POETRY CORNER
Flowers from my garden on the restorative yoga mat (Photo – Jean Sudbury).
– 6/07/17
Hosted by Kathabela Wilson
In troubled times, personal and general, we all find comfort and encouragement by looking around us, and feeling ourselves inside the moment. The remembered words of mother, the soothing sound of rain at night, art transforms and enlivens us, dance and meditative exercise empowers, simple observation of nature gives overview and context to our lives and by the act of writing itself, as we do here, join hearts as we share with others. Short forms powerfully express in a small space, the essence of feeling.
~ Kathabela
Detail from a photo by Robert Stewart.
Gayle Sweeper
chafed hands
she rubs them together
my mother
I still hear her words
warmth from the wood stove
Gillena Cox
stirring between sleep
sound of the rain
on the paved pathsatisfaction
the days will now
be much cooler
Robert (Art) Kingston
pressing the pencil
harder onto the paper
the love messages
that echo around the world
when terror strikes innocence
“My Monet”, a Painting by Erika Wilk.
Karla Decker
world alive
on museum walls
Monet
tree leaves vibrate
in a summer breeze
Gerry Jacobson
slowing the movement
feeling the tension
holding the still point
I’m dancing again …
becoming Lord Shiva
Jean Sudbury
crowned sparrow mommy and babies
jump from bougainvillea nest
to the roofjust to see
the adventure
unfolding today
The photo from my kitchen door(Photo – Jean Sudbury).
Our poets today, who provide a beautiful overview of the ways we help ourselves feel better, are international and local. Gayle Sweeper, of Brisbane, Australia, finds warmth and still learns from her mother’s remembered words. Gillena Cox, an inventive vibrant poet, writes from St. James, Trinidad. Robert (Art) Kingston, Essex, UK, writes in response to recent tragedy, where he grew up in London. Gerry Jacobson adds “I was a geologist in a past life, resurrected as a dancer, in Canberra, Australia”. Karla Decker is a wonderful poet inspired by art in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jean Sudbury, from Sierra Madre, California, is a naturalist , yoga teacher, poet, and musician. Photos by Erika Wilk, a poet and artist in Pasadena, and Robert Stewart, a poet and artist in Los Angeles. His retrospective exhibit “BIG” of 100 paintings and photographs is currently showing at the Living Room Gallery, Pasadena. (Contact Kathabela for more information and appointment).
All these poets are writing to us in short forms here, Jean and Gillena in cherita (a small story form 1, 2 and 3 lines), while Gayle, Robert, Gerry and Karla are sharing tanka (five lines with a lyrical emotional quality and insight).
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