Tag Archives: Senses

IN THE HEAT (OR CHILL) OF THE MOMENT

Posted on May 23, 2024 by elainedanforth

In the heator chilling quiet draftof the moment, this one moment,and the next,and then the next. . . Feel,right now and herewhatever’s there see, hear,taste or smell, perhaps defer the urgethe tale,to explain,to entertain,numb pain,distract, or any other sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Feeling, Moment, Senses, Wish upon a star | Leave a comment

WHAT IS LIFE?

Posted on October 1, 2021 by elainedanforth

What is life?What is death? The breath,when there,or beat of heart,is often sensedas direct sign of spirit. . . but what life is,while somewhat sensedwith eyes and earsand nose and tongueis nothing that resides in those,nor brain, nor heart, nor … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Death, Life, Meaning, Senses | Leave a comment

THE RIGIDEST OF STILLNESSES

Posted on August 19, 2018 by elainedanforth

There is a movement in the rigidest of stillnesses. be quiet, eyes wide or closed ears plugged or open throat tight or soft let body breathe and notice feel it, taste it relax your head around your brain and fall, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Movement, Noticing, Rigidity, Senses, Stillness | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Body Mind, Clearing, Forest, Heart, Journey, Light, LIstening, Sense, Senses | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged A mind of it's own, Blink and you might miss it, Feeling, Life, Light, Love, Mind, Seeing, Senses, The secret of life, Wonderful | Leave a comment

YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE

Posted on March 13, 2018 by elainedanforth

Live your life– do simple things or intricate, as time and space let or require. Do days, sleep nights. Allow the ripple rings +++++ and wakes +++++that your three-plus dimensioned +++++movement bring to wave through winding channels deftly cut deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Breathe, Doing, Goldielocks, Imagination, Life, Movement, Music, Results, RIpples, Seeing, Senses, SInging, Sleep, Wave | Leave a comment

HAND. LAND. MEANS OF SUPPORT.

Posted on March 1, 2018 by elainedanforth

Hand. Land. Such means, which range from well seen to unseen, of support, more vital than such thick walls as bar all possible admittal to the most fortified war fort. Having such strong underpinning often differentiates so much from not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Air, Dare, Feeling, Fork in the road, Fort, Grounding, Hand, Loss, Relax, Risk, Seeing, Senses, Skies, Support, Surroundings, Winning, Yin-Yang | Leave a comment

GOD IN GROSS, IN FINE

Posted on February 10, 2018 by elainedanforth

God in gross, in fine, in all the things you want the most in the biggest heavy load heaped upon your form so high you nearly sure you’ll lose your mind. There, In space hid twixt all the kinds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Earth, Excess, God, Human, Prayer, Presence, Seeing, Seeking, Senses, Sky, Want | Leave a comment

IMAGINATION AND THE HANDY DANDY WIDGET

Posted on November 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Imagine it. Immerse you in the magic of it. See it. That must come first. Though the notion it were possible should seem to you preposterous, That same audacity in fact is the prerequisite for you to actually smell and … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Audacity, Boldness, Confidence, Feeling, Fingers, Illusory, Imagination, Life, Possible, Seeing, Senses, Soul, Vision, Widget | Leave a comment

WONDERFUL FALL

Posted on October 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Think of wonders. . . graceful light, memories that elicit tears, warm feelings, and delight. . . sun slung in a much lower cant, than when nearer summer solstice our days ran. . . ambient power supporting purging all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Winter | Tagged Blossoms, Colors, Cycles, Fall Leaves, Feeling, Leaves, Purging old stuff, Senses, Solstice, Sun, Trees, Wonders, Year | Leave a comment