Happiness with what we’ve got, happiness in a difficult world.
Poems by JW Marsh
You probably don’t remember yours I often think about mine Our years before birth, eons of emptiness, not yet waiting, not yet a dream Stars lived and died while we basked without stirring in silent non-being for half of forever Here we are now, in this blink of a middle, the next half of endlessness, […]
All of us are joined by touch By egg, or pollen, living dust All are children of the first Fighting, feeding Life’s a church – JW Marsh
Just before me, as I write, A Marigold bush, alive with bees Gathering sweetness to take to their nests Butterflies sometimes join in the feast Another astonishing face of Gaia Magic and beauty pulled up from the soil Fragrance and colors Gifts gladly given Wherever we look there’s more Earth appreciation poems √ Climate action
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All of life is a carnival, a noisy, colorful rise of flesh Bring bright reds, yellows and greens Be seen from the sky by a king or a queen Noises mix, from ears to feet shaking with the planet’s beat Visions of nakedness, color and heat A crowd has arrived, and the crowd wants meat
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Music in the dreary heat Doesn’t need a rocking beat Violins will do just fine To soothe a weary mind Echos of a deeper rhythm Signals like a vivid dream Eyes closed, riding clouds Sailing on a drifting sea Oh the day The worried way Nothing ruined or betrayed Nothing missing, dawn to dawn, Sound
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Comfort in our human burrows Concrete, wood and glass All the home of man-built happiness Simple shapes, quiet places Driver comes if we make the call Water and power are gifts from walls Waste gets carried away to somewhere Some turns useful, some just goes Everything here has been alive Moving, eating, chasing love Glass
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