Posted in poetry, tagged appreciation, choice, community, gratitude, inspiration, perspective, poetry, positive attitudes on November 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured
by the compassionate actions of its members. Coretta Scott King
Earth Dwellers
We walk together,
as if our feet were bare,
our lives open to one another.
My life and yours, shared.
The rocks between our toes,
the small grains of sand,
the sun, the rain,
the everyday, the sublime.
We are a part of it all.
And I am grateful.
Posted in poetry, tagged appreciation, art, encouragement, experience, gratitude, inspiration, perspective, photography, positive attitudes, travel, writing on November 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »
GRANDCHILD NUMBER THREE
Truth lifts the heart like water refreshes thirst. (Rumi)
Black and white image
a face an arm within a blurred arc a girl
her parents with their big blue eyes
envision bright blue charm progressing
within that growing face
Grandma decides
she’ll be a blonde like Mommy
with her keen insight
earn an MBA like Daddy
or perhaps discover a cure for disease
challenge the world of sports
but truth appears on the film
a flaw or so it would seem
the twenty-first chromosome triples instead of doubles
one surgery promised at birth
a second four months later
the first will strike her gut the second her heart
Baby’s body develops within Mommy
as Baby’s outside world
grasps truth embraces it
small hands double jointed
blue eyes maybe that seek observe
belong to a spirit as sacred as any in
a world dubbed normal
as Baby’s parents and grandparents and friends
open their own guts
allowing no room for anything less
than wonder
and it arrives within her spirit
Posted in poetry, tagged choice, community, haiku, inspiration, language, perspective, poetry, positive attitudes, prejudice, tanka on November 10, 2024| 1 Comment »
I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face. (Franz Kafka)
WE CALL IT VISION
Sometimes poetry speaks truth better than lines of fact. The first haiku carries 5, 7, 5 syllables. The next five lines, a tanka, delivers truth in 5, 7, 5, 7, 5 syllables.
SCENE OF THE HANGING OF BLACK MEN
” I don’t see color,”
says a white man to lynchings
as he leaves the room.
COMMUNITY
The flower sees bees
coming and opens petals.
Possibilities.
Plant and insect share alike.
Even as the stem stands still.
Posted in poetry, tagged appreciation, choice, grandchildren, Halloween, humor, imagination, positive attitudes, trick or treat on November 3, 2024| 2 Comments »
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