October 2011 – Page 2

October 13, 2011October 13, 2011

Creation With Fire

Iridescent quality of the
incandescence of burning hot
flames tended to in the oven
to breathe life in an effort
becoming, evolving, creating

Reminiscent now of the epitaph
cold to the touch once burning
brightly but now on a granite
headstone quiet in a graveyard
resting ‘neath a tree on a hill

Brilliantly colored and glazed
once held in hands turned on the
potter’s wheel made hard in the
fire baked to perfection holding
bread on someone’s supper table

Mirror brilliant reflecting images
back to the viewer once held by
glass maker’s hands to blow air
within, the heat not breaking, now
viewed in awe in the shop window

White hot the flames fly a shower
of sparks threatening to burn the
artist’s hands ever-present seeking
solace in the knowing that fire is
creation to images unfolding within

October 11, 2011October 12, 2011

The Versatile Blogger Award

Versatile Blogger Award

A visitor to my blog has nominated me for The Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you so much to Gayle Walters Rose at http://bodhirose.wordpress.com. She is always so very gracious and has paid me many fine compliments regarding my writing. This is the first time I have been nominated for an award and I am truly humbled. Thank you Gayle!

Thank the person who gave you this award and link back to his/her blog.
Next nominate 15 bloggers for this award and notify them about the nomination.
Finally, tell readers seven things about yourself

The following bloggers I feel deserve this nomination without a doubt.

1) Amy Barlow Libatore http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com

2) Becca Givens http://beccagivens.wordpress.com

3) Bren http://daydreamertoo.com

4) EarlyBird http://mangetoutetc.wordpress.com

5) Elizabeth http://1sojournal.wordpress.com/

6) Lady Nimue http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/

7) Marja http://dutchcorner.blogspot.com

8/ Mike Patrick http://thepoetsquill.wordpress.com

9) Pamela http://wordsandthoughtspjs.wordpress.com

10) Pat Cegan http://patcegan.wordpress.com

11) Sarah http://sarsm.wordpress.com

12) Trisha http://sharmishthabasu.wordpress.com

13) Viv http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com

14) Sue http://suedreamwalker.wordpress.com

It might be a little more difficult to tell even seven things about me but I will give it a whirl.

1) I have five adult children and 13 grandchildren (this not counting the newly acquired ones due to my two oldest children’s new significant others…that would be about 9 more)

2) My passion other than writing is music. I play the piano but am very rusty.

3) I’ve sung in performing choruses and choirs and did the occasional solo in church and all this years past.

4) Over the years I’ve done walks/runs for various good causes to raise money such as the March of Dimes, AIDS, Heart Walk, and recently Lupus for my daughter

5) I am a ‘Jill’ of many things and over the past seven years have done much ‘to do’ things on my house (lately with the help of my daughter and son-in-law and early on with my oldest daughter and sons). Climbing 23 foot ladders I have decided is not my forte. I did to paint the trim and won’t again.

6) I graduated from a local university with a degree in Sociology and did a year of graduate study at a seminary in Berkeley CA…began at the age of 35.

7) I really do not like computers at all and have had to figure most of the Blog thing out on my own but it serves a wonderful purpose and that is to be able to do what I love and to connect with others who have the same passion.

October 9, 2011October 9, 2011

Fragrance of Words

Words fragrant with meaning, layered
edges sometimes jagged enough to cut
leaving wounds behind nearly visible
edges sometimes smooth as glass open
to reveal emotions wrought infinite

Fall leaves piled in driveways and
gutters smelling of mildew and the
mustiness found in old homes years
neglected left with windows shuttered
leaving stories behind collected, untold

Dried flowers still hanging upside down
pressed inside the pages of a forgotten
book with the scent of roses given from
a beau timeless or a casket life ending
riding waves of memories love and loss

Candles burning the aroma of vanilla in
baked goods a reminder of families in
celebration of holidays or the acrid
odor of sulphur the match blown out and
the candle snuffed ending another era

October 1, 2011February 29, 2012

Angels Incoming

$Windstorm_fractal_wallpaper$ Imagine airwaves filled with energy
amazing light the aura of a rainbow
imagine dreams coming true and a
destiny fulfilled pure as creation
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

Imagine all this energy holding the
radiance of calm and healing to be
with a sick child in a hospital room
holding the hand of grieving parents
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

Imagine hope given freely and comfort
to those in poverty barely living and
those walking the streets without any
home to go to, wrapped warm and fed
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

Imagine peace amongst warring nations
with people held in the grip of pain
death surrounding them and threatening
to take them walking heads held proud
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

Imagine lands with disease caused by
catastrophic storms where hope seems to
abandon and no future seems left open
now rebuilding, surviving, planning
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

Imagine airwaves filled with energy
amazing light the aura of a rainbow
imagine dreams coming true and a
destiny fulfilled pure as creation
you have imagined ‘Angels Incoming’

My oldest daughter has struggled so with her Lupus and continues to rise above when others would have long given up and my youngest daughter somehow is still here after being in an accident that could have taken her life or worse and she is still here and well. Sometimes it is difficult to Not Believe that there is something more, something beyond all comprehension. I, for one, believe in the possibility.