Monday, March 08, 2010

Bloggers' Words - Is It You?

Bloggers' Words

words on my screen
tokens of life well lived
speaking of actions, attitudes
options, for living

words of one's journey
signs, revealing and deep
challenging me to thrive, live
choose, grow

words launched into timeless space
floating in e-land, wandering
coming home and sinking deep
lifting, my heart
sings

words from you, my friend.

Labels: blogging, poetry, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:58 PM 0 Comments

Friday, March 05, 2010

The Sea - A Poem from Memory

The Sea

Swirls of foam around my ankles
Wiggling toes intwine archaic sands
Minnows dart, carving the tidal plane

Sun bares upon my bare back
Gulls sing anthems of the dawn
Waves rise in the distance, announcing the coming change

Hear it roll closer, ascending
Fleeing tides rip sand and shell away
Sand moves beneath my feet, as the wave breaks

Salt burns, eyes and nose
Water cascades off of me
Surpries of familiar currents

Laughter swells within my sea
My soul welcomed home
Bellows joy

Labels: blogging, poetry, sea, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:00 AM 3 Comments

Monday, March 01, 2010

From Dusk to Dawn

From Dusk to Dawn

Before dawn
The moon looms
Bright, bold
Shining through the film
Of clouds
Sliding across her
Like lace gliding off your
Shoulders
Last night…

Labels: emotion, gender stuff, poetry, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:17 AM 1 Comments

Friday, February 26, 2010

On Having Lunch at Panera - Repost

The din resonates
Countless voices frantically
Proclaim facades and personas

Below the cascade
Simplistic souls stand
Wall flowers alone and longing

Within, a voice asks
Shall we dance?


*I wrote this one a while back after having lunch at Panera Bread.

Labels: blogging, poetry, sacred moments, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:00 AM 3 Comments

Monday, February 22, 2010

String Quartet

String Quartet

It is a mess at first
The bow strikes and glides across a single string and back again
The note wobbles for a moment
Then settles to a steady call

Joined then by the rocking and striated rhythms
Of another set of strings
And another
Then another

The tatters of sound assemble
Like clouds and squalls
Of a sea storm
Then silence before the storm

Slowly comes the rain
The thunder
The wind
Singing softly its message

We are awash in a sea
Of harmonies and melodies
Here it is useless to navigate
This storm will take us where it wills

Surrender is always
The best option
When accosted
By beauty

Labels: blogging, music, poetry, sea

posted by Kim Williams at 7:46 PM 0 Comments

Thursday, February 18, 2010

In The Sand*

In the sand

Our foot prints
Hearts
Shells
Kisses
Lines left by the tide
Castles
Dog paws
Cans
Bodies
Tears
Clothes
Dreams
Names
Our Life time

In the sand


*I grew up at the beach. I spent a great deal of time day and night, wandering the shores, feeling and exploring the sands of that shore and all that could be lived and love. There isn't much I haven't done on those shores. There is a lot of life lived, left and found there...

Labels: beach, meanderings, poetry, sacred moments, stories, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:00 AM 2 Comments

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

IF, by Rudyard Kipling

I was named after the book Kim, by author Rudyard Kipling. Early in my childhood, my mother introduced me to one of his poems. It has always challenged and inspired me in life.

IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

-Rudyard Kipling

Labels: emotion, family, father's wisdom, life on life's terms, poetry, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:09 AM 4 Comments

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Red House Talking - A Poem

During a visit to Levering Orchard, I spoke with one of the owners about his childhood memories of home, a house that now stands empty and in disrepair, yet a dominate fixture overlooking the orchard. It seemed to speak to me.

