'Twas the night before the Craft & Artistry Bazaar. The author tried sleeping. She couldn't get very far. The books were all nestled snug in their box While visions of children, with long flowing locks... ...or short hair or curly... were holding their books about Genevieve and the Kite and all that it took--- to … Continue reading Twas the Night Before…
Category: Poetry
Morning Lines
In case it was difficult to follow the written lines along with the drawn ones, here's the poem. All lines, written and drawn, were made over the last three mornings. Morning Lines There’s something about morning All the world seems right. The day ahead teems with possibilities As my creative heart takes flight. … Continue reading Morning Lines
Pulling Down Deep Heaven: Part 2
If I climbed up to the tippy-top of a tree, and held out my bucket- Could I catch the sun-drops, and keep them with me... ...then share with others at the base of the tree? -jpe If any creative act, (be it visual, musical, theatrical, written or otherwise), is a definitively spiritual endeavor, then there … Continue reading Pulling Down Deep Heaven: Part 2
A Christmas Line
A Christmas Line If you followed a line from the angel on your tree All the way down to where presents should be Would you revisit memories of the years gone by Curling ‘round ornaments with a twinkle in your eye? Would you find yourself there when your babies were born? When they made preschool … Continue reading A Christmas Line
Once Again…Winter Trees
As I walked this morning, I looked at the swept-clean world and thought of a favorite poem of mine. I thought I would repost it here for you. My jaw just dropped on the floor as I looked at the date of this drawing and poem. One year ago, to the day, exactly. Enjoy! … Continue reading Once Again…Winter Trees
Revelations in Dust
Keepsakes Yesterday I wiped away the dust and grime on all surfaces lay besmirching the shine life’s glory maligned. How long it was there I truly could not say. What of this play on words which may or may not enshrine a moment in my mind? Is it kind to pause and then rewind the … Continue reading Revelations in Dust
A Knitting Ditty
For all who are seized with thoughts of yarn and needles clicking together and wools to wear and gifts to give and designs to try and stitches to learn. You are not alone. 🙂 Do you knit? (To the tune of “Do your ears hang low?”) Do you knit and purl? Do you give it … Continue reading A Knitting Ditty
I Want to Go A-Walking
I Want to Go A-Walking I want to go a-walking all the live-long day To hear the crickets chirping and see the bales of hay. To wrest the beauty hiding in weeds along the way To find my heartbeat’s rhythm I lost in the busy fray. To breathe the fresh air heaping transforming work into … Continue reading I Want to Go A-Walking
A Bale of Words
Available in My Etsy Shoppe Another "sitting" out in my favorite field just after the baling. This time with my pastels in My Little Black Book. Available in My Etsy Shoppe And a different sort of "bale" here...words bundled together in a little poem I wrote several years ago: ************************** I like you standing there… … Continue reading A Bale of Words
The Dreaming Tree
I sit beneath the dreaming tree letting heart run wild and free. The path to here is long but sure. For crazy days this is my cure. Lean and long, grow and gaze, Wonder at how beauty plays On dappled thoughts here and there. My tree whispers love and care. -jpe (jennifer pilkington edwards) My … Continue reading The Dreaming Tree