Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
09 May 2018 2 Comments
in Poetry, Pool Happiness Tags: campaign manager, condo at the Ponds at Fox Run in Lenox, fish, I love you, Nana, nana of the year, Pool Happiness, splashes indoor pool, supper, swim, thunder storm overhead, under the roof, weather a swim
Jeanne’s watercolor of Owen at 3 years old
“I love you, Nana!”
shouts Oliver as he splashes into the indoor pool
for the 100th time
clutching his noodle to buffer his plunge-
to allow him to weather a swim
under the roof
during the thunder storm overhead.
I did indeed
find us a condo at the Ponds at Fox Run in Lenox
which offers him swim, fish, supper
in all kinds of weather.
Perhaps I’ll name him my campaign manager
for my run as “nana of the year!”
08 May 2018 Leave a comment
in Lately, every day's a GPS, Poetry Tags: Belfast, curved roads, dappled leaves, England, estates, every days a GPS, every manspacious skies, French community of nuns, GB, hills, Jacob's ladder, lakes, Lately, Lee, Lenox, literature, May Glory, motto: God Alone, often pleased, ponds, Ponds on Fox Hollow, Stockbridge, symbol for the Daughters of Wisdom, Tanglewood, vales, Western Massachsetts, wild turkeys
the international symbol for the Daughters of Wisdom, a French community of nuns I served in for ten years: 1957-1967
the motto
was “God Alone”
Deus Solus!
I learned to look at the world as She does!
Lately on the roads of Western Massachusetts,
I listen to my GPS
to follow the ribbons of curved roads
through the vales
over the hills
bridging the ponds
edging the lakes
spying the wild turkeys
Tanglewood
Jacob’s pillow
Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge and Great Barrington
Western MASSACHUSETTS
in all its May GLORY !
This state peeled its way from England
and moved west
settling estates by the wealthy
which would be given to every man
of every color
to nurture under our spacious skies
where our GPS looks down
and is often pleased!
(Yesterday I met a woman and man from Ireland. She taught Literature and he, Geography. We will stay in touch so I can learn more about Belfast and we can share the glory of the light coming through the dappled leaves) (from The Ponds on Fox Hollow)
07 May 2018 3 Comments
in call Lenox - talk to Tucson, Poetry Tags: and mysticism, balancing and movement, call Lenox - talk to Tucson, cardio water fitness, caricatures by Jeanne, cool hallways, craft, day spa, dining, elegant Berkshire estate setting, Faye in Tucson, hour massage, Music, outdoor options, Premium Outlets, privacy friendliness, program Advisors, pumpkin cheese cake, surrounded by art, whole health renewal
photo by Jeanne of caricatures by Jeanne 5/6/2018
Program Advisors
elegant Berkshire estate setting
called to me
for a day spa experience
in whole health renewal
I phoned Lenox
but spoke to Faye in Tucson
who led me to the Premium Outlets in Lee
and the exercise attire I needed for my activities.
They were phenomenal:
dining
cardio water fitness
balancing and movement
and a hour massage.
In between
I walked the cool dry hallways
and viewed the outdoor options.
privacy and friendliness were everywhere
as I navigated for the first time.
surrounded by art,
music,
craft,
and mysticism!
pumpkin cheese cake
06 May 2018 Leave a comment
in Full Length Mirror, Poetry Tags: flat unworn panties, Full Length Mirror, gravity, grounded, in 90 degree heat.locking in every curve, mirror squawks, molded bra, nipples looking down, sigh, taming the gravity bumps, try finding a bra to secure 4 breasts, wind it round
photo by Jeanne
Full Length Mirror
Try finding the bra
To secure 4 breasts
(Including those on my back of 77 years).
Try hooking the back before
I wind it round
In 90 degree heat
locking in every curve of my body,
taming in all the gravity bumps.
The package in the full length
mirror squawks
gone is the disembodied molded bra
the flat unworn panties in 2 dimensions
Sigh!
Gravity endeavors to touch my toes
nipples looking down
I’m grounded.
The full length mirrored flight
is not for me.
I’m going with touch!
Waving to the rhythm
of the waves
doing my hula
blissfully!
05 May 2018 Leave a comment
in Poetry, the day we lost the power Tags: 5/4/2018, between 2 thunderstorms, divine and astral, electric died, grounded in marble, indoor pool, Lenox MA photoby Owen, other dimensions, space, tastes, the day we lost the power, the rocks of westinghouse, touch scent sounds smells
the man-made pond at Fox Hill made from local granite in Lenox, MA-photo by Owen Poland 5/4/2018 The Westinghouse Estate
the power went
between 2 thunderstorms;
the first while we played in the indoor pool
the second when the electric died
at 9:30PM.
I switched to touch
and pondered the power
that I still had:
in touch, scent, sounds, smells,
and tastes
and in other dimensions
divine and astral.
I saw into space
my feet grounded in marble
and the rocks of Westinghouse.
04 May 2018 1 Comment
in Poetry, Reflections on Job Tags: a walk in the wilderness, blind in the dark, rediated in the sun, Reflections to come, trusting in a mystery, trusting in the glory to come, without justice
Living in the Now: art by Jeanne
Everyday is a walk in the wilderness
without justice
trusting in a mystery
blind in the dark
radiated in the sun
trusting
in the glory
to come
03 May 2018 1 Comment
in Namesake:QUICKSILVER, Poetry Tags: avengers, blue, cold, flairs up, frozen, hard to animate silver, keeping company, lightning speed, Namesake: QUICKSILVER, plummets, super hero, translates as mercury
quicksilver, the super hero keeping company with the Avengers
apparently, it’s very hard to animate silver as it flashes by.
It looks frozen, blue, cold, and actually, translates as mercury,
as in, flairs up and then plummets back with lightning speed!
02 May 2018 Leave a comment
in in the mouse, Poetry Tags: abouts, house, in the mouse, louse, outs, sprouts
in the mouse
In the house
I found a mouse
in the mouse
I found a louse
in the louse
I found some sprouts
in the sprouts
I found abouts
many ins and outs
01 May 2018 Leave a comment
in Listening is my Benediction, Poetry Tags: a-jeanne-da, analy-sis, honor, imagi-nation, learning, listen, Listening is my Benediction, student, teach-er
Listening is my Benediction
Instead of my own a-jeanne-da
I’ll listen.
Instead of imagi-nation
I’ll listen.
Instead of analy-sis
I’ll listen.
Instead of teach-er
I’ll listen.
Exit the teacher
enter the student
open to learning
open to honoring you.
30 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in blessings, Poetry Tags: art by Walter Koessler, blessings, blue toe, burning your retina, fires in the night, flckering on chest hairs, frozen channels, puff out dragon breath, scurry, snowflakes, swallow a burning sword, tears in your eyes, tempting you, the laughter of God, wafting up genie smoke, wet your pants
art by Walter Koessler
Blessings
blessings fall like snowflakes in your eyes
bring tears
create frozen channels on your breast
wet your pants in embarrassing places
and scurry to your feet
giving you blue toe.
blessings keep you grateful like fires
in the night
flickering on your chest hairs,
burning in your retina
wafting up genie smoke toward the sky
tempting you to make a wish,
swallow a burning sword
and puff out dragon breath.
beware the death of the blessing
instead hear in the distance
the laughter of God
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 