Red House Talking

heat scared twisted tin
metal remains of the shelter of generations
once marking the boundary between security
sky and seasons' harsh torments of ice and wind
once shielding mother and child and keeping
home hearth's warmth within

sentinel timbers stand charred
remnants of hard taught lessons
essential knowings of words and deed
those shadows of learning that walk with us
stand undaunted, proclaiming our way
through life's course
holding us to right of way

pane-less windows black and lost
tell of eyes peering outward
watching for familiar faces
tracing memories in winter's vapor
smudged glass and
of curtains drawn tightly muffling
the magic giggles of life long love and randy youth

now the boundaries of roof and wall
yield openly, freeing lives long bound here
as prolific gaps
grasp not even nature's breeze
releasing it to dance delightfully
resting on my mind and dream
before wafting on

leaving a whisper of
a voice talking with
a red accent

Labels: blogging, emotion, poetry, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:00 AM 3 Comments

Friday, January 29, 2010

Dancing Death

The painter stands apart from the painting

The poet lays aside the parchment

The sculptor steps back from the statue

Each, in turns applies craft upon an object

Releasing it, complete and whole

They remain.


Where then, do we find the line separating the dancer from the dance?

Body, spirit and movement are at once creator and creation

The dance exists only with and only in a moment of movement

And in its incessant demand to be, the dance will – always does –

Consume the dancer leaving

Him draped across the floor

Her broken over the chair

Leaving them worn thin in each other’s arms

Only able to gasp a memory of remembering

The dance, only shadows of their life

Gone

Is the dance


As the dance continues upon

Another

one, two, three…

Labels: meanderings, music, poetry, sacred moments, stories

posted by Kim Williams at 8:27 AM 4 Comments

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Waving Goodbye

A Child

Pats the water with her foot

Ripples

Spread gently, caressing the surface

Gliding outward, searching for shore

Fading to smooth


Tiny toes

Break the fluid plain

Movement

Life upon the stillness

Reaching

Longing

Hoping for a place to land


Again and again

Each gentle touch fades

Weakened waves reaching

Never touching the distant sand

Destination


SPLASH!


Surges churn turbulence of sea

Arms and legs violate the stillness

Liquid rage calls

To the depths

Unknown concentric waves

Demanding, diminishing, stopping


Stillness

Descending shimmers

Calming the spot

Closing the circle

Cessation


Now

On a distant shore

Small ripples lap the sand

Lap the sand

Home


-Once, an Adolescent that I knew took her own life. This poem is dedicated to Cathy.

Labels: life on life's terms, poetry, sacred moments, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 8:09 PM 4 Comments

Friday, October 16, 2009

Your Beauty Stops

Your beauty
Laid out before me
Stops

Your beauty
Laid out before me

Orange hues wrapped in purple haze
This sky
Brushed upon a palette
By the descending of the sun
Layers
Broadcasting the coming night
Filled with hope and promise
Your beauty is laid out for me

A beauty that seeks me
Reaches out and touches my eyes
Causing them to scan for you

A beauty that grazes my thoughts
Hunting for understanding
Beyond knowing the work of light
Reflecting through prisms
And chemicals reacting in mist
Longing to be known

Your beauty
Laid out before me ready to be known
As in an embrace lovers know
The caress of wonder
Possibilities of tomorrow
In each gentle sigh
Each kiss of moisture

Your beauty
Laid out before me stops

Longing is left alone
Desire
Calm and undisturbed
Even as your wonder
Strikes the lenses of my sight
Pounding
Nothing but a distant echo

Is heard

Tonight…

Labels: blogging, emotion, gender stuff, poetry, sacred moments, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 7:58 PM 3 Comments

Saturday, September 26, 2009

I Found Myself Humming

I found myself

Humming into the mattress

With you

It was an accidental thing

An exhale that sent a slight vibration

Through the sheets

I enjoyed the sound

The sense

Of my humming

Beside you – with you

The vibrant ripples made me giggle

And roll joyfully

Leaving all tension and dis-ease

I found myself

Humming into the mattress

Thank you

Labels: emotion, family, life on life's terms, meanderings, music, poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 11:47 PM 1 Comments

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Too Full

The quill rests full
Dripping onyx truths
Upon parchment
Unable to spill
Small enough droplets
To inscribe
You

