“Do the best you can until you know better, Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou So fellow travelers, since her passing last week Maya has been quoted a lot in posts and blogs I follow. Reminding myself most people are doing the best they can is how I get through the challenges […]
All posts in category Poems and Haiku
Getting from better to best.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 4, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/getting-from-better-to-best/
Ye who enter
So fellow travelers, I was recently accepted into the Bedlam Bloggers Collective. I am mindful of the responsibilities this honor carries. “Abandon all Hope, Ye who enter here.” I remember being struck by the profound despair embedded in Dante’s line describing the inscription above the gates of hell, as I read them for the first […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 22, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/ye-who-enter/
SOS
So fellow travelers, this came in response to a few SOS ( some direct, some implied) I picked up this week. The source of the orb image is a photo from fellow Creative Group member Denise Gainey, a gifted writer and musician. You can find her wonderful blog The View From Here right here : http://denisegainey.wordpress.com/ […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 3, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/sos/
In Memory
So fellow travelers, our Creative Group lost one of our own recently, a strong minded woman who faced life’s struggles with the same determination and discipline that gained her a black belt. Her facebook page is filled with posts from family, friends and students from the martial arts school. It is clear the inspiration she […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 2, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/896-2/
Disillusioned
So fellow travelers, life can change in an instant. One phone call can send us plummeting from a high to low point, a conversation can shatter our hearts. At times like this I am mindful of the teaching I strive to live by: it’s not the events but how we react to them that determines […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 24, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/disillusioned/
Dawn
So fellow travelers, there’s a post brewing which requires cutting a few heart strings. Needless to say it’s one worth taking time to craft carefully. As that process unfolds I find poems awakening, asking to be heard. Often they require a photo expedition to create the appropriate images. Here is the latest. A thread […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 13, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/dawn/
Unspoken
So fellow travelers, recently in both my online and “inlife” communities people have shared some deep feelings driven by major events beyond their control. The responses of support have been a moving reminder we are not alone; if we reach out there are many hands are extended to help. I strive always in my life […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 12, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/unspoken/
Spring Migration
So fellow travelers, I am always writing in my head and taking mental snapshots, even when I cannot take a physical photo (for example when driving on a major interstate highway in a torrential downpour.) When it pleases the whimsy of the gods, the words stick in my mind long enough to record. Today […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 29, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/spring-migration/
Sanctuary rules
So fellow travelers, sometimes the best response is to meet a challenge head on, as it is presented. My response came as a poem. ( Progress for me, not long ago it would have been a angry rant.) Those Not Welcomed There were little girls in rocking chairs nursing bruises, crying silent tears […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 26, 2014
https://dhrahalski86.com/create-or-be-still/
Sunny Thoughts
So blessed readers, a little haiku inspired by my friend Jackie Campbell from the Bedlam Farm Creative Group. You can find her original Haiku here http://quiltofmissingmemories.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/20-days-and-counting/ Now I am off to our (indoor) Regional Market to find myself a sword of hope!
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 1, 2014
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