Tag Archives: Understanding

I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT

Posted on September 22, 2018 by elainedanforth

A star +++++ I wish upon, although +++++ it’s very far. . . Who knows if it even ever listens +++++ or if it’s deaf, as its point light amid the whirling night sky glistens? Nonetheless, upon this distant star, … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer, Uncategorized | Tagged Day, I wish I may; I wish I might, Night Sky, Seeing, Understanding, Wishing upon a star | Leave a comment

ACCEPT THE MENDING TIME AND SPACE

Posted on September 1, 2018 by elainedanforth

When things get so cramped or so expanded, find a way that you can spread them out or else, embrace them, into a spacing that will mend. . . accept the mending, and resulting calm and understanding. . . breathe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Contraction, Cramped, Day, Embrace, Expansion, Expression, Feeling, Growth, Mending, Sense, Spread out, Thought, Understanding | Leave a comment

CLEAR

Posted on June 2, 2018 by elainedanforth

1. place graced by emptiness 2. sharp defined or understood the best 3. transparent, near invisible, +++so what’s behind is more apparent Clear a vital sign, I do opine, that must be in the mix to help one live in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Appearance, Clarity, Clear, Definition, Emptiness, Grace, Transparency, Understanding | Leave a comment

NATURE AND BENEFIT

Posted on April 6, 2018 by elainedanforth

There is the benefit of nature and the nature of the benefit. Discerning these, not being thrown by nomenclature, until one learns to turn with ease to choose those brand new, wobbly paths, in constant searching for a better fit … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Bait, Benefit, Centering, Expansion, Natural selection, Nature, Niche, Path, Self, Struggle for life, Traps, Understanding | Leave a comment

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE OTHER

Posted on November 29, 2017 by elainedanforth

If you want to know what another person is about, listen and watch. Observe, observe, observe. Respect, respect, respect. And love. Love always first. And in your quest to know, of this or that acquaintance, stranger, kith or kin, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Acquaintance, Attention, Empathy, Familiarity, Love, Observe, Open mind, People, Respect, Understanding | Leave a comment

THE DISSECTION OF IMPERFECTION

Posted on October 10, 2017 by elainedanforth

Inefficient imperfections. . . Missions impossible: should you chance to choose accept them, perform some clean but yet not mean dissections. . . The tasks cannot be done for, thus to cutcau you cannot just remove the single thing which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Approval, Blessing, Choice, Complementarity, Consideration, Contemplation, Gratitude, Health, Imperfection, Love, Medicine, Prayer, Technology, Thought, Touch, Understanding | Leave a comment

WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU

Posted on July 5, 2017 by elainedanforth

When it’s plain that people like you, just one on one, or a whole slew, it helps your mood to rise more high, and maybe even higher still when you relax around that fact and let yourself enjoy that at … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Appreciation, Being liked, Enjoy, Gratitude, Mood, Relax, Understanding | Leave a comment

HOLD THAT LITTLE ANIMAL THAT IS YOUR BODY

Posted on July 2, 2016 by elainedanforth

Hold that little animal that is your own, that is your body. . . don’t eat it like a cannibal– ask it what it wants and needs to be happy, to be steady. . . And, stroke its soft and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Animal, Arm's length, Being true to yourself, Body, Cooperation, Heart, Interaction, Love, Mind Body, Needs, Understanding, Wants | Leave a comment

NOTHING LIKE A HELPING HAND

Posted on April 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

There’s nothing like a helping hand especially one who laughs and sings with me, and my best from my insides out brings out from me, in a way that makes me feel he understands.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Bring out the best, Helping hand, Laughter, My best, SInging, Understanding | Leave a comment

NOTICE RESISTANCE

Posted on February 25, 2015 by elainedanforth

Notice resistance– Look it in the face, hold its hand, help it relax– with it, make friends. . . Honor it and cherish it, for the teacher that it is, so you both can move to better understanding and eventual … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Beautiful, Brand-new, Brighter, Broad, Cherish, Clearer, Counterpoint, Elevation gain, Face, Firm, From where, Hand, Harmony, Hear, Help, Helpful, Hold hands, Honor, Incline, Joyful, Landing, Life, Live, Look, Mind Body, Mix, Move, Notice, Opening, Plain, Playful, Powerful, Relax, Resistance, Roam, See, Space, Spread, Stride, Teacher, Terrain, Time, Toward, Understanding, Untold, Winding, Wonders | Leave a comment