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Posted: 8/9/2009 3:47:25 AM | more meandering gathering and bringing home.....
it's up to me to take care of my soul
to let any heartache detach and let go
dispelling any thoughts that bring me down
releasing me from the furrows and frown
imagining a wonderful night out on the town
wearing a black formal evening gown
dancing to music of a heavenly sound
the man beside me gently swirling us round
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Posted: 8/7/2009 8 24 PM | |
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Posted: 8/9/2009 3:49:07 AM | The Train Journey
Posted: 8/7/2009 3 01 AM
grab your coat, cane and hat
this train is on the wrong track
was meant to be going through eternal beauty
with the most awe-inspiring scenery
but someone re-scheduled it to change our destiny
starting a never-ending attack
between nations and families
believing it's love that we lack
then we got a blessing from heaven
allowing our vision to open
remembering it's all initiation
steeped deeply in mysticism
now we were able to see behind all the lines
that intermingled and intertwined
and brought us a few lessons of our time
helping us re-open our hearts and our minds
so we stayed the course
and realized we are always on the right train
the right track
the right plane
the right map
now when taking this train to the end of the line
we find
nothing
nothing we wish to leave behind | |
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Posted: 8/9/2009 3:50:01 AM | LAST LINE REPEATED STANZAS using 8 lines
Posted: 8/8/2009 4:08:46 AM
she falls inside his soul alive and glistening
while all around the birds and chipmunks are listening
watching their energy united as one
all are aware they are witnessing earth's rise to heaven
the moon appears from behind a darkened cloud
glowing full and bright and ever so proud
so we stop dancing seeing her light upon our skin
feeling her energy fill the sky and increase our passion | |
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Posted: 8/9/2009 3:50:46 AM | I can be
Posted: 8/9/2009 3 27 AM
the dance
when one dances from one's soul
with or without peeling off clothes
there's an energy that spreads rapidly
reaching and touching so deeply
an invisible force one can't see
except in the eyes and faces watching me
for I can see everybody is really happy
filled with the force and focus
of the dance
whether dancing our sexuality
or to african drums beating rapidly
there's a letting go with the dance
sometimes releasing into a trance
feeling its power enter one's body
surrendering the ego to dance wildly
for I can be a dancer
I can be the dance
where the dance is me
filling me fully
where joy is overflowing
with a lovely unknowing
of where it will take me | |
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Posted: 8/11/2009 3:27:35 PM | Voice of Dance!
I know that voice!
it is the voice of dance,
temperal womb of sacred thought,
leaking, with each drop of sweat,
leaking, with each pounding beat,
pouring secrets from the rhythm,
watching the eyes close, consumed
by primal ritual,
consumed by the beast of passion,
body and mind one, yet separate,
like a spirit orgasm,
revitalizing the souls chalice,
raising a toast....
to the voice of
dance! | |
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Posted: 8/12/2009 9:34:37 PM | Thoughts of Silent Times
Entry for August 12, 2009
Melt your heart
into my mind
fleeting fantasies
often find
solitude
in comfort
magnified
by despondence
refuse to lower
expectations beyond
my wildest dreams
simpler times
when climbing a mountain
was all that mattered
sneaking in the dark
any old nook would do
ignoring the signs
chasing the moon
the absolute
certainty
that foolish hearts possess
crumbles in infancy
leaving owners blue and distressed
trying to scrape up pieces
of yesterday's fire
smolders ash over
white death brings closure
perhaps only small things
bring down spiraling waters
blue and black roses
decorated the monument
I held in the back of my mind
for so many years
such a long time
another blessing came forth
to fill the lost person
I had been and fallen from
grace was near
the time had come
to move away
into the abyss
frightened yet
but determined
that my kiss
shall settle and scour
absorb knowledge
for it is power
sparkling rays of white
settle on the dew soaked pollen
yet another nourishment provided
from my ever growing garden
I collect my rubies
a dove flutters away
silence is broken... | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:16:58 AM | wow....thank you sarah and manny for gracing this thread with your wonderful writings!
loved these lines especially, manny....
like a spirit orgasm,
revitalizing the souls chalice
sarah.....your last three lines feel like a complete and very powerful haiku in itself....
