Tag Archives: Practice

PRACTICE MAKES A PRAYER AND A PRAYER MAKES PRACTICE

Posted on August 23, 2021 by elainedanforth

Practice makes a prayer.A prayer makes practice.Practice can make singer, speaker, seer,or almost anything,according to the wishes of the doer,dense solidityor intricacy of varied layers. . .if but to start,and then stick withthe kindof thingthat in your mindto seeyou dare.

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MAGIC WAITING TO BE NOTICED

Posted on May 15, 2018 by elainedanforth

Life is full of magic just waiting to be noticed. . . So, see it, seize it, lift it, wield it, Go to sleep, and there, recall above reside the stars. . . Day breaks– Wake up, and breathe it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Belief, Breathe, Daring, Day, Life, Magic, Night, Noticing, Practice | Leave a comment

THE STRENGTH

Posted on April 9, 2018 by elainedanforth

The strength is there. You’ve no idea where it lives in you, but when it comes out, of its often hidden presence, you get so happily and undeniably aware. Where comes it from? Well, you can worry on this query, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Gentleness, Hardness, Inner knowing, Life Force, Love, Noticing, Practice, Presence, Pursuit, Soften, Strength | Leave a comment

INHABITING THE POWER

Posted on December 7, 2016 by elainedanforth

Cleaning is. . . Mending is. . . Healing is. . . +++++++++++++++a ritual. The gleaning, wending, feeling of their deepest power lives +++++++++++++++in their simple daily practice +++++++++++++++by their dutiful enactors, And grows +++++++++++++++past what any human body knows, … Continue reading →

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BECOMING

Posted on December 5, 2016 by elainedanforth

Shape substance first and let it grow solid, as you form it, with a touch you hone as it becomes rehearsed enough that your light streams much better through it that it could from your nature’s raw materials alone, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Creativity, Embellishment, Formation, Master, Practice, Raw materials, Rehearsing, Structure, Style, Substance | Leave a comment

SUDDENLY, YOU NOW CAN FLY

Posted on November 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Even though you have no wings, your fitness grows with your focus set on certain things, and though you don’t know how or why, you master and surpass those things, with faithful, steady practice– you need not even be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Flying, Focus, Learning, Noticing, Perseverance, Practice, Steady, Tenacity, WIngs | Leave a comment

THE KEY STRAIGHT THROUGH

Posted on September 22, 2016 by elainedanforth

Close your eyes. . . breathe deep into the dark +++++of your heart’s throbs +++++and constant flow +++++of your pulsing, warm insides. . . Let them fully know the obstacle– a long unseen, but felt, locked door– What is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Breathe, Commitment, Determination, Difficulty, Ease, Feeling, Heart, Inner voice, Key, Locked, Loosing, Mind Body, Obstacle, Perseverence, Portal, Practice, Returning to source, Seeing, Seven Levels, Skill, Tight | Leave a comment

EXERCISE YOUR VOICE

Posted on June 8, 2016 by elainedanforth

Exercise your voice. . . make it heard. . . make it strong– even if that comes to mean there will be ones who think you make far too much noise. . . Start out exactly where and how you … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Choice, Exercise, Letter, Noise, Play, Practice, Presence, SIng, Speak, Spirit, Strength, Voice, Work | Leave a comment

A BIKE RIDE AND A WALK, TO BOOT

Posted on August 12, 2015 by elainedanforth

A bike ride and a walk, to boot– the practice matches to the letter– and. for the doing, the promised feeling better follows suit.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Bicycle, Bike ride, Cycling, Feeling, Hope, Mind Body, Practice, Satisfaction, Walk | Leave a comment

TO SHE WHO NOW BEFRIENDS HER FEAR

Posted on July 16, 2015 by elainedanforth

To she who now befriends her fear, There are no ends your eyes can spot nor places where your true, stout heart your spirit body sends that stay beyond your sights and reach, as with each step you will learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Befriend, Confidence, Crystal ball, Ends, Fear, Heart, Learn, Mind Body, Obstacle, Path, Practice, SIng, Spirit, Teach, Walking | Leave a comment