tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post115577560082389060..comments2023-06-03T10:40:28.940-04:00Comments on conscious living poetry journal: Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1156300464690089542006-08-22T22:34:00.000-04:002006-08-22T22:34:00.000-04:00Betsy...Yeah. You made it. So good to see your nam...Betsy...Yeah. You made it. So good to see your name here. I'm glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>DonDon Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155949962887711982006-08-18T21:12:00.000-04:002006-08-18T21:12:00.000-04:00Don, just stopping back in to wish you a happy wee...Don, just stopping back in to wish you a happy weekend and I read the beautiful words that Yansidara wrote in response to this poem. The universality of our humanity...the experience we all have of each other as part of the human experience, and then that "kindred spirit" connection that defies all explanation...being on the same wavelength, having some sort of "knowledge" that stirs something deep within the spirit and in the heart...as if two people have been living parallel lives ... something "disarming" and yet quite comforting...as if being "known" in this way confirms the unity of energy, of life force ... confirms that everything in the universe is connected to love.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for what you give to your poetry, for letting flow through you what the universe has to offer through your gift. We are all so blessed to receive it.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you.serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299260798953154347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155924475032314482006-08-18T14:07:00.000-04:002006-08-18T14:07:00.000-04:00Yansidara ...thank you. What a kind thing to say. ...Yansidara ...thank you. What a kind thing to say. We are all one. What choice do we have but to observe this connection in all ways? My blessings to you.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155921319321070602006-08-18T13:15:00.000-04:002006-08-18T13:15:00.000-04:00don,i am late reading this beautiful poem. the in...don,<BR/>i am late reading this beautiful poem. the intensity of it amazes me. it is not very easy to express with words that initial and sweet intoxication <BR/>"when a kindred spirit overtakes you" <BR/>still, you have done it in a beautiful way. <BR/>you are a wise man, the universality of our humanity is very clear to you and that makes you very special.Yansidarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007225601887200129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155894421728750062006-08-18T05:47:00.000-04:002006-08-18T05:47:00.000-04:00Thank you Starry Nights. Glad you can relate.Thank you Starry Nights. Glad you can relate.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155874120124026332006-08-18T00:08:00.000-04:002006-08-18T00:08:00.000-04:00Don this is an amazing poem. so much feeling into ...Don this is an amazing poem. so much feeling into it. sometimes its just how I feel.starryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250437477875291892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155852718725321722006-08-17T18:11:00.000-04:002006-08-17T18:11:00.000-04:00Thanks Serenity...I appreciate your kind remarks. ...Thanks Serenity...I appreciate your kind remarks. I still contend that the reader is bringing more to the meal than me. LOL. In any case, your comments mean a lot to me. Blessings.<BR/><BR/>Polona...thank you and I also appreciate what you said. It is positive energy. I agree. I thank you for being a major contributor of that positive energy. Blessings.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155838543234910602006-08-17T14:15:00.000-04:002006-08-17T14:15:00.000-04:00i've lost a comment to blogger, but i wanted to sa...i've lost a comment to blogger, but i wanted to say this blog is a very special place. one can always find something, be it in your poetry, or the comments... there's some wonderful energy flowing in this space.<BR/>thanks to you and your readers for thar, blessings.polonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155829482024466032006-08-17T11:44:00.000-04:002006-08-17T11:44:00.000-04:00Don, I too am so struck by your comments about poe...Don, I too am so struck by your comments about poetry....this could be a blog entry itself.<BR/><BR/>"....each of us is part of the larger flow, like the ocean or the sky, and each part needs every other part to make the whole. In that sense, the poet needs the reader of his/her poetry and the reader needs the poet."<BR/><BR/>How beautiful. Your capacity to translate feeling into words touches so many people in their own space and in their own heart and in their own lives. I've said it before, reading your poetry makes your reader feel as if the poem was written for their life specifically. Your open heart and spirit to that cosmic flow that runs through you creates a sacred place of joy, of emotion, and of spirit for all who visit you. <BR/><BR/>Love, smiles, and blessings.serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299260798953154347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155826115100493762006-08-17T10:48:00.000-04:002006-08-17T10:48:00.000-04:00Dumbdodi...thank you so much. I hear what you're s...Dumbdodi...thank you so much. I hear what you're saying. You bring a lot to this site. Remember that. Ok? Blessings.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155825063846308262006-08-17T10:31:00.000-04:002006-08-17T10:31:00.000-04:00Don, you know I loved the poem but I was moved mor...Don, you know I loved the poem but I was moved more by your comment and thoughts about poetry. The comment itself was like a sweet song being hummed into my ears.<BR/>You have made me so happy. Your blog is indeed a very special place. I have found a great deal probably even a part of myself here.dumbdodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058309506504602465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155824350698368152006-08-17T10:19:00.000-04:002006-08-17T10:19:00.000-04:00Thanks Kathleen. I sensed that you might be. It's ...Thanks Kathleen. I sensed that you might be. It's amazing how what we want most in life comes to us once we stop chasing it. Not always in the form we imagined, but usually in the way we most need it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Quasar9. Yes indeed the mirror is powerful. It is so because...it reflects what is held up to it.<BR/><BR/>Dan...thanks! You know that answer. You do nothing, sit with it, and the rest just happens. Love!Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155823346652468872006-08-17T10:02:00.000-04:002006-08-17T10:02:00.000-04:00What do I do?Good question.Great poem.What do I do?<BR/>Good question.<BR/>Great poem.