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this epicurean sea of wildflowers and opus
white blossoms stirs beneath a rising day

she spills seminal secrets as the bees and
winds drive pollen grains and promise past
the velvet parting into stigma and style

with the marksmanship of knowing.

this field, voluminous womb, awash with prose
drinks the sun that climaxes overhead. a rain
of white sapphire upon silken spires that
indemnifies last night’s shower,

and the dandelion memories too much
for me in the wind perish in a panoply of filaments

but here i lie on my earthen bed pregnant
with poetry, the story under stories of the grass,
translating the anatomy of nature’s mystery and
indulge myself upon this, my field of words.

161 responses to “field of words”

  1. Beautiful words.

  2. Fantastic. Your word choices were wonderful. Thanks!

    1. I appreciate the commendation, DS. =)

  3. wow, words ripe with feeling and expressive imagery.

      1. my pleasure and awe that you seem to have a gift/ mastery of poetry too.

      2. Proverbs talks of people whose words are gold in settings of silver. That’s you, Brad, with your gift of encouragement. You’re something. Thanks (and I loved the Wow.)

        Xx
        D.

      3. Thanks for the acknowledgment. hugs

      4. You’re one of the few men I feel ok hugging here. You’re like my cousin. LOL!! (Made ya laugh!)

      5. LOL, don’t strain yourself. We don’t even have to touch.

      6. Come on! I was saying I don’t mind. *still laughing*

      7. more laughing … exit stage left.

  4. this epicurean sea of wildflowers and opus
    white blossoms stirs beneath the rising day

    This creates such profound image in my mind of sight and sound, unseen by human eyes, but still existing in its own beauty.

    1. “but still existing in its own beauty.” Love that, G. Thanks for being here.

      Diana

  5. Wow! You certainly know how to use works to spark our imagination. Well done!

    1. No one’s brought up the sensuality, the first time I went there as I did. Tame crowd LOL.

      1. You’re gonna call me out on my non-G rated mind again, aren’t you?
        I TOTALLY went there as I read your beautiful words. That said, you wrote it in the most alluring and beautiful way possible. I loved this poem for both its literal images from nature as well as its subtle nod to the sensual.
        And, at the risk of spoiling such a gorgeous poem with humor…it left me wondering if you had big news to tell us????

      2. Ha ha ha. I was in FACT thinking of Mickey and “(not) Rated G” in one sentence today LOL! We really are in sync. Nothing was subtle! But I’m discovering what a genteel crowd it is that I write for LOL. The biggest news I could possibly dredge up – if I think real hard – is…eh…is…I managed both laundry AND dishes with the homeschooling today. (Yes, my life is THAT fun. Which is why I run to A Holistic Journey whenever I can and gasp for air.)

      3. I’m afraid homeschooling may have done me in. D and I spent another hour on linear postulate pairs and now, I have a headache. Laundry? Dishes? Still waiting for me 🙂
        As for your genteel crowd, I am a huge fan of Malcolm. He is one clever chap!

      4. LoL…You caught that. He stopped me short. LoL.

      5. Thanks for the compliment MamaMickTerry, but you leave me standing. What on earth are linear postulate pairs 🙂 ?

      6. Well even wild beasts can be tamed. lol

  6. Great imagery, D. Captured me from the beginning. –Curt

    1. I’ll take “captured”. *grin*
      Thanks, C.

  7. Well HW, you excelled yourself on this one. But you do realize, that if you didn’t have this extraordinary talent to transform your thoughts and feelings into poetry, you would have to change your name from the Holistic Wayfarer to the Hot Wayfarer 🙂

    1. Ok, I’m laughing OUT LOUD. “Excel..extraordinary” da ra ra oh how nice, I thought and then BAM ha ha ha ha. So you’re the first of this decorous readership to allude to the sensuality I ventured into – a first for me here. Um…not sure if I’m supposed to thank you or not. Actually, yours is comment enough on the subtext of the poem. I just may close the comments now. *grin*

    2. What’s a linear postulate?

    3. Linear Pair Postulate…or LPP as we say it in the Terry Household.

      It’s a geography theorem! Geometry and Trig were “my thing” back in the day, so it was something that I could actually help my son with.
      LPP=if two angles form a linear pair, then the angles are supplementary. Linear pairs are equal to 180.
      Anybody have a whiteboard???

