The Vibrant Channeled Creator

Bird Ankles

02 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Bird Ankles, Poetry Tags: beak to grasp, Bird Ankles, Elizabeth Stanton, eyes to capture vital gems, stilts for feathers, wings to soar

Owl Bird Ankles

sketch by Elizabeth Stanton

stilts for feathers, wings

to soar, beak to grasp, eyes to

capture vital gems

Terror

01 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry, Terror Tags: heart of terror, long-cherished beliefs about control, naked, raw What-is-the-meaning -of-life-anguish, sense of powerlessness, Sheri Holman, Terror

dragonfly

Sheri Holman

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“Spending time on the pediatric cancer ward

among dead and dying children

will make you question just about everything you’ve ever held to be true,” she said.

“Especially long-cherished beliefs about control;

the ability to choose correctly and thus guarantee a good outcome for your life.

This sense of powerlessness —

not the delicious, tingly vampire-novel chills, or the kind of sexy-scared way we feel when we’re falling in love —

but naked, raw What-is-the-Meaning-of-Life anguish,

is at the heart of terror for me.”

I need to see my grandchildren grow

31 May 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in I need to see my grandchildren grow, Poetry Tags: bike, creative, curiosity, dropping seeds, every week, flashing light, Fun, grandmother, I need to see my grandchildren grow, love-rays, loyalty, quicksilver lady, respect, spin things

AnnikaChef

Annika Chef ready to grill

Every week
I need to see my grandchildren grow

To know
They have a grandmother such as I

Pie-in-the-sky
Creative quicksilver lady dropping seeds

With needs
Built in for curiosity, loyalty, respect and fun

To run
And bike and spin things-flashing light shining love-rays

Every week.

Moment

30 May 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Moment, Poetry Tags: bellow, found treasure, illuminating research, iPhone6+, library of life, Moment, personal memory stacks, whisper

quietVoicesinthelibrary

iPhone6+ shot of poster in my library

Choose to whisper

bellow

each found treasure

illuminating research

the

library of life:

your personal memory stacks.

What Can You Do For Your Country?

29 May 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry, What Can You Do For Your Country? Tags: flag, JohnFKennedy, never ending generosity, trauma affects the entire human organism, What Can You Do For Your Country?

Fighting for your country

folds into your whole organic make-up.

It requires a never ending generosity,

a dedication of spirit.

John F Kennedy

In his inauguration speech, President Kennedy said: “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Messages

28 May 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Messages, Poetry Tags: drifting thru clouds, I ran with my daughter and son on line, iconography, in messages clothed in balloons, Messages, Ratta Mahatta, stroking my family shoulder, Thilda May Swenson, with enduring affection, wordplay

art by Ratta Mahatta

Last night

I ran with my son and daughter

on line

in messages clothed in balloons

drifting thru clouds

stroking my family shoulder

with enduring affection.

Thilda May Swenson

Swenson is best known for her exuberant, adventurous wordplay. She’s credited with inventing the “iconography” style, in which the lines of the poem are shaped to create images relating to the poem’s content. For instance, her poem “The Lowering,” written as a memorial for Robert F. Kennedy, is in the shape of a folded flag.