I collect my rubies
a dove flutters away
silence is broken...
here are a few more left round this pond's shore.....
coming together - the friendship three
for me it's now with my family
all my children gathered round me
truly they are sacred company
together just once annually
living in separate countries
means each moment felt gratefully
now in our loving sanctuary
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Posted: 8/10/2009 3 00 AM | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:20:50 AM | First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 8/10/2009 9:00:47 PM
and the sky opened
to reveal a glorious rainbow
arching over the magical pond
and the little girl could see
not only her own reflection
but all the colours quite clearly
then through the arch flocked
birds of all species with such beauty
flying towards her sanctuary
for that is what she found
here by the rainbow covered pond
......................
Posted: 8/11/2009 3:35:32 AM
the way you move me and make my feet fall to the ground
the way we move together when spinning around
this dance was meant for us to spin till we fall down
tumbling together with laughter so preciously found
for we are now able to let go our grown up facade
to become the children we have always been created by God
sadly somewhere in our history humanity was told to grow up
and with that thought our bubble did pop
for now we found our connection fell apart
so it's time to return to our childlike wonder
and curiousity watching the bee upon the flower
and utter joy in being in love with each other
..................
Posted: 8/13/2009 4 46 AM
I now bury all my travails
letting go the pain that derails
and overthrows the joy
when fear takes over and curtails
the pure beauty of being a girl and boy
when we can step into our being
with real trust and innocence
when all our hurt creates no resistance
then our hearts will know happiness
then our souls will dance with bliss
..............
Posted: 8/13/2009 6:25:24 AM
healing with harmony
and empathy felt lovingly
when all the world will know
we all feel pain and sorrow
creating cords of discontent
breaking up the innocent
leading to heart and soul malnutrition
forgetting there is a divine connection
running through all
in love's mirrored hall
..................
Posted: 8/14/2009 8:22:05 PM
'be the one
holding that lone candle
as storm clouds evolve from rhyme'
wishing to have awakened
before that autopilot reaction
knowing spontaneous combustion
happens all the time
like dominoes fallen
when one starts to whine
like pouring oil on fire
then too much water flooding the vine
destroying the delicate balance
and getting buried under the avalanche
of intense energy one can't define
...............
Posted: 8/16/2009 10:20:48 AM
patching....
being happy and healthy
or should we party till we die?
or can we be healthy and party?
when we find the balance
then we can begin to live
and know all we receive equals all we give
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:26:55 AM | LAST LINE REPEATED STANZAS using 8 lines
Posted: 8/10/2009 9:35:58 PM
as sleep finds me deep in the golden fleece
my dreams carry me away from all that might cease
where every loved one is here by my side
not only human but with animals and birds do I glide
overseeing all the rivers that flow below
winding and drifting on currents of air that blow
gently I see there is so much beauty to behold
here as my heavenly dream unfolds
...................
Posted: 8/11/2009 325 AM
to a fair minded third party we must be insane
or perhaps just having way too much fun at this game
when to them in life it's necessary to refrain
from being childlike thinking there's nothing to gain
but for everyone who takes life too seriously
it's time to stop acting so strong and let yourselves become giggly
it's time to grow young again and become really silly
for laughter will always help us feel a better reality
..................
Posted: 8/12/2009 3 42 AM
petals of love, love not....believing
love is a gift that sometimes is leaving
when really no one can kill love as we imagine
even if we feel burned by a firebreathing dragon
it really can't destroy the source of love's hold
for love like a flower is always ready to unfold
burning bright from birth to growing very old
its sacred light is the true essence of our soul
...............
Posted: 8/13/2009 3 21 AM
your seeds have been sown
among flowers in woods overgrown
under the giant maple tree
we planted them carefully
where walkers will see
and step delicately
so fruitful they'll be
the seeds of humanity
.....................
Posted: 8/14/2009 5:06:57 AM
patching.....
in rapt fecundity
with my fruitfulness surrounding me
through a cloud a haze of tearless fears
when not surprisingly I aged many years
riding what felt like riding a dragon
with tail whipping was all I could imagine
I closed my eyes on the first descent
and kept them shut 'till relief at the end!
...................