      🙂

      1. Oh, bona fide homeschoolers always carry a whiteboard. =) I actually went to a math/science h.s. in NYC. (Go figure.) I loved trig and now actually remember the LPP ha ha ha. Love my geek bloggers. (And you won’t lose your “clever” standing so easily with us, MG.)

    4. No need for a whiteboard, I’m out of here.

  8. I like this happy marriage of “a field of words” and seminal/womb/pregnant/climax/anatomy. A fecund poem indeed!

    1. *grin* Neat hearing this from you, Allen. =) Thx for reading.

  9. As usual, I’m enamored with your writing.

    1. How generous. Thank you.

      Diana

  10. Exquisite! 🙂

    1. Aw, thanks, Nat. I so hope you’ve been healing well, my friend.

  11. vivid mental imagery!

    1. =) I would hope that’s what a poem offers. Thk u.

  12. What a beautiful poem, I like the way you describe the world around us. “..drinks the sun that climaxes overhead” As much as the sun is scorching, we all need it to live. How ironic 🙂

    1. Yep. Appreciate the thoughtful feedback, M.

      Xxx

  13. Rich. From the first line to the last. Just beautiful.

    1. Thanks, S. Nice hearing from you.

  14. As I was reading, I was enjoying what ‘led’ to this birth, and lo and behold, you even included my answer ‘pregnant with poetry….’

    I promised no more Roasts 😉 but I can give ya a bunch of thumbs up.

    Nice D.

    1. I’m all thumbs. =)

  15. Just exquisite. Truly we release words as nature produces life with all it’s movements. Intense feelings and imagery in this poem!

    1. So nice hearing this from you, K. =) Yes, you got it: we release words as nature produces life.

      Xxx
      Diana

  16. Absolutely beautiful. I especially loved, “a panoply of filaments”, and I’m still trying to nail down a visual that does your ethereal phrase the justice it deserves. And I’ll even risk being repetitious to say once again, absolutely beautiful.

    1. Encore praise? Repetitious if you find the double curtsy to be so. Thanks, David.

  17. There are writers…and there are WRITERS. Beautifully expressed!

    1. Aaaaaahhhh!!! Love your first line esp. THANK you.

      Bear hug!
      Diana

  18. flowery fireworks for my sun starved mind. Magic!

    1. Ha ha ha. Yes, I was going for the fireworks. *wink* Thanks. =)

  19. Great words! enjoyed it…

  20. Loved the imagery in this. Wonderful piece.

    1. Thanks so much, N.

  21. Very nice poetry. Beautiful wording and the photo matches exactly what you’ve written.

    ~yvonne

    1. Thanks for keeping up, Yvonne, what with your load.

      Xx
      D.

  22. And I didn’t need a picture… the words said it all.

    1. Oh…shoot. That’s awesome. Thanks, JC.

  23. Lovely like gold in your beautiful field of words! I shall remember you. 😉

    1. So sweet. And so glad you piped in to make it easier for me to visit as I’d planned to this wk!

      1. Simple & sweet, then? [yes! :] …Did you get my song hint here, good woman? It’s one of my sweet hubby’s faves so I couldn’t help myself.

  24. Simply beautiful. Words to dream in and imagery to glide on.
    … dandelion memories …

    1. Thanks, Julia. Was thinking of you today. =)

      Xxx
      Diana

  25. Wonderful. You have a way with words!

    1. Thanks for taking a moment, Amanda. =)

      Diana

      1. You’re very welcome! 🙂

  26. Wow, truly awesome! Beautifully written.

    ” … and the dandelion memories too much
    for me in the wind perish in a panoply of filaments …”

    My fav. paragrah! 🙂

    1. Oh, I sure appreciate the enthusiastic support. =) Thx for the feedback, Sherrie.

      Diana

  27. Wow! Birth of poetry defined 🙂

    1. *Big smile* Thanks.

  28. I loved the last paragraph linking God’s creativity in nature to our creativity in writing. Both are from the heart of the creator!