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744423069765018278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155822759814979782006-08-17T09:52:00.000-04:002006-08-17T09:52:00.000-04:00That's the fun of poetryAnd the power of wordsFor ...That's the fun of poetry<BR/>And the power of words<BR/><BR/>For they do express emotions<BR/>that tug at strings & notions<BR/>of feelings by many many felt<BR/>feelings by the heart oft felt.<BR/><BR/>The mirror is powerful imagery<BR/>in this world of supersymmetryQUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155822602914237252006-08-17T09:50:00.000-04:002006-08-17T09:50:00.000-04:00Wow! I am so there... you have no idea... this is ...Wow! I am so there... you have no idea... this is amazing...!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792062014159573710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155821318276782082006-08-17T09:28:00.000-04:002006-08-17T09:28:00.000-04:00Gangadhar ... thank you, and I tricked you guys. T...Gangadhar ... thank you, and I tricked you guys. That's the fun of poetry. Best wishes.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155820663120983922006-08-17T09:17:00.000-04:002006-08-17T09:17:00.000-04:00Don..And i've just wondered to see dumbdodi's comm...Don..And i've just wondered to see dumbdodi's comment...Me too had similar feelings about this piece..I thought you would end in a question mark..<BR/>beautiful..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155817631876690592006-08-17T08:27:00.000-04:002006-08-17T08:27:00.000-04:00Thanks Rob, Glad you enjoyed it.Thanks Pat. You ma...Thanks Rob, Glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Pat. You made me chuckle. I shall keep this advice close at hand.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155816882140128282006-08-17T08:14:00.000-04:002006-08-17T08:14:00.000-04:00Interesting poem. Sometimes one is best to tie one...Interesting poem. Sometimes one is best to tie oneself to a tree and ride out the storm instead of being taken away with it. If not, body surf the galaxies and whoop and holler like a kid!! Enjoyed the read!!Pat Paulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03673667238840127360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155815206987025672006-08-17T07:46:00.000-04:002006-08-17T07:46:00.000-04:00Poignant poem to say the least.I really enjoyed it...Poignant poem to say the least.<BR/>I really enjoyed it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155808940725350422006-08-17T06:02:00.000-04:002006-08-17T06:02:00.000-04:00Thanks Serenity, Stacey,and Dumbdodi for your very...Thanks Serenity, Stacey,and Dumbdodi for your very kind comments. <BR/><BR/>When you dream, all parts of the dream are parts of you. Poetry is the same. When I read or write a poem, all parts of the poem become parts of me. It think that's true of others as well. Poems are dreams and dreams are poems. I never understood this until I started giving attention to my poetry. <BR/><BR/>People like poetry they can find themselves in. If this is to occur, then the poet must leave just enough space and the right space in the right space for that possibility to unfold. This is where not only the words but also the space around and in-between them matters. <BR/><BR/>Words will always miss what is really inside us. Actually they're supposed to. You may protest, and say no I want my words to hit the bullseye. They can't for two reasons. First, what we feel is intended first and foremost to be felt and not said. What we feel is the closest we can get to knowing ourselves and our true cosmic nature. In this sense, the words should point us to the feelings that point us to our most intimate sense of "I am-ness." That is my deepest wish when I write poetry.<BR/><BR/>Second, each of us is part of the larger flow, like the ocean or the sky, and each part needs every other part to make the whole. In that sense, the poet needs the reader of his/her poetry and the reader needs the poet. I've said this before, all of you are actually doing most of the work and creating most of the energy generated at this website. I offer only a warming campfire on a cool winter night in the desert where you can come to either awaken to each other's conversations or sleep in peace knowing your love is in safekeeping.<BR/><BR/>Blessings of universal love!Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155800551122081372006-08-17T03:42:00.000-04:002006-08-17T03:42:00.000-04:00Don that really was something like Margie said.Whi...Don that really was something like Margie said.<BR/>While reading it, I thought you would end in a question mark but then you ended it so beautifully. 'A poem between you and this new reality'<BR/>And the line that hit me most "when your fading reality <BR/>creates choices you don't want to make". I always find myself pressurised when I need to make a choice.dumbdodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058309506504602465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155786783197444592006-08-16T23:53:00.000-04:002006-08-16T23:53:00.000-04:00What do you dowhen a kindred spirit overtakes youl...<EM> What do you do<BR/>when a kindred spirit overtakes you<BR/>like a serene tsunami<BR/>and you are left drowning<BR/>in your own feelings<BR/>you never knew you had? </EM><BR/><BR/>You have reached into my soul and found what I have felt. Wow. If only I could have found the words to describe it.<BR/><BR/>This poem was powerful, intense and<BR/>beautiful all at once, Don.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548101428086781420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155784935444147292006-08-16T23:22:00.000-04:002006-08-16T23:22:00.000-04:00Don,To have a gift that you do for putting your sp...Don,<BR/>To have a gift that you do for putting your spirit into words the way you do is something so glorious to witness. We are so fortunate that you have a spirit for sharing. The way your spirit and your heart speaks and reveals itself is something very sacred. Thank you for the honesty, the beauty you share every day, and the realness of your poetry. From the comments you receive you can see how many are being touched and how your words are resonating. You are a blessing.serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299260798953154347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404478.post-1155779704424604452006-08-16T21:55:00.000-04:002006-08-16T21:55:00.000-04:00Thanks Angela, Frida, and Kathy for your kind rema...Thanks Angela, Frida, and Kathy for your kind remarks. <BR/><BR/>Frida...all of us feel the same way. The answer is to honor the progress you make and accept that is where you are. Also, accept that life is as it should be. What do I do? I simply get up very morning and rejoice the start of a new day and give thanks at the end of each day before my head touches the pillow. What else is there?Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.com