The Little Tenor

Here come the blossoms

seen today

after the wildest winds

nearly blew them away.

I have not yet seen
 a leprechaun

in this lemon tree

but truly you and me
 do know

little helpers come and so

nine lemons did grow

through the winter season

when juicy fruit warmed our hearts

with much delight
 in each surprise

there before our eyes.

This is for Leslye 

 The Little Tenor,

 after 6 years,

is the tree singing

or is the leprechaun bringing

the fruits
 as proof of life?

See comments October 24, 2019

 

 

So Marvellous Indeed To See These Birds

Image Credit: Martin Willis/Minden Pictures

 

 Australian Geographic June 2009

Happy National Bird Week, October 2019

 

This pair of endangered

 Gouldian finches

 found in The Kimberley,

 Western Australia

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Lead Kindly Light

Yes I look deeply at the flowers

I listen to their whispers

and I cherish every bloom

I gather for my room.

And as every season

 comes and goes

I love to share my joy

and even if I only send

a photograph to a friend,

the bloom will sing

and everything will be shining.

What I share with you today

is this absorbing Lilac Light

which called me over

like a distant star

 guiding and lifting my day

each petal in the beauty way.

To be with Lilac is for me

the greatest joy

the softest smile

the gentle blessing as I pass by

fills my heart and scents the sky,

so as there is an angel singing

I hope my words

will boost the bringing

of this simple star

from over here to where you are.

May kindly light be with you.

May you feel some comfort

and know how flowers 

have the answer to the question.

 In quiet times

 all things come to pass,

may you know peace in your heart.

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All These Treasures To Share

This very morning

with a bright blue dawning

as Spring sings so perfectly

every wish came to me.

 Scents drift on the breeze

as I gather delicious blooms

and bring them to my room.

So gloriously

 joy is with me.

 

Honeysuckle sings

and all I wish to do

is share all of this with you.

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Soft Lamp Lighting The Way

What a delightful vision

you are 

lighting the path

along the way

as I rest presently

here today beside you.

 

Were you there in Assisi

lighting the path

and greeting the monks

at the chapel door?

Tell me more.

 

In all the world

could we ever count

the colors of green to be seen

 around the brown of the olden days.

 

This is my first vision of you

Italian Arum Lily bloom.

Do please stay.

 Did you hear the thrush today,

  whistling through

 this morning dew to welcome you?

Now I will sing

 in my own quiet way

for the joy of bird songs

in the garden today.

 

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For Love Of Trees

We came for the trees

after lives

 of never thriving,

we came alive

we walked the hills

we lay in grass

and planted the fields

but there was always

leaving,

always leaving.

And this continued.

More walking

through forests

and over mountains,

the quiet times

the longing

the yearning

the creation

the separation,

the seemingly endless

parting.

But here today

as the lilacs bloom

 under the cloudy sky

I know why

the charity of sweet fragrance

fills my heart

with calm,

with peace

beneath the trees,

the magpie flies above

and now it is my time

to find the way every day.

God knows

where you are

and I know I am with him.

'God goes with me where ever I am.'

Trees grow

 where they are planted

birds fly

 across the sky

and sing each day.

A bird is heard

whenever we are listening.

I am listening now,

I am here now.

We came to be with the trees.

This understanding

shines the light through me.

Lesson 41:

"God goes with me wherever I go"

Workbook

A Course In Miracles
Foundation For Inner Peace

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Lilac, Lovely Lilac

The mist drifts

through this strange day

you lift

you bloom

you fill the room

with the sweetest song

we all belong

to one wide world

and one bright day

and here we are in every way

singing our souls back home

this present hour

because you are a lovely flower. 

For Bernice, Beryl, Amy, Myrtle and May

We Curve And Grow And Know

I am still.
It is there, in the silence
I hear everything.

Inner knowing
Trees growing
 
I am open
I remain there.

It is within me
as timelessly as a tree.

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