Inspired by Sadje’s What do you see #127
this gift
like you, beautiful
is so precious
this offering
like you, cut
won’t last long
this bounty
like you, overflowing
touches our hearts eternally
*NOTE – Anyone who recognizes the song below, you’re dating yourself. 😉
Here’s one for the younger crowd. lol
Jazz
Jazz, voice music
swinging me smooth
giving me now
Words From a Dream
In the coolness of the day
when the evening sun goes down
There I will take my rest
when I hear the Robin sing
it’s the sign of Spring
My thoughts drift to you and
the love we knew
Love You
I love you more than words can say
I love you in a grand way
It’s beyond love, my passion for you
There is nothing I wouldn’t do to prove my love is true
~~~
Sylvia Simmons, a retired public affairs specialist, began writing poetry in her teenage years. As founder and president of SiHoWa Publishing, she authored Feelings Collection, three novels: Anything but Love, An Affair with a Stranger, and Beyond Love. And, A Cancer Survivor’s Journal – The Longest Day of My Life. This is Sylvia’s first feature on The Short of It.
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Redux
Roughly translated from German:
Music is love.
It can laugh with me.
It can cry with me.
It can bring together what was once separated.
Music can tell me what lips are afraid to say.
Music can bring back what I lost.
Music alone therefore is chosen.
Margarete Kernbach is my grandmother on my mother’s side. I found this parchment with her words following my mother’s death in 2012. It was among the things she left behind, very simply preserved in a plastic frame. I never knew my Oma wrote poetry. Nor do I know if this was the only poem or if there were ever any other writings by her. I only know of this one.
Discovering this little poem ties me to my grandmother in a profound way, at least for me it does. Not that I realized it at that moment though. I…
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anticipation
performance about to start
show for all ages
It was so easy to get swept up in the emotions of each of these pieces describing life, living and loss. The accompanying music video to Ivor’s piece is such a complement to both poems. May you experience a rich fullness reading and listening to the music as I did.
Grief is a powerful feeling
They say it has seven stages
I don’t know about that
But I strongly believe
That grief is like the waves,
In a turbulent sea.
It comes and goes
But it sustains, In a never-ending manner.
It grips your heart,
Forces you to have Ups and downs
Over and over again.
It creates new wounds
But often, grief rips open
Old healed wounds too.
No matter how hard you try,
You can’t run away,
From its clutches
Grief will always find you
Though it might take a while,
It will eventually hit you With an impact worse
Than a ground-shattering earthquake, or,
Even an ear-splitting thunderstorm.
Grief is like a sharp knife,
That’s permanently
lodged In your heart,
That twists painfully, each time
A familiar memory washes over you.
It comes and goes,
With varying intensities
Just like the waves in the sea.
No matter how hard you run,
Grief is hard to shake off
Existence and Renewal by Ivor Steven
Keep your cup full
Turn the power on
Follow the moonlight
Fall across the lawn
Heed her call at dawn
“Life is a marathon”
The renewal of nature
Leaves footprints upon desert sands
And with His hand in Her hand
Existence grows from our lands
~*~*~
wish i hadn’t lost my right glove
hopefully the last string won’t break
the sun’s going down
only one dollar so far
please don’t make me sing
why is my left leg so big
~*~*~
we give our best to the world
musicians, art, writers and dancers
coloring it beautiful
Please go check out the rest of her paintings. She is A.MAZ.ING!!
the ripples of love
echoing within us
resemble the melody
of a good song
one felt deeply
and in each cell
of our being
touching
caressing
inviting
opening
flooding
… our senses
filling us with an excited calm
expanding our knowing
of the joy in being together
the price paid for love
is a release into it passionately
with purpose and commitment
fulfilling the needs freely
understanding your partner
it leads us to intensity and happiness
this pursued connection
forged in needing bliss for ourselves
this profound reward we seek eternally
the ocean song calls
swinging hips, walking wildly
making deep footprints
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Inspired by Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Alive – 2/3/2020
blond hair
blue eyes
cute european girl
sweet sixteen
dancing free
and feeling alive
life fantastic
dreams unending
beginning of her
**Side note – it seems funny to me the original video isn’t “alive” at all! Actually, sort of boring! LOL
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