Category Archives: Poetry

Blythe’s poetry

Spring Equinox!

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Happy Equinox!

Yesterday was the first day of spring – it got by me, as I’m hard at work on my soon-to-be-published book, “Finding Your Path, Engaging Your Purpose,” titled after my 12-week course by the same name.

Have a lovely, happy, healthy spring, all ye in the northern hemisphere – and happy autumn to everyone below the equator!
⭐️ ☀️ 🌎 ⭐️ ☀️ ⭐️ 🌍 ☀️ ⭐️ ☀️ 🌎 ⭐️ ☀️ ⭐️ 🌍 ☀️ ⭐️ ☀️ 🌎 ⭐️ ☀️ ⭐️ 🌍 ☀️ ⭐️

I am sooooo ready for SPRING – healthy, D3-making sunshine returns, my yoga studio is open again, Camas Liberty Theater is open again, the hummingbirds are flitting about, I’ve planted a primrose lane outside my front door, AND! the fairies have planted some tiny little flowers in my little fairy garden that I did not plant(!) – all kinds of SPRING goodies!

🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀 🌺 🥀

#SpringEquinox #HappySpring #LoveFromHouseOfTree

Happy Valentine’s Day – with Love From House of Tree!

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#ValentinesDay #LoveBirds #LoveFromHouseOfTree
Thank you to HDWallpapers for the beautiful bird kiss.

The Duckling’s Gratitude

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Even the little duckling is grateful for her life!….

The Duckling's Gratitude

I may be just a little duckling
Only a few days in this wondrous world
But I bow my head in thanks to be here
With my tiny wings unfurled….

Under the Arms of a Loving Tree

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Wild cherry trees in wild spring blossom at
HOUSE OF TREE….

Wild Cherry Trees in Blossom at House of TreeWe’ll find the perfect place to stop
Under the arms of a loving tree….

Romantic Monday – Pen to Heart

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Pen to Heart

Romantic Monday - Pen to Heart

Pen to paper
Hand to Heart
Never together
Yet never apart

The Lovers linger
At ether’s door
For words to appear
Never read before

Separation is but
An illusion they find
When being together
Is the power of mind

All that matters
And what prevails
Is Love, true Love
All else pales

But ah! When loneliness
Sits on the heart
Like an unwelcome guest
At a cold unlit hearth

The mind wanders
To days together
In the past, in the future
In lavender and heather

On the breeze of thought
On wings of fire
When to touch your beloved
Is a persistent desire

Oh, Lovers apart
Put pen to heart
Write there the words
You felt from the start!
                               Blythe Ayne

 

Girl with Her Heart on Fire in the Forest
Thank you Pixabay for the inspiration.

#RomanticMonday  #PentoHeart  #HandtoHeart  #PowerofMind  #AllThatMatters

First Day of Spring

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Crocus in Window with Cat & Birds

Sun and moon dance in balanced complement
Equinox!
Delicate clouds sweep down to kiss
The singing flowers
A hummingbird rests on a branch
And tilts her head in rapt delight
Learning the new song.

River rushes over sun-sparked stones
Syncopated percussion
The music pulls
Flowers, grass and leaves
From hibernation
Euphoric, the flowers tumble downhill
In a riot of giggling colors.
                                                    Blythe Ayne

 

#firstdayofspring  #equinox  #flowers  #hummingbird

 

The Greatest Gift

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The Greatest Gift-poem: Gorgeous reflection of orange tree in water with the sun setting

Dear enchanting Home
Of my diaphanous Heart
May you thrive in Love
As Love is Life’s greatest Art

May this day be one
Of delicate reflection
As we take a brief hiatus
And contemplate our direction

May we consider
Our amazing destiny
While we pause and give thanks
For every bird for every tree

For each tiny grain
Of the ocean’s far-reaching sand
For every intricate insect
In its niche in every land

May we each heed the call
To awaken from our sleep
To return to balance our Home
We’ve been entrusted to keep

For a gift is a kindness
Even if the Giver is unseen
And LIFE is the greatest gift
Whether one is pauper or queen

Won’t you share with me this moment
As the week goes rushing by
To stop in awe-struck gratitude
For the gift of you and I.

Metta,
Blythe Ayne

My Heart

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Grand Canyon-US dept of the Interior

My Heart is as wide
As the Grand Canyon
When I say “I Love”
I’ve only begun

As Love is a Force
Beyond all others
Where strangers become
Sisters and Brothers

My Heart is as deep
As the Grand Canyon
Plunged into love
Like deep rivers run

For Love is a Spirit
An eternal Power
In morning’s sunrise
Love’s colors flower

My Heart is as cratered
As the Grand Canyon
Here is a chamber
For everyone

Come my friend
Into my Heart’s Grand Canyon
You’ll be loved forever
My dear companion.

Metta,
Blythe Ayne

Happy Valentine’s Day

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Cute Cat with heart balloons

It’s Caturday – it’s Valentines Day
It’s two magnificent days in one
May you day be filled with balloons of Love
And endless Caturday fun

May you be utterly Valentined
And may you cats be Valentined too
If there’s not a special “One” in your life
May cupid visit you

May all the Caturday kitties
All the world ’round and ’round
Remind us how grateful we are
That we’re the person they found

May this day Love grow as never before
Rising up like heart-shaped balloons
And may we find ourselves singing
Our eternally favorite love tunes….

Because all we need is Love, Love –
Love is all we need…..
Within the flower of gentle Love
We find Love’s ever-manifesting seed.

