Continuation of….
Overtures toward…..
Never more grateful……
Thankful for…..
In a moment……
Natural feelings of…..
Usual kindness…..
Elegance of…….
Deigning to……..
“If the manifestations that happen in the present moment
are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future
will also be good and beautiful.”
~ Nhat Hanh
its sheeted arms and ghoulish face to find a treat
~ or maybe a trick!
A blustery cold day with snow
not sure it was to be rain or snow
Streets wet and glistening,
hovering grey clouds,
soggy piles of multicoloured leaves
lay exhausted against curbs and fences
In such a walk one never knows
what’s just around the corner.
Robins, wrens and sunshine behind
a faerie door! Little people live
and play inside this gnarled old tree
with green lawns, bees and wildflowers.
my journey to the library
became a happier mission,
my steps easier, my heart lighter,
just because of that faerie door.
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
~ Hans Christian Anderson
Trying new things is not so hard.
There was a time
when the judgment of others
became door stoppers
and bolted windows.
Imagined boundaries not be be crossed.
As we pass each decade change occurs.
Returning to childhood wishes and hopes
with the maturity of age
opens the windows and doors.
Fresh air and new ideas swirl
with the wind.
Except ~ we live in our own ageism
until the excitement and fascination
with creativity, colours and play
take hold and let us enjoy life
as we want it to be ~
a design of our own choosing.
“When the image is new, the world is new.”
~ Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
10 at night
time to sleep
pillow dreams
behind my eyes
“There is a time for many words,
and there is also a time for sleep.”
~ Homer, The Odyssey
The complexities of life and living
leave us weak and dizzy from
trying to find answers. In a hurry,
we set aside our sweet rich coffee,
our easy restful naps, our walk
in the park on a lovely fall day.
Anything that whispers,
'there are spaces and times
without complexities or chaos'.
“Know that everything is in perfect order,
whether you understand it or not.”
~ Valery Satterwhite, author
Brilliant fuschia peonies
crowned this bush at bloom time.
Now slender leaves display
their own beauty before
the fade and sleep of autumn.
“Colours make nature pulsate with life.”
~ Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover
