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Song Lyric Sunday – The Joni Letters

Album of the Year 2007 Winner was Herbie Hancock’s album – The Joni Letters. This wonderful jazz album is a tribute to Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, a long-time friend and collaborator of Hancock’s. It is wonderful to listen to Mitchell’s beautiful lyrics along with Hancock’s sultry jazz.

Let it Flow

Let it Flow My soul, a river flowingIts water not always clearA tempest stirring troublePushing obstacles in its pathYet it navigates welland moves on its journeyMy heart, along for the rideOpen, vulnerableNot always strong enoughto handle the bumps and bruisesof this voyageHanging on for dear lifeCopyright © 2022 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll RightsContinue reading “Let it Flow”

Whitewater

Whitewater Listening tothe gentle soundof water tricklingover rocksGoing in different directionsEvery bumpEvery twistand turnSlowlyQuicklyForever changingits courseas the stoneswear downwith age Today the riversmelled of himReminding herof their lifeHe had taken herthrough whitewater Gasping for airat every bumpReaching heightsonly to splashhard on the downExhilarating Backbreaking Numbing The bare treesNow stripped oftheir leavesNaked and aloneWaiting for newgrowthShe understoodas she struggledto maintaindignity in theaftermathof hisragingContinue reading “Whitewater”

River

River You have bathed meSoothed meDrank my tears and carried me awayon your fierce currentYou have given meyour frozen surfaceso I might skatein the moonlight Your magicalexistencechanges colorswith the sunFrom morninggolden pondto shimmeringdiamondsas twilightclaims the day~~~~~~~~~~~~I am deeplike my sometimesstill watersBeneath my surfacein its dark mysterylive creaturesyou never seeand plants that need no lightfrom the sunReplenishedby constantheavy rainsIContinue reading “River”

Go with the Flow

Go with the Flow Love flows like the riverMeandering slowlyand raging rapidly Over life’s obstaclesAlong the way attractinginsignificant annoyancesand heated argumentsLatching on like barnacles In its wild torrent it will break your strengthand splinter hopeLeaving memories that stingWhen it is calm and stillAt its deepest pointThat is where the love is strongand this is where to cling Unimportant disagreementsNeverContinue reading “Go with the Flow”