Art's Inspiration and Other Fancy Thoughts

Don’t You Know?

You are LoveYou are LightYou are Spirit's expressionYou are goodYou are rightYou are simply amazing!---------------------------------------Don't you know there's nothing bad'bout living life fully,giving your all to what you believe,and being yourself truly?

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Soil of Understanding

Idea buddingtwirled petals delicatePerched upon the tipof tiny thought twigBorne of rising sapand deep roots buriedIn rich soil of understandingAwaiting blossoming...

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Jazz Songs

Jazz Songs

The face there in the leavesof the magnolia treeAnimated by friendly breezessang jazz songswith no more encouragement than thatI expected lightheartedlyfor the tree to drop intoa lively soft shoe

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Tortoise Joy

Little boy...Like the captain of his shipor a slow motion cowboyRode astride the huge tortoisegallumping along half timeWith a grin as bigas his little face would hold

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Light Songs

Her words, like starsfell from her lips to sparkleacross the blanket of skyIn myriad constellationswith tales of braveryand lighthearted frivolity----------------------------------His songs, like the dawningof inumberable daysAwoke birds in their nestsfor a sympony of...

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Earth’s Tears

Earth’s Tears

Cry no morewhen the rains have calledfor even the newest blossoms to fall-------------------------------------------------My cheeks are washedby Earth's tearsShed for all her childrenand even for herself------------------------------------------------Choices made in...

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Open to Receive

Open to Receive

OPEN TO RECEIVEThat man who gives of his heartwas generous right from the startIn kindergarten he watched out for the other kidsAnd still his wife knows how very much he givesYet he won't let anything backHe needs to learn...

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Enter the Circle

Enter the Circle

Enter the circlein a humble waypatting the earthEnter the circleas we join to prayjoining voices togetherFor in the circleon the plane of lifeall are equal, all are familyall are welcomeEnter the circlein the medicine way

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Oh, Perfection…

Little fuzzy caterpillarwas jogging lightly down the branch of his favorite bushHis brow a little mistyhis cheeks a bit pinkAll those little feetin synchronous movement"Like a well oiled machine, " he thoughtThen he tripped on a tiny twigAh, well - so much for...

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Mirror of Mine

Mirror of Mine

A mirror for mesometimes it looks like me there in the glasssometimes it looks like oppositea clashA mirror for youlooks like your past there in the glasslooks like someone else thereAll that glitters cannot mirror for uslike loved ones canAll that shinesis not...

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Spring’s Path

Spring’s Path

Down the lane of sticker busheswhere juicy berries are plentiful in summerjust now tiny buddings appearAnd the path meanders offmuddy and abandonedfor a season or a lifetimetoward the wooded part of my mindWild and overgrown with songin full summer it had beenNow...

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Bear Blessing

Lumbering bearwas slumbering not long agoSticks sensitive snoutin hidden placesSearching out early foodmeanders past nonchalantrespectful disinterestScruffy fur begging to be touchedgrumbly growly intensity says notImagine hugging, heck, ridingaware of muscle and...

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