LET'S SAVE THE EARTH

Lifted from ILA with permission from the Author: Shiw Shankar Shaw

Let's Save the Earth.

For one minute let's stop our hand .

Let the earth breathe and stand .

Let the nature live it's life .

Then only humans can survive.

Vehicles will stop plying on the road .

There will be no sound and pollution afore .

The earth will again breathe free .

Then only humans can live in spree.

The factories will stop for a while .

Then only the earth will be saved from guile. 

Chimneys will stop emitting smoke .

Then only peace will evoke .

Fellers will stop cutting the trees .

The trees will stand erect with gree .

Greenary will once again prevail .

Then only humans can live in gale .

Fishermen will stop catching fish .

The fish will swim freely at ease .

There will be no hurl and fight .

Then only humans can enjoy the beautiful sight .

There will be no war but peace .

Amicably the war will end and cease .

Let there be fraternity in life .

Then only the earth and humans will survive .

The earth is bleeding profusely.

There's no one to feel the painful sound .

If humans don't awake now .

The earth will soon annihilate with vow .

By Shiw Shankar Shaw

India 

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Quote for Today

"Find ecstasy within yourself. 

It is not out there. 

It is in your innermost flowering. 

The One you are looking for is you. You are the traveler and 

you are the destination. 

In experiencing the ecstasy 

of your own Being, you have 

achieved the final goal."

~Osho~

SATURDAY BLISS

By Dr. Crispina Vedra-Diego

7-30-22 

Early morning sun did not come out,

               And tiny little plants begin to sprout,

               For the rain has not stopped falling,

               Since early morning dawn awakening.

               I can hear the birds still tweeting

               With a couple of them chasing,

               Flying over the plants and flowers,

               Enjoying the cool,watery morning.

               Though the rain continues its pouring,

                I thank God for all the blessings,

                In everything I am so  grateful,

                Life is full, wonderful and beautiful,

                When heart is joyful and peaceful.

               This is the day that the Lord has made,

                Make it part of life's moment to live,

               Today's memory is part of my journey,

                Everything becomes a part of me,

                And I thank God for today I see,

                Another day to embrace with glee.

                        SATURDAY BLISS

LCD Quotes

"Happiness is when you live life full of appreciation and gratitude." ~Leah C. Dancel, July 30, 2022

"Humanity is in the heart of those who value humans." ~Leah C. Dancel, August 13, 2022 on Fragrance of Peace by Ikwulono Mohammed Senison 

"I'd rather be 

with a deaf and a mute

whose language is silence 

Than with normal people 

whose mood is unpredictable,

who can't handle their temper,

and ironically advocate 

love and peace, 

but only 

by lip service."

~Leah C. Dancel

August 25, 2022

"Leaders who lead with wisdom and by Godly examples will yield good leaders for many tomorrows." ~Leah C Dancel on YOUTH DAY acrostic by

Ikwulono Mohammed Senison 

LOST CHILD

By Leah C Dancel

In time of despondency 

and mirthless ingratitude of opportunity;

I seek your face to hide myself In Thee.

You turn not Thyself away from me,

But embrace me. You give me comfort

Like a little child lost in her world of care.

You soothe my troubled heart

As you whisper your heavenly love

You straighten my wrinkled soul

And gently wipe the tears from my eyes

With a smile beaming from the sky.

©Leah C Dancel 

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March 11, 2019

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A SULTRY NIGHT

ILA WOW Weekly Challenge

July 27, 2022

Best Entry 

SULTRY NIGHT

A sultry night and everyone is in their effervescent mood

The atmosphere somewhat in disarray and men and women rather getting loquacious

It must be the cocktails they can't stop helping, with one sip too many

Too exquisite, perhaps, to their connoisseur taste 

That one round deserves another so to speak 

The social circle amongst the elite is becoming a POTHER-some nuisance

Lo and behold, one uninvited guest suddenly appears

A QUIXOTIC figure of formidable affluence silenced the crowd.

Leah C Dancel 

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MADAME BUTTERFLY: PASSAGE

ANYTHING Saturday

(Late for Submission)

DIANE PAULUS Quotes:

"OPERA is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story."

With Elena Zaragoza Escubio 

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Sydney Opera House

Madame Butterfly

July 22, 2022

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Puccini's fame in opus grande composition of Madame Butterfly took him five times to rewrite before it lifted off to earn the highest accolades performed by stellar Aria artists all over the world.

"Opera as an ultimate form of art", in my view,  is a counterpoint to Poetry in alignment with its elements and tools used to define, design and develop the connectivity of expressions conveyed by the writer relatable to the audience, listeners and readers. 

I purposely didn't do any background reading of Madame Butterfly because I want to feel the verve of the story through what I saw and heard from the performers on stage.  And with the aid of digital and visual transcription, I was on track in following the story with profound amazement by the skills and talents involved in this massive production. 

Madame Butterfly so far is nothing short of theatrics about love, loyalty, betrayal, sacrifice and tragedy; but, "in the end, love is the only thing that matters ..."

MERAKI is the apex of this sterling stage success, a denouement of Giacomo Puccini's "sweeping, uplifting, enchanting and intensely moving stories with music and stories combined" genius work. 

