Come with me now! It’s time to start!
Don’t hesitate! Just take a chance
And join life’s never-ending dance–
One step onto your path of art!
You have a purpose and a part
To play upon the grandest stage.
You are a book, an author’s page!
And yet you write the story told;
You play the part as you unfold.
It’s now your time, your place, your age!
—
Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 47: (START) in the A rhyme line.
This is a companion poem to
How Perfect?
When we don’t understand our mechanics,
Our reaction is worry and panic!
We can learn all the facts,
Yet feel hurt by the lack
Of compassion that others have granted!
When the room of our mind is in shambles,
We must rid ourselves quick of the brambles!
If the brush starts a fire,
It can turn off desire,
Til we can’t take a chance or a gamble!
—
A Limerick written for
#Threethingschallenge #528.
How perfect do we need to be
To share the yearning in our hearts?
If we don’t give, we can’t receive…
How perfect do we need to be?
A life expert? There’s no such thing!
So do not cower! Play your part!
How perfect do we need to be
To share the yearning in our hearts?
—
A Triolet written for
#Threethingschallenge #523.
We notice great change
made over long periods,
yet hours pass softly…
And we change, even slightly,
with each moment that has gone!
—
Another Tanka, this one written for
#Threethingschallenge #520.
Music therapy–
Modern use of ancient ways.
Sing and play to heal!
Surround yourself with Music,
The Universal Language!
—
A Tanka, though without a nature reference, written for
#Threethingschallenge #519.
This song began as a poem I wrote, probably in 2002. Originally it had only 2 stanzas.
In 2003 I composed the music on a small harp. In my original accompaniment, the voice and harp were in unison, both carrying the melody. Last year I added verses 3 and 4, and wrote the descant accompaniment you hear while I sing.
Creative works, like people, can and do evolve!
I hope you enjoy “Knowledge and Love” with lyre accompaniment!
1. Knowledge is what helps us grow through the years.
It tells us some things can’t be true.
Love is what keeps us strong.
Hold it all the day long,
Showing your life as the proof.
2. Knowledge may disappear time and again,
But of this we all can be sure.
Love makes no other claim,
Simply that it remains,
Infinite Life evermore.
3. “Knowledge is power,” they say. And it is.
But not all the mind can conceive.
Love is the Pow’r of Life,
Making the Spirit bright.
Ask, and you shall receive!
4. Love is within you, and knowledge is, too!
They come from the Life of the One.
Present within your mind,
God is the One you find.
Love is his Will ever done.
Repeat 1.
O come and look right through my skin
With eyes of otherworldly grace;
You’ll see our Essence in this face,
Inviting you to look within!
Kaleidoscope of time and place
Where future, past and present curl.
It’s yours and mine. Just give a whirl!
Let’s move beyond our circumstance!
Uncomfortable, yet here’s a chance
To let our tenderness unfurl!
—
Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 45: (WHIRL) in the C rhyme line,
#Threethingschallenge #512,
and
#SixSentenceStories: Kaleidoscope.
I went out to the hazel wood, because a Fire was in my head.* What to do… What to do…
It was the Fire of Life, of Light, of Love. I had internalized the Fire, because it was as yet unshared. How could I use it to warm others? I must have something needed, even if I’m not conscious of its Presence.
I took a walk in nature to open my mind, expand my heart, and refresh my soul. I know the answer resides deep within me. That Something I have, needed by others, becomes clear.
I returned from the hazel wood, because a Fire was in my Heart! And I went on with my life, changed and aware, to spread the warmth of the Fire within!
—
127 words for
dVerse Prosery,
using the starred line by William Butler Yeats.
Inquisitive bird
Beckons to reality
My soul awakens.
Deep within myself I ask,
“What is my reality?”
—
A Tanka written for
#Threethingschallenge #511.
Mystical Strings 
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