10 Seeds for our poetry ~ Inspirations

[Julie]

[Julie]

2. Happiness

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2. Happiness

Love runs true

 

Happiness runs in rivers through you,

at every opportunity our love runs true

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Love is in each caress

love answers through our pets

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Cats are like barometers of all our feelings

they answer our hearts right up to the ceiling!

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We stroke their fur, we talk in soft voices

they answer us with their contented noises

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They roll on their sides, they stretch their backs

when our cats are around, there is never a lack

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of love

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We have been truly found

from Christmas to Christmas

all in a round!

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Julie

October 2024

[Julie]

1. Choice

Choose your colours

 

Make a shawl to cast the sky

to make your art, to understand why

 

Use the colours that thrill you full

that make you mark life wonderful!

 

Make a shawl to wrap around

to silence cold, enhance the round

 

Choose your colours, match them well

to feel the sun, attract the swell

 

Make a shawl that's soft with sound

to still the frenzy, enhance the round

 

And when you've made your art supreme

dig down deeper, be in your stream

 

Because when you're there in twilight hours

you will find your inner powers

 

Julie

October 2024

 

[Julie]

3. Risks

"The soul’s ascent, our heart’s desire"

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7 Years Ago

The soul’s ascent, our heart’s desire!

it's like tightrope walking the highest wire!

In our heart of hearts lies our soul's divine plan

it's startling, exciting, you indeed, must and Can!

Once discovered there can be no hesitation

something you've only ever dreamed of, a divine inclination!

It's certainly a thing that you've never done before

like inventing a new medicine or ending a war!

It will take you both to the highs and the lows

it can turn you upside-down into the divine, cosmic flow!

If I was asked would you do it again

I'd say yes, bring it on, through the sunshine and rain!

So if you're pondering, hesitating, or slow

Go do you thing and be in the flow!

Julie

October 2024

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4. Confidence, Independence 

Cosmic School

A chance to find our diadem,

to enrich our soul, to polish the gem

Confidence can be a funny old thing,

sometimes it's there and we want to sing

Independence perhaps is never truly found

for we're all interlinked and forever in the round

But when you make your lines that I can paint 

we can travel incognito and show no restraint

When energies amass we can colour our lives

we can find the gold of honey, like the bees in a hive

A community has many different skills

some set the picture, some run for the hills

All in all we're each nothing alone

like a child needs her mother to become truly grown

In the words that we use, in the colours we choose

we can each be radiant to be each other's muse

Julie 

October 2024

top picture ~ Bees love Pink ~ Julie

[Tara]

Beautiful! Wow! 

[Julie]

5. Material Wealth

Upbringing of learning

Our parents and grandparents are our first teachers,

our role models, this is all we knew back then

As we grow the world opens up to new ideas, new people,

we see the spires upon the steeples

Material wealth doesn't seem to matter as a child,

we accept our parents attitudes

As we go through life we notice things, school friends,

all the sweeties some bring

to share

We accept the gift of sweetness, but is there a price,

some children appear to be nice

is this wealth?

As we get a little older, attend college or university,

we notice more, school trips perhaps

parents may say No

As we age and marry, a house to buy,

this is when material wealth kicks in

rentals, rates, buying a car

How to make ends meet,

buying, budgeting, shopping

we eat

Material wealth is it ever complete?

money offers life experiences

but

Does it make us into different people

and does it really alter anything?

Julie

October 2024

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6. Achievements and Successes

Inner Relating

"In every line let spirit sing"

and then the best you will bring

It only really matters how you feel when creating

it's like an intrinsic inner relating

As long as you're happy with your inner flow

maybe it's a memory of long, long ago

The only achievement and success is how you feel,

just do your best, forget the rest

It's whatever your soul years for,

it's like an ever open door

cosmic door

@

Julie

October 2024

Cosmic Door #1 is a painting by Jonathan Kania

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7.Your talent means nothing without
consistent effort and practice

Nurture is as Nurture Does ~ Setting the Picture

A blank canvas, several tubes of paint

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An effort to raise the brush

all of a sudden...rush!

In that moment before the brush is raised

a slow hesitation

the fuel is there to use the muse within... 

fuse ignited

I can do this...is this too much?, can I really do this?

must!

It's been a while, but only perhaps 10 days

hesitation....., raise the brush!

Where's my muse?, ahhh muse is there, ready...

whatever comes of this...never compare

Just do it!

And it was done

well, until next time!

Julie

October 2024

5. Material Wealth

Upbringing of learning

Our parents and grandparents are our first teachers,

our role models, this is all we knew back then

As we grow the world opens up to new ideas, new people,

we see the spires upon the steeples

Material wealth doesn't seem to matter as a child,

we accept our parents attitudes

As we go through life we notice things, school friends,

all the sweeties some bring

to share

We accept the gift of sweetness, but is there a price,

some children appear to be nice

is this wealth?