    1. Exactly. “In the beginning was the Word….”

  29. This is lovely. I love your abundance of words and images. Wonderful word-field. 🙂

  30. Diana, in one word-Beautiful! Thank you.
    -Alan

    1. The thanks go the other way, A.

  31. You’re quite the firecracker with your stamens and such! Beautifully expressed, whatever the inspiration;-)

    Vanessa

    1. LoL!! Oh, you’re funny, V. Ha ha ha. Whatever the inspiration. *wink*

    2. Hey, you know your anatomy. ^ ^
      I’d mentioned just the stigma and style.

      😉

  32. I love this picture, and the poem!

      1. I hope you have a wonderful day today!

  33. What’s left to say? You previous comments capture my feelings. Beautiful!

    1. So sweet. Thanks, S.

  34. beautiful picture to go with those awesome words.

  35. Wow! That’s enough praise to propel a hot air balloon to Pluto and back 😉 Bravo, muy bonito el poema.

    1. LoL…Uh, I take it you mean the reader response? Gracias.

      1. Yes! you’re like a rock star. Which leads me to the question if you could be any rock star who would you be?

      2. LoL. Girl, you crack me up. (Love your personality. You’ll do so well on the blog.) =) LoL…Gee, you’re grabbing me by the hair and hauling me out of the Jurassic era. Postmodern pop culture is passing me by as we speak…oh! Not a rock star, but she would certainly do:

        http://holisticwayfarer.com/2014/09/17/in-my-fantasy/

      3. Haha awww you are too kind. Gracias 🙂 Although I think I confuse people cuz I’m all over the place. And Yes! Korean Ella Fitzgerald. Now she was a cool cat. Excellent choice 😉

        Btw I made a really awesome bipolar-infused meal and posted the recipe and pics! That I took myself! And I’m disappointed that no one clicked on it. I guess pumpkin,chickpeas, baby spinach and baby kale with cinnamon and Mexican morita chiles is not for everyone! Go figure.

        Ok one last question. If you were singing in a red dress….would you paint your lips red? Or is that too much red?

      4. LMAO!! The few times I do lipstick, I try to match. And I meant both her and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I am behind, way behind in getting back to readers. Will make my rounds as I am able. Editing guest posts, too. =)

      5. Ahh yes Catherine Zeta-Jones is super-cool too. Very elegant and ages really well. And I can only imagine how you manage hundreds of comments. I get exhuasted for you as I scroll down the comments…all the Thank you’s..Thanks..Thank you very much’s…reminds me of an SNL episode…bye, buh bye, buh bye now…

        Sweet dreams 🙂

      6. LOL LOL LOL. Overcome with joy, a guest writer said she felt like a celebrity that week she featured here. Actually, that is sweet and keen of you bc it takes me literally hours to get through the first wave of comments when I post. So it’s taking me a lo-o-o-o-ng time to make my rounds. Friends have seen my inbox of likes. It’s like my email had a heart attack. Not to boast, just riding on your gracious coattail. I am VERY TIRED (all the time).

        Sweet dreams? Hear, hear.
        Appreciate the support.

        Diana

  36. ‘here I lie on my earthen bed / pregnant with poetry’ – beautiful words and imagery, alive with sensuality, love it Diana.

    1. =) Thanks so much, my friend.

  37. You and Mother Earth. Such sensual imagery… you make creation and conception feel so evocative.. Spring is just around the corner. :)… you birther of words, you.

    1. Hee hee. Thanks. (Creation and conception. The thoughtful way you read…)

  38. Beautiful imagery.

    1. Thanks, my friend.

  39. wow,…beautiful picture

  40. Absolutely beautiful, Diana 🙂 ♥ <3 pinned @ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/12596073934037321/

    1. Aw…thanks.

      Xxxx
      Diana

  41. You filled the air with the scent of flowers. Beautiful.

    1. You’re something! Thanks so much, Anna.

  42. “translating the anatomy of nature’s mystery” – the art of forming words to describe the beautifully wordless … the stunning soul that you are shines through your blog – I am excited to follow along with your journey. Bundles of love, skies of light, musings of magic, and revelations of wonder for you today <3 XO, Luna

    1. Aye!! What does one say in the face of such a benediction but thank you so much…and welcome? =) Diana

      1. 🙂 Namaste, dear love <3 <3

  43. A very sensual piece. Kindest Regards Cheryle

    1. Thanks for the read, Cheryle.

      Diana

  44. Thanks for visiting and liking my blog..it is great to connect with another mother on her journey! I am excited to read your blog.

    1. Yep, I appreciated your blog. Thanks for connecting. =)

      Diana

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