Tag Archives: World

THE GIFT OF BREATH

Posted on August 25, 2024 by elainedanforth

When breathdoes not feel like a given. Recallit was not everso much a given,as a gift. The electric spurto the primordial soupthat began it all,even beforebreath as we know it. . . Not a given. It was a gift. Perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Poetry | Tagged Blessings, Gifts, Heart, Mind Body, Transformation, World | Leave a comment

WORLD, BE HERE FOR ME

Posted on August 30, 2020 by elainedanforth

World, be here for me. . . oh, and please let me be here with you. . . through hope, sadness, fear and all else that inside I feel here, please help me see clear, to do what I do … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Ether, Life, Path, World | Leave a comment

HEAR, HEAR!

Posted on April 27, 2018 by elainedanforth

Etchings on a tinfoil sheet. . . Wax cylinders not of, but for, the ears. . . disks of black evolved from that, , , and later rainbow arcing little ones that shine like silver, all the voice and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Moving picture, Picture, Rapture, Sound, Voice, World | Leave a comment

STAY WITH ME, YOU THING CALLED LOVE

Posted on January 24, 2018 by elainedanforth

Hold steady. you all-inclusive, into my smaller self intrusive, crucial thing called love, Stay with me until I clearly feel and see I can be taller, weller, and of my goodness more profusive, to live at last a life that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Endless, Feeling, Goodness, Heart, Love, Profuse, Reaching out, Seeing, SInging, Sky, Stay, Steady, Tall, Well, World | Leave a comment

TO HEAVE AND TO HAVE

Posted on January 11, 2018 by elainedanforth

Heave? Yeah, sometimes, you gotta heave. More so than maybe you’d like to believe. But, already, without any further effort, notice you already have. Yes, have. Just have. Notice how it feels to have persons, places, things, all while the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Appreciation, Benefit, Effort, Feelings, Have your back, Having, Lack, Looking, Noticing, Want, World | Leave a comment

WHAT YOU’RE CUT OUT FOR

Posted on December 13, 2017 by elainedanforth

You have been cut. Yup. You feel as though you’ve had enough. No shred of oomph to think of triumph and go on, like one of scruff, to do the things you know could make it better. . . So … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Better, Conflict, Cooperation, Cut, Healing, Help, Identity, Loss, Peace, Purpose, The Unknown, World | Leave a comment

THE FOG BURNING OFF

Posted on July 1, 2017 by elainedanforth

OK, it’s Saturday, and the fog is starting to burn off, exposing the part of the world where I live to the greater Universe. Who is watching? Do they have something to say, long, medium or terse, about the big … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Summer, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, Action, Balance, Being watched, Calling, Fog, Hunger, Longevity, Put to the test, Rest, RIsing above, Satisfaction, Sun, Thinking, Thirst, Trying too hard, Universe, World | Leave a comment

WHAT CAN I SAY IN FIVE MINUTES?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by elainedanforth

What can I say in just five short minutes? Why comes the punishment down on one who is innocent? It’s an imperfect world. . . yet, we all must live in it. Though the surface shows bare, there’s actually riches … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Action, Atmosphere, Bounty, Earth, Five minutes, Innocent, Limit, Nature, Punishment, Scarcity, Sun, Water, World | Leave a comment

SEIZE THE SATURDAY

Posted on March 18, 2017 by elainedanforth

Saturday– a time to seize a gladder day. . . So rub your eyes, and let out groans as well as weary yawns and sighs, and stretch your sleepy head to toes awake, get in your groove. . . And … Continue reading →

Posted in Days of the Week, Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Gladness, Grip, Groove, Motivation, Path, Personal power, Power, Saturday, Step, Stride, Waking, Walking, World | Leave a comment

NO TIME FOR TEARS

Posted on February 16, 2017 by elainedanforth

No time for tears. . . Comes in the news my latest late and latter elder from this world has disappeared. I say, “No time,” but were it really such a crime, if I would do a little crying? And … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems | Tagged Blood, Crying, Disappear, Elders, Grieving, No time, Remembrance, Tears, Time, Weakness, World | Leave a comment