BRUSHSTROKES
with brush strokes light as feathers
I want to tell you about beauty
in a newly woken sky;
In a bird feeding his young.
In a woman’s graceful stretching,
her fingertips reaching high, just because.
Of glowing heather gracing my wall;
Caught by an artist with loving heart.
About the soft morning mist on the ground,
the neighbourhood slowly waking up.
Dogs taking humans for a walk –
or is it the other way around?
About the stillness and grandeur of trees
that grace the territory;
Teaching us not to rush,
to respect nature and all therein.
With softest colours showing us gratitude,
gratefulness to Be, alive.
To love, most important of all.
Remembering those
who seen only dark shades so far.
© miriam ivarson
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A gentle, spirit-stroking start to my day. Thank you, Miriam.
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It is my pleasure, Roland and thank you for your sweet comment.
Gentle is what the morning felt.
miriam
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What a wonderful poem Miriam. The title and first line set the perfect tone for this gentle invitation to savor the beauty of the world around us. And that beautiful image helps too! Thank you….
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Thank you Brad for your beautiful words. I am so glad you took up the
invitation to savour beauty around us. Without nature – no art.
Miriam
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My pleasure.
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Gentle words, Miriam, each painting a picture in my mind. Thank you. –Curt
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Thank you so much Curt. I would love to hear some images that are painted
in your mind. You have a wealth of beauty to draw on. A poem coming along?
Miriam
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Beautiful, Miriam..
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Thank you Bette ! 💕
Miriam
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Miriam, your brushstrokes paint vivid pictures for us and I’m treasuring the beauty of them.😀 With a deft and light touch your words dance across the easel, your lyrical poetry invoking a sense of harmony and magic. I will now go and look at the newly-woken sky tomorrow morning and appreciate it even more and to remember to feel ‘gratefulness to Be, alive.’ Wonderful, Miriam and thank you for inspiring me, teaching me to stop and absorb the beauty around me. ❤️
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Annika, your beautiful and in depth response leaves me speechless.
I thank you for using your talent to ‘review’ this poem.
Quoting you ” your words dance across the easel, your lyrical poetry invoking a sense of harmony and magic ” . How can I not be grateful.
It makes me very happy to hear that it inspired you in your busy day to take time to look around. To just be. We can after all only be now. May you do that in all your creative work and mundane too. All has its value and time.
Bless 🤗
Miriam
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So lovely, Miriam. In this crazy world, it’s wonderful to read a poem that sees the grace and beauty of the world. I read it last night, after a very difficult day, and savored your word images as I fell asleep. Many thanks for the needed vision of peace.
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Sharon, a deeply felt thank you for these beautiful words. They make my heart sing. To imagine my words lulled you to peaceful sleep is wonderful for me as
well as having given you something.
I often read something positive before going to sleep to have the thought staying with me.
🦋🌻
Miriam
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I’m feeling brushstroked all over with love and understanding and joy. (And a bit of sadness for those who still only see the dark shades so far.) ❤
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Ahhh … thank you Pam for your beautiful words and may the soft strokes stay with you.
I do share the feeling about those who see too many dark shades. May the light we see spread. 😘
Miriam
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❤
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Gratitude for beauty around us… Miriam I loved this reminder peeping through your beautiful description of the morning. Thank you for these gentle brush strokes.
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Thank you Balroop for your lovely response. Gratitude should always be there when we are given so much. So many gentle brush strokes to you
and may we all spread them around us.
Bless 🦋🌈
Miriam
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you so much Chuck, it is a great delight to be re-blogged on your site.
Miriam
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You have such a gift for poetry, Miriam. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece. xx
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Such a beautiful compliment, Jennifer. Thank you. For all of us, should we be given a gift we have to honour it.
So to share with you is my joy and honour.
Miriam
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Thank you for this gentle and loving reminder of the endless beauty that surrounds us, Miriam. Truly exquisite poem.
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Jet, thank you for your beautiful comment.
May we all be gentle with all living things that surrounds us. This morning it
is easy as the sun shines and light the sky, the trees … and my room. 😊 .
miriam
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Did you do the painting, Miriam? Great brushstrokes! The first glance of it made me feel like taking out my watercolor paper, colors and brushes to do one. What a reflection in your poem…! We must learn to slow down. And the dogs walk the people or the other way around? There is a girl in our neighborhood walks five dogs. Probably it is her dog walking job.
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Thank you, Miriam, for your lovely comment. No, I didn’t paint this sunrise.
It was so serene that I felt it went well with my state of mind.
I do paint mainly in oils although I started out with water colours.
The poem was inspired by what I saw around me though, the sunrise, people starting their day …
Miriam
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Your posts are always beautiful, Miriam. I love the gentle images in this 🙂 🙂
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Thank you, Jo-Anna, for this sweet response. I feel honoured.
Gentle images soothes me too. 😊 .
Miriam
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What a beautiful poem, Miriam! Wonderful imagery! It reminds me of the way the trees change color in autumn, looking like someone painted color on the outside leaves while leaving the inner ones green, and gradually the whole tree is painted.
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Thank you, Julie, for your lovely response. The world of imagery is where writers and poets live. 😊. It is obvious when you make me see this artist paint all leaves … just before they fall to the ground and create the most breathtaking carpet.
Miriam
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This is a really beautiful poem, Miriam.
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Thank you so much, Robbie. Your words are lovely.
miriam
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This poem is as soft and as soaring as the bird flying over the misty mountains.
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Ahh … Andrea, thank you. Your words read like the start of
a poem in itself.
Miriam
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Great poem – evocative and uplifting
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Thank you for your lovely comment, Kate. It makes me smile this
Saturday morning.
Also, welcome to mywindow. 😊 .
Miriam
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You are a gifted writer, Miriam and I loved the way your poem just flows in all its splendour.
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Thank you, Kamal, for your warm and kind response.
You make me trust with your appreciation.
miriam
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Welcome dear Miriam and you are a wonderful poetess.
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Your words paint beautiful images that take me there to the gifts of nature. The last two lines are so full of compassion and the hope of “so far” offering open arms.
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Jo-Anna, a warm thank you for caring response. Yes, we are blessed with so
much beauty around us and yet you do take to heart the last couplet. That means a lot to me.
Miriam
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