Filmed on 24 December 2021 and published on 26 December 2021
Location: Santa Monica Mountains, California
Dear Ones,
Here is a video for the day before Christmas 2021. As there are no words, there is no Summary, but there is a little white magic in it … a blessing for the birth of new hope on New Earth …
VIDEO BY ALICE
Written and published on 6 December 2021
Image: “Incoming Light 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 November 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Incoming Light 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 November 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem about my father’s father …
Grandfather Roy
A lyrical poem by Alice B. Clagett
6 December 2021
The name of God
and the blessing of God
flowed like a golden cord …
like a golden river of Light …
through his thoughts.
Written on 17 August 2021 and published on 6 September 2021
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem about the causal realm and the Eternal Now …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have this for you today:
You place your eyes
Upon your minds
And not your hearts.
Because of that
The Causal Realm
Unfolds for you.
Place your eyes
Upon your heart,
And in your heart,
A sacred word
For the Name of God.
Breathe in,
Breathe out
That sacred word,
And time will have
No meaning for you.
. . . . .
That is it for today.
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett,
I Am of the Stars
–from Link: “Breath In Breathe Out,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written on 17 August 2021 and published on 6 September 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-p1a ..
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Alice B. Clagett
Except where otherwise noted, “The Chalice and the Crucible” by Alice B. Clagett … https://chaliceandcrucible.com/ … is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) … https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ..
Written and published on 1 August 2021
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem I wrote recently about an event that happened to long ago someone I loved …
HEARTBEAT
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
She had a
heartbeat
like the flutter
of a bird’s
wings.
It seemed too little
to sustain
life
and, in the end,
it proved to be
just so
. . . . .
–from Link: “Heartbeat,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 1 August 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-ocG ..
Alice Clagett
Except where otherwise noted, “The Chalice and the Crucible” by Alice B. Clagett … https://chaliceandcrucible.com/ … is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) … https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ..
Written on 18 August 2018; published on 21 June 2021
WE ARE FOUR, WHO ONCE WERE FIVE
A poem by Alice B. Clagett
18 August 2018
We are four, who once were five
Though Souls do tarry
on and on
in the halls
of the mansions
of God.
–from Link: “We Are Four, Who Once Were Five,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written on 18 August 2018; published on 21 June 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-nsx ..
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Alice B. Clagett
Except where otherwise noted, “The Chalice and the Crucible” by Alice B. Clagett … https://chaliceandcrucible.com/ … is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) … https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ..
Written ca. 1967; published on 15 April 2021
Image: “Sleeping Girl,” attributed to Sigismondo Coccapani (1583-1643); attributed to Domenico Fetti (1589-), 1620-1622, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Fetti_-_Sleeping_Girl_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg … public domain
Image: “Sleeping Girl,” attributed to Sigismondo Coccapani (1583-1643); attributed to Domenico Fetti (1589-), 1620-1622, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Fetti_-_Sleeping_Girl_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg … public domain
Dear Ones,
As I recall, I wrote this poem when I was in college. I recall one ‘No-Doz’ night prepping for a final exam. Could be that prompted me to write about sleep, which seemed forgettable until I neglected it.
“Sleep”
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
ca. 1967
Sleep is something that’s not there.
Try to trap it anywhere.
Try to catch it by surprise —
It’s not found in waking eyes.
Not here,
Or there
Or anywhere.
Yet sleep to us is everything
The what-from we get pep and zing
For ringing
and singing
with giving
and living . . . and yet
Sleep is something that’s not there.
Try to find it anywhere
Try to catch it unaware
You can’t trace it to its lair
Not here
or there —
Not anywhere.
Image: “Sleeping Girl,” attributed to Sigismondo Coccapani (1583-1643); attributed to Domenico Fetti (1589-), 1620-1622, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Fetti_-_Sleeping_Girl_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg … public domain
Image: “Sleeping Girl,” attributed to Sigismondo Coccapani (1583-1643); attributed to Domenico Fetti (1589-), 1620-1622, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Fetti_-_Sleeping_Girl_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg … public domain
–from Link: “Sleep,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written ca. 1967; published on 15 April 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-mmh ..
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Alice B. Clagett
Except where otherwise noted, “The Chalice and the Crucible” by Alice B. Clagett … https://chaliceandcrucible.com/ … is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) … https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ..
Written ca. 1957; published on 15 April 2021
Dear Ones,
This was the first poem I ever wrote, when I was eight or 10 years old, when I was just learning cursive handwriting. As I recall, I may have been inspired to write the poem after reading the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Still today I feel that trees are my friends. I am not above talking to my friends the jacaranda trees in front of my house. They like it when people speak to them … They say no one ever does, here in the City of the Angels … It cheers me up to cheer them up.
I remember how triumphant I felt that I could write a poem, although I could see it was nowhere near quality of the beautiful poem by Joyce Kilmer. I thought I might like to set the poem to music, but I never did. As can be seen, I have gussied up the punctuation and spelling …
Oh Beautiful, Colorful Tree
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
ca. 1957
Oh beautiful, colorful tree —
Beauty that no bounds know.
Perfectly shaped, perfectly formed,
With no leaves displace to show;
Gently caressed by the wind —
Caressed with motherly care.
High above the sun-filled meadow —
High as the birds of the air,
Where did you get such bright colors —
Colors so rich and rare —
And in winter take such forlorn looks —
Looks so distressful and bare
Then in spring burst into bloom —
Bloom so green and radiant?
These things I sit pondering o’er
Pondering o’er in wonderment
But now I must continue —
continue on my way
Yet – Wait! the soft breeze whispers —
Whispers and seems to say,
The Supreme One has made me —
Me in all my might
Makes me change with the seasons —
Seasons so pretty and bright
Yes, the Ruler of all made me —
Ruler of All, Ruler of Right.
Image: “Oh Beautiful, Colorful Tree 1,” handwritten by Alice B. Clagett, ca. 1957, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “Oh Beautiful, Colorful Tree 2,” handwritten by Alice B. Clagett, ca. 1957, CC BY-SA 4.0
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–from Link: “Oh Beautiful, Colorful Tree,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written ca. 1957; published on 15 April 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-mm8 ..
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Alice B. Clagett
Except where otherwise noted, “The Chalice and the Crucible” by Alice B. Clagett … https://chaliceandcrucible.com/ … is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) … https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ..
