Picnic at the Pavillion

Silhouettes in the distance
picnic at the pavilion...
The balloons congratulate
It is a time for graduates.
The tests, and success, and setbacks
behind, and ahead
A turning point reached
Yet, many uncertainties co-exist with the hope of promise.

There are milestones still to come
Adventure awaits.
The tests, and success, and setbacks
behind, and ahead
Memories linger on challenges
Yet, courage takes hold
and flight of imagination
to face uncertainties with the hope of promise.

Generations gather to celebrate ~
It is a time for graduates
Yet, lessons never end.

Present, Solution, Option

Identify the renewal
                   maintenance
                   growth
                   boundary
                   present

The problem, solution, change, option is in the present boundary.

Within the present, the availability of renewal, maintenance, growth, and boundary are awaiting your invitation.

Growth changes a boundary; your willingness to be responsible for the totality of your experience.

Gifts of renewal is a maintenance of the present.
The maintenance of growth assists a renewal of boundaries; always within the present.

Even if, and when you discover something from your past, it is in your present that you will choose.

Within the present is our need, action, and growth.
The boundary of our present is a gift as our teacher, creation, and inspiration.

Friendship Note

The respect to resolve
makes comprises
that cherish
the needs of all involved

The rejoicing of receiving a friend
makes living cherished
a blessing to all involved

Harmony Note

Facing my denials
creations helps
me change

my quest
of surrender
has been the source
of my replenishment

facing my nature
creation helps
my discernment

Solace Awoken

Finding solace in the simple
Yet having complicated expectations
gives fuel to confusion and stress.
Stepping away to let the mind clear;
yet, anticipating a new view
might awaken the peace-joy I seek.

New ideas are seldom planned,
but open-mindedness breathes fresh air.
Undoing a long established habit
has no real schedule;
for change, if chosen or not,
seems to happen in its own accord.

Patience then becomes relevant,
for any change of seasons
take cycles of elements.
Still, anticipating a new view
and undoing a long established habit
seems to happen in its own accord.

The peace-joy I seek
fresh air of open-mindedness;
letting go to let in.
Patience then becomes relevent
where finding solace in the simple
without complicated expectations
allows development of cycles of elements
with the peace-joy I seek awoken.

Light Shimmers

Shadows bask in the sun
light shimmers
and moves shadows

When change revels
stillness moves
when the highroad
seems all downhill
the valley is defined
as the mountains rise

Light shimmers
and moves shadows
in the sun, shadows bask

If Life unfolds
its Beauty and Grace,
how many mountains
can move valleys?
Because light shimmers
shadows can shine

Echoes

Life's intricate design
echoes the life
of beauty.

When the setting sun
colors the sky
can you but wonder
the bliss of its own expression?

When the morning birds
awake the dawn
can you but imagine
the rapture of their own integrity?

Of beauty
echoes the life.

Hope

In the light of the waxing and waning
revels the tides gifts
Let it go   out to shore
drifting   drifting
riding the currents
farther and farther
deeper and deeper

In the dark of the waxing and waning
revels the tides gifts
let it come to shore
closer   closer
up on to the shore

The sun has risen
awakening your song
the sun has been shinning
up on to your earth
let it come to shore

Happiness Note

What makes
my bliss of integrity

Can it be
that respecting
assessments
helped me
find my purpose
to know that
I am enough

This gratitude
for respect
has been
one of my greatest
Joys

Where You Would Be

Yes    you are to enjoy beauty
that is your purpose
simply
to enjoy beauty

And in the enjoying
you share
walk with harmony
and flow with truth

to enjoy life

It is    through   this    that you walk
to where     you would be

Beauty Note

Beauty, Beauty
Where art thou
Thy fair and lovely
Beauty?
Can I behold
dignity with
gentle sharing?

Can I revel
truthfulness with
graceful clarification?
Can I know
the purity
of beautyness
if I am vulnerable?

Beauty, Beauty
Where art thou
Thy fair and lovely
Beauty?
If you are not
hidden in my sight,
may I
serve you,
well.

"Beauty is not caused. It is."  -Emily Dickinson

In the Moment

Here I sit and ponder
How many things are a wonder
How can this be?
Here, I see.

There is a place of splendor
What a life to endeavor
What has such enjoyment?
There, I'm in the moment.

Ponder and wonder
A moment of splendor
An enjoyment to endeavor.

Nature Encounter

Up ahead, the path bends out of sight
Trees line the well worn trail
Yet it is narrow, but deep

I get to the bend and outstretched
a field of tall grass sways
Yet, some matted down as beds
I try not to disturb the sanctuary
and wonder how safe
the deers must feel
For no coyote, nor wolves thrive here

And the well worn trail
deep, but narrow can bear
a surefooted run
as the morning awoken
by sunlight glistening in the dew

Wits and Allies

Keeping your wits about you
Treasure bestowed

Keeping your heart intact
Kingdom generous

Losing both
lessons bless

Remain teachable
for new allies
arrive in unlikely places

Intelligent Emotions Note

Being celebrative
can be respectful
when one explores
freedom.
Do you know
encouraging and expressive
trustworthy independence
can bring you
discretion
while sharing
emotional balance?

Being in freedom
a practice of outlook
can be evidence
of personal transformation.
Do you know
behaviors that promote
growth and well-being
can bring you
Freedom?
Free to; free with; free from
and
while being respectful,
explorations are endless
...and so the journey lives on

Who or What is Wise

"Life", Joseph used to say in his own off-the-cuff definition, "is a guy trying to plan a violin solo in public while learning the music and his instrument at the same time".
Stephen and Robin Larsen
"A Fire in the Mind"
The Life of Joseph Campbell


"I have heard it said: 'all is created equal' and 'that we belong to the earth'. So, appreciation, with, in, and of thoughts, and deeds can be a path prevailing the present of the adventure of life. What is abundance, but an appearance of attitude? Even to practice respect and enjoyment is a lot less 'and' a lot more...."
Mary Rose Bloom
"Illustrations in a Peanut Gallery"

Attitude Note

The appraisal
of my aims
can bring me
fascinating knowledge

the considerate instincts
can bring me
a conditional difference
of feeling secure

Roses and Rainbows

Roses and rainbows
moon glows -- around a cloud
rising   rising
a foreground to a horizon
rising    rising
moon --- glows within a sky

roses and rainbows
rising    rising
moon filled horizon
rising    rising
sun filled foreground
rising   rising

roses and rainbows
glowing filled risen
a horizon to a foreground
around a site within

glow   rise   fill

Celebration

Vision is what we are
members of a sacred circle
Life, perception of Life
and the manner in which
we interact with Life

We realize
celebration of the people
we know and feel
this path
to cross a threshold
made the understanding and implication
alive, vibrant, growing

the people emerge
human being
members of a sacred circle

Be Note

Busy bee
You can see

Busy bee
Your light
can be active
while being attentive
to choice

Busy bee
Your belief
of belonging
can become
the present
of peace

Mingling

Letting go and letting in
mingling change with choice
peace can prevail
mingling choice with change

Exhaling and inhaling
mingling sadness and joy
compassion can prevail
mingling joy with sadness

Giving and receiving
mingling action and stillness
kindness can prevail
mingling stillness and action

Mingling happens
One at a time