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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
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Prompt:
"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light," said Theodore Roethke.
What do you think he meant and can this keeping the light in roots apply to human beings?
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I think Roethke must have meant that rightness and light-giving elements exist at the core of all life. When plants are in soil, they have to deal with the wind, rain, darkness, etc. Still they hold the energy and memory of the sunlight inside them.
Applied to us people, this idea points to inner goodness, hope, and resilience. Even when life becomes difficult, when we experience disappointment, loss, or hardship, there is often a quiet place within us that still remembers kindness, joy, and love. I believe in us greatly from this point of view. I believe we all carry inside ourselves the ability to stay strong and bloom again. If this weren't so, how could we heal, forgive, and grow?
Nothing is perfect in life. Nothing is guaranteed. There is no perfect condition. Yet, we are resilient and we find ways to heal and rise again. This is similar to plants and flowers pushing upward through the soil toward the sun. We push upward, too, because we have faith, courage, creativity, a sense of purpose and above all, resilience.
Our earlier experiences must have something to do with our resilience, also. Our experiences of love and guidance from others such as family or teachers and moments of beauty, all help us greatly. These are in addition to the talents, kindness, and wisdom we might have been born with and what we have encouraged within ourselves...no matter what life has thrown our way!
After all, I believe in us, in our resilience, and in the hopeful message this quote is now offering us.
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