Labels: emotion, poetry, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 3:18 PM 1 Comments

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Beach Remembers

The beach remembers

Lover's tastes and trash

And it can't forget


Too many breezes blow

In strong currents

And sand tossing tourists


Piles of humanity

Discarded playthings

And burnt butts


Cans crushed under foot

Seasoned among sea oats

And barley stained


His hands upon her

Rumpled sands swaying

And tides wetting


Every passion gets remembered

By the beach beneath us

And our trash

Labels: emotion, family, life on life's terms, meanderings, poetry, sacred moments, sea, spirituality, vacation destinations

posted by Kim Williams at 7:53 PM 9 Comments

Monday, August 31, 2009

Dangerous Passions?

A number of weeks back, several friends sent me the same link to a wonderful video of Elizabeth Gilbert speaking on the angst of artistic genius. I'm not purporting to be a genius, but I have had my share of artistic challenges.


My first true passion was acting. I felt more alive when acting, soaking up the spot light and wrestling with the nuances of character development than I did living my real life. I achieved some modest success while making acting my hobby throughout my life including some professional time with a North Carolina Shakespeare Company, and several cable-run commercials. During college I discovered creative writing and I've had a few article published (during my time as a pastor). Sermon writing, at its best, is a highly creative venue and I relished in both the creation and presentation of sermons for 15 years.


In each of my creative adventures, I discovered the same reality – satisfaction of the urge to create and the compulsion to be a part of something new and dramatic is fleeting.


Often, upon reflection on my own creative internal disturbance, I am left with the following apparent and unsavory thought - The creative spirit, as embodied in so many artists, is its own bane. The artist can devote his/herself to the task fully and in doing so risk a rapid burn or can deny the very passion of the soul and lead a life of frustrated mediocrity. My trouble with this thought is that I don’t want it to be true. Is it possible for an artist to pursue his passion and not self destruct? Is there something in the nature of art that demands the humanity of the artist and leaves her broken?


There is more to say here, but I would rather leave it for your comments. So, dear reader, is your artistic passion dangerous?

Labels: blogging, emotion, life on life's terms, meanderings, poetry, prose, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 10:09 PM 4 Comments

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

A Pending Epitaph - Paint Me Not

Paint Me Not


Paint me not in shades of brilliant blue and red

Coloring over my misguided lines of glossy black

And smeared greys


Don’t layer me over with sentiment and morality

Forgetting my deformity of thought

And bare deeds


Have the fortitude to lay it out

As I was and am naked and old, withered

And decaying now


My life will be dust soon enough and should not be concealed while it can be revealed.



Note: Inspiration comes when it is ready. I was viewing a photo and a post over at MelodyWatson.com and somehow, my thoughts and feelings lead to the poem above...

Labels: blogging, emotion, family, life on life's terms, meanderings, poetry, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 9:57 PM 9 Comments

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Listening Badly

You don’t mean badly of it

Your constant chatter

About your thoughts, life moments

Ongoing strident tones

Filling every silence to brimming


I don’t mean badly of it

Listening half heartily

To worn tires chatting

Over tired pavement

Rhythms rising from empty drums

Labels: blogging, gender stuff, hiking, life on life's terms, poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 9:46 PM 6 Comments

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Just Not Feeling It

I am mostly a happy person. I enter each day with a determination to be positive, smile and find the opportunity in every challenge. Yes, I am one of those people.


Today, I wasn't able to make it happen. Nothing bad happened. Nothing monumental broke or went awry. Yet, I have found this day empty of enthusiasm and lacking in luster.


Chalk it up to "one of those days."


One of Those Days

Walking through cement

Wading in the swamp

Paddling up stream

Strolling up the down escalator

And

Simply not really caring about getting there

We are all allowed one of those days. Right?

