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A SIMPLE PLEA

"Recycle, reuse, conserve,"

Mother Earth pleads,

her words so very powerful

though her voice 

so weary and sad.

"Don't litter," she begs,

"don't toss it about."

But sadly, we know,

her cries go unheeded,

inconsiderate trash

so rudely tossed

upon the highways

and byways 

entrusted to our care.

She weeps as 

we continue to ignore

her pleas and her wishes

and destroy even more

her gardens,

her waterways,

her oceans,

her trees,

neglected,

uprooted,

burned down

and destroyed.

Respect and responsibility

is really all it takes

to make this earth

a better place,

one that we all can enjoy.

For when all is said and done,

I really am just passing through

this space, 

this earth,

this life, I know.

So for the time 

that I have left, 

I promise to do

what I need to do,

to take care of,

to treasure

what's not mine to waste,

what's not mine to deface.

(c) bak 4-1-11

barbara kausteklis

Written for 

Sonnet's Saturday Sound

~barb~

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography Sonnets

FINALLY MAKING SENSE

 

Sometimes so cloudy,

the haze too thick;

I'm completely lost,

unable to get my bearings

or begin to find my way.

But step by step,

 

and

 

and very slowly,

I make my way

from one end

to the other,

stopping to consider

each and every part,

 

from

 

all angles,

 

 

and all views,

as I move from one

 

 

to the next,

 

 

wondering what it is;

what can it be?

 

And when I get to the end

of the path I've trekked

and turn around

to take another look,

I begin to see the pattern

and what it is,

the clues I had seen

along the way

 

finally

 

adding up

and making

more sense to me.

 

 

(c) bak 4-1-11

barbara kausteklis

 

Written for Legacy Writers II "Friday Byways."

 

Friday Byways With Barbara K     

 

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography Byways

IN PERSPECTIVE

It's all about perspective,

I have to remind myself,

how I view 

what goes on

in my day, 

the good and the bad,

the happy and the sad.

It all has to do 

with my point of view. 

And when I feel myself

beginning to slide

into disappointment 

and sadness,

into tears and fear,

I try to remember,

before it's too late,

to take another look,

to take a break,

to turn away

 from the situation,

to go away for a while

and come back

with a brand new

set of eyes,

with a new perspective

that's a bit more detached,

not quite so close,

further away 

from my view.

And when the view 

is too far away

and I just don't get it,

no matter what I do

or how hard I try,

it must be time 

for me to change

the view and 

get up a bit closer;

that's what I have to do.

And I try to remember

to remind myself 

all the time

that every day's 

an adventure

that depends 

on my point of view.

(c) bak 3-31-11

barbara kausteklis

Written for Legacy Writers II "Friday Byways/Perspective."

Friday Byways With Barbara K

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography Byways LWHP

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I am posting this week's Legacy Writers "Friday Byways" here as well as in the Legacy Writers II Group Forum later on this afternoon for several reasons.

 

 One of them is that I have had such a difficult time trying to access the groups especially over the past week.  I'm hoping that the link posted here as it is will work faster and provide easier access than I am experiencing with the links under "GROUPS".

Link to "Byways" --

Friday Byways With Barbara K

 So this is the challenge for this week and and it is now posted in the "Byways" Group Forum.  Thanks so much for stopping by when you get a chance.

 

I always look forward to the pieces you share with all of us in the Forum. 

　**************

 

 

FRIDAY BYWAYS WITH BARBARA K #18

 

It's All a Matter of Perspective -- 3-31-11

 

Welcome to "Byways" this week and thanks so much for your eloquent participation during the past 17 weeks. Cheryl Darr is certainly in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

How I see things depends upon my perspective, my point of view.

The half-full/half-empty theory most definitely applies to the way we view everything.

We can be positive or negative.

We can be happy or sad.

 

It all depends on how we see things.

Sometimes I'm so far away that I can't possibly see the details.

 

 

 

In which case I try to move closer.

 

 

 

Sometimes I'm so close that I can't see the whole picture.

