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Sunshine
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0 posted 2000-06-05 09:48 PM


Inspiration

From whence comes inspiration,
that shifting, wisp-o'-the-will soft sensation
of thought and context and words that stream,
as effervescent and gone, whiff, like a soft dream.

Sneaky little concepts, spiraling out of control
just as quickly as it comes, grab a pen, it goes
and in its absence, a sudden, inexplicable pain,
wondering if that design will even come again.

Oh, mourn the loss of the utterance now gone,
but pick up the pen and murmur the song,
hoping again to burst forth with creation,
as, from whence, comes inspiration.

©KRJ
28 August, 1999




 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


© Copyright 2000 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Corinne
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1 posted 2000-06-05 10:19 PM


Simply lovely!

Corinne

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2 posted 2000-06-05 10:27 PM


Yes, lovely...and oh so true. They say that inspiration is 10% dedication and 90% perspiration. I believe them.

Excellent writing, sunshine.

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3 posted 2000-06-06 09:14 AM


thank you Corinne...

and 'Deer, wiping brow w/rumpled Kleenex...

 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


hoot_owl_rn
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4 posted 2000-06-06 10:58 AM


What a lovely poem... If this is what you write when you are uninspired, boy, I can't wait until you get really inspired   But my dear friend, inspiration can come from anything and often at the most unexpected times.

I asked For Inspiration
    ~Ruth Grattan

I asked for inspiration
In a quiet whispered prayer
The cool spring breeze it blew so hard
I'm sure God didn't hear

So I asked for inspiration
On paper crisp and white
But the summer sun was shining
My words were lost in its bright light

I asked for inspiration
As I looked up to the sky
But I found it hard to concentrate
When I heard my baby's cry

Then I begged for inspiration
On my knees there by the sea
But my message must have went unheard
For God didn't answer me

I asked for inspiration
As the Sunday church bells rang
But my pleas were simply muted out
By the hymns the choir sang

So I shouted from the mountain top
"Where is inspiration found?"
And His answer came soft to my ears
"My child, simply look around"


Thanks for the inspiration  



Sunshine
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5 posted 2000-06-06 11:03 AM


Oh Ruth, that was beautiful...please, post it in Spiritual...it will be warmly received...

and thank you for your kind words...

 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


Alle'cram
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6 posted 2000-06-06 01:55 PM


Sunshine, Inspiration was within your heart as you penned this beautiful peom, as evident by the words you crafted. Loved it.
Marcy

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7 posted 2000-06-06 01:58 PM


Marcy, out and about!  Thank you, m'dear, for checking in on me here!

 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


Aimster
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8 posted 2000-06-06 02:14 PM


sunshine~
this was pure...well sunshine lol.
i really enjoyed this read very much!
so glad you reposted this one as i
didn't get to see it first go around.
wonderul poem dear...beautiful theme!
take care,
amy


 "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends."

"Fate exists but it can only take you so far,
Because once you're there
It's up to you to make it happen."




Sunshine
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9 posted 2000-06-06 02:29 PM


LOL at Amy!  You can use my name in response any ol' time you want to! I'm so glad you liked...thanks!

 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


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