Labels: emotion, life on life's terms, poetry, spirituality

posted by Kim Williams at 10:37 PM 3 Comments

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Thinning of One

The Thinning of One


If I am not careful

With my thoughts

My ideas

Plans

Dreams


I will become thin

On artistic endeavors

Of creativity

Possibilities

Virility


Thin

Is transparent

Lifeless etching

On contemptuous bones

Labels: emotion, gender stuff, life on life's terms, poetry, word play, writing

posted by Kim Williams at 7:49 PM 8 Comments

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial

Often spoken words lose meaning
Repetition, redundancy, familiarity
Turns the phrase
Into empty sentiment.

What shall we call these things
Courage, commitment, duty, belief
Pallor of soul
To sigh and ache?

Can we even speak of heroes anymore?

Labels: blogging, emotion, meanderings, poetry, spirituality

posted by Kim Williams at 9:06 PM 0 Comments

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Birthday Song


Today is my Birthday, so I'm singing this special birthday song.

"Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis is your birthday song,
It isn't very long."

Bye.

Labels: blogging, emotion, family, life on life's terms, meanderings, poetry, songs, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 5:59 PM 1 Comments

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spainsh Moss

Clinging to branches among the oaks

Timeless observer of time’s passing

You sway through breezes and revolutions

Directing humanity’s passage

As if orchestrating a divine symphony

 

With nothing but a wisp connecting you

To the lofty vantage from which you observe

Coy and unaffected

Your slight presence fans our dreams

As a winter wind stirs the smoldering fire

 

Little more than air feeds you

A hint of sea salt to spice your tasting

Of our adventures and chaos

You remain, lingering luscious

As the memory of a lover’s sigh

 

Eternally upon us

Labels: blogging, emotion, family, poetry, spirituality, travel, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 9:02 PM 4 Comments

Monday, February 09, 2009

Writing Class

I'm taking a writing class for the next five weeks and since one of our suggestions is to forgo wqriting on the keyboard in favor of paper and pen - I'll be more absent than usual from my blog.

I'm excited. 

In the mean time visit The Sanctuary and Christopher.

Labels: blogging, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 9:18 PM 5 Comments

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

While In the Office

seeking a hike

pounding the sod

finding a beat

gathering a song

starting a dance

Labels: blogging, emotion, exercise, hiking, meanderings, poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 12:13 PM 3 Comments

Thursday, January 29, 2009

ForestFear

Remember when

We found the forest

Together

Intense, alluring and terrible

We cowered in fear

Shadows danced

Masked marauders set on our capture

Thorns, impenetrable barriers

Pole arms of razor steel

To strip flesh and life from bone

 

Time

 

We eventually found our way

Safely among these harrowing acquaintances

Shadows became nuances of light

Painting images of complex contrast upon

Canvases of hope

Spears’ edges, properly marked and navigated

Became safe havens

Briar patches of protection

 

Time

 

Now, you and I

Are bored and dumb

Silently wishing for

Another forest to conquer

 

Labels: blogging, emotion, gender stuff, poetry, spirituality, travel

posted by Kim Williams at 8:08 AM 2 Comments

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Walking Free

perspiration trails down jaw lines
the journey of necessity
vigilance
arms stretch outward
balancing
delicate steps along the precipice of doubt
pained


muscles constrict and release in rhythm
a waltz that dances ever
forward
withered cravings scream
threats
rebellion and unwillingness
fear 


wisps of liberated mist rise
once bound to soil and stone now free
rising
supportive hands appear
lifting
forever a small piece of weighty matter
relief

Labels: blogging, emotion, exercise, hiking, life on life's terms, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 8:20 PM 2 Comments

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Entanglement

By the last micro thread of the spider’s web
Hanging
In a delicate balancing between desire to be free
From the casket of this cocoon
And to be safe from the fall to the ground

How came I upon this entanglement
But by little things, single threads of erroneous
Actions
Quiet discontentment resting feather-light
Clinging unassumingly to the sleeve of my façade

Until

Movement through my own self
Became hindered and slowly, progressed to
Halting proportions lost in one immobile
Case
Suspended by the last filament of my attachment

To you

Labels: blogging, emotion, meanderings, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 6:31 PM 2 Comments

Resolute Living

We are far enough into the New Year that I have heard and read my fair share of New Year’s posts and opinions.  I guess I’ll take a moment and share my thoughts.