 

 

 

 

In which case I must step back and take another look.

 

 

 

 

I always find myself searching for a balanced view as I travel along the "Byways" of my week.

Achieving that balance is not always easy as so many things tend to get in the way.

Emotions

Physical obstacles

So many things.

But regardless of the view, there is an element of beauty in whatever perspective we are seeing at the time.

 

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."~Marcus Aurelius~

"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective." ~ Denis Waitley~

"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs."~Christopher Morley~

"Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness." ~Stephen R. Covey~

I would invite you to come back and share your thoughts on perspective from whatever perspective you choose and in whatever format you prefer -- poetry, prose, image, video.

Whatever you share encourages and inspires each one of us.

And I want to thank you who stop by each week and share with us. Without your interest and participation and encouragement, I wouldn't be motivated at all to come back each week. And I always do look forward to and treasure the time spent at "Byways" each week with you

.

 

And you are always welcome to post on any of the previous weeks' themes and to use any of the images you find here or bring some of your own to share with us.

 

~Barb K~

 

P.S.  And just a reminder that you don't have to join or be a member or post anything to stop by and read and/or comment on the wonderful posts in the forums.

Thanks for supporting each one of the Legacy Writers II Groups.  ~bk~

  

Tags: BarbaraK Writing Photography Legacy Byways

 

I think we all have madness in us,

it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out.

~John Glover~

 

THE MADNESS OF MY DAYS

 

From the moment I awaken

and my feet hit the floor

a certain amount of madness

colors my days and my views.

No longer bound to

what I was before,

I've broken free

from what was me

with a smile and a prayer

and not afraid to shout out loud

to anyone who will listen to me,

"I am here and I am free!"

No ties binding,

no strings attached.

Just here.

Just there.

And free to be

who I always wanted to be."

I see rainbows

where there was rain before;

I hear music in the wind,

in the waves, in the trees.

If that is madness,

then mad I'll be

in a world gone awry.

And among the insanity

that I see all around,

I'm found an oasis of sanity

in the madness I embrace

as I make it through each day.

And that's the way

I like it to be.

(c) bak 3-30-11

barbara kausteklis

 

Written for Legacy Writers II

"Mad Tea Party."

Mad Tea Party

Thanks for visiting and supporting

each one of the Legacy Writers II Groups.

 

And thanks always for your visits

and precious comments.

 

~barb~

 

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography MadTeaParty

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Movies

THE SILENCE WITHIN

 

A cocoon of silence

envelopes my heart

in the stillness

of this spring afternoon

as I search for peace

amid the din and chaos

of the freeways,

of the city,

of life.

And within the silence

of the moment

I can hear

the songs

that Nature sings

as the geese

remind me

to look ahead

and to look up;

 

 

as the honeybees

 

 

and the hummingbirds

 

remind me that

there is a time to keep busy

and focus on what I am doing.

 

And within these moments

I find a welcome oasis

of eloquent silence

and peace.

 

(c) bak 3-30-11

barbara kausteklis

 

Written for

 

~justtuesdays~ with ~justjudi~ 

and

Friday Byways With Barbara K 

 

Thanks always for your visits and precious comments and for encouraging and participating in each one of the Legacy Writers' Groups. 

 

~barb~

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography Byways ~justtuesdays~ with ~justjudi~

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Photography

WITH EVENING'S GLOW

Fireflies dancing

in front of my eyes,

each one a dream

illuminating my night.

Precious winks of silver

as they flicker and glow,

I treasure each one

and never want them to go.

But as the moon takes leave

of this velvet night,

and the sun returns at dawn

to the blue sky of day,

I bid farewell to these

tiny lanterns of night

and eagerly look forward

to their return with evening's glow

when they will warm my heart again

and light my way once more.

(c) bak 3-29-11

barbara kausteklis

Written for Spirit Free's Surreal Picture Challenge.

 Surreal Picture Challenge

Artist:  Ray Caesar

Thanks always for your visits and comments.

~barb~

Tags: BarbaraK Poetry Surreal Spirit

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