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AUSTRALIA LET'S WALK TOGETHER - River Spirit – Towards Recognition
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF GRATITUDE for their generous gift - THE STATEMENT FROM THE HEART - an invitation...
Ellen Michel
Jul 15, 20231 min read
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This vastness I feel
What is this vastness I feel, here on the verandah, On this tiny patch of ancient earth My tiny being, taking in this scene, This dark...
Ellen Michel
Jul 13, 20221 min read
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ANOTHER SUMMER COMES AND WILL GO
Sixty-three summers have shone their light, How many more, Their fleeting memory will hold, How many more, warm summer breezes , Will I...
Ellen Michel
Jul 13, 20221 min read
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Flight of the Soul
Love finds a way to enter the world, Like a bird on the wing piercing the air, Soaring to great heights beyond skies, Eventually...
Ellen Michel
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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Om Padme hum
Melt the mind and enchant the heart These two no longer set apart, To seek the lotus of the light, Is to seek the day but find the night,...
Ellen Michel
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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Drumming Awakens the deep Soul 2000.
Drums beat, Heart beat, The dark moon Hangs overhead. The Wind blows. The palm tree sways on the beaches edge. My mountain island protect...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Ecstatic Intersection. 2000.
Amid the starlight the moon is waning. Moon too bright and sensual captivates my being, Dance me through the starry sky, play me a tune...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Poem for Adolescence, The Joker.
The harlequin, court jester, the trickster, You are a humorous treasure. The secret and the meaning you hold. You are the crossing, the...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Home to Love
2/10/2010 Sun, sea and sand, walk, promenade, food, risotto, red wine, camera, waiter, hats. The feast of the moment. We are in the...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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The Universe
The window where I sit, Is the place where all thought and, contemplation comes. Speaking to me through the trees, the birds and sky. The...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Pure White Light
Always searching for the beauty, and the colour of a rainbow. We look out there, only to realise, we are wearing it, as a beautiful...
Ellen Michel
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Mountains Inspire.
Mountains inspire, Lovers save the world, relinking the stars to the beauty of you.
Ellen Michel
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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Bottles and Things
Why paint onions, bottles and things? If not for fquiet reflection, in quiet corners, But to unearth the essence, of their unique design,...
Ellen Michel
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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Chain of Being
There is no chain of being, I am enfolded largesse, Enfolded in your glad heart, wrapped, on this beaming sunny day.
Ellen Michel
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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The Bare Path
Ground laid bare, By sun and rain, And seeds in darkness, Rise again to flower.
Ellen Michel
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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Quan Yin - mountain mother
She sits in stillness, the holy mountain mother, while I act whirling around in thought and doing, moving around the mountain, like the...
Ellen Michel
Apr 15, 20221 min read
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Between Earth and Sky
Between earth and sky we stand. We are mediators, conduits ,and guardians of this planet. We walk, our feet on the earth, our heads...
Ellen Michel
Apr 14, 20221 min read
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Enlightened One
Your lightweight feathery body, defying gravity, Is miraculous to one, whose feet are made of clay. You evoke in me, something of the...
Ellen Michel
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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A Star Fell
A star fell on his hair, as, A rainbow in the sky did see. A light and prism, not of the world lives somewhere in that dark blue sea. Is...
Ellen Michel
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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