© Leah C Dancel

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GOD'S CREATION

WOW CHALLENGE

GOD'S CREATION 

Finding a panacea of solitary loneliness

In the harbour of a dingled mindfulness

Is it serendipity that I found a shadow of love

In this galactic space of southern land

Where I espy a glorious aurora strand

Gorgeously emitting behind the corridor of the dell

Blossoming like a plethora of yellow bells

A marvellous denouement of God's creation from the beginning. 

© Leah C Dancel

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Photo: Credit to The Mercury, Tasmania

 

August 4, 2022

My piece for the WORDS of the WEEK in MERAKI writing was published in this online magazine for International Language and Arts, where culture meets creativity, founded by Annette Nasser .

Thank you so much for this great honour in recognition to my humble work.

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EVERYTHING BECOMES BEAUTIFUL

By Rado Gatchalian

Everything Becomes Beautiful

by Rado Gatchalian

When a piece of joy

is written in too many possibilities —

even certainties become doubt

and fear becomes hope:

try to keep all those stories,

One day — when the night and day

become too close

that no one can see the difference

between summer and winter:

two places, and two souls, become one.

And everywhere we go:

we can no longer feel loneliness;

as man ponders a great lesson —

all of a sudden:

everything he knows is a dust in the wind;

But perhaps when everything is lost

and given to a power no one can hold:

only love and obedience

can give peace —

a warrior surrenders to the will —

A child becomes the willing star,

born from a gift given hundred years before;

and as he climbs every mountain:

to find the richness of the world —

he fails every attempt.

But as he travels back to a place called Home —

he finds under the tree in his garden of Eden

a poem that speaks the most eloquent lesson:

when you stop looking,

everything becomes beautiful.

(Photo by Reyna, Fall 2020 Shelton CT)

SOLITARY JOURNEY

By Leah C Dancel

SOLITARY JOURNEY

In peace there is happiness

In solitude - contentment;

An escape into the woods

of serene and tranquility,

provides a place

of solace and comfort;

away from the world

of fallacies and vagaries.

Copyright @2006 Leah C. Dancel

Quakers Hill NSW

15 February 2004

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Photo: Audley National Royal Park

Janauary 1, 2021

TRUE FRIENDSHIP : Essay

By Leah C Dancel

Dedicated to a College Classmate in Pharmacy at Southwestern University, Urgello Street, Cebu City 

Ninfa Pia Priebe

Bavaria, GERMANY 

July 10, 2022

Prologue:

"Live for today but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God's love in every event, every circumstance, every unpleasant situation, in which you may find yourself." ~Barbara Johnson

The quote above is one inspirational line to appease that Life matters even to the most downtrodden ones.

Passage:

It wasn't long that I found one long lost friend over the years, and now I found another one. And a bit more of others. 

Ninfa Pia as she was known before was a classmate in the university of the College of Pharmacy in Cebu City.

Our friendship blossomed into trust  and sisterhood camaraderie. She's the only one who stood by my side during the turbulent times I had to face many challenges during the tenure of my Leadership as the College Department President. Now I said it for the first time. For those who disparaged me and put me to shame can only judge for themselves. The truth is my guiding light

TRUE FRIENDSHIP 

"Friends love through all kinds of weather" is a biblical-based barometer of true friendship.

True friendship doesn't need to be measured by length of time. It is established by the commonality of 

two empaths who have shared  clairsentient on unspoken values and beliefs surrounding their life's circumstances, events, experiences and situations that befall them.

It is a bond bordered on mutual trust, honesty, camaraderie and respect. A friendship with open arms, in-depth understanding and ever flowing outgoing concern for each other which is extended to their families, friends and even strangers.

A friendship that gives an impact to each side, a friendship that makes a difference by supporting each through thick and thin. I have felt that friendship in a college classmate I have just found, and, again through Facebook.

Our tears, pain and hardships we both suffered due to poverty in the past  didn't give us the reason to give up life. We pursued our dreams beyond belief. And that dream is simply to live, to appreciate and be grateful of every blessing we breathe in and out.

We are a living testimony of that lasting "True Friendship" even if it only resides in the mind and heart of our souls. We may be separated by unforeseen circumstances but our spirits remain unbeaten and unbroken.

Post Script: 

My friend now lives in Germany with two children and a grandson. Thank you Ninfa P. Priebe for your special friendship I have never forgotten through the years!  

© Leah C Dancel

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COMMENTS

Nene Mamone - That's a very inspiring token of friendship. You're also one of the lucky people to have good friends around the globe.

SONG of the FLOWERS

By Khalil Gibran

I am a kind word uttered and repeated
by the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the blue
tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements
with whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth;
I was reared in the lap of Summer
and I slept in the bed of Autumn.

At dawn, I unite with the breeze
to announce the coming of light;
At eventide I join the birds
in bidding the light farewell.

The plains are decorated with
My beautiful colors, and the air
is scented with my fragrance.

As I embrace slumber the eyes of
night watch over me, and as I
awaken, I stare at the sun, which is
the only eye of the day.

I drink dew for wine, and hearten to
the voices of birds, and dance
to the rhythmic swaying of the grass.

I am the lover’s gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am part of joy and a part of sorrow.

But
"... I look up high to see only the light,
and never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn."

Khalil Gibran
1883-1931

COOKING POETRY

By Leah C Dancel

Of all the Poetry I love,

Cooking Poetry is the most satisfying. 

It nourishes your soul.

It keeps your brain sharper.

It makes you fit and healthy.

It stirs your literary appetite

To write more Poetry.

"Bon appetit!"

©Leah C. Dancel

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