I Am Singing
06/06/2011
Pain can be a grace
in the midst of hurting
a song can be heard
from someone who lost interest
in music
when the music teacher
of two decades ago
laughed
when I sang out of tune.
With shells cracked
Someone wants me healed
music tried to seep in.
How do we sing when broken?
with cracked voice
with bleeding heart
with bruised spirit
with deep feelings
with desperate pleading.
Pain can be a grace
I can sing
I want to sing
I am singing
not for any music teacher
not for hardcore critics
but for Someone
who wants to listen
to my life song.
For Jingle Poetry on Songs
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For staying strong. One of my favorite songs – “Get up there’s more to be done…”
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And the singing never stops with this brilliant award!
Coal and diamond
Made of same stuff but one shines
Welcome polishing
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Thank you soooo much to the truly brilliant poets with their brilliant poems!
Ina http://inaweblogisback.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/too-romantic-for-his-own-good/
Broken Sparkles http://brokensparkles.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/chains-of-rain/
Seabell http://seabell.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/art-class-poetry-potluck-36-sketches-images-and-impressions/
Thingy http://thingy-thingy-ponderinglife.blogspot.com/2011/06/pretty-cardboard-boxes.html
Butterflies of Time http://harivarasanam.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/sin/
Olivia http://oliviasmindlymatters.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/essence-ial/
Andy http://mypoetcharm.blogspot.com/2011/05/evening-wind.html
Luna http://lunawitch15.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/oh-memory/
The Lonely Recluse http://lonelyrecluse.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/you-me-and-mr-nobody/
Tarunima http://crossroads-tarunima.blogspot.com/2011/05/beauty-of-woman.html
Wyoming Diva http://wyomingdivawritespoetry.blogspot.com/2011/06/referee.html
Becca http://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/no-refills-wanted/
Chimnese http://mypoetrywriting.blogspot.com/2011/05/his-coming-is-near-upon-shores-off-each.html
Fama Semper Vivat http://fsvpoetry.blogspot.com/2010/11/recipe-for-disaster.html
Magdalena Herman http://magdalenahermanstories.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/the-consequence/
Someone is Special http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/2011/04/these-are-few-of-my-favourite-things.html
Sri Sri http://insecurevalentine.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-is-not-pauseable.html
Jingle http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/saturday-writing-challenge-less-than-27-words/
Jamie Dedes http://musingbymoonlight.com/2011/06/01/upside-down/
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The light within bursts
You are all shining brightly
Can we sing to that?
🙂
bended spoon 
11/18/2011 at 1:36 PM
This is my first time I have visited this site. I found a lot of interesting stuff in your blog. From the tons of comments on your posts, I guess I am not the only one! keep up the great work.
06/24/2011 at 11:06 AM
Thank you for posting this music Video… got me sinking and tapping on the desk with pens and hands…Come ON, Come ON! It really inspired my Faith today… to get me singing and to get my songs on the web to share with others. I’ve come so far…can’t give up now.
Love all the little things growing in the time lapse photography… we are growing as well…
Blessings from Susan. (Australia)
07/02/2011 at 10:08 PM
Wow that’s great! Yup, we can’t give up now — because we’re not giving up our future either 🙂 I appreciate so much the time-lapse photography as well, knowing that those kind of moments have never gone unnoticed by the Almighty —how much more our own growth? Peace and blessings to you 🙂
06/13/2011 at 5:50 PM
Did you say Life- song? That’s my fave!!!
How beautifully have you expressed your thoughts here.. singing already!
xoxoxox
06/09/2011 at 6:01 AM
a beautiful piece. thanks for sharing.
06/10/2011 at 5:44 PM
Thank you for appreciating. Peace and blessings to you 🙂
06/09/2011 at 5:22 AM
beautiful as always reminding me to ‘sing’, reminding me to keep on going, despite of and in spite of the past. thank you. and thank you for the intro to some new poets xxxxx graceful you x
06/10/2011 at 5:43 PM
I’m singing just because you’re here! huggs 🙂
06/08/2011 at 2:22 AM
Thank you for the beautiful verses, they really spoke to my spirit.
Now I can go about my day with a song in my heart…
Bee well 🙂
06/08/2011 at 11:24 PM
Bless your heart! Would love to hear its song 🙂
06/07/2011 at 10:10 PM
He who sings once, prays twice.
Love the song and the poem – and thanks for the mention!
06/08/2011 at 12:12 AM
And I’m catching up with my prayers — in tune! Blessings 🙂
06/07/2011 at 10:09 PM
i think singing when you broken and hurting its the best way to just sing out loud, not being bothered by the rest..music is always the one thing i seek to make me better.
