12/22/2019 Featured Poet: Linda ImblerAdvice One Can Use What’s one piece of advice I’d offer a newborn babe? As you grow and as you live, find the joy in all things and point it out, helping others see it. For there is so much to celebrate in life and your happy heart tends to rub off on people who are not you. The best things about this approach will be the spreading of bliss. The snowball effect of such emotion tends to perpetuate itself endlessly. So, smile big, let your eyes crinkle up grand. Say thank you, no matter how small the gesture. Applaud warmly others’ wins. Train your mind to recall words which benefit your neighbor’s heart. Words that cover all manner of kindness and love. Think of a Christmas tree with bright green needles upon which hang all pretty lights. Now, imagine the world covered with a lexical bed of soft needles which do not poke. A bed soft enough for a baby. A Message From Mom Angels walk on Earth in guise of mortal manifestation. A painted rock with one word, love, written on it and placed strategically inside a zoo rock garden by a kindly woman. Found by a recently motherless boy. His thought, my mother left this for me. Through heat of summer or chill of winter, children will remind us that those who left us leave messages, if only we act with the eyes and ears of our early years, and we look and we listen with the hearts of the innocent. The Gifting Forgive your foes and give them grace, Show them your happy heart with smiles. Among your friends give them a place. Forgive your foes and give them grace. Gift unto them goodwill of face That they may sit with you awhile. Forgive your foes and give them grace, Show them your happy heart with smiles. Linda Imbler believes poetry has the potential to add to the beauty of the world. Her poetry collections include “Big Questions, Little Sleep,” “Lost and Found,” “The Sea’s Secret Song,” “Red Is The Sunrise,” and “Pairings,” a hybrid ebook of short fiction and poetry. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. Comments are closed.
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