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Sunshine
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0 posted 2001-07-21 07:44 PM



inexpensive therapy

potters have their clay and wheel
painters have their brush and pots
architects their stone and steel
all to feed their daily lots

inexpensive therapy
is but in our hands and mind
on our paper from our pen
we muse then write our unwind

there’s no splatter of red paint
no clay from the wheel to fling
no stepping over stone or steel
but what joy these words shall bring

paper comes from everywhere
many are my pencils, pens
then the muses, they do find
some willing fingers just for them

my muse is quietly persuasive
bringing thoughts of love and mirth
giving wing to my high spirits
finding keys of pleasure’s worth

she doesn’t charge me any rent
although moody at times she be
most often she is heaven bent
framing my face in tranquility

no matter what comes to mind,
she whispers soft words of hope
she and I spend lovely time
allowing peaceful ways to cope

so my inexpensive therapy
is my muse who sings with me


© Copyright 2001 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
rwood
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1 posted 2001-07-21 08:02 PM


I'm jealous! So true, how thankful I am for a writing place, sometimes I have to search when it hits. Like old receipts, or my hand, but You..have a wonderful muse! Enchanting.
Sincerely,
Rwood

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2 posted 2001-07-21 08:29 PM


I enjoyed this.  Though I have to say, sometimes my muse can be a real demon.
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3 posted 2001-07-21 09:15 PM


Im going to NEED therapy if my moody muse dont SNAP OUT OF IT!!!  

ok..Im done whining on your thread  
kiss your sunny muse dear...this ones wonderful  

only you could give love that satisfies the soul...
see the darkness of my heart and still won't let me go.

Flutterwings
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4 posted 2001-07-21 11:17 PM


Yes, a muse can be quite amusing.
  
I wrote a poem about my muse that I will share with you in a later post.  
I enjoyed this very much.... to your amazing muse.
((~.~))


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5 posted 2001-07-21 11:41 PM


The trial of this arts labor is in molding it to last. Rewarding? Yes. Theraputic? Very. But compared to other forms of art to build written words which stand the test of time, wow! Enjoyed

"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve"

Logan
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6 posted 2001-07-22 12:00 PM


Ahh, Sissie, your muse has a very apt companion..YOU...very gentle smile
JLR
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7 posted 2001-07-22 12:12 PM


This is great...and so true.  Maybe I should be paying myself $75 an hour when I write.  Wonder if I could get insurance to cover it?
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8 posted 2001-07-22 08:37 AM


And in similar words Paul McCartney said the same thing...James
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9 posted 2001-07-22 04:26 PM


Karilea,

My pen and brush are therapy.  When one doesn't speak, the other will.  I enjoyed this and yes, writing does help soothe.

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.  

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10 posted 2001-07-23 11:42 PM



Sunshine-
   Ah yes!  The best kind of therapy there is!!  
   I love this!  

   hugs,
   ~vicky


"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



Mike
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11 posted 2001-07-23 11:56 PM


very nicely done, liked a lot.
PoeticKnight
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12 posted 2001-07-24 08:29 AM


How much does she charge? LOL

Always a good read sunshine.

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13 posted 2001-07-24 09:15 AM


This is wonderful. Sometimes I think I would get some satisfaction from paint splattering, but since it would only amount to splatters..well we stick to writing. This is great though, very true form of therapy, and many other things.
Sandra

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14 posted 2001-07-24 09:24 AM


there is no better therapy for me....except maybe the ocean  (ok, rain too )   love this one......

"Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."
-- Dorothy Parker, on herself

Martie
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15 posted 2001-07-24 11:58 PM


Kailea--So true your words of muse wisdom...and your poem proves it!
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16 posted 2001-07-25 02:27 AM


This is wonderful...Inexpensive therapy...never really thought of it that way but I believe you are right! I havent really gotten to know my muse very well, but I think I have a few!  (laughing)
Well done!
Cindi

God is our inspiration; Words of the heart can be music to our ears
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17 posted 2001-07-25 03:22 AM


You a-mused-me with this one, as my muse is playing hard to get and is on a vacation or something, but I am so tired she will have to tell someone who cares! lol!  This was so true Karilea, and yes, this is "the most spectacular therapy" going!  Liked this one, and I will dangle it in front of my muse and show her how I need her right now, thanks, now off to bed.  Maybe, just maybe, your a-musing poem will wake up my muse?

~ Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance ~And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance ~ I hope you dance. (Lee Ann Womack)

Kit McCallum
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18 posted 2001-07-25 07:02 AM


Ah Karilea ... so true, so very true indeed. You've captured this beautifully.  I've been in this wonderful therapy for 30 years ... think of all the money I've saved!  

I really enjoyed these wonderful sentiments, very nicely done!  

Best wishes,
/Kit


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19 posted 2001-07-25 08:53 PM


I enjoyed the reading of this,
you express so well.

Gloom

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20 posted 2001-07-25 10:28 PM


I also enjoyed your write, poetry and pen in hand have become a tremendous outlet for me.
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