No beginning no end
Declared a prophet of men
From womb to birth
Every individual came to Earth
...unless
The connections set
The program enacted
To many come to TRUTH
Memories redacted
...questions
Evidence of ancient people
Churches topped with sainted steeple
Hints of plagiarism in books
Ideas taken with golden hooks
...twist
Exciting information presented
To invite curious exploration
Careful to skillfully conceal
To prevent deep investigation
...story
Thinking minds know...
Written by Trudy Schrader on 04-18-2026
Earth:
Take off from the mass
Grounding oneself means standing
Barefoot on the grass
Water:
Fills every cranny
Obscure holes are discovered
Circulates freely
Air:
Time to rise to heights
Flight welcomes the curious
Breathe in wise insights
Fire:
Light shining above
Beckoning all Cosmic kin
Through beams they all love
Spirit:
A dream sparks on Mars
Spirits beam us way up there
To converse with Stars
Dream:
Dreams give hope to all.
Why not fly upward in Space?
Bright elementals!
Goal:
I'm flying to Mars.
I am on Mars in spirit.
Will be there on foot!
Cumulus chatter
the Sun in fits of giggles,
down-to-earth magic.
INTO THE ELEMENTAL-:-
formal
excellent
style
united
unshakeable
yet LOOSENING THE REINS
expressing
artistic
visions
in
defiance
with a SHIFT OF EKPHRASIS
jointly
equally
honoured
hitherto
distinctive
ELEMENTAL IMAGINGS
magical
fascinating
playthings
absorb
experience
in
sudden
stillness
of
eternal
infinity
with
instant
tensions
transience
in
sensational
eruptions
unleashed
in
agitated
unbridled
visual
memories
The Elemental Cosmic Druid,
Stirred by booming winds,
The Druid descends from stars.
From Nature, he flows,
Skyward and free,
Soaring blissfully,
In elemental harmony
I feel you crackling in the sky tonight
There's no need to shout— your words are louder than mine
We're tethered, not by bolts, or voltage, but this lightning's light
Current that hums through concrete where our fields align
With ruthless brilliance, the likes of which my life has never before witnessed
I am the rain that finds you drop by drop
Tracing the map of your skin I'll never stop; this...
It is not soft, it isn't sweet; It's far from passe or even close to sentimental.
Do not flinch, let it soak you to the bone; sometimes love needs to be elemental!
I Am the Roots of the Earth
I Am the Wind so Swift
I Am the Sky so High
I Am the Sun so Bright
One of our only protectors
The sun burns their skins
With the reminder of their sins
The sun kisses our skin
Gifting it with affection
The wind echoes with our ancestors stories
A silent act of justice
A way to honour black history
To haunt the guilty
The wind lifts our heads up
To remind us
That they can't break us
And that it will always avenge us
The fire ignites us
To empower us
To speak up
It gives us our voice to show them we won't shut up
They can't stop us
Our fire burns through their hatred of blackness
But for us
It gives us our confidence
The ocean our biggest protectors
Freed us
From a lifetime of punishment
It saved us
And buried us
Then made sure our pain wasn't forgotten
It gave us our salvation
A different form of justice
The soil has tasted our blood
Carried our burdens
And held our broken bodies
It has drowned in our tears
And cried to our prayers
The earth beneath, steady and true,
The sky above, an endless view.
The fire within and the waves that rise
All move as one behind these eyes.
The ground beneath, so strong, so wide,
A home for all, where roots abide.
The mountaintop calls, with its ever-expecting face,
But the sky seems a dream I no longer chase.
Feel the water’s pulse and flow
A surfer’s dance, in nature’s show.
It moves with grace, both calm and free,
A reminder of life's fluidity.
A red giant burns with endless light,
Its flames too wild, too big to fight.
A supernova, it bursts and goes,
And from the ashes, new love grows.
Air, the breath that stirs the mind,
Unseen but felt, it’s all around.
It feeds the fire, shapes the wave,
And through the earth, it spreads the faith.
ELEMENTAL
It was the start, ancient texts said
Fire was the lava, in rivers of red
And the planet’s growth was fed
When cooled, life raised its head
Then from the water to the land
Mammals arrived as was planned
But little was there to lend a hand
Some evolutionists do understand
Standing tall and breathing the air
Mankind’s destiny was finally there
Intelligence grew, becoming aware
Yet between tribes, contact was rare
Earth became stable, but only just
Yet a polished steel sword will rust
Each life has an ending, as it must
Hence earth to earth, dust to dust
Immodest elemental,
cloud of sin full vapor,
you stretch as a taffy,
bunched anti demure
Witch of the winds,
you -graph a pillow walk,
billboard drone of stalk
Joining peepshow in precarious ways,
your nefarious stay,
akin to shadows on the wall,
putting on a provocative play
In the depths of skyllines embrace,
where mind blows dance on silvery face,
woven by cottony lace
Is silver lining, your pockets,
as you sell your wares
of wet sprocket
Get a room!
Or a shade,
Or a pole, if you cannot refrain
from your billowing, soft, delicate,
supple, ways
ELEMENTAL
You think that I am Fire
And needing air to burn
Yet I think you’re water
But no tap that I can turn
Yet I do have boiling oil
Bubbling in a copper urn
At times you seem cold
And show little concern
We’re warm when together
An outcome that I yearn
But as temperature rises
Steam is easy to discern
High above turned soil
shadow of a witch's hat,
she's elemental.
atoms
are like
haiku
using
a letter
count
since
a word is
large
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An Atom has stanzas of 5-7-5 letters each
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