Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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It certainly works well! I didn’t know there was such a style. Learned something new, thank you. 😄💓
Yes there are Dittys, sonnets, Carol’s, chants, all sorts, not to mention Haiku, Tanka and such!
I know them all, just didn’t know there was a particular pagan style for all of them. Chants and ditties, yes. Wonder if they did limericks…? 🤔
Yes limericks definitely!
Here is a pagan version of God rest ye merry gentlemen men.
It demonstrates the beat perfectly
💗💜😉
Alas, my phone won’t show the link. Will try to get it on my PC (though it’s acting up lately – it’s old). Have a new cellphone and can’t find the setting that allows links to become “clickable”. Augh! 😬
If you have iTunes on the cellphone cut and paste the URL into iTunes then watch ☺️
No iTunes… Will figure something out. Heading to computer now….
Sorry, very tired I meant YouTube not iTunes, what am I like tonight 💝
I can understand – midnight where you are?? 🙂 I copied and pasted link into YouTube but nothing relevant came up so just did a search for pagan version of God rest ye merry gentlemen and a good one came up of a young woman singing. Maybe the same one you tried to send. Anyway, very nice!! Thank you. 🙂
Hope you have a good night, Willow! (Can’t do emoji’s from here, but sending smiles and flowers.)
Try God Rest ye Merry gentlemen by Annie Lennox let me know what you think 😉
Listening now, very nice! thanks Willow, sweet dreams!
Yawn, have a good day I am off to sleep now 💜💗
I am off to sleep soon, I can’t do emoji from my computer either 🤣
I love it, Willow. There’s a resonance through this. I particularly love: “The dark has reached it’s length, he sings.
It’s Winter here at the moment, so I know that anticipation for the arrival of Spring. We have mild winters here, but through blogging I read about that intense waiting. The arrival of that first green shoot through the snow.
xx Rowena
I was hoping to get the feel of a pagan or early Christian Carole. Welcoming the Solstice is as old as humans! I am glad you like that line, more than on person has liked it as do I . I know what you mean about awaiting the arrival of spring, we are enjoying our summer …. A good one so far! ☺️💜
I just re-read your poem and while your intended meaning was clearly there, the explanation did add to it.
BTW I thought you might enjoy check out my virtual coffee with Geoff Le Pard. We’ve been in fairly close contact for a few years now but haven’t met and so I headed over to Dulwich on Google maps last night. It was great fun: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/a-walk-in-dulwich-park-london/
xx Rowena
Hi Rowena, I just read and commented on it 😉💜great to meet. 💗
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Consistently good! (One minor typo: Soltice)
Thank you and thank you 😊
Love this, Willow 🙂 A lovely rhythm too.
I was hoping to get the medieval beat , I know the word fuse should not be there but ….poetic licence maybe…. Thanks for liking it. 🙂
They had short fuses on cannon, so that works anyway 😉
Oh! Yes 😊 thanks💗
🙂
Nice phrase: “The dark has reached it’s length”
Thank you 💜
Love it sis!!!
Thank you Sis 💜💗
I really love this, Willow. 💙💙
Thank you Betty, I wanted to try a different beat to the verse and I went for a pagan carol style. 💜
It certainly works well! I didn’t know there was such a style. Learned something new, thank you. 😄💓
Yes there are Dittys, sonnets, Carol’s, chants, all sorts, not to mention Haiku, Tanka and such!
I know them all, just didn’t know there was a particular pagan style for all of them. Chants and ditties, yes. Wonder if they did limericks…? 🤔
Yes limericks definitely!
Here is a pagan version of God rest ye merry gentlemen men.
It demonstrates the beat perfectly
💗💜😉
Alas, my phone won’t show the link. Will try to get it on my PC (though it’s acting up lately – it’s old). Have a new cellphone and can’t find the setting that allows links to become “clickable”. Augh! 😬
If you have iTunes on the cellphone cut and paste the URL into iTunes then watch ☺️
No iTunes… Will figure something out. Heading to computer now….
Sorry, very tired I meant YouTube not iTunes, what am I like tonight 💝
I can understand – midnight where you are?? 🙂 I copied and pasted link into YouTube but nothing relevant came up so just did a search for pagan version of God rest ye merry gentlemen and a good one came up of a young woman singing. Maybe the same one you tried to send. Anyway, very nice!! Thank you. 🙂
Hope you have a good night, Willow! (Can’t do emoji’s from here, but sending smiles and flowers.)
Try God Rest ye Merry gentlemen by Annie Lennox let me know what you think 😉
Listening now, very nice! thanks Willow, sweet dreams!
Yawn, have a good day I am off to sleep now 💜💗
I am off to sleep soon, I can’t do emoji from my computer either 🤣
Thank you for the smiles and flowers💜
Beautifully written willow, well done to you.
Thank you Michael, I fancied the form of a pagan carol. 🙄
The coming of light… Always a good way 🙂 Great poem!
Thank you , it was a beautiful photo and it suggested the changing of soltice.💜
Thank you Sue
This was wonderful, Willow. 🙂
Thank you Sis 💖, I was pleased with it.
Thank you Sue another interesting week! 😉🌺
I love it, Willow. There’s a resonance through this. I particularly love: “The dark has reached it’s length, he sings.
It’s Winter here at the moment, so I know that anticipation for the arrival of Spring. We have mild winters here, but through blogging I read about that intense waiting. The arrival of that first green shoot through the snow.
xx Rowena
I was hoping to get the feel of a pagan or early Christian Carole. Welcoming the Solstice is as old as humans! I am glad you like that line, more than on person has liked it as do I . I know what you mean about awaiting the arrival of spring, we are enjoying our summer …. A good one so far! ☺️💜
I just re-read your poem and while your intended meaning was clearly there, the explanation did add to it.
BTW I thought you might enjoy check out my virtual coffee with Geoff Le Pard. We’ve been in fairly close contact for a few years now but haven’t met and so I headed over to Dulwich on Google maps last night. It was great fun: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/a-walk-in-dulwich-park-london/
xx Rowena
Hi Rowena, I just read and commented on it 😉💜great to meet. 💗
Thank you Sue , you have taught me so much 💝💟💝