Notes found on the refrigerator October 2017
Contemporary Poetry has un-cuffed many creative minds
As the tide washes the shore with an ever-changing sea
As the ships sail away with Shakespeare and Yeats
Leaving us with Ferlinghetti*
“… Ferlinghetti, felt strongly that art should be accessible to all people, not just a handful of highly educated intellectuals”.
*****
A storm is coming! What shall we do?
Where should we go?
“Go home!
Take care of things.
–Then safely and honorably leave.
—Settle in where you are now
Away from the path of the storm”.
A path we both have weaved
Crumbling— flooding— grabbing
The unborn, above the Holy indiscriminate stream.
A storm is coming! What shall we do?
Where should we go?
Let us follow our hearts
And mind
With the light of our soul.
*****
When your heart and mind are in tune*
being Holy is being human.
*Tuning is the experiences between right and wrong
Celebrated and balanced without guilt or animosity.
*****
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Gillena Cox
November 20, 2017 at 11:10 am
Monday WRites 132 is live, i invite you to link in
much love…
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Gillena Cox
November 20, 2017 at 11:10 am
Your 2 closing lines are just so very wonderful
much love…
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hypercryptical
November 20, 2017 at 10:34 am
Love your wise close – and your other words too.
Anna :o]
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
November 20, 2017 at 10:25 am
I wonder if we as poets can really resonate well with Ferlinghetti… there is an elitism in words
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annell4
November 20, 2017 at 9:27 am
I think of, “moon over heart,” when the light is dim, the light of the moon with light the way. May it always be so.
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Rall
November 20, 2017 at 8:58 am
Being Holy is being human….which type of human are referring to? I think Cro Magnon and neanderthal man were probably closer to being Holy than modern day humans. 🙂
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sanaarizvi
November 20, 2017 at 5:24 am
Love this especially; “When your heart and mind are in tune* being Holy is being human.” 🙂
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Sumana Roy
November 20, 2017 at 1:18 am
Yes, turning to the Inner One.
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Paul F. Lenzi
November 19, 2017 at 10:34 pm
we all make our own weather
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Susan Chast
November 19, 2017 at 8:59 pm
To be together in the storm is to follow heart and mind, I concur. It’s a decision of a lifetime or two. A delightful read.
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thotpurge
November 19, 2017 at 8:40 pm
Must look up this wise Ferlinghetti!!!
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Sherry Blue Sky
November 19, 2017 at 6:54 pm
“Let us follow our hearts and mind with the light of our soul.” Cant think of any better advice!
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1sojournal
November 19, 2017 at 6:43 pm
There is a certain acceptance when one is at home in ones own skin,
Elizabeth
https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2017/11/19/monkey-business-in-moonlight/
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Donna@LivingFromHappiness
November 19, 2017 at 6:17 pm
These are wonderful…they all seem to build on each other and end with that last wonderful stanza….love it!
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