This poem ©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson
Life has a rhythm all its own
It bends and dips and flows
It moves through channels
Swirls in eddies
Goes and stops and goes
It’s up; it’s down; it’s all around
From grassy banks and shores
To misty meadows, lofty peaks
Rock beds and ocean floors
Life winds around the edges
And it goes outside the tracks
It blasts its way and wears away
And trickles through the cracks
Sometimes it’s cut off at the pass
Or tangled up in weeds
It soars and slips and free falls
Rushes in and then recedes
Life looms and lulls and lights the sky
Life sucks you dry and fills you
Embrace it; chase it; drink it up…
Release the fear that stills you
Not living is what kills you.
and some days i get all of that by noon! love your post!
ReplyDeleteSo true, and some days it's all of the above- good, bad, and crazy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post once again. I loved your poem and the pictures were awesome.
ReplyDeleteYES!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is was awesome!
Thanks Sue!!!!
The hardest part to remember is, "Sometimes it cuts you off at the past, or tangled up in weeds." Those are the times it's easy to give up and forget that it always gets better...
ReplyDeleteIs that the poem you were working on? It's really good! When things are rough I always try to remember that it's a cycle, and good things are just around the corner. Great thoughts!
ReplyDeleteLife's a cycle, that's for sure. Hope this is just a poem and not a life-state for you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great poem! Would it be called a photo poem, instead of a photo essay?
ReplyDeleteAnd did you paint the first picture? It's gorgeous!
Great poem. Ir gives me a lot to think about. I truly loved the pictures. Tell me, did you write the poem first and then find the pictures, or did the pictures inspire the poetry?
ReplyDeleteThis was good for me.
ReplyDeleteWe decided yesterday to move...officially.
I wrote the poem first, Mom. I did it Sunday morning just after I finished polishing the priesthood poem for my Relief Society lesson. Why do you ask?
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If you made this into a poster, I would be the first in line to buy it, Sue! It's FABULOUS!!
ReplyDeleteCarpe diem. I love this. This is a poem we should all have framed and hanging in our homes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your talent with us.
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currently seizing;-) or at least trying.
ReplyDeleteI love this post..the pictures are beautiful and the words are so true.....
ReplyDeleteAw, I like that one! And the photos are just majestic.
ReplyDeleteI love this!!! I only have a few minutes but I wanted to read something that would uplift and motivate me. I chose to go to your blog first and found this!! It was just what I needed. Thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a work of art this is! All of the pictures fit together so well, with every stanza, turn of thought.
ReplyDeleteYou are a marvel.