Poems old and new

[Julie]

Nothing Shocks Art

Tthere was a sphere that revolved inside my head

behind my forehead it turned slowly in space

today, a line of a gem with no centre, inverted in interest

 

I met in a vision someone in a cape, skeletal head

hands reached out to me, filled with birds

crystal shards flew... embedding deeply into my body

 

My entire being was encompassed by movement

an etheric butterfly body became my reality

I didn't exisit as I did yesterday, encompassed by colour

 

Newness of incarnation, a certain dizziness grew

day by day heat threatened to take over

a sensation at the back of my head, pain mutating pain

 

A Wellspring washing the whole world clean

filling up, so slowly...liquid rainbows in illumium colours

in review of this adventure, nothing shocks art

 

 

Tai (Julie)

June 2013

edit August 2024

A Point of Welcome

Exercising the mind of what is
stilling chaotic thoughts
waiting for the moment to rise
or the moment to fall
balancing the everlasting
origin of truth

***

Perpetuating the development of fortitude
relaxing into receptivity
forever gazing in wonder
perplexed and yet not perplexed
biding in time
everlasting in grace

Quantities and qualities
forever merging and changing
the rise and the fall of the quest
not looking, or finding
not seeking the everlasting

A point of welcome
a point of non-existent fearlessness
darkness shrouded in light
a bird singing in a tree
welcoming the dawn

Whoever or whatever
guest or resident
undefined, but whole
made and unmade
swimming in oceans
of firm waves
humanity expresses
their divine mortality

Tai (Julie)
September 2010
image - Tai (Julie)

 Collision in Time

and would I breathe

a thousand sighs of longing

when my eyes met yours

 

and would time disappear

no trace left to mortal eye

 

and how would I know you beloved

profound imaginings chase my thoughts

promising this dream of never-ending

 

and my mind and heart settle on you

I see your green enlighten my blue

 

realms of understanding pass by my lips

pink rose of summer

enlivens this long forgotten kiss

 

melt my heart into your own

for my soul is incomplete without yours

why are we not together beloved

 

as I hold you in magnificence

a million miles away my unity is completed

 

engaging in every single splendour of your being

I know your perfection

you have brought me into insubstantial bliss

 

and now I let go

into the space beyond you

 

and I know that in my dream

reality has manifested transparent stars

in multitudes of light prisms

 

each star a replica of our love

light years away

I know our hearts have collided in time

 

each one an imperfect fragment of the other

each a child of one hundred smiles

blazing the universe into timeless rapture

 

I am you

unconscious and bereft of my own heart

as one beloved

 

all knowledge is held unbound

 

~0~

 

if tomorrow never came

we would regret lost time

moments spent holding

the other in consciousness

as we drifted into formlessness

 

 devoured by the spirit of incompletion

I let go into Unity

 

Tai (Julie)

July 2011

Awakened by Morning Light

Autumn is coming Beloved
see the magic and feel the colour
leaves fall into gentle understanding
sofly bedded into mother's rich earth
I kneel with reverence so golden


Sunlight streams through open branches
silhouettes of upstanding grey monuments
enthrall me with wonder and deep benelovence
I feel the holiness of being here in nature
I know the joy and blessing


Cycles and seasons come and grow warm
many now feel deepest gratitude for your patience
each human life holds you close in their hearts
gentling your battered and abused body into healing
space grows cold with the surrender of fear
~~~
Mother Earth I love you
~~~

Tai (Julie)
Sept 2010

photo Tai (Julie)

Poems from a selection on ANewGaia site

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

Oh my oh my you placed a image of the cosmos above to which replicates whense my soul spark entered from,.. into this 3D earth plane of existence.. as it gave me goosebumps when I first saw it, I don't know which part of the cosmos it originated from however, and so I went in search for it to find out, this is what I found on it...

"its the impression of a quasar located in a young galaxy a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Hubble Space Telescope data." So in other words its around the time of the first world into creation and I lived on it, a planet that was much like Earth, but is no longer in existence..

So I must say I love that poem 'Collision in Time' you attached it to and  see why its yet ironic how it infuses a similar perception of the beginning of time the collision, the big bang.. where mine was titled 'I Entered'.. I think I've already shared that with you..

[Julie]

Thanks for finding out about the image Vlada, it felt like a magical place for me...ahhh great news indeed.  I must find your poem again

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

My poem Its been on my profile page all this time if you wish to read it there..

