by John Keats
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
Source: Old English Literature
...collection of gems...
BEATING HEART
"Many a beating heart is silenced by the tyranny of indifference." ~Michael Faudet
THE PUREST PLACE
"Retrace your steps and go back to the purest place in your heart… where your hope lives. You’ll find your way again.” ~Everwood (Trust Your Journey)
FIERCE WARRIOR
“May you always walk in Beauty.” ~Black Elk
Beauty in the heart
Coming from within
Fearless and bold
Brave and strong.
A Lioness by day
A Tigress by night
She drives all evils at bay.
Don't you dare her
Though her soul is simple
And she appears to be naive
She's a fierce warrior you see!
Her spear and shield are ready
Beware not to cross her path.
© Leah C Dancel
Copyright © April 26, 2022
All rights reserved
SH-AUSTRALIA
DARE and DREAM
Lovingly yours,
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
"Great teachers don't always have the best lessons. But they always have the best relationships with kids." ~Songs for Teaching
INSPIRATION
"Inspiration is everything. Go and create something," ~Jac Vanek
PEACEFUL MOMENT
Of my revered solitude
Poetry for Inspiration
The waves that sweep your heart and soul with love. ~lcd
Hour of Elegance
ABOUT A POETESS
(Dedicatory Poem by Yesu Ben)
Between love child's great mind and those
of our earth is a middle course,
A mid point hence the bridge be cast
from our side halfway mooring mast.
Within her mind’s a mystery
of intersecting unplumbed force
She reads the mind of sun and moon
and those which conduct seasons' course,
the manners of the stars and worlds,
their births, and deaths, and their returns.
That bipeds we be or some such,
let intellect light up and burn.
obscure to seen, atom to star
a lavish flash, don’t your eyes blink.
what veiled romance keeps her pen filled
with mighty heaven's wondrous ink?
12 October 2018
LOVING WISHES
"How sweet are the words spoken between friends
Just like a balm that heals or a needle that mends."
~Patricia Grantham~
From Poem Hunter
MY DREAM BOAT
"I dreamt we were sailing down a perfectly still stream." ~Not Long Left from Poem Hunter
Three Score 2010
GREAT POET
"The greatest poet is one who knows one when she sees one. Like a doctor, she dissects one with an incisive mind and can immediately can tell if it is malignant or cancerous. She probes the mind of the poet and looks into the gray matter whether it is infused with wisdom or not. She looks into the heart of the poet, and you know when she is affected by what she reads when she comments with her emojis. ...Rare breed this poet of our contemporary times. Congratulations Leah Dancel!" ~Crispulo Bacud Tappa
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Serenity