Early Morning

  • Wake up. Wander.
  • Take your time.
  • Stop.
  • Ponder.
  • Saunter down the road a while.
  • Pause. Wait.
  • Then, navigate a new direction.
  • Never hesitate.
  • Marvel over
  • each
  • and
  • every
  • miraculous
  • moment.

Archive for 'Poetry Friday' Category

Poetry and Music

Apr 23rd, 2010 by Dianne | 2

This week, I’ve been enjoying Natalie Merchant’s CD, LEAVE YOUR SLEEP. One of the song-poems that have been going through my head is “Equestrienne” by Rachel Field. “See, they are clearing the sawdust course For the girl in pink on the milk-white horse…” Find the rest of the poem here. Equestrienne: Poem by Rachel Field, [...]

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Poetry Friday

Apr 15th, 2010 by Dianne | 3

photo credit: Muffet It’s Poetry Friday! A line from this poem cropped up in my memory this week.  Something about the rhythm, not the words, came back. Poetry has a way of doing that, doesn’t it?  The memory of the sound of it can linger in some far dark corner of our minds. So I [...]

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Bloom!

Apr 9th, 2010 by Dianne | 4

I had no idea when I chose my selection for Poetry Friday that the round-up was being hosted by PaperTigers.  It seems providential somehow, that the poem I chose to post (with permission) is one my good friend, Nancy Bo Flood, shared in an email early this morning. By pure coincidence, Nancy was a guest [...]

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Spring in Kelowna

Apr 2nd, 2010 by Dianne | 6

My niece is getting married tomorrow and spring is in the air. The family has flown in from various places, with more arriving later today. Most of us are staying in a beautiful house on a small canal off Okanagan Lake. Family members are chipping in to make sure the day is special. Yesterday, we [...]

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Sailing Ships and Herring Fish, the Moon and the Stars

Mar 25th, 2010 by Dianne | 2

It’s Poetry Friday and Julie Larios/The Drift Record is hosting this week. On the floor beside my computer is a favorite book/poem of childhood, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” by Eugene W. Field. I have vague recollections of someone – my mother, probably – reading it to me.  And another memory of the shoe-shaped sailing ship, [...]

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Blessings at Thanksgiving

Nov 23rd, 2009 by Dianne | 0

photo credit: Randy Son Of Rober Last week, on Poetry Friday, Carol posted “A Thanksgiving Blessing.” I’m reposting here, as I  love the sentiments expressed, especially -  the “warmth of hope rising,” “May we … speak… of our healings and blessings,” and “May we be with each other… in the light of the present.” A [...]

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Poetry Friday: A Book, One Old Elm, Old Bones, and a Question

Nov 20th, 2009 by Dianne | 6

My Poetry Friday offering is a three (poems) -in-one (book) affair: One Book: The Tree that Time Built: a celebration of nature, science and imagination – a beautiful new collection of poems selected by Mary Ann Hoberman (U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate) and Linda Winston. Three Poems: **One Old Elm: I began a mini-unit this week [...]

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Poetry Friday: Cameravision

Jul 31st, 2009 by Dianne | 1

It’s been a busy month away from home, but I am finally back again and on the final countdown for the start of school.   Poetry Friday is a perfect way to ease into the routine.  Today’s offering is a revision of a mask poem I wrote ages ago in a UCLA extension children’s poetry class. [...]

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Sunflowers and More…

Jun 26th, 2009 by Dianne | 5

Some amazing Abecederian poems are posted over at this week’s Poetry Stretch.  Be sure to check them out! Speaking of which, Tricia’s Friday poetry post about sunflowers reminded me of a summer, several years ago, when my family and I spent a week in a Tuscan farmhouse. Sunflowers were in bloom everywhere.  It was lovely. My contribution [...]

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