A new day … Loved Listening Looking Loving Laughing Living [Mark Conner - January 24th 2014]
The Cycle of Life
Struggle … caterpillar … earth bound Darkness … cocoon … transformation New birth … butterfly … flight New life … colour … beauty … Sudden death - one life for another All too soon. Is there more? [Mark Conner - January 23rd, 2014. Written after … Continue reading The Cycle of Life
Slow
Driving Talking Eating Walking Thinking Listening Loving Go Slow [Written for fellow A.D.D., busy, task-addicted, adrenaline junkies like myself]
Silence and Solitude
Day started well ... a walk, silence, conversation, coffee. Serenity invaded by noise. Walking away now … … Slow down An invitation … to silence … Just to BE. Sit down … stay awhile No rush … no hurry Still Peace. Joy. Loved. Content. Enough. Look … listen … No agenda. Together, that's all. One. Timelessness … present … this … Continue reading Silence and Solitude
Prophets
Prophets are poetsWordsmiths and craftsmenMusicians who muse Prophets are seersArtists and artisans Visionaries who venture Ears always openListening to hearWaiting for words Attentive to sound Eyes always open Looking to seeWatching for picturesObservant to images Bushes still burn God waits to seeMost pass on byFew stop to look God's heart, God's mind Pathos and ethos then logos Words with power To change … Continue reading Prophets
A Very Different World
Cars replace donkeysThe pub over the synagogueImage over characterLooks trump who you areCrowded yet lonelyAdvanced yet stuntedWelcome to our world Yet people are still the sameHungry and thirstyFor meaning and friendshipGod is still the same tooSpeaking through burning bushesWhen people take time to look Busy, busy, always in a hurryFaster than ever before Distraction, obsession, boredom Attention … Continue reading A Very Different World
My Poetry
Rhythm more than rhymeFeelings over formWords over whatever No thunderNo lightningJust a whisper Listen then writeRead then listenInspired circle Express the heartTease the mindStir the spirit Articulate lifeWords have powerShape your world Never the sameSee the changeTransformation [Mark Conner - January 23rd, 2014] Next Poem - A Very Different World