Written on 3 January 2012; published on 31 December 2018; republished on 16 December 2020
Image: “Great White Egrets in Malibu,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Great White Egrets in Malibu,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
ARUBA WAKEUP
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett 3 January 2012
I turn away from the morning sun
and feel the breeze
chuckle through my open balcony doors,
tapping my back
flowing right through me
filling the room
with the scent of the sea
and – what’s that?
a whiff of hibiscus?
Written on 7 November 2014; published on 23 September 2015
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
The Rage the Body Feels, a Poem by Alice B. Clagett
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem about societal expectations and cellular joy. There is a Summary after the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Hello Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I have a poem for you about societal expectations and cellular joy that I wrote last year … 2014 … It is called “The Rage the Body Feels”
The Rage the Body Feels
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett 7 November 2014
All day long
the mind of the world
buggy-whips
the wild stallions
of the emotions
of humanity…
Apparently
in hopes that they will
morph into
carriage mares.
You’re too fat!
you’re too thin!
you’re too old!
you’re too young!
You’re too cranky!
you’re too lusty!
you’re too shy!
you’re too holy!
You don’t suit
the true me
in the nariest,
not in the least…
And so…
wheeling and kicking
my human feelings learn
that they can be
much
much
meaner
Each little tiff
surlies down
into my body cells …
fit to rape and maim
fit to kill
Fit to be untied
fit to be free
fit to be loved
as they love me
Purely, simply, right on,
in my face, deep down, bone deep
is the love of my cells
my deeply feeling body cells
for me.
Image: “Wild Rose Hips,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Wild Rose Hips,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Yellow Flowers,” by Alice B. Clagett, 8 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Yellow Flowers,” by Alice B. Clagett, 8 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0
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–from Link: “The Rage the Body Feels,” a Poem by Alice B. Clagett, written on 7 November 2014; published on 2 October 2017; video revised and republished on 22 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7JQ ..
–from Link: “For Elandra: The 37-Year Partnership,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written in May 2017; published on 21 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-kSC ..
Written on 18 December 2004; published on 20 December 2018; republished on 20 October 2020
JOY SPRINGS FORTH: A POEM IN THREE PARTS, by Alice B. Clagett
Image: “Big Pod Ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus), Sage Ranch Park, Simi Hills, California,” cropped, by Alice B. Clagett, 16 February 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Big Pod Ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus), Sage Ranch Park, Simi Hills, California,” cropped, by Alice B. Clagett, 16 February 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem in three parts that was inspired by walks in the Santa Monica Mountains …
JOY SPRINGS FORTH:
A POEM IN THREE PARTS
by Alice B. Clagett
About the Santa Monica Mountains 18 December 2004
Springtime in the mountains, . . . . and my heart . . . . charts a fragrant course . . . . through Ceanothus seas.
The afternoon sun . . . . sings soft green dreams, . . . . and mountain slumbers.
Grey ghost . . . . of yesterday’s white fire, . . . . yucca exclaims upon the mountain . . . . “I am I!”
……….
–from Link: “Joy Springs Forth: A Poem in Three Parts,” by Alice B. Clagett, written on 18 December 2004; published on 20 December 2018, CC BY-SA 4.0 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-kkW ..
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