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I have risen from Ashes of my defeat Time and time again, Defying the Fates, And all the evil gods Could muster Against me, For I am me, And I must strive, No matter if I should win or lose, I will rise from The ashes each time For that is MY battle, To rise... Again • Donovan Baldwin

In life are many walls, Hemming us in, containing, Restraining us, Keeping us captive. The worst walls are the ones By those who should be Helping us to find our wings. Next worse walls are those We build around ourselves. Maybe we should try Climbing over those walls. • Donovan Baldwin

Like a boy playing tag upon Two flowered hills with blooms Budding at dawn's warm kiss, Wandering bare and bold at will Among soft quivering reeds Moved by a passing breath And the brush of my fingers Listening to sweet sounds She makes first as whispers Sighing and singing as, Leading me to safety, I trespass upon her Forbidden lands. • Donovan Baldwin

I sit among decorations of light and dark, dancing And changing as sunlight peeks around, hides behind Gray clouds, streaming through branches swayed by wind, Varying the patterns on the hard dirt ground. There is life all around, birds singing, wind Blowing, trees swaying, shadows changing, But, not too far away, dark woods standing, Tree shadows blocking out the sun. Among all this light, activity, and life, I find myself reminded of boyhood memories, When I lived my adventures, exploring woods In sunlight, with the wind, surrounded by birdsong. Aware even in that life, of dark woods full of peace, And coolness, and silence. Silent as a tomb, They like to say, and that is how I thought Of the darkening woods somewhere else back then. Now, so many years later, I am again aware, Of the dark shadows underneath the trees, Which stand over my shoulder reminding me, It's almost time to walk into their cool world. • Donovan Baldwin

We hear a lot about allowing people to be themselves, not hating them for what they are, or trying to change them (unless, of course, they're an ax murderer... but most aren't). Sounds fair. We've all been raised so differently, many coming from okay cultures who simply have different, perhaps difficult for us to understand, ways of living and looking at life. With a few exceptions here and there (note ax murderer above), most of us manage to make this work. One of the exceptions is what bothers me. How come you (and I) can do all that for the good of everybody else (to the best of our abilities), and NOT do it for ourselves? Shouldn't we forgive ourselves our sins... if sins they truly are? After all, many "sins" are not really sins at all, just someone's idea of "improper behavior"... whatever THAT is. Shouldn't we accept ourselves the way we are? Oh, we all could be "better" somehow... healthier, wiser, more forgiving, more understanding, etc. There's an old saying (in different forms), "You can't dip water from an empty well." Fill yourself up first with kindness, understanding, forgiveness, even acceptance. After all, there's a lot of people out there who haven't gotten the message yet, and you've got a lot of (rewarding) work to do. • Donovan Baldwin

Soft whispers across the chasm Lightly blowing back my hair Brushing against my face Like a soft kiss Growing more forceful Strong enough to lift my scarf And blow it off my neck Leaving me chilled Rustling my skirt with urgency Calling to me on the wind Step off the trusted trail Onto a path to new love

(this is about cars after seeing a young fox smashed into the road, it's severed tail blowing down the road) The babies, the children, the animals The plants and the trees All living things Blessed by the creator Destroyed by human beings The creator’s heart is full Of the souls nay sparks Of blessed creatures  Brought to harm Not killed for food But by cars Carnage and destruction Pollution and waste Noise and danger To all innocent beings Killing each one And us -- all together

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how often she reads the poems i never wrote... ones she knows by heart ----- where are you this time we have loved since earth was young why can i not find you ----- shyly she poses button pushed and photo made published uncertainly ----- words conceal reveal straps and gaps that emphasize like lace lingerie ----- old poets and wolves blending beauty with nature creatures of shadows ----- sometimes i wonder why the rules and laws on love when it should be free ----- artist and model fingers painting her pleasure solo creation ----- over her shoulder a smile so full of promise offer not refused ----- in my younger dreams it wasn't meant to end this way bitter and alone ----- some might call it sin odd that they speak so of love in our chosen ways • Donovan Baldwin

In a recent post of his set of Facebook posts celebrating the 45th anniversary of Disada Productions, Peter Adamakos writes: “So what do you want to be when you grow up?” I was asked over and over when I was very young. What I wanted to be was a live-action and animation film maker. “But what do you REALLY want to be?” was the usual reaction. I learned to reply “a lawyer” as that seemed to satisfy adults. Isn’t it sad that Peter felt he had give an answer other than what he wanted to do, to be a film-maker, to be an artist? Further, isn’t it wonderful that he took the risk of trying his hand at being a film-maker and succeeding? True, the odds are stacked against a film-maker or any artist making it. Think of all those who don’t make it and those who do not bother trying. How many potentially great artists have not tried their hand at their art? How much art have we never seen, heard or read? A tragedy? ArtsKeeper will make it less necessary for a child to hide that he wants to be an artist when he grows up. ArtsKeeper will have the resources that help lessen the risk for an artist who wants to succeed.

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