Posted: 8/15/2009 3 30 AM
I think I'll go to bed
and dream of amazing Africans dancing in my head
to rise and see the sun streaming its golden light
a wonderful omen viewing a hawk now in flight
it should be a good day if moon's conjunct with mars
though I don't know about true readings in the stars
but I do know the strength that comes with good intention
seems the universe supports us and that's not a new invention | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:32:23 AM | the warrior path
walking crouched
tuned to the energy
surrounding me
within me
heart beating strongly
awareness of danger
moving closer
senses rising
eyesight piercing
thoughts screaming
run....run fast....run away
but the warrior
turns to face
the enemy
sees empty space
imagination displaced
crouching low
sensing fear within
internally fighting
breathing
grounding
connecting
deeply rooting
breathing
lifting skyward
deepening within
earthed and flying
releasing all tension
releasing the dragon
releasing the friction
releasing the action
of war
releasing the reaction
to fight
gliding in the night
no fright
breathing easing
preparing
to die
preparing
to release
the pain
the torture
releasing the vulture
the dark creature within
......letting go.....
letting the energy flow
feeling in harmony
with me again
connection
feeling unity
gratefully
an ending
and a beginning
remembering
keep releasing
keep releasing
keep dying
to keep living
until the cycle
is no longer happening
is no longer necessary
until the warrior
and the healer
are one
~lost in thought or flight of fancy~
Posted: 8/11/2009 3 29 AM | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:34:04 AM | Buddhist thinking..
Posted: 8/14/2009 4 28 AM
it is possible we are all enlightened, but just don't know it....
for in being everything, being the All, are we not
both enlightened
and unenlightened,
aware and ignorant,
full of bliss and sadness,
attached and detached,
loving and unloving,
living and dying,
objective and subjective,
conscious and unconscious,
light and darkness.....
it is possible
for divine paradoxes do exist
within All that is
and is not | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:36:02 AM | First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 8/15/2009 3 53 AM
to change my life
change my mind
choose less strife
tow the line
feel compassion
all the time
turgid flesh but less erect
could be just another test
knowing everything
is temporary anyway
trust in how you feel
understand nothing's real
you get what you wish for
unconsciously keeping score
approaching each imaginary door
stepping through not as before
for every step is an evolutionary tool
each of us has the play the fool
learning what's blessed and what's not cool
until we see a higher reality....hopefully....
to then detach and let it all go
when our hearts stop we reaped what we sowed
remembering nothing here is really real
like counting turns on an imaginary wheel
our lives teach us we create what we feel
that's the whole deal | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:37:30 AM | what a beautiful page
reading all upon my gaze
feelings flew like from a sage
seeing the love upon this stage
reading truths within each heart
a writer's gift..the words they impart
where empathy comes through
even when not meaning to
suddenly another's company
you feel sincerely
captured love
within the lines
written with humility
transmitted freely
received gratefully
here to find within my mind
a window into soul where there's no time
and love does flow from this visual soul glow
reflection of past year into the future...
Posted: 8/15/2009 4:35:47 AM with slight edit tonight | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:39:39 AM | we treat our pets better than most of humanity
we help our pets die when they are suffering greatly
we love them unconditionally
mostly anyway
for some don't know
in all our joy and sorrow
we are one
and to each other everything done
especially shooting
with or without a gun
we do to our selves
thinking we are free
of responsibility
when most can see
we ignorantly torture
our selves and each other
constantly and viciously....
we treat our pets better than our fellow'men'
forgetting to honour each person as our
mother, father, sister and brother....
forgetting we are
all connected
to each other
The Fireside
Posted: 8/15/2009 10 32 AM | |
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Posted: 8/17/2009 12:45:36 AM | \\\\\ 6 Lines or Less //////
Posted: 8/10/2009 528 PM
closeness of my family
gathered here with me
such wonderful company
even moments of disharmony
pass through quickly
gratitude and love fill me
.............
Posted: 8/15/2009 4 41 AM
edited tonight to what i had originally written, but changed...
it is morning
greens of grass and leaves have brightened
after the rain
now they're lit with golden sun
creating shadows in multi-dimension
nature's sanctuary becomes a trippy vision
...........