Julie said:

Thanks for finding out about the image Vlada, it felt like a magical place for me...ahhh great news indeed.  I must find your poem again

[Julie]

Ahhh yes I've read it on site too, thanks for directions, the image I posted way back is almost the same Vlada

here's more from Gaia...one particular one, the first being from a piece of art that attracted my eye

Paper kiss

I love to see how paint mingles

on watered paper

paint meeting spirit

boundaries transparent

no regulations

just love expressed

just paper kissed

with the imprint of a moment

 

I love to see colours merge

unheard

only felt liquid like

fanned by a slight breeze

on the mountain

 

~0~

 

Tai

October 2013

the art used to be displayed on Red Bubble but is no longer there

I wonder what it feels like to be in this scene

to walk over the bridge within our own Fantasy Wallpaper

 

Fantasy Wallpaper

is it night within our day

are there elves and pixies

that come out to play

all we know in Wallpaper Land is this

the tree is lit with eggs of light

bound together it draws our sight

there's showers of orbs that peek from air

the sun is down without a care

the woods look misty

the roots are thick

they reach on out

in pixie quick

there's a quaint old language

that doesn't speak

only intelligible

within our sleep

oft our subconscious

thrives in dreams

within the world

of elf pik'd seams

 

~0~

 

Tai

Oct 2013

Mike's response 

Fantasy wallpaper

The artist may not know it

but (s)he inspires the poet

A seamless dream,

A magic team

The magic flows

Each moment grows

Who picks the theme?

A pixie's dream.

Where does it start?

the poet's heart?

A soul like Tai

or the artist's eye

Mike was a poet/actor who originally came from Ireland, but was living in Paris when I met him on old Gaia

he was a good friend and always livened up Gaia with his quirks and jokes and fun

Bless you Mike, he was an inspiration to all

All Beloved's Kisses 

spun from gold

delicate and fine

she bowed to Ra

her eyes defined

by kohl so black

enchanted, divine

sweet sun shone

the moon's lament

for all beloved's kisses

are heaven sent

be still in thought

be fierce the heart

be fine in love

for it is an art

 

~0~

 

Tai

Sept 2011

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

Oh I do like that water painting too of the mountains & flower tree, yes its so pretty & so inspirational...

A collaboration from yours:-

I love to see how paint mingles

to unfold a unimaginable scene

where ones soul meets the essence of nature

connects on her wavelengths

to entwine her seeds of wisdom & truth

to breath in her harmonious songs

see her beautiful symphony of colours & elements

like a life force all on its own

I love to see how paint mingles

how everything flows in its own harmony

removing all self doubt & delusion

creating a resonance, kinship & thriving guide

My mind is seeing form as a time or an opportunity

for my heart to beat alongside its landscapes

like a symbiotic relationship

ditching the extremes

instead respecting the balance that's so needed.

I love to see how paint mingles

each brush stoke has a life like 

where one shouldn't feel superiority over other species

nor isolate ones selves from them

but be a part of them instead in graceful motion

I love to see how paint mingles

as it creates its own envelope of LoVe as true magic...

©2024 Ꮙℓἇ∂ἇ..aka Reɪvən ღ 

[Julie]

I love your collaboration, thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the watercolour picture Vlada

here's the Temple Balm poem

Temple Balm

entering the house

from whence I came

healing balm

fell like rain

 

incense of

the divine repast

held us tight

 it held us fast

 

healing waters of countryside places

painted each one with radiant faces

 

a message of heart from angels of light

St Michael is come to end the fight

 

his sword is swift, his spirit is strong

he holds the world in prayer ever long

 

have faith, have courage, it’s time to rest

all our earth is fragrantly blessed

Tai

March 2020

[Julie]

Relentless

A sacred flame that burns throughout time

a plane of consciousness where everything thrives

a relentless movement through stillness

a heartrending contemplation that has no end

a journey of starlight that consumes each velvety darkness

a desire to explore each new feeling, each new intensity

a rhyme with no rhyme

is love

Julie

14th August 2024

***

Contemplation and Rest

We are each an indelible part of nature

moving on each ebb and flow of the tide

our eyes have been truly wide open

on each ocean we will eventually ride

Each Beloved is an immediate reflection

in a temple with windows of gold

each brother and sister a treasure, so open

on earth as it is in heaven... Behold!

