A Room For Poetry

Rambunctious, rebellious, raw Rufus radiates red, Ra He rouses a robust resonance from deep within You do not disappoint me Rufus you rouse the robust resonance from within You radiate the deep red of Ra Rambunctious, rebellious, raw By Janet Jarrell Side note of inspiration; Greg Hernandez on Meeting Rufus Wainwright...May 1, 2008 "...during his acceptance speech, he said: "An artist's decision to live an authentic life should go hand-in-hand with success. The more honest you are and more willing to share, the more gratifying it will be for your audience." He also touched on something that I have heard friends of mine express and I to some degree also feel (but much less so after my years of therapy!): "We have to work so hard to be so brilliant and be so fabulous all the time, we often forget that we are damaged and we are hurt. To allow gay people to think everything is fine - it's not." I love how this man has been true to himself from the very beg...

Words live in the mind One must draw on their inner voice Requiring absolute freedom to inscribe Words, Women, Immaculate Marriage Words live in your mind Liberate them with reverence Raise your beautiful voice, dominion By Janet Jarrell Loquacious with the The NaiSaiKu Challenge If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf

(via DeviantArt) You are so close when I wake So vivid I can feel your heat I lay still and listen close to my heart And there I find you waiting Stop; listen close to your heart I’m forever warm and near Before you wake I’m with you By Janet Jarrell Still with The NaiSaiKu Challenge Excited to share my poem Confusion with Folding Mirror Poetry . Peace in your heart. Janet

by lorelix04 deviantArt The seasons change daily now The voice says quite loud I rest my head in my hands I think about now I don’t know what I’m doing Conscious convoluted confusion What are you going to do? I’ll think about this When I am finished my rest The voice repeats that The seasons have promised change By Janet Jarrell Confused? Who isn't? I don't know? The NaiSaiKu Challenge Lots of love out there! Janet

Change your thinking Let new experience Be your torch Chloe liked Olivia Your torch now lit Let this experience Change your world Take the torch With courage tell it Forge ahead of all Chloe liked Olivia She will forge further With courage tell her How to take her torch Take truth and freedom Your mind to the edge “Fullness of expression” Chloe liked Olivia Full of expression Step out to the edge Freedom equals truth By Janet Jarrell Quote from A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf Freedom to express, try The NaiSaiKu Challenge

The golden rod has returned To the lambent field It stretches high, higher everyday, waiting In the lambent field As the golden rod has returned By Janet Jarrell The NaiSaiKu Challenge

I feel You gazing at me What message do You scribe From what divine source do You abide Uriel, sitting with St. Peter, amidst the heavens From Your divine source I shall abide The message You do scribe Feel me staring back at You By Janet Jarrell Still gazing at The NaiSaiKu Challenge

(dreamer by neslihans) Summertime, a favourite past time The favourable past we attempt to live by Which haunts us so We icon against Marilyn herself What was done, has been undone It's undoing now done And so I, too, am done. The favourable past, which must be left in the past As now IS our favourable time to live by ...summertime. By Janet Jarrell The NaiSaiKu Challenge http://naisaiku.blogspot.com/

(Syrup and honey by 6eternity9 via devantArt) We soften each others fears Allusions, illusions Aimlessness, lives together Twin brain, twin soul, soul mate Aimlessness lives, together Alluded, illuded We soften each others fears Still 'illuded' by The NaiSaiKu Challenge http://naisaiku.blogspot.com/ By Janet Jarrell

(via deviantArt) Say you are a bird Bare your mind and body free There are no limits Be open to your imagination and your visions There are no limits Bare your mind and body free Say you are a bird By the way, and certainly related, I recommend to anyone watch The Notebook again. Still 'open' to The NaiSaiKu Challenge http://naisaiku.blogspot.com/ Cheers By Janet Jarrell

Temptation, failing Succumb to thee, desire Do not placate me " The safest path to hell is the gradual one ." Do not placate me Succumb to thee, desire Temptation, failing By Janet Jarrell Still 'tempted' by The NaiSaiKu Challenge http://naisaiku.blogspot.com/ "The safest path to hell is the gradual one." Quote from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.