Posted: 8/16/2009 11 31 AM
harvesting children
growing from baby
learning freedom
now adult company
always my children
love this family
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:15:44 AM | you speak of chance
and happenstance
of uncertainty
and serendipity
of how so many things
might not have been
except they did happen
in our vision and memory
creating our reality
so are we here
living a total mystery
changing constantly
the course of our history
momentarilly
letting our path
be altered in a flash
knowing clearly
many branches of our life story
might not have been
if we hadn't looked up
or glanced back
spontaneously
you speak of chance
like the roll of the dice
yet in that freeze frame moment
we know we've changed
the course of our life
Pull Up A Chair.......
Posted: 8/17/2009 109 AM | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:16:50 AM | oh, sir, your thoughts delight me
upon the subject of the oil of patchouli
for even as a very young child
i would smell a scent not really mild
and ever so lovely
wondering instantly
what scent could it be
for I thought it was truly heavenly.....
it was a few moons later...well, many, really
when I finally made my discovery
to name that scent exactly
and it turned out
it was patchouli.....
of course many in this country
associate the smell with hippie
but that does not deter me
for when I made my fateful discovery
at a friend's Bodyshop party
many years ago.....over twenty...
I found to my delight
the name of the oil
I held to my nose and the light
to read its label upon the base
at which point a smile beamed on my face
to know finally what that scent
all those years had been....
the one I loved from the first moment
and for twenty years found
just one drop of 'annointment'
would really stick around
and always nearly everybody would say...
'how lovely'
though of course they still associated me
with hippie
even though I'm a little young to be...
or maybe not recently
now I'm overy fifty.....
so here I've shared a bit of my history
with the wonderful patchouli
and it delights me, dear dru,
to know that you
adore that scent too!
Pull Up A Chair.......
Posted: 8/17/2009 328 PM | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:19:45 AM | First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 8/18/2009 2 14 PM
to tickle the clouds
one needs to go so high
or wait until they come to you
so you can hide in the thick fog
a coat of cold misty dampness
feels wonderful when the sun is hot
and creates such great atmosphere
for any photographic shot
......................
Posted: 8/21/2009 453 AM
so I suggest you stand on back
or risk being in the forefront of an attack
for we're all losing faith in reality
working three jobs only to find
we're still standing in the food pantry line
feeling daily there's not enough time
to be all we need to be
or spend time with our family
that has any sort of quality
so many escaping into fantasy
or choosing to use to live an altered reality
because our world and lives seem caught in duality
not being able to see any way to say
help me
....................
Posted: 8/23/2009 4 04 AM
that to the keepers is but a comedy
to many, though, it's really a tragedy
when the powers that be visibly
abuse our earth, our bodies and our sanity
when it's more cost effective to destroy our food
than let it be shared with the starving
and to kill our human brethren
is totally alarming
for can't we see
when we kill each other
we tear our own heart
for each is a sacred part
of our human family | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:25:35 AM | LAST LINE REPEATED STANZAS using 8 lines
Posted: 8/19/2009 6:35:12 AM
my last breath is what makes me die
government is the manger
says it stands for the people
acting more like the great pretender
says it knows what's best for everyone
knowing our balance is in question
when consumerism has become an obsession
leading so many to chronic depression
now is the time to use our compassion
..................
Posted: 8/20/2009 4:04:23 AM
because I'm not just bipolar, I'm also schizophrenic
balance for me is pretty erratic
going up and down like a see saw
one minute I'm high, the next crying on the floor
if only I could put all of me back into one
where life could be lived and not undone
where love could be open to everyone
where I knew who I was without question
...................
Posted: 8/20/2009 546 PM
they may cry till they fly to the great good-bye
where some will always ask the question why
life was so rich before it ran dry
circling like fish as rivers flow by
or trying like herring always swimming upstream
finding life can be rewarding when living as a team
for we always will find ourselves on balance beams
learning our strengths and limits it seems
...............
Posted: 8/21/2009 9 19 AM
friends felled by words when empathy I lack
getting caught up in emotion putting them under attack
forgetting my belief in one'ness and reflection
that every thought and action put out indeed does come back
so how I treat you is how you'll treat me too
unless you've become enough conscious
not to take effect of anything malicious
coming from a state of selfishness
..................
Posted: 8/21/2009 12 13 PM
taking things he won't even use
'cuz we just don't know how to refuse
the part of us that starts to abuse
not able to accept another's truths
selfishly being and seeing
thinking we are just not agreeing
hardly listening to anything
that could be offering wisdom
...............