                               Miss Valentine Kitty 
                               As told to Blythe Ayne

Itty-Bitty Kitty Teaches: How to Fly

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Flying kitten- shared by Marie Gabriel

If you really want to fly
It’s very easy to do
You think about a birdy
And remember how she flew

Then go to an open field
With your favorite kind of flower
And breathe in their sweet smell
Packed with Life Force power

Next you start to run
Bursting with joy and glee
And soon you’ll start to fly
Just like you see me

Maybe you don’t fathom
The point to learning to fly
But it’s something truly wonderful
And here’s the reason why

When you can clearly picture
Yourself leaving the ground
You’ll believe in all your powers
The lesson is quite profound

But even more exciting
In my flying lessons for you
Is that you can “leave the ground”
In anything you do

You are so amazing
You have power to change the world
Only believe in yourself while imagining
Your wonderful wings unfurled!
                                  Itty-Bitty Kitty’s Wisdom 
                              As shared with Blythe Ayne

An Angel’s Visit

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Angel Unawares-6-6-14What if an Angel appeared
Upon your path today
In the midst of your work and your hurry
What would you have to say?

Imagine with me if you will
What this might be like
To see with ordinary vision
An Angel glowing in lightning strike

Would you desire to converse
With this Being from Heaven’s realm
Or would you be stricken silent
By glory overwhelmed?

Trust me my Beloved Friend
In your every breath Angels abide
They lean over you with Love and Care
They are always at your side

There is never a grief nor a trouble
But that Angels are supporting you
If you believe in your Angels
Their presence will come through

You have nothing to lose to call, ”Angels!”
Whenever life’s woes get you down
Your Angels are meant to attend you
As in spirit you wear a crown

How amazing is your own Light
That to an Angel shines like a star
Your Angels are close by you
For them there’s no such thing as far

So be comforted my Friend to know
If you can’t see their realm so near
You are cherished by your Angels
In your Heart may you hold them dear.
Blythe Ayne

Hello 2015

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Hello 2015-fireworks-mrwallpaper.com

Welcome twenty-fifteen
I’m so glad you came
I’ve been looking forward to your arrival
Your mountains of Joy I claim!

Oh, Twenty-Fifteen
Baby year filled with awe and dreams
May you grow in truth and kindness
May they flow to us in many streams

Let us begin with a pledge of Peace
Let us our Love of Life renew
Let us recall that Thoughts become Things
Holding this truth in all we do

The very best within us
Can well be revealed this year
If we hold ourselves to our heart-felt standards
Remembering – all Life is dear

Most of all, for you, dear friend
I see Peace and Joy abound
Rest in the knowledge of their presence
And they’ll be yours the whole year ’round

In Twenty-Fifteen let us picture
Each of us for the other
Fulfillment of our sweetest intentions
One right after another!

January 1, 2015 — Blythe Ayne

Good-bye 2014

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Goodby 2014-fireworks-mrwallpaper.comGood-bye Twenty-Fourteen
What a lovely journey it’s been
I’ve had a few adventures
I’ve made new and wonderful friends

As the last moments
Of your presence fades from sight
Let me send with you my gratitude
Before you disappear into the night

For how precious is the Gift of Time
One might even say
It is the only Gift of Life
Granted day by day

In every fleeting moment
You may find your Heart’s Desire
The reason for Living is Loving
Love sets the Soul afire

The thrill of Life is to discover
Love’s amazing eternal power
By being present in the moment
And in every mysterious hour

Will you pause with me a while
To thank Twenty-Fourteen
For all its gifts and revelations
That a year ago could not be foreseen!

Blythe Ayne — December 31, 2014

A Wednesday Prayer

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A small thought
For the middle of your week
May Love and Kindness
Be what you seek.

May Compassion and Joy
Move throughout the land
May it pass from Hand to Heart
And from Heart to Hand.

May thoughts and deeds
Be of Peace and Care
May it come to pass
For everyone, everywhere.

Remember this Promise
And claim it with me
Metta–Unconditional Love–
Will set us all Free!

Blythe Ayne

The Patterns of Life – from House of Tree

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Rain drops on leaf

When rain falls
Upon the leaf
Each drop enlarges
In strong relief

The patterns of life
That are etched there
The love, the pain
The joy, the care

Do not avoid the storm
And the rain
But study, instead
The path of each vein

To treasure the beauty
In each drop of rain
That flowers in wisdom
From each moment of pain

To see where you’re going
From where you’ve been
You can make paths
That are joyous again.

Blythe Ayne

A Prayer of Love for Animals

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Now is the perfect moment
To love all the creatures dear
As we never know how much longer
They will be with us here

All of our animal friends
Give our lives sweet meaning
Whether chasing a ball in the yard
Or their lovely feathers preening

Whether far, far away
In some exotic, distant land
Or right in your back yard
Under your loving hand

I thank you darling Nature
For all the gifts you’ve bestowed
For the stunning array of creatures
From jungle heat to arctic cold

For all the moments of joy
My own little friends provide
When the evening shades fall
Sitting right here by my side.

Blythe Ayne

The Moons

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The moons will lead me to you
As I sail across the seas
Adrift, yet filled with wonder
Led by evocative sea breeze

What ocean came between us
As we sailed on waters clear
What darkness cleft our journey
When we held each other dear?

Oh moons, splendid moons
Aligned near and far in the sky
I pray you, guide my ship
To unite my Love and I

Oh gorgeous tempest ocean
Oh tall ship on fiery seas
Oh dual moons soaring above
Eternal God-wrought frieze

You may think I’m but a tiny creature
Small and powerless in your net
But I have vast Power with Love
And my Dream will triumph yet

As I bring together Forces
That first set the worlds in motion
I will reach my destination
Love’s shore across the ocean.

Blythe Ayne