GARDEN of the HEART

GARDEN OF THE HEART

- Joy Krauthammer

As if in a labyrinth, every few feet

Heart of the Garden
© Joy Krauthammer

stopping my steps to focus, observe 

I walked around 

the small circular outdoor 

courtyard encircled by plants.

Low I bent down 

to inhale the enticing white azalea 

hoping in my heart it would be 

a gardenia in the garden

fill me with intoxicating fragrance.

Toward the end of my walk

in the slightly drizzly, grey afternoon

I came to the old wood double cushioned couch 

and spotted

cute little tender green clovers growing 

smack in the middle

between the cushions.

Can my 'seed dreams'

bloom as the clovers 

flourish in foreign land

an intersection

where bodies rest and 

landscapes of minds 

are redesigned?

Hmm, are the clovers really in the middle

or are they in a 'corner' at the intersection

of four cushions creating a couch?

No couch potatoes here, just couch clovers.

Couch Corners Clover
© Joy Krauthammer

 Ode to my "corners" and "attention"

Poetry Therapy Day teachers,

and

dedicated to 

Leslie Goldman, The Enchanted Gardener,

and 

Blooming Humans

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During a poetry writing workshop day, in joy and awe, I photographed the seeded clover growing in the cushions of an old wooden garden couch. Digitally, I altered my photo-- the cushions as the 4 chambers of the HEART of the Garden, growing in the most unusual location, where there is possibility and a new reality with vision. The clover awakens us to our heart's flow in the nurturing creative space. “Garden of the Heart” is inspired by a rainy city day, and “Blooming Humans" Day 1.

Love and BlesSings for creativity and blooming heart,

Joy Krauthammer

PS

BlesSing for SPIRITED WOMAN Share Fest party day, 12/12/11.

May we all be blessed, in even the tiniest strangest corner of the universe, to find the place where we can be nourished and grow and be all that we can be. Couch clover I discovered and photographed in an LA building courtyard. © 2010

"Our 42 Day Blooming Humans series is here to assist in re-designing our inner landscape by shifting our focus into our Hearts and awakening to our role in Birthing New Reality.   By providing a common vision and focus, we are calibrating and unifying our Hearts, while maintaining a vibrant, creative space for integrating the power-filled energies arriving Now.  WoW!"

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The Deronda Review back cover poem & photo
reprinted from "The Deronda Review", a journal of poetry and thought

Vol. IV No. 2 - Winter-Spring 2012
http://www.pointandcircumference.com/

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