06/08/2011 at 12:10 AM
It can penetrate the soul, dig buried emotions, release pain. Peace and huggs 🙂
06/07/2011 at 4:44 PM
Love the second stanza stunning. Listening to music and writing really help me through the major lows in my life.
06/08/2011 at 12:03 AM
If not for a major low, I wouldn’t have rediscovered music. Pain can be a grace…
Huggs and blessings to you 🙂
06/07/2011 at 3:29 PM
Beautiful, it just made me start singing a lovely song ” Sing” by Travis… 🙂
06/07/2011 at 11:59 PM
Thank you Sam for introducing Travis! He’s here now…
06/07/2011 at 2:12 PM
This was so beautiful, like you! The poems as so from your heart, they bless big time. It has me thinking of a time at church when the pastor came around and asked different ones if they wanted to sing to God. The song that was being sung went something like this . . .
I love you, Lord,
and I lift my voice
to worship You
oh my soul
rejoice
Take joy, my King
in what You hear
let it be a sweet, sweet sound
in Your ear.
Love the Newsboys too! 🙂
God bless you and all that you sing for Him!
06/07/2011 at 11:55 PM
You’re so good at making me cry! In gratefulness and love 🙂
06/07/2011 at 7:36 AM
Keep singing – and writing! Great verse,
06/07/2011 at 11:53 PM
Thank you! That means a lot to somebody who run after hitting publish 🙂
06/07/2011 at 7:04 AM
Beautiful poem… and I totally hear what you’re saying. Music should be about life, not about impressing people.
06/07/2011 at 11:52 PM
“Music should be about life, not about impressing people.” Now that goes to my quotable quotes! Thank you for the sweet notes 🙂
06/07/2011 at 5:43 AM
sing it… i can hear you
06/07/2011 at 11:46 PM
and I am smiling. thank you! 🙂
06/07/2011 at 5:16 AM
Sing on, my friend– an interesting verse.
06/07/2011 at 11:45 PM
Thank you for that wonderful note 🙂
06/07/2011 at 4:40 AM
Never stop singing! Their is a song by Mercy Me called Got to keep singing” beautiful post!
06/07/2011 at 11:44 PM
Thank you so much! By checking the song I am led to this thoughts…
worth pondering 🙂
06/07/2011 at 4:34 AM
Ah, I can’t sing for the life of me, I’m totally tone deaf, but I love singing. Lovely.
06/07/2011 at 11:34 PM
We can sing together. God bless us 🙂
06/07/2011 at 4:19 AM
Truly touching piece. Sing!
Thank-you for the mention, bendedspoon. (((hugs)))
06/07/2011 at 11:32 PM
I’m singing — good that you’re not near me 😉
06/07/2011 at 2:05 AM
Rea, When I was a kid my mom told me I couldn’t carry a tune in a bushel basket. But now I still sing. I sing in my car, I sing in the shower, I sing in church (though not in the choir). Yesterday I even sang a birthday song to a friend so she would know the tune. She didn’t say I couldn’t carry it. But mostly, when I sing, I also sing for Someone who loves to listen because I am singing just for Him. Peace, Linda
06/07/2011 at 11:30 PM
I can see your love for music through the songs you are sharing with matching thoughts — making the song more meaningful! God bless you Linda for singing and living good tunes 🙂
06/07/2011 at 1:54 AM
Nice to have someone around to listen.
06/07/2011 at 11:26 PM
Yup. One of the best gifts in life 🙂
06/07/2011 at 12:30 AM
I start & end each & every day singing, dancing & listening to my favorite music. It gives me energy to face my day and relaxes me when my day comes to an end.
For me, the most beautiful part of my singing/dancing is the joy I capture on my wife’s face when she hears my voice. That look stays with me always.
Sing to your heart’s content.
Congratulations on a well-deserved award and thank you for mentioning me here. You are most gracious!
06/07/2011 at 11:25 PM
Is that your secret for being passionate which is so evident in your poems? Glad to imagine your wifey’s joy. Thank you for making her happy. One woman who is happy is a cause for celebration! Blessings to you 🙂
06/07/2011 at 12:22 AM
This made me sad…how the thoughtless words of a teacher can snuff out a flame. You keep singing. The song is beautiful. “You’re in the moment now.” My goal for “now.”
06/07/2011 at 11:16 PM
I actually rule out the dream of being a teacher for fear that I might hurt somebody and destroy a life…
I really appreciate your encouragement.
Thank you so much 🙂
06/06/2011 at 10:42 PM
You would fall off the floor listening to me singing 😉 But would/does that stop me?
