poetry – Page 2 – Joan Ellen Gage

Finding your heart’s seed and nurturing it; Eau de Woman, digital art & poem, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on January 11, 2019October 1, 2020 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

Original Photo-creation by Joan Ellen Gage

Eau de Woman

Trying to make things happen with sheer will, is a little

like trying to jump-start an engine with a feather.

Never-the-less, I am trying just that.

Progress is slow; however, there is progress,

even if that change is internal, and is

recognized by myself and no-one else.

Perhaps this is the secret revealed,

discovering a difference, an awakening within, a seed

unfolding that I, myself, planted.

From this seed, a flower grows. It is

delicate, yet strong, gentle, yet bold. I

feel this unfurling within me,

filling my body cavity with beauty, and purpose. I

breathe deeply and inhale its heady perfume.

Women, find your heart’s seed and nurture it.

Keep it safe until you are ready to bloom.

Feed it hope, cradle it with love, and

let the light of your heart’s desire awaken it.

Let your joy blossom!

from the book, Embracing Your Inner Cheerleader,

by Joan Ellen Gage

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joans-zone.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

WATER RUNNING DOWNHILL, ROSE EDITION: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Running-Downhill-Words-Empowerment/dp/0692571965/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447021563&sr=1-1&keywords=water+running+downhill%2C+words+of+empowerment%2C+rose+edition

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

Can you Embrace the Fierce? Poetry by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on July 7, 2018 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

Mary–Embracing the Fierce

Good morning! Are we feeling fierce, today? No, well, read on and embrace the fierce!

Fierce

Can you do it?

Can you embrace the fierce,

bring it to the surface

of your being?

Your wounded warrior heart

beats, it has survived

in spite of you.

It is time to claim

this aspect of yourself,

to integrate it into your existence.

We are all Viking daughters,

armed, ready to do battle,

surrendering to no one,

not even ourselves.

The ancient one lies within.

Awaken her.

Awaken the power

Of your fierce warrior self.

by Joan Ellen Gage

from the book Water Running Downhill, the Rose Edition

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.com/

FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

Women Who Serve; Digital Art and Poetry for Caregivers, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on May 30, 2018October 1, 2020 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

WOMEN WHO SERVE

Daily, they bring me

The stories of their

Lives and loves

These tales speak

To me on a very

Personal level, as

These stories may

Evolve to include mine

These women tell me

Of lives spent

Taking care of everyone

Beginning with raising children

Encompassing perhaps twenty years

And of their being a helpmate

To their spouses, and doing

The never-ending household chores

But, these years of child-rearing

Were closely followed with

The care taking of these women’s

Failing parents; a role reversal where

The parents seemed

To become the children

This was a difficult duty

But it was a duty done out of love

Lastly, the women spoke of

The deterioration of their spouses

Many of these women

Had no funds for outside help

And often were frail themselves

But they bravely served

At their spouses sides

And offered up their

Often-thankless support

Waging a war until the end

There are no purple hearts

For care-giving, and no memorials

This is the reality of women’s lives

This may become your existence and mine

Please, learn by this lesson

This is our time; fly and be free!

Joan Ellen Gage

from the book

Water Running Downhill!

For my dear friend, Elisa. Rest in peace, Dario.

WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.com/

FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

A Poem for Nancy

Published on February 21, 2018 by Your Personal Cheerleader1 Comment

A Tribute to Nancy Simpson

Today I honor my friend and fellow poet, Nancy Simpson. She was unique, dramatic, talented, a fire cracker. Nancy was a lover of nature and lived in the mountains for many years. She will be missed by myself, the poets, and the writing community.

Peace,

Joan Ellen Gage

WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.com/

FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

Women weave the fabric. . .

Published on February 5, 2018 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

Uncurl from your Ball–digital art, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on January 21, 2018October 1, 2020 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE:https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

By Design: A poem for National Womens’ Breast Cancer Awareness Month, by Joan Ellen Gage

Published on October 14, 2017October 1, 2020 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

This poem is from Joan Ellen Gage’s book, Water Running Downhill. Below the text, you will see a link with the author reading the poem. Gage created this image using a photo animation program. The Website Water Running Downhill no longer exists. Joan’s other website is listed below.

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joans-zone.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/
JOAN’S BOOKS:
EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&
qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader
STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140
WATER RUNNING DOWNHILL, ROSE EDITION: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Running-Downhill-Words-Empowerment/dp/0692571965/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447021563&sr=1-1&keywords=water+running+downhill%2C+words+of+empowerment%2C+rose+edition
A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60
©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wERS6LX3o

Pink Chapstick

Published on August 31, 2017 by Your Personal CheerleaderLeave a comment

PINK CHAPSTICK

Everything was

pink.

The kitchenware,even

the microwave and coffee maker,

my sister’s signature color,

pink.

Her color choice expanded to

clothes, nightgowns, jewelry,

bedding, phone, all

pink.

The dolls wore pink

exclusively, the walls were

hung with themes of

pink.

I kept Chapstick

from her estate, stashed

in all of my necessary places,

all pink-tubed.

My sister has been gone

one year, the Chapstick

dwindles; I wear her sunglasses,

pink-lenses, of course, and think of her.

Joan Ellen Gage

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joan-Ellen-Gage/158895910832925

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

Accepting yourself, faults and all!

Published on July 13, 2016 by Your Personal Cheerleader1 Comment

Can you see the real me?

Acceptance

It’s the hardest thing a woman can do

To accept herself as she is, faults and all

And rise above Western civilizations’ criticism

Our society has created a model

That few can touch—

Ultra thin, flawless, plus giant breasts

Based on the “Barbie” doll figure

Women come in all shapes and sizes

Each perfect in their own way

Women must find their own exquisiteness

And embrace and love themselves

Their unique and wonderful selves!

From the book, A Redhead Looks at 60,
by Joan Ellen Gage

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joan-Ellen-Gage/158895910832925

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60

Unfinished Works of Art

Published on May 15, 2016 by Your Personal Cheerleader1 Comment

A Woman for All Ages

Here is a shock for you

Not all of us are moms who do it all

Or are executives, who crashed the glass ceiling,

Left, and found their “true calling”

Some of us have just been trying to make a living

Worker bees, who buried creative or other needs,

Like self-expression, under a load of work and life

It happens and time passes

I swallowed the work ethic myth hook, line and sinker

I was the “perfect” employee—hard working

Taking a personal interest in my job

My Mary Poppins’ era; but, it left nothing for me

50 opened up my eyes

I still work hard, but now I work for me

First and foremost, I take care of myself

And my responsibilities to family

As time passes, we need to deal with

And understand what lessons each decade teaches us

Hopefully we learn and embrace the wisdom

From our experiences, and in turn,

These life lessons flesh out

Who we are becoming and who we grow to be

We are unfinished works of art

The book not yet completed

The half-carved sculpture

To be unveiled by the universe

And not at a time of our choosing

So let the journey unfold, and may your story be told!

From the book, A Redhead Looks at 60, by Joan Ellen Gage

I hope you enjoyed the art and the poem, dear reader. Have a wonderful one!

Blessings!

Joan

OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanszoneblogalicious.wordpress.com/

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joan-Ellen-Gage/158895910832925

JOAN’S BOOKS:

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader

STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140

A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60