November 25, 2005
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"It's Elemental"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
11/25/05 10:45 a.m. pst
The air surrounds us, filling the atmosphere around the globe on which we live.
We breathe the air.
It lifts our lungs, and permeates us with the sacred breath of life
The air is filled with life
Bacteria which helps to combat other
more insideous forms
Sometimes these more harmful forms overrule
and scatter death through the air
Life, death, the cycle neverending
The air brings us weather patterns
Patterns which speak to us with their
regularity and permanence
Until the next sudden storm
teaches us that our very existence
can be extinguished
by the
very
air
that
we
breathe
The earth expands before us, giving us a place to live
and imbuing us with sustenance and nourishment
We till the earth
We plant our food, the very provender of our lifestyle
We feast, and grow, and multiply
The spirit of the earth grows and moves,
Changing ever so slowly as to be imperceptable
And we scatter to the ends of the earth
Sometimes the earth is more suddenly active
and cracks and crevices appear and
swallow the very life
that
exists
by it's
canyons
and
on it's
fields
Water flows around the earth,
Slaking our thirst and pouring
into our bodies, extending our survival
interacting with our very molecules
a substance of which we are made
and which makes us drink heartily
We base our transportation
and our economy on water
the waterwheels of society
turn faster and faster
Rain falls from the sky
and fills us
Yet these rains can
flood our earth and drown
our progeny and possibility
The very water
which sustains us
can
serve
to quench our
life as well
as thirst
Fire warms and comforts us
And energy is consumed and exhumed
by it's fickle embers
Fire, captured and kindled
unleashes great burning desires
and causes our cold winters
to become more bearable
Fire tamed and tortured
helps mold our very cities and
give us unparalleled growth
as people
Sometimes fire burns out of control
and no amount of water can
end it's marching fury
Carried on the wind and
settling on the land
it burns everything in it's path
The very warmth
that comforts
causes burning
calamity
and
death
Although man may sometimes seem judgemental
Air, earth, fire, and water stay wildly elemental
Hey kids, sorry for another poem so soon, since the Thanksgiving post featured a few, including one written yesterday, but I just wrote this, and I'm sort of doing a "Presentation Piece" with the music, and the composite photo, which is derived from three separate photos, all mine of course, including the "fire"image which was shot outside of Baker,CA a few years ago. The ocean and coastline are in Palos Verdes , in two different places on opposite sides of the peninsula. MFN 11/25
Comments (29)
Very nicely done. What a beautiful post for today. Have a wonderful day. Tami
Michael,
This is fantastic -don't apologizefor sharings your talent... I am honored
:goodjob:Great post !While all the crazies are out there 'shopping' what a world . There is always something better to do than walk the halls of k-mart. If more people used there brains for creative events the world would be wonderful~maybe?!?! :heartbeat:
I truly enjoyed this elemental
piece of truth that you offer this day
:sunny:
This is a nice read, I like the perspective
Thanks Mike
ryc
Its all good..
I don’t exactly play Xanga by the 'rules' ...:wave:
I find it fascinating that people come to my site and read.
so when ever someone does I am pleasantly suprised.
And I then recognize, that voice is my ego
:sunny:
doug
What an integrative view! So, good to get your current thinking!
The Air one reminds me of War of the World's, which I just saw again (the new version).
earth: yeah you live out there in cali dont you? if you live on a fault line..... accually, I live on the continental divide, it rarely moves, but we ARE overdue
I love water, any water, unless its cold.... I hate cold.
Ah warm fire! I'm an old fire-bug you know. Cant get enough of playing in the fire. I can stare at one for hours.... it's alive you know....
A VERY good set of poems Mr. And NEVER appologise for poetry!!!!
laters,
~Mia
:goodjob: Mike, this post is a keeper. It is not only well-done, but made to be read and seen more than once!
Give me a few days to respond on the topics in Internet Island. I have some things that need to get done here for winter. I so appreciate you sending the link. You are a sweetie, you know that. Do you have an unmarried father who is well? LOL
excellet and they go the the core of things...its all so complexand yet so simple....Peace Mia Lucia
Very nice. You have a talent sir Mike.
I think these are very very good.
I also liked your Thanksgiving poems/prayers. They were wonderful, oh my :goodjob: :spinning:
Hello Mike,
This is a great post, four poems about the elements and a really nice picture with all incorporated, and your profile picture is pretty neat.
I like the 'Fire', maybe because i'ts a bit cool here..
Sure hope you enjoyed your day yesterday..
Peace and Love:)
:goodjob:nicely done! and a great subject:sunny:
Well done, Mike! Enjoyed this very much. Happy belated Thanksgiving. Hugs, Lisa.
MOST BEAUTIFUL...love to see your writings................................hugs
i like this one. it reminds me of nature which i tend to forget in my daily happenings mostly cause i'm never in nature always in a "shopping" atmosphere. but it pays the bills. all of us are some form of element though as well... astrologically speaking. we have elements... i think i remmeber myself as being a water element. not sure what made it be that way i thikn it had something to do with birth times or dates and the combined position of the sun... i don't know complicated something to do with astrology.
I always appreciate reading good poetry on the elementals. Thank you, my friend!
The elements and I thank you for this tribute! I get much from these words. Very nice!!
:sunny:
Hi Mike, Thanks for stopping by my place again. I appreciate your kinds words. I liked your poems. They were well thought out and elegantly provided pictures in my mind. You did a great job. And it appears you have spent a lot of time cataloging your site. WOW!!!! That must have taken you forever. Have a wonderful day!
Donna
loved your pic of the highland tunnel
As always, thanks for sharing your wonderful poetry. But more importantly, thanks for giving me a peek at the DooDah Parade a few entries back. Why don't they have any parades like that in central PA? You can be I'd be there with bells on. Probably literally. Take care!
Nice set, Mike. Unnoted was the fact that fire can be used to make food more enjoyable to eat. And water (especially when good old fire is available to make it boil) is also helpful in cooking.:)
As we go into the holiday season I am happy to see that you have switched to a picture in which you not only sport a festive tie but are smiling as well. I'm not sure I understand why you are pointing at your left ear, however. Or is it possible you were making a number "one" and merely fell over onto your finger?
Excellent poetry, like how your photo shows them all. I associate with Fire, as I'm a Sagittarian. Nice write, Mike.
Hi Mike!
The ancient elements! How very lovely! I think sometimes we get too caught up in all we know today and forget that life does not have to be that complicated. Earth, air, fire, and water will sustain us. Very beautiful!
Nancy
You forgot one. Balance in everything you know: Spirit. Same basic elements, but I word it a bit differently when doing a house blessing or sending: By earth, by water, by wind, by fire, my soul to your soul, grant serenity.
It a very simple spell. Setting your white candles in a star pattern, you light each one for the element you name with a stick of burning sandalwood. Then blow them out at once and you're thinking the direction/object of the blessing.
I sent it to a cousin's house once when his wife and daughter were in the midst of huge squable and my poor cousin had them both shouting over him. I'd been talking to him on Skype when the ruckus started. I told him, "just a minute," and went away to do the spell. I didn't really know how it would turn out. I'd never sent it far afield before. But it seems that at the moment I blew out the candles, the wife and daughter abruptly fell asleep where they stood. When they woke up a half hour later, they couldn't remember what they'd been fighting about so just laughed it off and didn't fight anymore.
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