Tag Archives: Light

THE BOOMERANG OF WINTER SOLSTICE

Posted on December 19, 2024 by elainedanforth

Two days lefttill the lowest dipof this natural year, Now on a dark boomerang ridethat will sinkto max low, Beforeit whirls back upeventually to wherethe days will be longer and brighterand bluer and more clear. But, for now,we must be … Continue reading →

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LET ME WRITE, LET ME RIGHT

Posted on August 13, 2023 by elainedanforth

Let me writelet me rightwhat needs settingback aright–at least the subset of all that,which will agreeto bend thus to my will– unlikethe already earthward saggingweeping willowor the night flight or relentless calling,of a whippoorwill. Let me writea little pieceto bring … Continue reading →

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THIS ONE BREATH

Posted on October 10, 2021 by elainedanforth

This one breath. . .this one ray of morning sun. . at oncethe only one with whichI know I’m blessed, and yet I itchto count this dayas just the firstof a living, breathing,eye light seeing,week to come. Impatientand imperfectthough I … Continue reading →

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SAVOR THIS

Posted on January 29, 2019 by elainedanforth

Savor that taste. . . that breath. . . that cheering beam of light. . . there is no knowing beyond that. . . Some more may come, for you to see– but looms too the possibility that before or … Continue reading →

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THE SANDS OF TIME FLOW INTO WINTER

Posted on November 9, 2018 by elainedanforth

The hour glass allows the sands to run– it doesn’t ask what you might want. . . Right through the eight-shaped bulbs grains flow straight down, and curve into a rounded heap, be it in fog light flat or intermittent … Continue reading →

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DO NOT LOOK BACK. (WELL, SOME SAY THAT).

Posted on September 10, 2018 by elainedanforth

Do not look back (Well, some say–that. . .) And, OK yes, I sort of get that forward movement is meant to be our main direction. And yet, you lack if ne’er you do hold up and view the backward-looking … Continue reading →

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THAT CLEARING IN THE FOREST

Posted on June 23, 2018 by elainedanforth

My world grows oh so big, and I feel small, though now the physical equivalent of of a wild tree grown full and strong and tall. . . The forest grows within itself a brightly sunlit clearing. It draws my … Continue reading →

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LIGHT TO PENETRATE MY EYES

Posted on May 22, 2018 by elainedanforth

I am allowing light to penetrate my eyes. Birdsong  to clear routes into my ears, Fresh air to whisper on my skin like a lover’s declaration, a sweet caress to reassure, a sweep of energy to mesmerize. Breath to fill … Continue reading →

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LIFE GOES ON– WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN

Posted on April 25, 2018 by elainedanforth

Life goes on with a mind of its own but it doesn’t always tell you what it’s thinking. Unless you listen. And look and smell and taste and feel. You might miss much (or not) by blinking. For, even with … Continue reading →

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BITTEN AND UNCANNILY INTELLIGENT

Posted on April 14, 2018 by elainedanforth

Bitten, spanked, and twisted arm, sliced down the the throat, wisdom yanked, and chilled in deeper, deepest places that should have stayed secure and vital, toasty warm. Belittled, quashed by rank pulled rank, defeated, so many battles of will, creepy … Continue reading →

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