Just a quick note to say sorry for falling of the edge without waving. (Thanks Angela for reminding me)
I am busy studying for exams. Due to some very wise person somewhere deciding to cut the University term short by a month, in preparation for the 210 soccer event, I have more work to get through than time to do so.
The good news is I am too busy to feel sad and from end October I am on leave for three whole months. Blogging, hiking, photography, swimming in the Southern Drakensberg, getting to know my heart better, work-shopping Deep Democracy, buying a new car, walking dogs, writing poetry, staring at clouds.
In the meanwhile I am getting plenty of self forgiveness meditation practice and in the half an hour before falling into sleep I'm sneakily reading a book on how to write poetry.
Forgive the short boringness of this post but the Anthropology of Power and Punishment is impatiently tapping her foot, waiting to be revised. Yikes!In the absence of my own words I would like to share a poet I recently discovered in the University bookshop - Shabbir Banoobhai
song of surrenderthis love that flutters like a wing in the wind
at the breath of the lightest thought
of your presence
surrenders
alternatelyto hope and fear
a song surrendering to a songwriter
rising and falling, its prayer an open wound
book of songs - Shabbir Banoobhaihttp://www.veilsoflight.com/new_work_bookofsongs.htm#surrender
16 comments:
i keep checking back, hoping you've posted, but do completely understand impending exams (at least in the dim recesses of my memory). best of luck to you on them and enjoy your month off! :-)
goodness! for those of us who have been waiting you certainly have done this post justice! that last brach seems to have a halo of leaves woven into it.. magical birds!
thanks for stopping at the curb of my blog before you go under again. we will all be here when you return at October's end.
The bird's nest looks like the kind of wreath a young girl would wear to a festival, and the last picture is pretty. I like the way the sunlight shines on the trees.
It sounds like your break will be as busy as it is now, but it's nice to be able to set the pace, right?
What an interesting bird's nest. We don't see that type where I live.
I love you hel, you bring me peace.
What a gorgeous poem!
I'll bet you are looking forward to your three months off! We'll all be looking forward to seeing more of you, too!
:)
~*
Thanks Hele, glad to know what you are doing, and of course YOU ARE DOING FINE, courageous girl that you are!
We all need breaks...
And three months of leave to look forward to sounds lovely.
beautiful words and stunning photos.
Enjoy your break.
Pfft! Like you, of all people, need help writing poetry! I thought it was your natural meter.
I hate that you're so strapped for time, but soon...3 months off! That sounds glorious - I know you're counting the days!
OH! Well worth the wait! This poem makes me want to get married or something!
Muchas gracias!
:) Debi
hey babe.
work hard and take that well deserved three months.
xo
I'm so glad to hear from you!!
And I didn't get this on my feed reader, something is wrong with blogger again. (But don't worry, it will sort itself out.)
Amazing poem and beautiful images!
I love stopping by here. Good luck with exams :)
oh hele, i regret not having stopped by in too long. coming here brings me a great sense of peace and your pictures comfort me when it is so cold here.
xoxo
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