I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
“Annual Light” Copyright John Olander 2018. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Thank you! ♡ Photos “Moon Sky” and “Sky Amazing” by Niki Flow
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Poem “2nd Grade” John Olander. Photographer Unknown.
by John Olander
What was I thinking in the second grade?
How about the luminous face of my vibrant teacher?
She may have been a nun, but she still looked like she’d be a lot of fun.
But let’s not get carried away,
She did rap my knuckles with the ruler more than once,
And looked like she was enjoying it.
Just the same, what you are taught in the second grade is to love each other.
That comes long before bullying and ridicule, arrogant self-identity,
Followed by the beginning of separation and cliquish behavior.
Your drawing need not be perfect,
Your penmanship doesn’t matter.
Your Generosity permeates everything.
You still emulate everything that is good.
Your joy in life itself is both palpable and contagious.
It is only in becoming jaded and forgetting the joy
that is the giving of yourself that you begin to age.
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820: nos corazon
you’re missing from me,
tu me manques, and I from you
equiponderant
ay, nos Corazon,
our beautiful Benjamin
rentrer à la maison
-nf
our heart / you're missing from me / (you're missing from me) and I from you /equiponderant / oh, our heart / our beautiful Benjamin / return home
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Dies Mercurrii
I beg your indulgence. Today’s poem is a rare self-insert, but I cannot silence my heart’s keening. Some nights are like this. Then, I surface. Hope returns.
Instead of monthly themes, we’ll be doing recurring weekly ones for the days when we don’t have any new creations to share from our homeless artists. Recurring daily themes are: Monday – (fun)day – humor; Tuesday – muse day (our biggest inspirations); Wednesday – dies Mercurii – Day of Mercury, mercurial day, water day (Japanese/Korean) “Water Star;” anything goes; Thursday – Thor, the gods, those we worship (God, god or otherwise); Friday – Frigg / Venus day, so LOVE; -or- TGIF what it really means. Or bag all that and insert your theme idea here:
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serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Until further notice, under1000skies is going offline. We are still accepting gratefully any contributions. We’ll go live again as soon as we can get a body of work to share. In the meantime, please share our site with anyone who might know homeless creatives or those who support them who would like to be featured here.
Have a great weekend. ♡.
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We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
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☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo Copyright © Joseph Raley 2018. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Thank you!
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☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
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serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo “Purple Shamrock” Copyright © Cord X. 2018. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Thank you!
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