05 May 2020
by jeannepoland
in Infection, Poetry
Tags: Blue Grass Parkway, cat, catty-corner, coming home, Drift away!, flags fly, gospel music, heaven, in the universal joint, Infection, Jesus infection, Jesus is near, kingdom of thr free, leaning on the everlasting arms, living in the sunlight, Maxine Cumin, on a hairpin turn, so easy to be happy after the sunrise, throw out the lifeline, to be washed in the crimson flood, treat your dog kindly, Ye come with me
The Jesus Infection
by Maxine Kumin
Jesus is with me
on the Blue Grass Parkway going eastbound.
He is with me
on the old Harrodsburg Road coming home.
I am listening
to country gospel music
in the borrowed Subaru.
The gas pedal
and the words
leap to the music.
O throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away.
Flags fly up in my mind
without my knowing
where they’ve been lying furled
and I am happy
living in the sunlight
where Jesus is near.
A man is driving his polled Herefords
across the gleanings of a cornfield
while I am bound for the kingdom of the free.
At the little trestle bridge that has no railing
I see that I won’t have to cross Jordan alone.
Signposts every mile exhort me
to Get Right With God
and I move over.
There’s a neon message blazing
at the crossroad
catty-corner to the Burger Queen:
Ye Come With Me.
It is well with my soul, Jesus?
It sounds so easy
to be happy after the sunrise,
to be washed in the crimson flood.
Now I am tailgating
and I read a bumper sticker
on a Ford truck full of Poland Chinas.
It says: Honk If You Know Jesus
and I do it.
My sound blats out for miles
behind the pigsqueal
and it’s catching in the front end,
in the axle,
in the universal joint,
this rich contagion.
We are going down the valley on a hairpin turn,
the swine and me, we’re breakneck in
we’re leaning on
the everlasting arms.
“The Jesus Infection” by Maxine Kumin from Selected Poems: 1960-1990. W. W. Norton © 1997.
03 May 2020
by jeannepoland
in Poetry, the fighting spirit
Tags: a trinity, don't fence me in, dream catcher, fight to beat pandemic, life infinity, mask guards lungs, my pace, pass you by, social distance, the fighting spirit, virus 19, water soap complience
the dream catcher takes your dreams and wages battle
give me space
lots of space
so I can do my pace
don’t fence me in…
virus 19
my mask guards lungs
my social distances
pass you by
water, soap, compliance,
make a trinity
a fight to beat pandemic
life – infinity!
01 May 2020
by jeannepoland
in nature's masks, Poetry
Tags: /?fbclid=IwAR3rXqjUG53Y4huX4oAqMGtQx2EHIRgzH7TPySeJbkaWnw5gKkK2j_AVLoQ, Butterfly flutt'ring for you and me?, https://www.nicholewade.com, keeps a squirrel in the race?, mushrooms -thick and thin skinned?, Nature's delight in the Spring!, nature's masks, Nicole Wade Illustration, oak leaves that rustle in the wind?, One sole thing makes all masks sing, what makes smile on fox's face?, woodpecker rapping in a tree?
Nicole Wade: Illustrations
Nature’s Masks
what makes the smile on fox’s face?
what keeps a squirrel in the race?
woodpecker rapping on the tree?
butterfly flutt’ring for you and me?
oak leaves that rustle in the wind?
mushrooms- thick and thin skinned?
One sole thing makes all masks sing:
Nature’s delight in the Spring!
https://www.nicholewade.com/?fbclid=IwAR3rXqjUG53Y4huX4oAqMGtQx2EHIRgzH7TPySeJbkaWnw5gKkK2j_AVLoQ
30 Apr 2020
by jeannepoland
in destiny vs fate, Poetry
Tags: Caroline Myss, choice, Crossroads, destiny vs fate, Geneen Roth, give up, mystical elements, relinquish to the circumstances around you, soul time, transformation, Video, write the end of your dtory, you did not anticipate, your soul takes care of
If there was ever a time to talk about fate and destiny it’s now. Transformation always goes with choice. And choice puts a person at a crossroads between their fate and destiny which are two profound mystical elements in life. Fate is when you relinquish your power of choice to the circumstances around you. When you give up. Destiny is when in that moment you write the end of your story. Destiny always leads you to a path you did not anticipate. It always leads you into the world your soul takes charge of.
Caroline Myss
https://www.myss.com/fate-destiny-video/
28 Apr 2020
by jeannepoland
in Poetry, quandary
Tags: caught in the chaos, divine inspiration, endless list of medical visits, essential task, face time, friends, give away, grandchildren, groceries, hand calligraphy, holy touch, Jeanne's latest book, laundry, make the scripture louder, masks, meditate furthur, Music, pandemic, quandary, sacred communiques, sticking to priorities, Sunday's sermon, text, vacuum, Video, vulnerable neighbors
Jeanne’s latest book with her caught in the chaos of sticking to priorities
A quandary sent to my pastor this am in response to her text for Sunday’s sermon:
Hi my favorite priest!
Every day I look forward to your sacred communiques!
And I have to prioritize:
1 Do I do a hand calligraphy of the sacred scripture to frame and give away? or
2 Do I meditate further on the proper of the Sunday Mass as presented with music, video, text and divine inspiration? or
3 Do I attend to an endless list of medical follow ups for both Don and I? or
4 Do laundry, vacuum, shop for groceries, cook or attend to household chores? or
5 Do I face-time my grown children, sister, brothers, vulnerable neighbors and friends, and grandchildren?
Sometimes the pandemic cuts through with immediate needs.
Do we have the correct masks?
Is planting flowers for mother’s day an essential task?
You make the scripture louder than everything else as it should be.
Thank you for your holy touch.
Jeanne
26 Apr 2020
by jeannepoland
in madness in the spring, Poetry
Tags: A Little Madness in the Spring, a little madness is wholesome, as if it were his own, by Emily Dickinson, God be with the clown, madness in the spring, public domain, the Experiment of green, whoponders this tremendous scene
poppy in a field
A little Madness in the Spring
by Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown—
Who ponders this tremendous scene—
This whole Experiment of Green—
As if it were his own!
“A little Madness in the Spring…” by Emily Dickinson. Public domain.
24 Apr 2020
by jeannepoland
in Poetry, Tara is already here...
Tags: a body of green light, cast your care on the lover of your soul, Christ Church, comes to our assistance, cry, Fidelis, God will never leave us, Guardian Angel, Let God cover you and keep you warm, Let Peace sweep over you, mantra, Mother Eileen, near as our next breath, right foot forward=readiness, Salvatore, scream, shake your fist, Tara is already here..., visualize, we are never alone
this jpg of Tara was sent to me from Mother Eileen , my pastor at Christ Church
Tara appears in a beautiful, subtle body of green light, and she appears with her right foot forward. That right foot forward symbolizes that she’s ready to come the minute you think of her. In the tradition, the idea is that Tara is already here, but if we’re not thinking of her, we don’t really know that. When we think of her … we might say her mantra, we might visualize her … then she’s instantaneously ready to come to our assistance.
The truth is that we are never truly alone. God is as near as our next breath, and God has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. So when you feel hopeless, cast your care on Jesus, the lover of our souls. Cry, scream, shake your fist if you must! It’s okay. God can take it. And then sit quietly and let the Peace of God, which passes understanding, sweep over you. Let God cover you as a mother bird’s wings cover her chick’s and protect them and keep them warm.
At this time I need Tara to watch over my daughter’s cat, Salvatore, who is critically ill during the pandemic. In the photo below, he is the cat on the right.
I have also created images of Salvatore’s cat guardian angel who never leaves his side:
Fidelis
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