Sing for the joy of it and to hell with what any teacher has to say.
06/07/2011 at 11:11 PM
I won’t. I’m tied to the chair. Now you hold on because I am singing! Peace and blessings to you 🙂
06/06/2011 at 10:42 PM
What a wonderful song! And now you have quite a choir of singers (poets) singing along! Keep singing… 🙂
06/07/2011 at 11:05 PM
choir of angels 😉 Real blessings!
06/06/2011 at 12:55 PM
Thank you for including me among other talents! Let us sing with you and enjoy the sounds of beautiful poetry you share with us!
06/06/2011 at 7:44 PM
You’re an extraordinaire poet and woman Blaga!
Thank you sooo much for singing with me! 🙂
06/06/2011 at 10:21 AM
stay singing. for its a start
to heal a soul or a broken heart.
to remember there is life beyond the door
sing so others can know even more.
sing for your yourself
and all that you do.
you are a wonderful you.
Love,
Luna
06/06/2011 at 7:40 PM
My dear Luna, I will hear you! You know how much I respect the beautiful woman in you 🙂
06/06/2011 at 8:38 AM
Beautiful…as the saying goes ‘he who sings prays twice.” Alleluia! 🙂
06/06/2011 at 7:38 PM
Singing as praying twice — I love that Jay! 🙂
06/06/2011 at 5:55 AM
We sing by the grace of God, we do all things by His grace. A beautiful, oddly uplifting poem, thank you. And thank you for the praise that I do not deserve.
you class me as a fellow poet
when my voice stumbles
where your’s dances
my word crumbles
where your word pulses
I stare into the dark and scream
where you look at the light and sing
your words beam
and my words sting.
Truer for you than the poet I first wrote it for. God bless.
The Lonely Recluse.
06/06/2011 at 7:37 PM
You are very talented and your poems are extraordinary. There is so much potential within you waiting for your acknowledgement and appreciation. I’m excited…! 🙂
06/06/2011 at 5:03 AM
My piano teacher used a thin stick to correct the position of our hands and to punish our mistakes, what I regard as a really silly thing because piano students really need their fingers. Some teachers are like that!
I also have to declare that I’ve been listening to you and I thank you for being a good listener too. Let’s keep singing!
06/06/2011 at 7:32 PM
Then it’s better to take piano lessons than voice lessons 😉 Or maybe we can sing without tutor? 🙂
Thank you sooo much for listening! Thank you so much for appreciating my simple thoughts despite that I might have not totally understood your profound thoughts 🙂
06/06/2011 at 4:55 AM
Thank you, Princess 🙂
Wonderful piece
I’m singing too 😉
Blessings,
ann
06/06/2011 at 7:24 PM
Please continue singing. I know you love to sing so much for the Lord 🙂
06/06/2011 at 2:22 AM
🙂 Lovely song! And thank you for mentioning me here!
06/06/2011 at 7:22 PM
Glad you like the song! Thank God you’re here 🙂
06/06/2011 at 1:21 AM
“Pain can be a grace
I can sing
I want to sing
I am singing
not for any music teacher
not for hardcore critics
but for Someone
who wants to listen
to my life song.”
Oh, so true! Music is a healing balm – that seeps into all the tiny crevices … until it reaches the core and fills out! Beautiful post — congratulations on your award and thank you for the mention! What an honor!!
06/06/2011 at 7:21 PM
Encouragements are healing too.
Thank you so much Becca 🙂
06/06/2011 at 1:02 AM
brilliant piece,
what a honor to be mentioned here,
you rock…
Cheers.
06/06/2011 at 7:19 PM
It’s an honor that you are here. Thank you for community of brilliant poets 🙂
06/06/2011 at 12:57 AM
Yes indeed! The light within does burst – star burst!
A fine poem, nice song, and sweet, thoughtful homage. Thank you!
Poem on …
06/06/2011 at 12:58 AM
… and congrats on the award. Nice work!
06/06/2011 at 7:17 PM
Thank you sooo much big star! 🙂
06/06/2011 at 12:54 AM
It is good to keep a song in our heart. That was a moving poem.
06/06/2011 at 7:16 PM
My singer friend! Love your heart songs 🙂
06/06/2011 at 12:49 AM
Beautiful! Let all the people sing! I truly love singing just for myself. It helps me to deal with stress or sorrow… I just hope my neighbors don’t mind that ;P
06/06/2011 at 7:15 PM
Wear earplugs so you won’t hear your neighbors yelling 😉 You are beautiful, keep on singing and heal 🙂