Soul Moments: July 2019

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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This is our new community blog, Soul Moments, to be published fortnightly (every two weeks).

Here is our address: https://soulmomentsgogyohka.blogspot.com/

Saroja Krishnamurthy, Community Administrator, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Have
No wings
Yet we fly
Smile
In between storms

Robert Gillette (Little White Bear), Community Owner, Marion, South Carolina, USA

Captured in a dream catcher.
The thoughts I most not dare.
Taking to the center only pure remain.
Ripples across my heart and soul.
Heavenly dreams of you I know.

Heavenly dreams of you I know.
Ripples across my heart and soul.
Taking to the center only pure remain.
The thoughts I most not dare.
Captured in a dream catcher.

Maricris Duran Cabrera, Community Administrator, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines

As if the trees
recount their history
lost in time,
they look older now
as in a song.

David W Palmer, Community Administrator, Auburn, Washington, USA

through all
delightful twists and turns
we make frustrations playgrounds
to explore deep love
from many angles

© 2019 david w palmer

Transfăgărășan Pass, Route 7C, Romania

Maria Elvira Fernandes Correia, Brazil

Born to be free
all human beings
in life proud of
their flag raised high
and for what the nation stands

© 2019 MEFC

Cheryl Smith, Community Administrator, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

In a whisper of light
It's a shot in the dark
Such a heavenly body
Burning in a supergiant's heart
A stellar repertoire

© 2019 Cj

Dolores Altea Lapinid, Marikina, Metro Manila, Phiippines

being alone
for awhile
gives me inner peace
and recharges me
all over

© 2019 Dolores Altea Lapinid

Yessyca Ortiz, Lima, Peru

donde te ocultas poeta
deja tus letras navegar
mueve al silencio
dile que hable por ti
sal tu de la nada

Peruvian-Spanish language

where do you hide, Poet?
let your letters navigate
move to silence
let them speak for you
come out of nowhere

© 2019 Yessyca Ortiz

Stefania Andreoni, Milan, Italy

e ti sorride
l'aria fresca
che scende dal monte
e tu sorridi
alla vita

and smiles at you
fresh air
coming down from the mountain
and you smile
to life

Albin Mathw, Community Administrator, Kanhangad, Kerala, India

What can I find more glorious
Than thy smile making me smile?
A bud to bloom to the prime of life
Hiding the secret behind the glory of beauty
Ah, I get wings and I become a butterfly

Ilica Pavel, Romania

arbor
îndrăgostit
de lună
osia trupului tău
aprinsă pasărea Phoenix

arbor
lover
of the moon
the body of your body
lit bird, Phoenix

© 2019 Pavel Ilica

Moonlight Over the Arbor, Charles E. Burchfield, 1916

Phil Knight, Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Beyond the industrial desolation
at the end of an almost overgrown path
a majestic waterfall thunders.
The sound of commerce is silent.
Here sings the song of the Earth.

Henrhyd Falls, Powys, Wales

Toni Leigh Turner Wong, Portland, Oregon, USA

The sun shines while shadows cast
a different story all day long
These rocks have it chiseled
copious are their stories cast
while the moon awaits it's turn.

Iwan Dartha, Community Administrator, Jakarta, Indonesia

moon aura
mossy rocks
sheen sketch painting
black canvas silent
the roar of the night waves

Mirela Duma, Romania

I don't know
how the sky came to life
maybe from
a song
of tears.

Mohammad Azim Khan, Pakistan

grandmother
in deathbed -
nothing reassures her,
only the flowers
in bouquets

Nathan Wathen, East Hamilton, Ohio, USA

If a person has love in their
lives that's all that truly bellows
because shadows & loneliness
just don't make any real good
friendly midnight bed fellows

Nathan Wathen's Icon

Carmen Pasat

Uneori
ai nevoie
de cineva,
care să aibă nevoie
de tine.

Sometimes
You need
By someone,
Who needs it
Of you.

© 2019 Carmen Pasat

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Momolu Freeman, Community Administrator, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

caught napping
on the job
a watchman's nightmare
comes thru
in living colors

(c) 2019 momolu freeman

Henry Farrell, no location

Rest Now That You Have Slept

Lo' earth has one thought;
Flutter down thee
Bereft of heart-full song,
that your eternity has no more words to say...
Your resting place now, is where I lay ✍️

Pramod Ganghadaran, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Price of Peace

O souls that of words
In this world with many diversity
Distinct and waging war for peace
In the name of violence and treaties
What price should we pay for peace?

Let's together trace a way
Let words speak of universal need
To strengthen oneself and one's community
Let's propagate the importance of self-peace
Unless one is calm within, how can he develop it outside?

Let's ensure peace within the family
Eliminating domestic violence
Let our energy and resources
Directed towards helping each other
And not harming one another

Let's rise above our savage instinct
Taking revenge to avenge
Let's learn to forgive those
Disturbed and wrongly guided force
And acknowledge their worth and flaws

Can't we congregate an interfaith assembly
Where different religious leaders
Effortlessly work jointly
To end religious disparities
And advocate support for peace

Daniela Cobaich Mascaretti (no location available)

Una sera fresca
il vento stamattina
respiro un sogno...
Dolce carezza svela
l’incanto all’alba

Foto di Romeo Minello

A cool evening
the wind this morning
was the breath of a dream ...
Sweet caress reveals
the enchantment at dawn

© 2019 Daniela Cobaich Mascaretti
Photo by Romeo Minello

Zenaida Lagagan Taloza, Piano di Sorrento, Italy

Peace of mind comes spontaneously
Heart nourishes its presence.
Sanctify its grace reigns in life.
Be in harmony with its beneficial.
Wrap your heart with it in faith.