Word Whizzyrds

The Perfect Bowl Of Soup...

If I could take what's in your eyes,
Boil it down in a huge steaming pot,
Stir in what's in your heart,
Maybe a fresh onion,
Carrots and tears and smiles,
Celery and pain,
The scent of helpless joy,
And the taste of home,
Just a hint of future possibilities,
Ancient ways and traditions,
Youthful exuberance and chopped carrots,
Five drops of a dream come true...

The scent roiling up from the pot would leave me speechless,
The perfect bowl of soup.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 06/08/2009

Author's note:
I watched Ramen Girl tonight. Poets will get it easily.

Isla De Los Suenos Malos... (Island Of Bad dreams)

Life on an island,
Late afternoon sun,
Dinner at a sidewalk cafe,
Latin dancing in the streets,
Mission architecture everywhere,
Colorful and beautiful,
A movie crew filming down the street.

High-wire dancing ladies,
Cameras up high on booms,
Rooflines only pictured,
"Psst - why only the roofs?"

"A movie on Global warming, they'll blue-screen the water."
"Won't that be a thousand years from now, that deep?"
"No, a hundred at most, if it keeps going like this."

Wandering home darkness falls,
A six-story apartment house with balconies,
Wide open walls at the ground level,
Looking West waves are coming chest high,
No winds only light warm breezes,
Waves right into the house and rising,
Soaked and shivering climbing stairs,
Fourth floor finally high enough,
Fitful sleep All manage.

Morning comes,
Waves lowered down to first floor now,
Far above the beach now sunken,
No storm - rising water,
Wading to where the beach should be,
Community trying to pile sand to block waves,
Struggling as water washes all away.

Back to the house,
Movie dancers in the air in crystal skirts in the distance,
Giant squid reaching into the house searching prey,
Dodge and walk upland to the air strip.

Small plane very high,
The Earth's curve below,
The land on the map shrunken and sinking in reality below,
Everywhere.

Alarm clock rings.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 05/27/2009

Author's note: My dream last night.

When Summer Comes...  Sun shining brilliant of diamond clarity, On grasses and trees a sea of green, The Rock of my youth turned way up, Windows down on the highway and wind in my hair, Memories of Summer nights dancing noon 'til two, Walking home miles along the river  by starlight, Plastered and exhausted and impatient for another night, Raw motion emotion and music saturated, Wild and light on my feet as lightning, The river still runs there where the festival comes, The night clubs burned down or deserted, Memories of an era of incessant motion, When Rock County was the ruler of dance, Miles by scores and centuries in every golden direction.  AquarianM  By: Daniel A. Stafford (C) 05/19/2009   Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe. Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls. Loving words can work miracles. .    

Dream Life...

A course set in stardust,
Moonbeams and silver screens,
Paper wizards dying gasps,
Mental insulation encapsulated in desire,
Lust for status really is lust for better flesh,
An orchestration of psycho-science's black magic,
Played against instincts like Bach's piano,
Until no one knows reality from cotton clouds,
Sold dreams and living ignorant of nightmares.

It's so easy to lie on that sofa,
Exhausted from chronic lack of real life dreams.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 04/27/2009

Author's note:
The average working adult in the USA gets six hours per night of sleep, two of television, and very little non-corporate news. It's only with the advent of the internet that this is beginning to change.

Secret Whispers...

It's in the heart.
To always wonder,
Why,
Am I here,
Will I die,
Or be remembered?

So we dance,
Whisper in a whirlwind,
Wondering.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 03/18/2009

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

I've been unable to post to this site since some changes my ISP made in mid-January. I just got that fixed today.

Things are a bit rough for me right now. I broke my ankle in three places shoveling snow in late February. I'm still looking at anoth 6 & 1/2 weeks on crutches with no weight bearing on my ankle. After that, it's only gradually adding weight.

I've been allowed to use vacation time to cover the last three weeks, plus one more. After that I'll have to go back to work while still on crutches for five weeks. I'll be on desk-only duty during that time.

It'll be some time in the fall before I get to go back to karate. That part is really hard.