Often I find myself looking in to the New Year and thinking about what new things I want to accomplish. Resolutions are often about what we want to make different in our lives: loose ten pounds, run a marathon, get a better job, save money, reduce debt, stop smoking, etc. There are a few things I hope to accomplish this year, and the truth is that my bets hope of accomplishing these new things isn’t a magical New Year’s resolution. 

I do well to look not so much at what I want to change, but what I am currently doing that is working. Even a momentary reflection on the characteristics of my life that contribute to my success reveals simple habits that, while often difficult to follow, are essential to getting anything done. This year I am beginning with a New Year’s Renew list. I am renewing my commitment to the habits and actions that are a part of my success and then looking at a few things I want to accomplish with these proven, daily habits. The difference is that I am focusing on resolute living rather than living a list of resolutions.

 

Resolute Living

  1. Each day I will decide to abstain from alcohol and other drugs. I have made this choice daily since July 10, 1999 and it has made all the difference in my life
  2. Pray each morning for “Knowledge of God’s will for me and the power to carry that out.”
  3. Respect other peoples (and my) time – be where I have agreed to be when I have agreed to be there. I am not perfect at executing this, but I am committed to the value of it.
  4. Be mindful of the Rotary Four-Way Test – Of The Things We Say and Do
    1. Is it the Truth?
    2. Is it fair to all concerned?
    3. Will it build good will and better friendships?
    4. Is it beneficial to all concerned?

 

  1. Listen to others and seek to understand their point of view.
  2. Pay my bills on time.
  3. Exercise multiple times each week.
  4. Keep my weight between 145-155lbs.
  5. Take the medications prescribed by my doctor as prescribed.
  6. Hike.
  7. Get a full night’s sleep (6-8 hrs) most nights.
  8. Read books for fun.
  9. Read books for education.
  10. Maintain a blog.
  11. Save some money each month.
  12. Tell jokes (no matter how lame).
  13. Read the comics.
  14. Volunteer to help others in some way every month.
  15. Work the steps of the simple program that I have chosen to help me better live my life.
  16. Never take the advice of someone more messed up than I am.
  17. Write about the creative ideas and images that move me.
  18. Work faithfully and dependably for my income.
  19. Take a vacation with my wife. 

Resolutions for 2009 

  1. Attend a writing workshop/class.
  2. Speak publicly ten times.
  3. Submit something written for publication.
  4. Hike the Alum Cave Trail.
  5. Purchase a new Audio/Video system for the den.

 

I am sure there is more, but this is what I have for here, for now…

Labels: 2009, blogging, emotion, exercise, family, hiking, music, poetry, spirituality, travel, vacation destinations, word play, work out

posted by Kim Williams at 8:33 AM 2 Comments

Monday, January 05, 2009

A Dream

soft clouds
of unknowing
drifting awareness 
of twilight
moments 
of passion, pain
find us 
and lead us 
home
again

Labels: emotion, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 9:29 PM 0 Comments

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Washing Clean Blues

Her hair

Strummed by tears

Falls a mess upon the pillows

 

The blues

Broadcasted in waves

Washes him down off her

 

The morning will find her empty, but clean.

Labels: emotion, gender stuff, life on life's terms, poetry, songs, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 5:48 PM 1 Comments

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Perhaps This World Needs

As I strive for self actuation
Demanding more of my mind, spirit and body each day
Determined to succeed, to claim yesterday’s distant horizon
As today’s dawn

It occurs to me that I might have it all wrong
What if these images of status and position
That haunt my mind each evening are self contrived
And the resistance that pushes me backward
Each hard fought day is prophetic

What if my truth is that
This world simply needs another bum?

