Comments on: Invitation to Poetry: Freedom http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:24:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kathy Flugel Stone http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 Kathy Flugel Stone Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:37:23 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4246 I thought of how we try to capture beauty to behold it and keep it---how art is what gives us hope... one from Emily Dickinson: Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all... I thought of how we try to capture beauty to behold it and keep it—how art is what gives us hope… one from Emily Dickinson:

Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all…

]]> By: Pam http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4164 Pam Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:25:23 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4164 oops... I meant ABOUT Chet Baker, not by Chet Baker. I should let that mistake stand, so that I can give Milton his due. oops… I meant ABOUT Chet Baker, not by Chet Baker. I should let that mistake stand, so that I can give Milton his due.

]]> By: Pam http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Pam Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:24:14 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4163 I was captivated by Open Window by Chet Baker. I tried to put a comment on the Don't Eat Alone site, but am not sure it made it. So, I will say that I read the poem over and over. It builds from the beginning, but once there is the reference to Chet under the window, I was hooked. The rest of the lines are all masterpieces. Thank you. I was captivated by Open Window by Chet Baker. I tried to put a comment on the Don’t Eat Alone site, but am not sure it made it. So, I will say that I read the poem over and over. It builds from the beginning, but once there is the reference to Chet under the window, I was hooked. The rest of the lines are all masterpieces. Thank you.

]]> By: Freedom: On Being Uncaged | Abbey of the Arts http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4139 Freedom: On Being Uncaged | Abbey of the Arts Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:53:48 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4139 [...] my freedom.  If you haven’t read the latest contributions, please scroll down (or just click here) and relish [...] [...] my freedom.  If you haven’t read the latest contributions, please scroll down (or just click here) and relish [...]

]]> By: Lorna http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 Lorna Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:08:25 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4129 I LOVE It was not just a bird by -chartreuse ova wonderful I LOVE It was not just a bird by -chartreuse ova wonderful

]]> By: Lorna http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4128 Lorna Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:06:30 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4128 Freedom? by Lorna Koskela She preened herself at the edge of the cage in preparation Her dream before her after a lifetime of captivity fly or fail? she'd rather die trying than remain bound captive caged she preened herself at the edge of the cave in preparation because not to fly was not part of her dream she was made to fly and God willing she would do so Freedom? by Lorna Koskela

She preened herself
at the edge of the cage
in preparation

Her dream before her
after a lifetime
of captivity

fly or fail?
she’d rather die trying
than remain

bound
captive
caged

she preened herself
at the edge of the cave
in preparation

because not to fly
was not part of her dream

she was made to fly
and God willing
she would do so

]]> By: Rich http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 Rich Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:29:04 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4120 PEACOCK She wore the burden of beauty not well. And so one day, escaping her cage, a prison no more, she stood still on the ground, and found no one noticed. She missed the acclaim so spreading her feathers she tried to return to the confines of old. But failing she found a thousand eyes on her. Happy at last! PEACOCK

She wore the burden
of beauty not well.
And so one day,
escaping her cage,
a prison no more,
she stood still on the ground,
and found no one noticed.

She missed the acclaim
so spreading her feathers she
tried to return to
the confines of old.
But failing she found
a thousand eyes on her.

Happy at last!

]]> By: Crafty Green Poet http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 Crafty Green Poet Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:10:52 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4118 shaking out a thousand uncaged eyes - the peacock shimmers. shaking out
a thousand uncaged eyes -
the peacock shimmers.

]]> By: chartreuseova http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4115 chartreuseova Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:47:56 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4115 Unfinished Dream It's just a bird in a cage. That's the way things have always been. It's just a few dogs. Look away, there is no real crime here. It's just a woman. How dare she expect anything more. It's just one of those people. They don't belong, why should we care? It's just a bird. But I reached out and opened the door. And then I saw, It was not just a bird. Unfinished Dream

It’s just a bird in a cage.
That’s the way things have always been.

It’s just a few dogs.
Look away, there is no real crime here.

It’s just a woman.
How dare she expect anything more.

It’s just one of those people.
They don’t belong, why should we care?

It’s just a bird.
But I reached out and opened the door.

And then I saw,
It was not just a bird.

]]> By: don't eat alone http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-4113 don't eat alone Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:04 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/08/27/invitation-to-poetry-freedom/#comment-4113 Christine, The picture, along with the prompt this week from Poetry Thursday, made me think of Chet Baker. http://donteatalone.blogspot.com/2007/08/open-window.html Peace, Milton Christine,

The picture, along with the prompt this week from Poetry Thursday, made me think of Chet Baker.

http://donteatalone.blogspot.com/2007/08/open-window.html

Peace,
Milton

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