When poetry lives in your heart
there is so much love to impart
the imagination grows
like cherry blossoms in the spring
but your muse will never know
how divine His work of art
and how many souls began to sing.
One line will not fall apart
and forever will be remembered
Life is poetry; and poetry is life, my friend!
The rhymes, metaphors and meter
will stay with us until the end.
The spirit, the truth
of silent prayer –
just the moon on the road.
-Kikusha-Ni
This poem says so much in such few words. I recently posted a video, “A Prayer For Us All” on my YouTube channel that focuses on prayer and meditation during this difficult time for so many. Silent prayer and stillness has never been more needed. I invite you to watch and please leave a prayer wish in the comments section. I plan to post many more uplifting videos so please subscribe as well.
I stopped watching the daily reports of the death tolls as a result of COVID-19. It simply saddened me too much. Prayer is needed more than ever. Prayer to me means voicing what is in your heart. It means that I am somehow in communion with other voices that are expressing the same needs, fears, and pain.
I thank God everyday for keeping my family and friends safe. I pray for sanity and peace across our nation. Prayers awaken us and helps us to be more aware no matter how painful it might be,
So, I want to thank my fellow bloggers for posting uplifting messages and providing such wonderful content. Be safe and God bless.
A heavy cart rumbles by
and the peonies quiver
the landscape whispers
Exotic and luscious
red grapes cuddle
Be you uniquely
One of a kind forever
A lotus blossoms
Photo by Melba Christie (c) 2012
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.”
“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
“If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.” –Thomas Merton
“I am very happy, very enchanted … for I am surrounded here by everything I love… My desire would be to stay just like this forever, in a quiet corner of nature. –Claude Monet
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly. “One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” –Hans Christian Anderson
I should have been an opera singer,
like my daddy said
I should have been an opera singer,
but now I am a poet instead
Don’t get me wrong I could hit
those high notes as high
as any of the best
but to write a poem a day
has been the greatest test.
I love Nessum Dorma
Pavarotti’s version though
it always makes me cry
perhaps it is
because I know
the meaning of the word Vincerò!
I really should have been an opera singer
like my daddy said
but I decided to be a poet instead
and by the way a teacher too.
Poetry is a beautiful thing
Poetry is life.
I try to make my words mean something
and sometimes when I am lucky
the right words come in
so I hope someone to motivate
somebody to grab their Gibson guitar
and make the words just sing.
I could have been an opera singer,
like my daddy said
but I want to write poems
for the rest of my life instead.
So the next time
you hear my favorite aria
“Nessum Dorma”
you might just think of me
and what I was supposed to be.
I could have been an opera singer
like my daddy said
but I chose to be a poet instead
and I hope I am a good one
and get into your head.
When we listen
we can hear the unspoken words
of the sages of the future
when we listen
the songs of the crickets
are meant to heal our souls
when we listen
we can decipher
the secret whispers
of the butterflies
Photo by Melba Christie
When we listen
we can hear
the heart strings of a young lover
strumming like an acoustic guitar
when we listen
we can hear
the harp of our soul
playing an opus
to help us become
more aware of who we are
when we listen
there’s no telling
what sounds will resonate
to help us appreciate
the life we take for granted
all the more.
Poems can be songs
Songs can be poems
keep either in your
heart forever
you never know when
you might need one.
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