Give it away
Scatter it like seeds wherever you walk
Open your palm and let it take wing
Look down and let it flow
Below you, around you, behind you
Shout it out and hear the echo
Whisper it quietly into a tender ear
Sing it into every psalm
Find it in every lament
Lay your head down on it at night
Weave it into every cloth
Waste it, flaunt it, wave it high
Slip it into the soles of your shoes
Find it in the earth and sky
Share it, teach it, learn it
Love it, paint it, dance it
Know it
Gratitude
Janet E. Hartwick Sterk
Linnea Dietrich
Poetry in motion Janet. Remember that old song? These need to be read aloud! Beautiful images of lightness, freedom and joy with the express goal of gratitude. LU and what you bring to my life.
HealingJourneys
Thank you dear friend! I think the time is coming that I will read. Sure would like you there when that happens. Poetry in motion – I remember well, and love the image. Words coming alive. Thank you!
Rick Monteith
Janet,
I love this.. you really should do a poetry reading somewhere, even if it’s just the one poem.
HealingJourneys
Thanks Rick. I think I will read! I am getting my courage up little by little. I was at the Carol Connoly reading last Tuesday. Excellent.