Thanksgiving

I want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Here is my Thanksgiving poem. Artwumyn~~~

Thank you God that the sun rises each day

Intent on it's journey across the skies

Oblivious to the grateful and the ungrateful

Shining down upon the earth without judgment

Through millions of miles of silent space

Thank you God that the moon orbits the earth

From time unremembered, it's faithfulness reported

Counted on, clocked, marveled about, and written down

Steadfast in the heavens like the stars and the planets

Never mocking the great cities that rise and fall

Thank you God that the earth has withstood

The eons of shifting continents, volcanic blasts

And asteroid impacts, ice ages, drought years,

Devastation of entire species, and devastation of

It's precious dwindling resources by one species

Thank you God that though we are like the storms of the earth

Violent in our changing natures, seemingly intent on destruction

Of all that is placed before us, unforgiving of the weak and helpless,

You have given us the example of the sun and the moon

The stars and the planets, the galaxies and universes.

In our short lives, the blink of an eye in timeless time

They appear unchanging, and somehow we are comforted.

Thank you that by your unending mercy, we have withstood

Since our creation from the atoms of the universe.

Thank you God that we can count on the sun to rise

Though we cannot count on peace to fill the earth

Thank you that we can count on the rhythms of the moon

Though we cannot count on lives without pain

Thank you that we can count on the heavens to stand

Because sometimes all the earth is quaking within us

And you are the only One able to calm the storm

Artwumyn

©2002

One Drum

One drum, one voice

One spirit, one song

One call, one note

One people, one hope

One earth, one sun

One moon, one cause

One drum, one voice

One people, one hope

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

Oh, Muse of the Night

Oh muse of the night
With your tantalizing
Swirling
Whirling
And calling the poets to rise

All called hear your voice
As you whisper through the
Lilting
Unfurling
Of rhythms and rhymes

And we dance round the moon
While the stars keep time
As eternity's love song grows dear
Oh muse of the night
Call the poets to be hearty
And raise all the poems from their tears

Oh muse of the night
Each intoxicating
Drumbeat
A heartsbeat
That reaches us deep in our souls

Spin your web of delight
'Round each syncopating
Lifespeak
A rhythm
For dreamers tonight

As we dance through the stars
'Neath the full moonlight
Ancient worlds of infinity near
Oh muse of the night
Stir the dreamers with your starlight
To count all the gold in their tears

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

The Wind

I saw you at the window

For a moment flashing by

As you swept across the night sky

On your way to meet the moon

As you rode your hair shown silver

And your cloak flew wild behind,

Your horse was dark as midnight

As it galloped neath the gloom,

And on toward the sunrise

Without waiting for reply

From the messenger sent to you

With a golden yellow star

You traveled on till daybreak

I lost you in the sun

Now I must wait till eventide

To signal you to come

And meet your fellow traveler

Who rides from age to age

And wishes to accompany you

On Faerie escapades.

Faerie Sojourner

©2002

Culinary Masterpiece

smooth black serving dish on
nubby turquoise linen
long graceful fingers slide
steaming breasts of
exquisite culinary artistry onto
centre stage
rustling of verdant parslied curtains
brushed aside by
mounding attaches in parade dress
sienna's drizzling from the height of fancy

slight tinkling ring of expensive wine glasses
poured and filled with clearly delicate eau-de-vie
ringing of one urgent moment's opportunity
nervous footsteps hurrying to join destined voices

gently smiling faces ripple on clear blue waters of
smoothly flowing rivers with
softest beds of grasses lining all the banks

rising celsius temperatures vibrate earthy drawn emotions as
steamy veiled intentions rise from polite conversations like
undulating rhythms from glimmering mirages in desert regions
of the heart

murmured sounds of gracefulness mix with ringing, clinking, tinkling
and softly muffled musicality's of jovial trivialities in
flavored savored waltzes of mutual admiralities

tick of time in ticking clocking orders down from deep night tocking
reminiscent of the docking of a rowboat on the grasses flocking to
the banks of rivers shocking with the forward knocking of the boat
to shore

scraping chairs in unisemble, shuffling footsteps to
assemble by the orifice through which fate of late had
opportuned

long slow good-byes and fond agreement of an interest in
retrievement of the essence of the evening's thrilled momentus of
achievement amid the closing of the door

then a sigh, a slightened shutter as the feeling of the flutter of the
heartbeat as enchantment floats about the room
slowly, eyes closed in enhancement, dancing to the scene's
romance lent effervescent coalescing attitude
remembrance of a lowered eye glance, touching hand upon a hand
dance, thoughts revealed in talk aside chance

a windowed gaze upon the moon

Flowtrvlr

©2002