Tag Archives: Surprise

EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED

Posted on April 1, 2017 by elainedanforth

When the unexpected comes your way, it can be a real bummer, but, even then, unlikely turns can come again, then, resurrected is you day– in fact, a real ding-hummer. Just follow what shall be your yen and you may … Continue reading →

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BOOMERANG LOVE

Posted on May 27, 2016 by elainedanforth

Boomerang love: fling it out, watch it ­­­­+++++fly ++++++++in whipping, whirling arc, +++++++++++++++to its slanting, lofty peak– +++++then, ++++++++++sink, float, +++++slowly come back down, +++++like a homing dove. . . For if, +++++one sec, ++++++++++you turn your head +++++++++++++++the other … Continue reading →

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THE MAGIC STEP

Posted on April 22, 2016 by elainedanforth

When, foot after foot, you stay on your path, aft becomes fore and fore becomes aft, as your tread truly tracks and the road’s wiggles wind, mind becomes body, body morphs into mind, what matters most surely comes– not only … Continue reading →

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WHAT COMES IN SPRING

Posted on March 17, 2016 by elainedanforth

Some sunshine to drench the sky, the morning cold nip in the air, the lingering winter grief to weep its last, its last-year squeak, while moistening glistening ball of eye, the quickening days the faster-lifting day top haze that clears … Continue reading →

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WED NESS DAY

Posted on January 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Wednesday’s maybe wed to Ness, a dark, old Loch where a creature dwells that’s all too often mocked, and no one hardly sees. . . But one day, we may be surprised if one day, Nessie comes to rise, and … Continue reading →

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HEALING

Posted on November 10, 2015 by elainedanforth

Healing sometimes takes you by surprise. . . It throws you from your act of balancing that you’ve done long, yourself, your life to compromise. . . and, though that gig was in its own way challenging, the newfound sense … Continue reading →

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GRATEFUL FOR THE MEAL, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, AND EVEN MOM

Posted on June 1, 2013 by elainedanforth

Grateful for this summer’s day, though, for my taste, I could find another yet so much more lovely and more temperate. . . Grateful to the great outdoors with branches overhead instead of roofs. . . with dirt and growing … Continue reading →

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