Labels: emotion, life on life's terms, meanderings, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 8:22 PM 4 Comments

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Muscial Guest

As a member of Rotary, I am privileged to hear a variety of people speak on any number of topics. From revolutionaries to politicians, I hear the stories, missions, beliefs and art of people who are seeking to impact the world around them with the gifts and values they hold dear.

Today, we had a musical guest, Laurelyn Dossett of “Polecat Creek.” Laurelyn Dosset has a delightful manner and shares willingly of her passion for music, life’s stories and nuances, and her artistic prowess.

Learn more about her music with Polecat Creek here and her musical theater endeavors at her site, here. What fun.

Labels: Laurelyn Dosset, music, poetry, Polecat Creek, songs, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 7:32 PM 2 Comments

Monday, November 03, 2008

The Last Cicada

The last cicada sings
Into the crisp fall air
A final call of
Fall’s end, winter’s era

Leaves cling
To branches high
Not one wants
To release and die

A father dreams
Of his son’s flight
But silence returns
From this season’s night

[Chorus]
Seasons change
Seasons go
Season remain
Ever so slow

Summer leaves
To find its fall
The stillness breaks
Upon us all

The last cicada sings
The final tear falls
We are cold
We are so small

A baby cries
Her first breath of life
Mother’s arms are gone
An women will live in strife

[Chorus]

Sometimes we must burrow
Deep into the earth
Waiting there, searching
For the matter of our birth

Remembering when we can
That as this begins
We can return as
The last cicada sings

[Chorus]

The last cicada sings
Into the crisp fall air
A final call of
Fall’s end, winter’s era

Leaves cling
To branches high
Not one wants
To release and die


NOTE: in the depths of a hike in SC, i heard a lone cicada. while only weeks before i had heard the deafening noise of thier community screaming, only one remained. the words above come from that last cicada's song.

Labels: blogging, emotion, hiking, poetry, songs, travel, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 8:58 PM 8 Comments

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Hiking It Off

The earth under foot
Passing
Thoughts fade into
Absence
Embraces singularity
Feels
Effortless striding
Forth
Coming homeward
Bound
Less of me resting
Heavy
Burdens dripping
Soaking
Into the soil beneath
Me

Labels: emotion, hiking, poetry, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 3:34 PM 6 Comments

Monday, October 20, 2008

Wisdom

An illusive wisp
Sophia dancing
From our grasp and swirling
Into brief awareness
Remembered only as afterthoughts
Insulting epiphanies
Propelling us to the next level
Of incompetence

Labels: emotion, poetry, spirituality, word play

posted by Kim Williams at 9:05 PM 0 Comments

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Tanked

The sputter can surprise us
Running wide ass open
Taking no prisoners
Casting laughter like caution
To the wind
Blowing up a storm of passionate dreams
And friends cheering us on

The road turns, twisting
Thought and perceptions
Into unrecognizable shards
Broken, poured out, spilled
Across memories of tomorrow’s
Dreamers awake
When the fuel of creation
Runs dry

Thus fools rush in
Where angels fear to tread
And shout
"Fill’er UP!"

Labels: gas prices, poetry, spirituality, travel

posted by Kim Williams at 7:25 PM 3 Comments

Sunday, October 05, 2008

An Evening of Musical Empowerment

Saturday evening I had a disturbingly wonderful night of music thanks to the folks at Mack and Mack Clothing, Triad Acoustic Stage and the Queen of the Eighty Eights – Kelley Hunt!

Ok, I must confess that prior to this event I had never even heard of Kelley Hunt. How my life ever had the illusion of completeness without knowledge and experience of this woman’s music, I shall never know. Her art, passion and superb talent reached deep into my spirit and shook out, up and over my blues and boogie-woogie.

Google her up and take a listen. You will be glad you did – otherwise, completeness will remain beyond your grasp.

Be sure and check out her songs 'Mercy' and 'Love.'

