Poem: Invocation (K | 63w)

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1: rating: k, 1: length: a. 100w-, 1: pov: first person, 1: tense: present, 1b: nature of life, 1b: mythical/magic, 0: fiction: -all- poetry: free verse, 0: pr: none/gen,

[ K | 63w | 2007-03-03 ]
Inspired by a mandala I was looking at in Natural Mandalas by Lisa Tenzin Dolma.

InvocationI invite the sun to enter with my breath

Comments

[big_heart_june]

This takes my breath away, Sheera, it's really beautiful. You're so talented :)
Annelise loves colouring mandalas :)

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Thanks so much, June! And mandalas are so lovely; I bet they're a great way to get Annelise's creativity growing :)

[rhye]

Very cool. I love your use of form, which is not so easy in LJ just because sometimes it feels like you can add spaces all day adn never have enough indent.

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Thanks! And I love playing with form; much easier to do now that I've figured out how to get the blockquote tag to do it for me on LJ, too ^_^

[theswearingkind]

guess what? i don't know what a mandala is!

but this: the earth to grow up through my soles,/and bloom in my veins is beautiful. it reminds me of that part of billie's poem for rose (whose breathing is blooming).

as usual, lovely work, m'dear.

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Well, I bet you'd recognize one if you saw it. ;)

And thankies! Flower imagery appeals to me especially after visiting so many farms and seeing it all happen first hand.

[theswearingkind]

ooh, pretty.

[t_wistfulheart]

until my hands stretch far into the cosmos,

dendritic branches

of my universal unity.

Ooh, I love that image. It makes me wonder what those far-away synapses might connect you to.

"Universal unity" - reminds me, also, of the concept of "interbeing." I just love these creative journeys you take us on from time to time.

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It makes me wonder what those far-away synapses might connect you to.
Me too! One of my favorite things about writing/reading is all the amazing places it can take our minds.

"Interbeing"--what an interesting word. Really gets my wheels spinning.

And thanks so much for your kind words :)

[t_wistfulheart]

"Interbeing" - it's a Buddhist philosophy/concept. It's beautifully described by one of my favorite authors - Thich Nhat Hanh.

I'll try to find a good section to send to you. Maybe. I just loaned my two favorite books to one of my students, and that may be the one that had what I'm thinking of.

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Oh, I have some of his books. They're on my to-read list... I should really check them out :)

[lolitaray]

I loved this. It made me feel like I myself was stretching out and growing. :)

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But you are stretching and growing :) Sometimes you just need reminders of that ^_^