Barbara C. Rowe's Blog, page 14
April 2, 2014
Illusion
Originally posted on Hortus Closus:
All our life we fight
For an illusion without
Any achievement.
The lotus is not soiled, the
Koï breaks through the waterfall.
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Harmony
Originally posted on Hortus Closus:
The silence of dawn,
The beauty of the landscape,
The scent of flowers,
The mind wanders in the clouds
Dances the music of the world.
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Gravity~from my journal July 11, 2012
Originally posted on Tell me about it:
Art by MichelleMarie~My journey to Wholeness
Here I am again
This feeling like a long lost friend
Just when I thought you were gone
You showed back up pulling really strong
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
You pull me back to the first time
You surprised me I didn’t see you coming
Falling slowly can’t go back
To those moments were I barely lacked
The energy to freely go
And now I see that you pull me slow-ly
wondering will I ever reach
the bottom of this friendly speech
that reminds me I do not freely go
anywhere the I don’t choke
Reality hits me even still
it’s your gravity that pulls me even still
back to the place I dare not go
cause it hurt me once and rendered me helpless
Gravity how it pulls me on
away from you and far beyond
where…
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Storms remind me of you
Originally posted on Tell me about it:
I knew from the clouds
this would be real good
I know what to look for
and perhaps even should
I hope for lightening,
thunders roll
that thrills my heart
and shakes my soul
oh ya baby
it’s gonna storm
storms remind me of you
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My heart holds on when you feel like letting go
Originally posted on Tell me about it:
Art by MichelleMarie~Photo by Jeanne Marie
My heart holds on when
you feel like letting go just
know I’m holding you up
praying for a miracle
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bring on the rain~
Originally posted on Tell me about it:
Art by MichelleMarie~Inspired by Belinda’s RAIN poem~Love Affair~ http://busymindthinking.com/2014/04/01/love-affair/
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Bird watcher dream shot – Les Piccolo
Originally posted on 
April Air Stirs In~
Originally posted on 
April air stirs in
Willow-leaves…a butterfly
Floats and balances~
Matsuo Basho
Ranunculus (Please click to enlarge).
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year?
Mark Twain
Rock Rose
Behold, my friends, the spring is come: the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love-
Sitting Bull
Rose of Sharon
Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems~
Rainer Maria Rilke
Lions Ear
With the coming of spring I am calm again~
Gustav Mahler
Foxglove
April has Put a Spirit of Youth in Everything~
William Shakespeare
Peace Lily
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt~
Margaret Atwood
Mexican Evening Primrose
Why not get some dirt on your hands, and everywhere else too??? Hope the joyful blooms of spring…
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Flowers~Helen Keller And I
Originally posted on Simple Pleasures:
“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch,
but whose fragrance makes the garden
a place of delight just the same.”
Helen Keller
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