steal away
“Away, come away:
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.”
–W.B. Yeats
arise, fly–
follow the soundings–
radiant
gravities
beyond paths already crossed–
openings unkeyed
Going back to Jane Dougherty’s Day Thirteen of her Month with Yeats for this Shadoma November poem that also uses the Secret Keeper’s words as inspiration. And more birdlings.
arise, fly–
follow the soundings–
radiant
gravities
beyond paths already crossed–
openings unkeyed
I’m also linking this to dVerse, poems about animal/human connections–don’t we all want to fly?
40 responses to “steal away”
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- - September 22, 2019
What a great idea – I particularly like the penultimate version. Very cool! 🙂
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Thanks Rebecca. it just sort of evolved…
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Absolute magic!
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Thanks Jacob. Birds are always magic!
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I love how they’re flying out from the center…free bird!
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Yes!
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birds as guides as escort, if we can believe we can arise
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Sometimes that belief gets tested…
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Magical, Kerfe!
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Thanks Merril.
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Amazing
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Thanks Lynn.
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You set them all free! Absolutely magical!
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Thanks Jane. And hoping for the same for all of us.
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I won’t say no.
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This is very uplifting! I like the phrase, “Beyond paths already crossed.” Beautiful Kerfe! 😊
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Thanks Jill. We need some optimism these days.
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Each picture is a surprise as it unfolds, free at last!
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Thanks Sharon. Definitely a surprise…it was not at all what I started to do. But often our subconscious knows better…
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Love what you did here
Love the colors
As Sheldon Always
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Thanks Sheldon.
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I think this is one of my favorite things you’ve done. The birdlings are hope spreading its wings.
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Thanks Claudia. We can’t give up…
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OH WOOOOWWWW!!!! LOVVEEE This! My mouth fell further and further open with each piece that unfolded! Amazing Kerfe!!!
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Thanks Jodi. The birdlings are fun to work with!
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I like how those radiant gravities work.
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Me too.
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This is gorgeous. The art and the word-painting. And, yes, I would love to be free to fly. To soar.
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Thanks Victoria. We can do it in our dreams…
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This is a great story in pictures and words… I can feel the transition, and freeing of birds.
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Thanks Bjorn. I could definitely use a similar release these days….
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I like the succession of the five collages.
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Thanks Frank. Serendipity…I was fooling around with the collage and the birdlings. taking photos and it just kind of evolved.
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Yes, of course, we all dream of flying ~
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We do.
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I love the interpretation of art to words and back again. So well done!
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Thanks Sarah!
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This is the first shadorma I’ve seen on this prompt, Kerfe. I love the artwork too. I like that you are invoking birds to arise and fly – setting them free. I also love the ‘…soundings–
radiant
gravities
beyond paths already crossed’.
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Thanks Kim. I’ve always felt an affinity with the shadorma form, so Shadorma November is working well with all the prompts I do. And the birdlings keep appearing in my art from time to time, but they do need their freedom…
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