As we get a little older, attend college or university,

we notice more, school trips perhaps

parents may say No

As we age and marry, a house to buy,

this is when material wealth kicks in

rentals, rates, buying a car

How to make ends meet,

buying, budgeting, shopping

we eat

Material wealth is it ever complete?

money offers life experiences

but

Does it make us into different people

and does it really alter anything?

Julie

October 2024

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6. Achievements and Successes

Inner Relating

"In every line let spirit sing"

and then the best you will bring

It only really matters how you feel when creating

it's like an intrinsic inner relating

As long as you're happy with your inner flow

maybe it's a memory of long, long ago

The only achievement and success is how you feel,

just do your best, forget the rest

It's whatever your soul years for,

it's like an ever open door

cosmic door

@

Julie

October 2024

Cosmic Door #1 is a painting by Jonathan Kania

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7.Your talent means nothing without
consistent effort and practice

Nurture is as Nurture Does ~ Setting the Picture

A blank canvas, several tubes of paint

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An effort to raise the brush

all of a sudden...rush!

In that moment before the brush is raised

a slow hesitation

the fuel is there to use the muse within... 

fuse ignited

I can do this...is this too much?, can I really do this?

must!

It's been a while, but only perhaps 10 days

hesitation....., raise the brush!

Where's my muse?, ahhh muse is there, ready...

whatever comes of this...never compare

Just do it!

And it was done

well, until next time!

Julie

October 2024

[Tara]

I love to see this beautiful,poetry here. Even though not everyone is a poet it’s such a  lovely place to be

[Julie]

Thanks Tara, I did hope that in starting the group that you would add your poetry in the group setting as when I read briefly that which you'd written I enjoyed.

8. Nobody cares how difficult your life is,
and you are the author of your life's story

Love's touch

When Love's touch enters it's home

be it subtle like ocean's foam

Be it brave through life's rough tide

be it brittle, just there for the ride

Be it irresolute, be it strong

be it pretty, or just string along

Relationships are the test of love

holding hands, or being good

But when the storms that chase the love away

 blow themselves out in love's gentle way

There's a harbour we each lay down our troubles

there's a sunlit spot, there's love's own bubbles

But at the end of the day when the sun's gone down

love can falter, love can drown

It's only you that can turn the tide

get back to pleasure, get back and ride!

Julie

October 2024

8. Nobody cares how difficult your life is,
and you are the author of your life's story

Love's touch

When Love's touch enters it's home

be it subtle like ocean's foam

Be it brave through life's rough tide

be it brittle, just there for the ride

Be it irresolute, be it strong

be it pretty, or just string along

Relationships are the test of love

holding hands, or being good

But when the storms that chase the love away

 blow themselves out in love's gentle way

There's a harbour we each lay down our troubles

there's a sunlit spot, there's love's own bubbles

But at the end of the day when the sun's gone down

love can falter, love can drown

It's only you that can turn the tide

get back to pleasure, get back and ride!

Julie

October 2024

[Julie]

9.Investing in yourself isn't selfish; it's the
most worthwhile thing you can do.

The hand that bathes in light

To the hand that bathes in light and offers love's touch,

and grieves the lack of youth, that seems to matter so very much

To the hand that offers light, that enfolds the signs of earthly decay,

to those hands that have held, the many that have passed in earthly disarray 

Do all to keep your life force strong,

for we on earth need to belong

Ready and waiting we keep the life

as heart beats quiver, death delivers

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our soul

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Yet another soul has passed,

in a flash of light, they won't be the last

We have the need to learn the earth until our death

we need to learn, on each and every single nuanced breath

When the spirit calls, our ancestors are near

waiting in the wings to relieve our fear

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We are each a star that shines in the east

until we set sail to the west for the wedding feast

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Julie

October 2024

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10. It's not what happens, it's how you
react that matters

A sudden frisson, a jolt, a thrill

can set the body into a resounding chill

Restore the balance, to keep in the heat

a shiver may come, your heart skips a beat

A gut reaction, you cannot ignore

it steals inside and deplete love's store

Reach right down and touch the ground

it's only your energy in a circle of round

Dig down deep, to the earth root store

sit down for a while, while the emotion is raw

Be aware of your breath, breathe in real slow

settle right down, with your heart all aglow

What matters to you can upset your tone

can shiver your muscles, when you feel all alone

Have tea with a friend, smile, have a chat

encircled by love, have a cuddle with your cat

Go out in the garden, or go for a walk

settle your energy.....just talk

How you cope can often change with time

 know the feeling passes, you can get back to your rhyme

Julie

October 2024