I hope all of you are doing well and enjoying our early spring weather.

All the best,

Dan

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

I'm looking around and seeing no modern day Jesus,
Just men with or without hearts,
Women their equal.
 
People still thinking they are above and outside the bonds of community,
Because they think they can play the system,
And those who see the necessity but can't find the object.
 
It's a world in whirling transition out there,
And hip waders will only get you so far,
Especially on TV or in print.
 
Walking around the edges stinks,
And being at the center is drowning in the dream-turned-nightmare.
 
It's time for another time,
Another paradigm,
And you just made me write a poem,
Without even thinking deep,
SuSanne.
 
In response to SuSanne's "Too Deep To Wade".
(http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/13911 <http://thegoldenquill.yuku.com/topic/13911> )
 
AquarianM
 
By: Daniel A. Stafford
©01/28/2009

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Got my astrology chart done 2day, GLOWING report from my astrologer. Should be a banner year. He actually said he doesn't ever remember doing a chart with so many beneficient aspects. Way cool.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Did I mention that I HATE grocery shopping? 1 or 2 bags, fine, but more than 5 sux.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

A Beautiful Day In Plainfield - sunny and 35, easy shoveling snow now softened. We went out for lunch, I had a small Greek salad, (no anchovies) chicken oreganato with broiled potatoes, and lemon water. The driveway is clean, I'm fed, and it's time for bed. I even got a little extra in at my Sax blog, 66 Sax. ( http://66sax.blogspot.com ) I hope all of you out there have a great day!

Thank you for reading,

Dan

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

I'm pretty happy I set up Intergarden yesterday. http://intergarden.ning.com -

Intergarden is a site devoted to hooking up people who have unused garden space but would love some free produce with those who have time but no space and need or want free produce.

Share the garden space and split the produce!

Community garden program run out of plots last year? Join and promote Intergarden!

Have community garden plots go unused last year? Join and promote Intergarden!

Have gardening knowledge you'd like to pass on to others for the future? Join and promote Intergarden! Write your tips in our discussion forums.

Intergarden is free to join. I don't make a dime off of it either, though Ning.com might through a few ads.

For me, it's all about helping people all over the world.

So Join and promote Intergarden. It's for all of you.

http://intergarden.ning.com

Dan Stafford


Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Cold, sunny day. In-house chores 2day, maybe a flick 2nite. No cigar 4 3 weeks. Maybe that 2.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Sunshine on 22 +, delight in light, piles of snow brightly tall, glistening. Winter's pride in stark white.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Thx @alexkaris -Here you go, tips, tools, and above all, TEMPLATES: http://mashable.com/2009/01/16/blogger-toolbox/

Wow.

Dan

#chicagosnow -18 degrees F when I left home @ 10:30 pm. Is my butt still there, or frozen off?

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

#chicagosnow - it is -15 deg. F in my driveway in Plainfield. Sunny @ 11:45am. Chicago freezer indeed.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

I just did multiple updates 2 Mom's memorial: http://rememberjudymom.blogspot.com

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Snow is getting deep in Plainfield. #chicagosnow - youtube video posted at http://www.whizzyrds.com .

#chicagosnow - Fixed the snow thrower flat. Bearing greased bead seal, bike pump from there.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

#chicagosnow - accumulated snow now over 1.5' deep here. Snow stopped, winds kicking up.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Ease and conversion, snow for wind, a quiet fall of gentle white, in the steady heartbeat of a serene hush, Winter's light plays easy and fun, silken child of cold whisping easily about, languidly brilliant. I drift in the calm arms of the season, eased and comforted.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

#chicagosnow - an even stronger clipper heading 4 Great Lakes Wednesday.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

Blackmore's Night - http://www.blackmoresnight.com - Renaissance-hard rock.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

#chicagosnow - already snowing with an inch on the ground. Blizzard warning 4 2nite midnight.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.

I've had a week of very little sleep. Off 2 put a 10-hour Zzzzone on. Tweet sweet, Tweets.

Words are the mind's bridge - its connection to all the universe.
Love is the heart's bridge - its connection to all other souls.
Loving words can work miracles.