Each day there's a perfect combination

each ray is a window of hope

we rest because it's needed in plenty

to write, to paint, just to cope

Never hide what is meant to be opened

never hold back that which is waiting to be said

to share is a multilayered contemplation

we can rest easy when we weave each new thread

Julie

14th August 2024

***

Each Step

a present is a gift to share

each step we tread a pleasure rare

so take each step and smile within

Grandmother Spider

gifts her silk to spin

Julie

14th August 2024

***

Enshrined in the Body

Our very own sacred body, a shrine that's met inside

each divine and sacred body will chance to turn earth's tide

Sun and Moon are welcomed, in passion that rages forth

calming non existent boundaries, a shield to magnetic north

Sensuality is ever present, between partners of the soul

when met in chambers of comfort, a serenity of the whole

Union is held in wonder, even when apart

for aloneness is a nonsense, when our spirits seek our art

julie

13th August 2024

poems I wrote for the August topic entitled " The Temple of Earth"

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

I've used some of those pictures myself many times on pieces.. the blue lady sitting is from a sequence of AI artworks I've used.. I'm not so keen on the temple religious one I'm afraid, but the art glass window on it is beautiful.. the shrine is nice but I always get the feeling these poems should be longer, as I just start reading them and start getting a feel of the essence within them and then its gone as they end too fast...maybe this is why Ive never got into haiku poetry they just dont hold any energy for me to pick up on at all.. 

[Julie]

I've had a look on Gaia for a few longer poems...

Deep Winter

When the earth awakens from her deep winter sleep

the cowslips will bloom and the berries will weep

as the earth warms her bones and breathes a sigh of relief

we will fill our hearts with sunbeams and surrender our grief

All energy in roots, the trees so forlorn

we feel the cold winds seer us and shiver our bone

we see the sunshine reflected on snow

we lose our desires and seem to let go

The birds still sing all huddled in trees

not often do we see them warbling the reed

so carefree in summer, they fly swift in the air

they sing with their hearts, with never a care

What is it about winter that looms like a beast

maybe there will be famine or maybe a feast

with christmas coming soon, a celebration will come

at home with our families, brought together "in sun"

The christ light will shine for all to share

we must take this revelation together in prayer

our hearts all alight with love and with peace

sharing our space together swiftly "released"

Tai

Dec '10

***

 

Tide upon Tide

Layer upon layer of sound

rebound

hearing selectively

retrospectively

rain dappled windows

sigh their weariness

sound

whirring traffic

background

oceans of boats

rocked by the sea

space stretched out

opened before

me

tide upon tide

birds call high

in trees

where raindrops

ride

upon rhythms of

seasons

springtimes of

reasons

why

beliefs hide inside

to be released

tide upon tide

feathers folded on

clouds

loaded with tears shed

outloud

ripped wide open fears

of mother's abandoned

child

wild to be

on mountains high

with snow capped pinnacles

that reach the sky

tide by tide

I ask

?

 

Tai

March 2011

**

Now

Explosions of stars
light years away
face upon face of beauty
flowing.......

Nurseries of new planets
coming of age in space
how the visions lift my
senses.......

Black voids
so full of light
speak to my heart
awakening......

Artistry at its best
my world forming from love
majestic is the vision
expanding.......

Away beyond this earth
this planet we call home
never waiting for tomorrow
happening........

Now

Tai
August 2010

Earth Welcomed Us

feet shuffle.... leaves layer themselves

feet seek the earth

pouring out there remembrance

igniting their memories

once upon a time we were leaves

we floated, deep from space

empty but full of acceptance

our minds receptive to our new world

we alighted.... earth welcomed us

our planet forgave our intrusion

because we were needed

~0~

Tai

Autumn 2014

photo ~ October 2014 - Tai

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

Oh I liked 'Tide Upon Tide' &  'NOW' they both got me started in deeper inner seeing to the cosmos & beyond but then bam it was gone again.. its just me..as I like to float within the written word thats why they have to be longer..

[Julie]

That's great, I had the Tide upon tide published in a book of poetry "Uplifting Moments".  I wrote a poem for Byakko around the same time for their magazine

https://byakko.org/ 

I worked in the group for several years, also this incorporated breath work in creating mandalas using the breath and something called the Ocean breath which sounds beautiful when done within a group, just like the ocean waves on beach pebbles.

[ënagualí~ᏉLAᗪἇ ኔጡ።]

I dont actually see any magazine or peoples poetic words on that link, just articles or am I not looking in the right place?..so your published, where can your book be found? and how did you go about doing it, as Ive been asked so many times to publish my works, but never got around to it as I have no idea on how..and so just keep sharing them on these networks.