Please excuse my tardiness

Occasionally I stray

Emerging once the visions pass–

Till then I’m far away

Residing in that mystic place

You find in rhyme and play

*I’m delighted to be featured in this month’s Two Pentacles newsletter–and you can be too! You will also find great ideas for waking up your muse.

http://www.twopentacles.com

Why not take a peek?*

Response

by Joan Myles

almost a whisper

can you hear it

a child’s voice

obscured by time

overgrown with aging vines

listen

she’s singing

sweet and giddy

singing my name

and I’m opening

myself

to sing along

breathe

mist

and morning

and air

breathe deep

feet reach down

into the grass the earth

plant themselves true as trees

breathe

hands reach out reach up

into air into sky into forever

open to receive

open to bestow

breathe deep

thought waits

open as the air

steady as the earth

a ready spark

breathe

* Dancing with Emily Dickenson 2; from One Glittering Wing, copyright 2020 by Joan Myles*

the air gathers itselfeven as I gather my thoughts

slowly
awaiting fullness

the promise of rain
of words

child of the meadow dances

alive with morning light

awake to brimming breathing things

reborn with passing night

child of the meadow glances

with sudden searing sight

peers into worlds of wondrous wings

perceiving fancy’s flight

child of the meadow trances

inspire as they ignite

imagination dazzling

each moment with delight

Wonder dangles by a thread–

cleansing rain on daffodil

swift gusts of fancy wild and still

moments in my silent head

*My thoughts are full of this amazing and compassionate man today, so I must share a bit about him. He delivered our youngest child in 1989–at our tiny house in Affton. Such a blessing!*

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/obituaries/dr-fred-duhart-home-birth-pioneer/article_7fc40ca9-37d1-5f49-b55b-179ea646749e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

paint me with shadow’s

whispered essence

whimsical

airy

LIfe

sketch me withfirelight’s

flickering dreams

energized

pulsing

love

One

honors

each of us

even as we

honor each other