Tag Archives: Seed

THE INNOCENT YOU PLUCK

Posted on May 24, 2024 by elainedanforth

The innocent. . . You pluck that little,by some deemed beautiful,but in-your-face,takes-up-your-eyes,and shrinks your space,innocent looking,cropped up weed. . . cruel though it be,a wonder,the space freed in thee,and legion happy progenyto come, made possible by that one seed.

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THE ACT

Posted on May 25, 2018 by elainedanforth

The innocent You pluck that little, by some deemed beautiful, but in-your-face, takes-up-your-eyes and shrinks your space, innocent looking cropped up weed. . . cruel though it be, a wonder the space freed in thee, and legion happy progeny to … Continue reading →

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HOLD THAT THOUGHT!

Posted on April 14, 2017 by elainedanforth

Note to self: Hold that thought! Or else, just let it go and let it be. It probably will hold by itself, if it’s a thought I truly need. Just as a seed can wait to sprout, and later grow … Continue reading →

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BRING YOURSELF– LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL

Posted on October 8, 2016 by elainedanforth

Wherever you go, remember, always bring yourself– yes, you– lock, stock and barrel. And a combo or a key to open or close you as you need, to honor all the qualities and parts you’ve grown up lovingly from seed– … Continue reading →

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SEEKING, ACCEPTING

Posted on March 18, 2016 by elainedanforth

The thing you seek sometimes won’t just up and break its way through daunting crowds of clouds dark gray, to fall out of the sky. . . There may be time that must go by, once Earth accepts, to take … Continue reading →

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DROPPING THE NEED FOR EXCUSES

Posted on August 29, 2015 by elainedanforth

Once you drop the need to make excuse for everything you are and every thing you ever did or were, and then you cut you loose from all of your life’s chains and pains so slow assumed or suddenly bequeathed … Continue reading →

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ONE BOLD STROKE

Posted on August 13, 2015 by elainedanforth

With one bold stroke of brush or pen, a world can shift from fear to hope and light bright up, on fire, as the proper word or image sets down in thought or feel a pattern that unfolds as orderly … Continue reading →

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THE SEED OF LIFE

Posted on June 20, 2013 by elainedanforth

Just how does one live? So elementary seems the take. . . sometimes too easy to forget the give, forget the letting go. . . But what and when to give and take, and from where, from whom? And I … Continue reading →

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THE GROUND LAID

Posted on March 28, 2013 by elainedanforth

The ground +++++laid. . . the seeds +++++dropped +++++or buried neatly ++++++++++in their slot. . . +++++and then, popped ++++++++++to sprout +++++++++++++++and take root. . . +++++stretched out ++++++++++to spread +++++++++++++++some teeny leaves. . . +++++and then, ++++++++++grown tall +++++++++++++++in … Continue reading →

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