Posted: 8/23/2009 448 AM
you can call me Luke
if tepid is your choice
or call me anything you wish
after all you have a voice
you can warm me when I'm cold
or cool me when it's hot
or snuggle up round a blazing fire
but freezing in the Arctic....I'd rather not | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:28:01 AM | I've been especially blessed lately
with my family visiting me
as they do annually
coming from far away
gathering temporarilly
my daughter and I
wishing she could stay
or return more frequently
living so far away
knowing we need to be
closer in proximity
for our hearts long to be
where our bodies
can hug freely
to feel us lovingly
in our laughter
to wipe the tears
that also flow
for she cries easilly
like me
to see all my children together....all three
and the older one's partners
are such wonderful company
to me is so heavenly
knowing somehow in my unconventional family
my children know deeply how much they mean to me
and I can see clearly the love for each other they hold dearly
so today
on my last day with all of them
my heart is full of love and bittersweetness too
for tonight I must say goodbye again
and let it come....our separation
feeling weakness set in
knowing it's not my heart's desire
knowing there's an inner fire
burning
wishing
yearning
we could all be together
forever
The Fireside
Posted: 8/21/2009 404 AM | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:30:14 AM | a personal call for peace
let it flow through me
easing the tears
easing my fears
washing me with love
to feel stillness within
knowing, trusting
all is meant to be
even when it seems absurd
feeling so much horror
when I know we torture
and are so cruel to each other
I also know a depth of love flows
through our hearts and souls
so this is a personal call for peace
hoping my heart's troubles will ease
knowing so much blessing has come to me
grateful for being part of the incredible energy
spiralling through the spirit of humanity
feeling at our core is unity
mixed with so much grieving
praying peace will be an easing
of our pain and sorrow
so we can welcome tomorrow
so our love can be
so our lives can flow freely
and peacefully
so we can treat each other
and our beloved planet
respectfully
gratefully
and truly lovingly
~ Calling For Peace ~
Posted: 8/21/2009 5:05:40 AM | |
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Posted: 8/25/2009 3:31:58 AM | an impasse
time collapse
we move into darkness
through the tunnel
deep within the mountain
no more light coming
from the heavenly fountain
sitting under the dome
darkness
all alone
hearing a moan
i rise to try and find
who is hurt
but i am blind
in the darkness
feel i am losing my mind
suddenly
we fly out of night
now blinded by the light
streaming down on me
moving so fast
all thoughts collapse
feeling the sway of the train
but there is that moan again
as my eyes and body strain to see
the moan instead is coming towards me
surprisingly it's not scary
but energy that has long time loved me
coming to hold me
and even to scold me
for not listening or hearing them
asking for help so often
and all along they've been right here
but in the light I let in distraction
letting illusion affect my vision
changing my course of right action
putting my Self in spiritual traction
but here in the darkness
this energy found me
and ever so lovingly
I released the parts of me
that did not feel heavenly
as the light held me closely
found in the time collapse
an impasse
The Train Journey....
Posted: 8/23/2009 5:35:18 AM | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 4:04:10 AM | \\\\\ 6 Lines or Less //////
Posted: 8/25/2009 306 AM
writing haiku
suddenly a view
one young deer...then two...
white spots upon their backs
six eyes watching
including my cats | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 4:05:07 AM | I can be
Posted: 8/26/2009 457 AM
they are back home again
flown safely over sea to England
my daughter and future 'law-in-son'
having been with me recently
my three children
and extended family
felt just heavenly
in their wonderful energy
knowing each day is but a memory
yet filled with love
so gratefully | |
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Posted: 8/30/2009 4:13:02 AM | Haiku Connection - This is It !
posted 8/26/09 - 8/28/09
safe within strong arms
elixir of compassion
pouring through our hearts
............
I do not despise
for I see the reflection
mirrored in your eyes
............
see you tomorrow
when the dawn's light is rising
enlightening all
.............
bringing so much love
floating in on ocean waves
rising lunar tide
............
fly like a seagull....
soaring over ocean waves
whiteness seen in flight
..............
loving energy
flowing from our sacred heart
heaven reflection
.............
what the ancients knew
still held deep within us all
to become conscious | |
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