Lone Star
My establishment of boundaries is still a new thing to be reckon with but don’t be fooled by the novelty of it all; they’re not budging ever again. I’ve set them as boldly and unyielding as the lone star state … Continue reading
Tag Archives: poetry
This Black & White Exhibit
…and for the color threads weaved from within, far more intertwined than we can imagine, bending, accentuating and lasting for years to come. So intertwined we look like one, we moved forward as one and become an integrated part of one another’s … Continue reading
Next Steps
next steps. these kicks and how harmonious your earthy tones look with this scene. i love how understated you are. take it easy; you deserve a moment of rest until we hit the road again. let’s team up, for the … Continue reading
Make It Something Beautiful
Well, here we are in our idiosyncrasies and in our rareness…an am dedicated to sketching and painting our gratitude and a little stretching outdoors under the sun. Gratitude in every moment and every way…feeling full.
Where Rivers Meet.
All the water below me came from above. All the clouds living in the mountains gave it to the rivers, who gave it to the sea, which was their dying. -David Whyte
Artists of Life
Finally I sawthat worrying had come to nothing.And gave it up.And took my old bodyand went out into the morningand sang. -Mary Oliver Not only does this poet priestess stop me in my tracks to reconnect and ground in a … Continue reading
These Are the Days
“These are the days that must happen to you.” -Walt Whitman
Lay Waste
“Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers – but like lemmings running headlong to the sea, we are oblivious.” – William Wordsworth. Wordsworth chronicles his spiritual life, his views on his craft and place in the world in his … Continue reading
Invictus
Out of the night that covers meBlack as the pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance,I have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is … Continue reading
Listen to the Mustn’ts
Listen to Mustn’ts, child, listen to the Don’ts.Listen to the Shouldn’ts, the Impossibles, the Won’ts.Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me.Anything can happen, child, Anything can be. -Shel Silverstein
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