Labels: emotion, Kelley Hunt, Mack and Mack Clothing, poetry, spirituality, Triad Acoustic Stage

posted by Kim Williams at 9:09 PM 5 Comments

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Relief

Wandering in the woods
Or In the mind
Of seasoned 'scapes
Brings reasonable
Lavish dreamers
Hopeful clarity

Labels: emotion, poetry, travel

posted by Kim Williams at 3:09 PM 0 Comments

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Congruence

I believe we all wander through life, at times or for a time, cloaked with various masks, skins of textured facades, living as much with our fabricated external selves as with our inner truth. Therein rests our deepest self, the pain, loss, ache of life’s journeys won and lost. Therein lies that being so often sought and revered as the true self, the real us – with its’ complete measure of joy and depth.

Yet, is either the outer or inner more real? Are we not both mask and soul?

The beauty and grace of the dance, without the well hidden strain and sweat of the all but stumbling artist would not exist, nor would the precarious effort have any value, but for the fabric of the art finding form.

It is a dance, of sorts, this thing we call life - isn't it?

Labels: meanderings, poetry, spirituality

posted by Kim Williams at 7:49 PM 1 Comments

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Spanish Moss



Spanish Moss


Clinging to branches among the oaks
Timeless observer of time's passing
You sway through breezes and revolutions
Directing humanity's passage
As if orchestrating a divine symphony

With nothing but a wisp connecting you
To the lofty vantage from which you
Observe us, coy and unaffected
Your slight presence fans our dreams
As a winter wind stirs the smoldering fire

Little more than air feeds you
A hint of sea salt to spice your tasting
Of our adventures and chaos
You remain, lingering luscious
As the memory of a lover's sigh

Eternally upon us

Labels: poetry, travel

posted by Kim Williams at 7:29 PM 9 Comments

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Success Is When You Win

The Pelican

A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His mouth can hold more than his belly can,
He can hold in his beak,
Enough food for a week!
I'm damned if I know how the hell he can!

-Dixon Lanier Merritt, a Southern newspaper editor and President of the American Press Humorists Association, penned this famous limerick in 1910. It is carved in stone and displayed prominently at Brook Green gardens in SC.

Watching several Pelicans feed in the tributaries of Murrells Inlet, SC, I was taken by how often they fail to catch fish. It is fairly easy to mark a successful dive, as the stately bird will raise its beak skyward to send the fish wiggling down its gullet. I began keeping score. I counted a total of twenty five dives between four birds and could only verify a catch seven times. With a slightly better than 25% success rate, these gobbling fowl still are known as great fishers.

I guess nature confirms the old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

1. Hunger for something will keep you trying.
2. The pain of failure is quickly forgotten once the benefits of success arrive.
3. Never give up.

Labels: life on life's terms, poetry, travel

posted by Kim Williams at 9:38 AM 8 Comments

Friday, August 15, 2008

On Having Lunch at Panera

The din resonates
Countless voices frantically
Proclaim facades and personas

Below the cascade
Simplistic souls stand
Wall flowers alone and longing

Within, a voice asks
Shall we dance?

Labels: poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 9:59 PM 9 Comments

Monday, August 11, 2008

Free Dive

I thought only death would be so peaceful
My ears are useless, muffled, and deaf
I don’t breath now, lungs stopped, idol
My heart slows, relaxing under increased pressure
Sight is all that remains
And that an opaque vision of color and life

I can’t stay here, not and live
This momentary peace must yield
To the screams of my lungs and flesh
So I head toward the surface
To the world of air breathing creatures
And over stimulated demands

Note: On free diving in the Atlantic near Bermuda.

Labels: poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 10:42 AM 2 Comments

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

In From The Sea

In From the Sea

When the wind blows in from the sea you can hear the

crackle of palm fronds breaking free from the heat
hiss of sea oats defiantly bowing inland
whisper of sand celebrating its lofty release from gravity
sputter of foam cascading skyward cut from wave caps
chimes of delicate shells dancing across dunes

When the wind blows in from the sea you can hear the
prayers of ancient mariners reaching home

Labels: poetry

posted by Kim Williams at 2:11 PM 0 Comments

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