Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
23 Aug 2015 2 Comments
in August Tags: 35 years, 8/17, 8/23, 8/27, ancestors, Arthur, August, August's fruit, discrete foot, family gatherings, grabs her eyeglasses, grins, new beginnings, new foot, Owen, Owen mimics his Mom, Parent's Anniversary, put it in my mouth, surgery
Owen mimics his Mom; grabs her eyeglasses, and grins. He took 35 years to study this look!
Owen’s Bday: 8/27
Arthur’s Bday: 8/23
Parent’s Anniversary: 8/17
I knew when surgery was scheduled for 8/17 that it would be blessed by my ancestors.
August always brought new beginnings:
school openings, Fall, school assignments, family gatherings…
Today marks a new foot for me;
perhaps I will not “put it in my mouth”any time soon.
Perhaps it’s a discrete foot!
August’s fruit!
22 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Recovery Epicurean Tags: Albany Med was fabulous!, blood thinner, Dr Lasella, friends comforting, Hospital Staff devoted, Ice Pack a la frozen peas, increasing mobility, massage therapist shampooed my hair, potty fulfillment, protecting and nursing me, Recovery Epicurean, Three Toes a la King, Weaning myself from pain meds
Three Toes a la King
Ice Pack a la frozen peas
Albany Med was fabulous!
As was Dr Lasella!
Hospital staff devoted.
Weaning myself from pain meds
Increasing mobility each day
Don doing great protecting and nursing me
Massage therapist shampooed my hair; administered my injection of blood thinner!
Potty fulfillment!
Food balanced!
Friends comforting!
Jeanne
21 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Weaning Tags: by Laura Salas, ibuprofen bits, morphine, oxy, percocet, riverbirch, Weaning
riverbirch by Laura Salas
morphine to oxy
oxy to percocet to
ibuprofen bits
20 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Albany Medical Center Tags: Albany Medical Center, day and night, foot reconstruction, happy juice, nerve block, ortho feats, sixty helpers came and went, to serve the patient patient, tools of surgeon
Albany Medical Center
nerve block, happy juice,
tools of surgeon, ortho feats:
foot reconstruction
sixty helpers came
and went day and night to serve
the patient patient
17 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in light load Tags: design-dautore.com, Have a heavy load?sprout wheels, light load, pump, smile candidly, stack baskets in fan
design-dautore.com
Have a heavy load?
Sprout wheels; stack baskets in fan
Smile candidly-pump!
16 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in Taking the Sacred to Go Tags: Albany Medical Center, breath strength, bring the balance, cairn to go, Spirit leads me, surgery on my foot, Taking the Sacred to Go, the sanctified, trust power within
the sanctified
I’ll take the cairn to
go: bring the balance, breath strength,
trust power within!
Tomorrow I have surgery on my foot
at Albany Medical Center.
Spirit leads me!
15 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: arthritis in brain feet ankles hips, ibupropen chapter, landscape of my bod, sons of arthritis, surrender
posted by Shel Symons
arthritis in brain
in feet, ankles toes and hips:
landscape of my bod!
14 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: 'tilleaves upturn, arf arf, bark for me, bark for you, bark's bark, still climbing trees, viewing souls progress
Still climbing trees
bark for me: arf arf!
bark for you ’til leaves upturn
viewing soul’s progress
13 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Printing Press Tags: 1422, Catherine Johnson's spine poem, Caxtons, first English Printing Press, linguist, Printing Press, Spine Poem of Jeanne Poland's Poetry Books, translator, William Caxton
Catherine Johnson’s spine poem
Spine Poem of Jeanne’s Poetry Books
It’s the birthday of the first man ever to print a book in English, William Caxton, born in Kent, England (1422). He was a wealthy trader and merchant, and also a part-time linguist and translator. He was living in Cologne, Germany, when he translated a book about the history of Troy.
The printing press had been invented about 25 years earlier, but it had only recently started to spread beyond Germany. Caxton realized that the new technology of printing would make the job of distributing his book a lot easier. So instead of copying the book by hand, he printed The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye in 1475.
He eventually went back to England, where he established the first English printing press. He printed all the available English literature, including Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1478). For a long time, people in England called printed books Caxtons.
11 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Joy Tags: axis of earth pedals spokes and seat, axis of joy, cradling toned athlete, handlebars, joy
axis of joy
handlebars: axis
of earth, pedals, spokes, and seat,
cradling toned athlete!
It’s the birthday of poet Louise Bogan,
born in Livermore Falls, Maine (1897).
She said,
“I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering;
surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest
on pure joy!”
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 