splash

bridges of loves light

washing the world with our joy

clouds of dreams rush on



peaceful poets, sharing love.



peace,
jul

It's a Hawkins thing

Imagine like John
shadows cannot confuse us
we are peace in light



Last night I strained my back...it's a Hawkins thing...or a Payette curse...lol...Or is it the fact that I cleaned out my closet and spent the past few days organizing, walking the kids up and down the hill, generally, being a mom...living life... and all that jazz...or maybe it's more metaphysical than that...the universe telling me to lay down...whatever, it hurts...I'm going back to bed to heal...here's the inspirational photo and my-ku for the day.











peace

My-ku

Time for a challange: connect with nature, and each other through poetry. I am asking you to join me in some fun.. Here's a chance each day to wake up your brain!


When I first started going "on-line" I would go to poetry sites, one in particular, and everyday I would enter different contests. There was "poetry in motion", a hundred or so fridge magnet-type words are given to and you can only use 20 words to create a poem. The once a month contest where you submit your work, you are limited to a number of lines, 14 I think(like a Sonnet!) . whenever you submit it you get something in the mail, saying , "You have one second place in the bla bla bla world poetry contest" then they tell you your work will be published in a book you can purchase...lol...you know the kind.


However, my favorite contest, by far, was the Haiku contest. Here you were given an inspiration photo and wrote a traditional Haiku, submit it and a winner was chosen at a random time. If you won, you got a mouse pad with your Haiku on it. And then of course they would try to sell you ANYTHING you want(mugs, magnets...) with YOUR Poem on it.


I never won the Haiku contest...and that's ok. Because the best part was reading all the other peoples poems. what did that photo inspire them to write.


Well I've decided to do my own Daily Inspirational Haiku Challenge, not a contest, but a place to share. I want to create a place for peace and poetry. Join me...


I'll post photos here and on my FB Page. I will be creating a FB group, as well as a weekly writers group here in Fremont, The Center Of the Universe. For more info, feel free to contact me thru email or fb.





Please feel free to share your poems here, be they Haiku or your-ku...just be inspired and share...





Here's My first one:





my tears fall on gold
with each petal I unfold
sharing perfection





peace and love

I've been everywhere, man

Today I begin again, a new dawn, a new day...re-vamp-take...ummm..let's say 2 and ...go:

I have put together MY one woman show. Today it actually became a play. It has taken form, beyond just the shape of a show. I have been working on this "piece" for sooooooo many years.

The beautiful man in the pix is my friend Charles Smith, we went to Rhode Island College together. He lives in Seattle, too. We reconnected at a Christian Rizzo event last week:amazing. Our meeting reinforced my love of the arts;
And my desire to stay connected with my past and look happily towards my future.

Jason says it is the show he sees me take all the way to Broadway.(I've been off-off, but I'd really have always seen myself ON) It is my time to shine. It is time for me. After being in wonderful Seattle for nearly a year--I am ready to shine. Having successfully MC'd Eddie Watkins Jr's "Motown and Miracles", last Friday night: I am confident my show will be a hit!

The work has been a process of taking my improv, Shakespeare, cabaret, monologues, original songs, Broadway songs, spoof songs, 7-min wiz of oz, midsummer in a min, spiritual poems, and stories of my very big life and putting them all together.

It finally came together with the finding of the perfect "Theatrical device": A Cafe. Yes a Restaurant. A Pub, a place of food and spirits. After 30 yrs of being a performer I know a thing or 2 about working in a Pub!

So here I go, I have set myself to task. The stage has been set. for me.for you.

and so it is.



be kind to all...peace

In the Misty Dawn

I just found out a good friend of mine is going to have a baby. I felt so grateful that she came to me for advice and that I was able to help her ease her mind and body. I talked with her about finding a time each day, and in the silence, connect with her child. I remember doing this during my pregnancies and it brought me into a place of peace and joy that can only be found in the silence of the mind. It is here you are able to connect with our heart and then feel the connection of the souls. I still find my connection in the silence of the Misty Morning.

My newest song is a song inspired by Diana, Goddess of the Hunt; but the words are dedicated to Luna and the child growing peacefully within her.


In the Misty Dawn

In the misty dawn
I wake with peace
oh sweet spirit come
and talk with me
in the darkness
i am filled with fire
in just one breath
i meet my hearts desire

my direct connection
my minds reflection
my hearts protection
as i breathe in the light
it's my direct connection'
my minds reflection
my hearts direction
as i bathe in the life

in the silence...
yes in the silence
in the silence...
she speaks to me
in the silence...
here in the silence
in the silence...
i dream of thee
in the silence...
here in the silence
in the silence...
i am set free...

it's my direct connection
my hearts reflection
my minds connection
as i live in the light
it's my direct connection
my minds reflection
of my hearts protection
i breathe into life

oh sweet spirit as you take my hand
in dreams you help me understand
we're through the darkness
now we can see
we found the answer so let it be
let it be, just be with thee

in the direction connection
my hearts direction
it's my minds reflection
as i breathe in the life
it's my direct connection
my minds reflection
of my hearts protection
as i breathe in the light
i live in the light
i am me
i am me
i am me
i let it be
i am set free

Poems from Ghosts of Stages Past

beyond the black box

when the curtains fade,
and the lights fall,
after the applause is
an echo in my mind
I put away my make-up
you let down your hair
is it really you?

no

always ready to open
anywhere, anytime
anything for love
lusting for the rush
that compares only to
orgasm

who is that lurking
in the wings
is it me?


no.
well..
maybe...





For my 45th birthday, my best friend, Geoff, sent me a few poems that I wrote in college.(Or around 20something years ago...anyway...) I think they still hold up.
Here's another,(btw the end is lol! ) enjoy!

THANX

Old(odd) day, Old ways,
Old friends
Possibilities Ramble on and on

Doors opening to dreams
Peace is near, isn't it?
death transforms awareness
Love devours nerves of steel

Time lingers on...
smoke clouds the jokes
of Reality

she wonders if...always thinking
finally reaching the world
she needs and deserves

are you by her side?
weren't you always there for her?
She loves you.
She loves you all.

fear lingers, she scent it
(she fights for beyond)
for this she thankx you
ferociously forever
Jules

peace.

I Can Do Anything

Are you strong, like a tree
do you know who you should be?
Are you fat, like a cat and think
"I know where it's at"

Can you fly, like a bird
a Cardinal in Spring
floating, flitting free
hearing Gods Whispers in the wind
Do you hear them Ring, Ring, Ring

Is your Heart open now?
Can you show me how,
to be a tree, a cat and a bird
and how to hear the Ring, Ring, Ring

OH! That's Right...TURN AROUND
Now I see!

I AM strong like a mighty Oak Tree
and YES! I Know Who I Will be!
I AM a Big Fat Black Cat
and OH YES! I Know where It is at!
I Can fly like a Bird
A Bright Red Cardinal in the Sky!
Floating, Flitting, FREE
I hear Gods Whispers in the Wind
I hear them Ring, Ring, Ring

My Heart is open now
I Can show You how to be
A Mighty Oak Tree
A Big Fat Black Cat
And That Bright Red Bird who hears the Sweet
Ring, Ring, Ring

I know now It's all I can be

Because I answered Gods call
Now
I Can Do ANYTHING!!!




peace and love, Jules