June Joy

Small Stone 1

(My Earth Pathways Diary)

A new day, 

A new month,

But still the same 

Wild Heart,

Beating.

~~000~~

Small Stone 2

My chunk of citrine

Means I carry
Around my neck,

A piece of the sun

Everywhere I go -

Even on the coldest,

Greyest days.

~~000~~

Small Stone 3

(stock image from internet)

Smelling sweet and fruity,

Dreaming of warm sunshine

As cold rain falls.

~~000~~

Small Stone 4

'Selene', Albert Aublet (1880)

Dark Moon,

New Moon,

Digging deep,

I plant dream-seeds.
May they grow
and bloom,
In their own true time.

~~000~~

Small Stone 5

Such beauty, 

Such grace.

Such love, 

Such bravery.

Such a struggle

to create

An honest life.

~~000~~

Small Stone 6

After the rain,

With glossy eye

And shining wing,

The blackbird's song

Lifts the spirits of us all.

~~000~~

Small Stone 7

The stoutly prosaic wall

Shoulders the burden

Of the bush's poetic bounty.

~~000~~

Small Stone 8

Sometimes there are no words,

Just perfect notes

Moving the air

And my soul.

~~000~~

Small Stone 9

('There was the Island' by Jo Booth)

On the dining room wall,

There is a Window

To another World...

Oh please,

Take me there!

~~000~~

Small Stone 10

Once upon a time

The chair's purpose

Was to offer a place to rest.

These days,

Broken and tired,

Nature reclaims it.

~~000~~

Small Stone 11

Small altars

Around our home,

Remind me

Of what's important -

Beauty, Grace, Art,

And timeless tales

Of deer trods

And ancient pathways.

~~000~~

Small Stone 12

Some flowers just make me smile,

Their wide, round faces

Turned to whatever light

They can find.

~~000~~

Small Stone 13

Not knowing its name,

Doesn't make a flower

Any less delightful.

~~000~~

Small Stone 14

Following Virginia's advice,

I 'arrange whatever pieces 

Come my way',

Trying to make sense

Of the chaos.

~~000~~

Small Stone 15

As there is comfort food,

There are comfort books...

An old friend to while away

A rainy afternoon.

~~000~~

Small Stone 16

They loom, large and heavy,

Releasing rain and migraines.

~~000~~

Small Stone 17

(Photo copyright Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

I need to believe

The gentle balms of Love

Are stronger than

 The brutal wounds of Hate.

But can I?

Do I?

RIP Jo Cox MP

(1974--2016)

~~000~~

Small Stone 18

Not normally a lover of pink,

Even I cannot deny

Perfection when I see it.

~~000~~

Small Stone 19

Novel? Poem?

Shape-shifting,
Words, white space,

Powerful, lyrical,

Heart-hurting, 

Like grief itself.

~~000~~

Small Stone 20

Exquisite bloom,

Heavy with scent,

You capture the essence,

Of England's Summer.

~~000~~

Small Stone 21

I love these trees

Especially in the early morning,

When their trunks glow

With the day's promise.

~~000~~

Small Stone 22

Celebrating Life,

The joys of the body

And the voice.

I cannot resist the urge

To join in.

~~000~~

Small Stone 23

The words and image speak to my heart,

But 'no man is an island,' said another,

And as I believe we are stronger together,

 I voted Remain.

~~000~~

Small Stone 24

I see her every day,

As I write within her pages.

She knows my every thought,

And I suspect, even the ones

I can't express.

~~000~~

Small Stone 25

When tired of reading,
And the words start to muddle,
Re-spark your brain

And draw the book.

~~000~~

Small Stone 26

My thoughts are full of nests,

Of building a safe, round place

From twigs, leaves and spit.

The winds of change are swirling,

Rocking the branch on which we sit -

But we'll hold strong together,

As a Family.

~~000~~

Small Stone 27

The softest, whitest gift

Left ready to be discovered

In between the showers -

A sign of peace or cowardice??

~~000~~

Small Stone 28

Hiding under tall grasses,

I espy small faces blinking 
In a rare moment of sunlight.

~~000~~

Small Stone 29

'Blessing of Water' by Birdie Fincham

The container of all
Former certainties
Has broken.
All my hope
Has spilled.
Can it ever
Be gathered
Up again?

~~000~~

Small Stone 30

Nature blooms on regardless

Of the country's mess.

A comfort or a mockery?

I cannot decide...