Every day is
a new beginning- - - - -
A new lease on
your incredible life
So savor each one
Live life to the fullest
Enjoy the wonderful
moments, embrace them
Always look at
the bright side
Utilize your full potential
Make the most of it
We are only
here for an
extremely short time
Life goes by
so fast- - - - -
you're an old
person before you can
blink your eyes
Live and Enjoy
the earth has been tilled
planted by the farmer's hand
now we wait to reap
The world burns,
The hungry yearns,
For a morsel of change,
In this new land strange.
Where the sky bleeds red,
And life lies solemnly in death's bed.
Where men watch but do not see,
And freedom is scarce while agony free.
Kids do not play hide and seek,
Racing for numbers to reach the peak.
This land works in mysterious ways,
The dead is immortal while the living strays.
Color has been stripped off almost entirely,
Save for a lone weed from an era lived priorly.
Against all odds it emerges from the earth,
Reaching towards the sky amongst the dearth.
It dances to the winds unaware,
Luring in an entrancing snare.
"Who are you?", someone wails,
"Hope!", it echoes through the vales.
You never know
Where it’ll come from or go
But you can always bet it will.
Fight it or welcome it,
The choice is yours.
Change, could care less.
(2/19/26)
(Sunrise at City of Rocks, Idaho, Spring of 2017)
As the New Year’s
Fire Horse rides on in
Blazing its karma burning trail,
Ring out the old
Ring in the new
A cosmic wind whispers
In both ears.
Time for changes
Not so much to make way
For something new
As simply to remove
What is old and stale,
And instead of that being me
I’d rather it be what I was.
I know what I have been
With a life focused on what I want,
But now what I need
Is simply something different,
And the symbol for that
Is the Fire Horse, wild and free
Burning up all that was only me.
(2/18/26)
Holidays bring cheer at each year's end ~ that starts afresh on New Year's Eve!
New Beginnings
New Beginnings
Making a new life.
Starting a new chapter.
Living a new life.
New Beginnings
Meeting new friends.
Starting a new life.
Living a new way.
New Beginnings
Seeing a new attitude.
Being a different person.
Wipe the slate clean ~ dare start anew
AP: 1st place 2025
You remind me of a synchronized play of violins
Soothing to the vibrations they play
Your touch is the rhythm of a string
hold me gently with similarity
Time casts a heavy glow
On the world I left behind,
Transfixed on a new tomorrow,
All the new seeds I’ll sow.
Emerging is a new day,
How the light blinds my eyes.
Focus on the bright cascade
Of this everlasting rise.
Beneath the earth is trembling,
My footsteps unsure and numb.
The silence almost deafening—
I can almost hear Hope hum.
A quick glance back behind me
At the thralldom left behind,
Hope continues to remind me
Of all I’m rising from.
The dawn unfolds before me,
A light I’ve never known.
Each step is one small victory,
In this light I call my own.
A gentle breeze enfolds me,
Countless paths untrod.
With open arms, I gather
The dreams I once thought flawed.
ahhh... the crisp feel of the new notebook
its spine never cracked open
its pages of virgin white perfectly aligned
awaiting their marching orders
eager for all and any pen markings
from sunday best handwriting to doodles
inviting playful interaction
your creative élan of spontaneity
random thoughts splashed on a page
scripted lines scribbled to offload
a mind seeking clarity, peace or absolution
seeking a semblance of order
of profound clarity or silly mischief
one page then another
the daily journal of a busy mind
in search of something
through self-expression
hoping to find it between
the whites of pages
and the ink of a ballpoint pen
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
In the depths of each painful crack there lies a sunrise, shining on the other side. Butterflies and birds whispering of new beginnings, sprouting out from all the pain. Beautiful flowers that grow from the dirt.
-From my book "Thoughts in Water, Feelings on Sand".
Hope is the spark that lights up our way,
Fear disappears with each step we tread.
Aim is the compass that guides us through,
Family is the treasure we hold close to.
Let the sorrows of yesterday fade away,
For the New Year dawns with a brighter day.
Every milestone marks a reason to smile,
Each moment is a gift, a chance to review our mistakes.
Success gives us wings to soar to the skies,
But humility keeps our hearts grounded.
The past teaches, the future inspires.
As a new chapter begins, full of laughter and desires.
With a New Year, new resolutions arise,
A fresh hope to pursue new ambitions.
Eyes gleam with the light of determination,
As the thirst to discover carries us through.
So with open hearts and joyous cheers,
Let’s celebrate the promise of this New Year!
No, I have no anwers, but sincerely wish I could!
I cannot… just feel like flying over my neighborhood!
I see us a nation, now have regained our senses.
Let us go to the park and leap over tall, silvered, fences!
And thus, for days, I have not slept very much.
Nor, with poetry friends, have I kept touch!
My hopes for our future are crystal clear and bright.
Sending hugs to all, from my deepest soul-sight!
With joy and gratitude,-))))))
Pangie
~Shabbat Shalom~
11/8/2024
Today’s blessing is about change
comes from the philosopher Seneca
and long ago it was penned….
Every new beginning comes from…
some other new beginning’s end.
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