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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2009-04-24 06:53 AM



day's fading light
casts muted colors
onto bare walls

amber sunlight beams
stream through open curtains,
highlighting frail thoughts

my body yields to the rhythmic flow
of meditation's mindful moments,
releasing tension from coiled muscles

seeking adjustment from within
to balance the day's chaotic input,
I embrace the afterglow of each life moment


© Copyright 2009 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2009-04-24 08:14 AM


Kacy, though the colours be muted, the words are BRILLIANT!

Thank you for sharing that gorgeous meditative moment. I am soaking it up and will be immersing myself in it from time to time.  

Good morning, dear poetess!

Love,

Linda



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2 posted 2009-04-24 08:17 AM


Wow, this is splendid, how you've captured the personal, internal waves of day's end, and blended them so softly with your environment.  I especially love how you've worded this:

amber sunlight beams
stream through open curtains,
highlighting frail thoughts

Exceptional!  And a keeper!

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3 posted 2009-04-24 08:21 AM


Lovely way to start the day, with Kacy words. KEEPER.
                         Ida

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4 posted 2009-04-24 08:41 AM


I wish I could relax like this.

Such beautiful phrasing in every line, and I love the ending,

"I embrace the afterglow of each life moment"

Brilliant, Midnite.

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5 posted 2009-04-24 10:06 AM


Absolutely gorgeous! *S*
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6 posted 2009-04-24 10:15 AM


Hi Midnitesun, Indeed a wonderful way to start off a new day, meditation, yoga. Some heart pumping cardio will do wonders too.

“Seeking adjustment from within
to balance the day's chaotic input,
I embrace the afterglow of each life moment”  love these lines very much.  


"Hardwork pays in the long run"

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7 posted 2009-04-24 01:02 PM


Humble thanks to each of you for these warm and generous replies.
I'm very grateful for your presence.
With a slight word modification,
this can be an AM or PM meditation.

namaste

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8 posted 2009-04-24 02:45 PM


I basked in the beauty of this soft-glorious moment.  Thank you Kacy.

Owl

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9 posted 2009-04-24 04:06 PM


I am going to come back here to read this every time I need to relax! Lovely, lovely thoughts.
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10 posted 2009-04-26 03:15 PM


This is for sure going into my library Kacy ~ Love this

to you
ARCTIC WIND

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11 posted 2009-04-26 03:40 PM


Great opening image that sets the scene for meditation, and the words actually settled this reader.
Perhaps I should read you more, and drink less end-of-the day wine.
Splendid.

Robert E. Jordan
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12 posted 2009-04-26 04:46 PM


Yo dear Kacy,

You have some good ideas here for help in going to sleep at night.  I’ve never tried, or even thought of meditation.  That would be something new for me.

Love Bobby

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13 posted 2009-04-26 06:17 PM


Diana, glad that you enjoyed this muted moment.
Seraphim, I'm delighted it had that effect on you.
Arctic, smiling, thank you!
Osprey, nothing wrong with a fine glass of wine, before or after a meditation moment.
Bobby, it has the effect of centering one's thoughts, and leaving one calm and refreshed.


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14 posted 2009-04-26 09:14 PM


Very nice description

I use to meditate in the early seventies, but only in the mornings. It helped me to face my day.

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15 posted 2009-04-26 09:21 PM


I would concur with the 'hi-lighting' of:

"amber sunlight beams
stream through open curtains,
highlighting frail thoughts" ...

as being ABSOLUTELY most fine indeed!

long-sustained applause for this special meditative 'penning' !!

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16 posted 2009-04-26 11:46 PM



Dear Kacy you have excelled yourself with

this beautiful post my dear, thanks for sharing. Love

Lindsay

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17 posted 2009-04-27 06:25 AM


You made my heart dance with this one, dear Kacy. Simply wonderful!

Love,
Margherita

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18 posted 2009-04-27 03:39 PM


Came back to let this permeate my soul again, Kacy, in preparation for another middle-of-the-night anti-crime patrol.  

Owl

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19 posted 2009-04-28 06:43 AM


CM, try it again, m'friend.
2ndhand, glad you enjoyed that!
Lindsay, thank you!
Margherita, dance...
Diana, let's meditate for universal calm.

OwlSA
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20 posted 2009-04-28 12:59 PM


That's a wonderful idea, Kacy.  Yes, let's!

Owl

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21 posted 2009-04-28 03:20 PM


Di, we won't even need to set clocks to be in synchronicity, as these meditative thoughts will circle the globe and overlap.

OM, sweeping the seas, valleys and the mountains in 'wave' of calmness.

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22 posted 2009-04-28 05:13 PM


This one took me by the hand and told me to calm down.  Very nicely done.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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23 posted 2009-04-28 05:33 PM


Thanks, Nan, for that reply.
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24 posted 2009-05-04 12:51 PM


...you have made this so easy to see because you have painted with clarity in the words you have chosen...like these:

"amber sunlight beams
stream through open curtains,
highlighting frail thoughts"

...I'm there...and it seems like a nice place to be...

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25 posted 2009-05-04 09:38 AM


Glad you could join me, Steven.
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26 posted 2009-05-05 06:52 PM


Absolutely beautiful penned and a for sure.


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27 posted 2009-05-05 06:58 PM


Sounds like the perfect way to embrace living, my friend...wonderfully written.

j.

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28 posted 2009-05-06 01:50 PM


back to contemplate once again that:

"amber sunlight...
through open curtains,
highlighting frail thoughts"

continuing applause for this fine 'penning' !!

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29 posted 2009-05-06 09:13 PM


"embrace the afterglow of each life moment"

likely most wise counsel!

continuing applause !!

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30 posted 2009-05-07 12:03 PM


Charisma, so nice to have a reply from you! Thanks!
Jimmy, thank you my friend. Glad you enjoyed this write.
Bruce, guess you liked this one...

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31 posted 2009-05-09 03:18 AM


Kacy, may the days - muted or vibrant - bring you strength and pleasure.  This is a beaautiful poem and I agree with Ida.  It's a K E E P E R !  So are you.



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32 posted 2009-05-11 08:55 AM


Thanks for the visit and kind reply, poet Alison!
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