Sunday, April 26, 2009

hmmm more swans

Today i spend a day (after too long a time) with my first friend in the North, Bonnie. 1985 Atlin B.C. (Bonnie took this photo today, the river coming out of Pine Lake)
peace - elegance - purity - innocence
writes Steven D. Farmer about the Swan in
power animal oracle cards guidebook:
Swan
Grace
"Appreciate the beauty inside and all around you"


Bonnie and I
we go back a long way
some time is lost
a tooth maybe
a shared memory
we also gained
years
some grey hairs
a garden path
always
close in spirit
never forgotten
love increased
by surprise
swans swim
into our day
taking us to a place
in our hearts
i didn't know we had
a place of purity
where in all elegance
we shared our innocence
The swans
they know it's grace

:) use your imagination, you can think what you want,
we had soooo much fun!
and thanks to you. Thank you.
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Very inspiring free verse poetry. I love the part about the place in your heart you didn't know existed. The heart has great depths that way.

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  2. jozienApril 26, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    Thanks Robert!
    When you commented, i was still working on this post. I always do that; go back and forth, viewing my blog, making a change, etc.
    I think you got the most important part. You reflected on it before i did, thanks.

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  3. AnonymousApril 27, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    greatings to Bonnie.
    loveley poetry
    thanks Jozien

    willem

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  4. L.April 27, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    Beautiful Jozien:) The water looks so so cold. A lovely poem about friendship and the heart. And grace.

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  5. christopherApril 27, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Standing On One Foot

    You tell me to use
    imagination, and how
    that happens, I start
    to sprout swan feathers,
    keeping one foot down, standing
    on wet river ice,
    drawing my other
    foot up next to my belly
    to warm it, thinking
    "Should've stayed south, yup."

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  6. SueApril 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson --

    SWAN - Grace - Learn to surrender to the rhythym of the universe, and slip from our physical bodies into the dreamtime. Swan medicine teaches us to be at one with all planes of consciousness and to trust in Great Spirit's protection.

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  7. jozienApril 27, 2009 at 11:14 PM

    Thanks!
    Willem i will say hi to Bonnie.
    Faith, the water very cold.
    Christopher, i love your poem.
    I am so glad you did come up North though.
    Sue, to be at one with all planes of consciousness. I'll work on that!
    and you all make me smile. :)

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