CROSSROADS

Posted on June 4, 2014 by elainedanforth

Amazed at a baffling crossroads, long I stand. . . While this was well foreseen, picking my next direction hereon in was not– could never have been– planned. . . a flat path or down-rolling road might seem to let … Continue reading →

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THE PEST TEST

Posted on May 28, 2014 by elainedanforth

Whensoe’er a pest or two intrudes into your place to roam. . . Well, you can give them chase, or try to pen them in or out. . . but if you only give them space, sometimes they’ll leave just … Continue reading →

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RAIN CENTRAL

Posted on December 23, 2012 by elainedanforth

Here at rain central. . . Raise up the head, aereal. . . view the swelling, rushing creek, arterial. . . chartreuse leaves now bright, wet, heavy, pluck from their stems and waft forth from their trees with a subtle … Continue reading →

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