God Danced When You Were Born & The Angels Sang

Paws - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:17:00 +0000

PAWS Hershey, black satin, length of my torso Diamond green, serene eyes Velveteen curious nose Tongue like a pumice stone Her elegant but waddling stride Powerful, confident and territorial Sitting...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

She Walks In Beauty – Lord Byron

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0000

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

April Rain Song – Langston Huges

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:11:00 +0000

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk. The rain makes running pools in...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:06:00 +0000

another thought another word without logic without reason hurtful world full of uncaring people speaking endlessly dibbling nonsense wasted imagination selfish world filled with useless...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Morning - Pablo Neruda

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:54:00 +0000

God Danced When You Were Born & The Angels Sang

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Prayer In Spring - Robert Frost

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To his Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:16:00 +0000

Had we but World enough, and Time, This coyness Lady were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. Thou by the Indian Ganges side. Should'st Rubies find:...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leo Buscaglio

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:34:00 +0000

A Lesson...

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:19:00 +0000

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day he saw a small opening in the cocoon. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Clenched Soul - Pablo Neruda

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:37:00 +0000

We have lost even this twilight. No one saw us this evening hand in hand while the blue night dropped on the world. I have seen from my window the fiesta of sunset in the distant mountain...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Son and Father – Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:39:00 +0000

A father adoring eyesExpressions of loveKindness and compassionA father mentoringpatience and understandingstrength and courageA father who is funlaughs and runsplays with his sonA father who...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Prayer For My Daughter - William Butler Yeats

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory's wood and one bare hill Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

First Love - John Clare

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:47:00 +0000

I ne'er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet, Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as deadly pale. My legs refused to...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To Autumn - John Keats

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:15:00 +0000

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:56:00 +0000

The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genece Hamby - Poet

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Lowering her eyes she strums her soul in quiet contemplating truths a slim and long neck with drum-like rounded body connects the Geisha breath and innocence of playful innuendos teasing...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower – William Wadsworth

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII by Pablo Neruda

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:01:00 +0000

I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul. I love...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some People Come Into Your Life - Author Unknown

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:37:00 +0000

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your Hands, My Hands - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:00 +0000

I have waited patiently for this blank, white, piece of paper to fill with words; I eagerly search for ideas and inspiration to write a new poem or story, unlocking the wall of writer’s block that is...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Making Love to a Marlboro - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:13:00 +0000

Almost naked except A dangling Marlboro cigarette Expertly stroking his lover Fingers caress a slender body Methodically engulfing aroma The sweet smell of sex Swollen lips...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mesmerize - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:37:00 +0000

Your voice, like a river rippling,waves of goose bumps,awaken my inner spirit,fill me with delight.Your gaze, magnetic, blue moonlight bright,clear as the evening night,gently captures my inner...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Battle of the Roses - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:19:00 +0000

The seashore ragesA lonely nightAngry regretsMemories flooding Drinking after workTired, impatientHolleringPeace, quiet Cursing cruellyScreaming obscenitiesChildren hidingShaking,...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Vicarious Poet - Heather Mirassou

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:59:00 +0000

This poem is dedicated to a Vermont Poet; I dedicate this poem to him because I know he understands my desire to write poetry - "it is as essential as breathing to me..." His feedback...

For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dreams Do Come True...

heathermirassou@hotmail.com (Heather Mirassou) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:03:00 +0000