Tag: urbangaia
member name: Joyce C.
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December 20, 2007 02:24 AM EST --
A star, a sun, a son,
wishing, dreaming, hoping -
waiting for the coming of spring,
light over dark,
a rebirth of a sun,
a remembrance of balance,
a reminder of joy,
Natalis . . .
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March 21, 2008 08:37 AM EDT --
Oh deep dark compost, so rich with nutrients, of the Earth's goodness. A combination of things we do not want, the debris, the junk, the leftovers, the bits-and-pieces. We throw them in and they break . . .
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March 29, 2008 12:37 AM EDT --
Paws in black loam.
Sniffing - humus, humid, humility.
Lips curl over sharp canines,
Amber pools, mini lunar discs.
Fungi, mushroom, decay, rot.
Growth, damp, germinating, seething.
The . . .
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October 16, 2007 04:30 AM EDT --
I love forests.
The image of the forest serves as my inner landscape, a visual metaphor and an anchor. When I go within, I go into a forest. And when I think about wolf, it is a forest wolf. I grow . . .
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October 18, 2007 01:58 AM EDT --
Om Mani Padme Hum.
My heart is filled with compassion.
Om Mani Padme Hum.
My spirit is filled with compassion.
Om Mani Padme Hum.
My song is filled with compassion.
Om Mani Padme Hum.
I am filled . . .
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October 06, 2007 02:04 AM EDT --
Note: This is also applicable to artists and photographers.
When I talk about the 'the writer's eye', I am talking about the skills of observation whereby the writer is able to perceive detail . . .
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October 09, 2007 02:01 AM EDT --
Heart leaf pressed on my chest -
Gazing up at the stars:
I feel the longing of home.
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October 23, 2007 08:50 AM EDT --
For many of us, a sacred place might be the forest near where we live, or the quiet creek where we sit down for a quiet time. Likewise, it could be a tiny garden filled with nature's goodness or a . . .
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December 21, 2007 07:00 AM EST --
Celebrating Dong Zhi or the Winter Solstice tonight. We bought the pink and white glutinous dough to make the dumplings so that we can eat them later as a hot dessert.
Coincidentally, it started to . . .
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March 14, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
Liquid gold -
Sunburst in mouth,
Sweet and tart at the same time.
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February 07, 2008 09:52 AM EST --
Inspired by - yes - Johnny and the Sprites.
Wake up, old slumbering Earth -
Wake up and stretch forth your shoots,
Your little germinating seeds, your little bulbs.
Let them push out from the . . .
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December 14, 2007 08:36 AM EST --
folds of her -
layer upon layer,
shaped, wrinkled, formed,
generations and histories:
weathered body
with so . . .
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October 14, 2007 09:04 PM EDT --
I love the written word. Heck, I love language - the sounds, the textures and the compositions of it. I write and for a while, I was an editor.
I also love teaching and have taught in mainstream Singapore . . .
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October 15, 2007 06:59 AM EDT --
I wove a beetle into my hair,
a tiny cousin of the mighty scarab:
poor thing, flying in from the cool night air.
I lifted my hand up, touched something
warm and hard...
Beetle in my hair!
Not . . .
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October 26, 2007 11:24 PM EDT --
Hail Samhain moon,
Round bright mirror -
No need for scrying:
Just shine on me.
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March 20, 2008 08:37 AM EDT --
She dropped onto the soft sand, panther-quiet, a dark shadow slipping in the shadows of the large hangar. She hid beneath the large silver fighter planes. Birds of death, her people called them. Birds . . .
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October 06, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
It is a generalization to say that Singapore does not have seasons. Or that she has hot and wet monsoon seasons.
Just look very carefully at the plants. They react to the minute shifts to the weather . . .
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October 12, 2007 04:05 AM EDT --
palm-sized pattern,
green moss whispering:
shadow and trees.
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November 12, 2007 09:19 AM EST --
touch the earth,
feel its warmth -
the sky's tears pooling beneath
seeking fingers sinking
into the velvet water
while it flows, it flows
into streams and rivulets
softly laughing . . .
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January 12, 2008 10:19 AM EST --
The trees are wise. They teach us the cycles of time. They also teach us wisdom. In many cultures, trees are often the bearers of wisdom and knowledge. Listen, particularly, to the older trees . . .
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