Yldara - A Glimpse at Poetry & Life

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Hook, Line And Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack (Texas)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Fish paradise. An angler’s delight.
Bald cypress trees, in a ritual dance
With lily pads and lotus blooms, invite
White bass and crappie to take a chance.

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Author’s Notes!

A quatrain that depicts both beauty and irony in the circle of life. Here, one brings together: man, fish, trees and other vegetation - in one spot, co-existing as they should.

I entered this piece of poetry in a poetry writing competition. The results are in and praise and thank God, it was good enough to be accepted for publication. Such a blessing, and another one to add to the list of things I should always be thankful for.

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Vanilla Glazed Sugar Cookies

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

My family and I, had this treat ready for Santa last Christmas eve. I know some of you are thinking - it is way past Christmas… (or, is it?) In any case, Valentine’s day is just around the corner and these make nice heart-shaped treats for your loved ones!

My own three elves/cupids helped with the rolling, cutting, making a mess, baking and eating the not so perfect ones part because “you have to give not only of yourself but only the best”- according to the same 3 wee people. Plus, you have to taste test them first, you know…

Here’s the recipe that has a seal of approval from Santa and the three wee elves, and just might help sweeten things up for your Valentine(s):

Vanilla Glazed Sugar Cookies

8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter, melted
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup granulated (white) sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
1 cup white rice flour
6 tablespoons arrowroot starch flour
2 tablespoons tapioca starch flour
2 tablespoons garbanzo and fava bean flour mix
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/4 teaspoon sea salt (fine)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 to 3/4 cup iced water

In a medium sized bowl, mix together butter, honey, sugar and vanilla

In a separate bowl or 4 pint measuring cup combine all the flours, xanthan gum, salt, and baking powder.

Mix the dry and liquid ingredients together. When thoroughly mixed, add 1/2 cup water. Using a fork, stir together adding more water as needed, until a soft dough ball is formed. Divide dough into 4 equal sized disks. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Roll out in batches until 1/8 inch thick then cut into desired shapes. Bake in pre-heated 325 degrees fahrenheit (160 degrees celsius) oven for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool in pan for approximately 10 mins. per batch. Transfer to steel racks to finish cooling.

For the glaze, you will need the following:

1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon water

In a bowl, mix all 3 ingredients together until well incorporated. Using a pastry brush lightly dipped into the mixture, apply glaze on tops of cookies. Lay cookies on a parchment paper and let the glaze completely set. Do not lay cookies on top of one another until the glaze has truly hardened. The cookies will stick together if you do and it gets tricky pulling them apart. Store in moisture free container(s).

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Unlikely Couple

Monday, January 28th, 2008

He is an Anglo Saxon man
Protestant by faith, a Texan
She is brown of skin, dark of hair
raised by tradition and prayer

He swears to never marry one
whose faith is like that of a nun
She holds no hope for foreign men
Faith and work kept her going then

He looks for something on the net
finds an agency without sweat
She gets asked why she’s not married
by a friend who has remarried

He gets on with his selection
can cook: a must in description
She receives many letters now
politely writing back somehow

He then writes to thirty in all
considers one or more, to call
She obtains her nineteenth letter
and answer it, she had better

He reads her note taken aback
not by what she had written back
She wrote again, after a week
his letter was a tad unique

Somehow it worked and came to pass
eight years of marriage, now surpass
He is her friend, husband you see
She is his match and mom to three

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I am me

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Ask me not why I cry
my eyes no longer wishes to see;
they have seen enough sorrow, pain
and firmly refuse to listen to me.

Ask me not how I live
fate knows of my daily struggle;
I look only to what she brings
and accepts it without a grumble.

Ask me not my name
I long since pretty plainly forgot;
I have buried it beneath the rubble
of what once was my proud heart.

Instead, ask me who I am
and I will tell it to you quite simply;
I am my unique self and no one else’s
just as God Himself created me to be.

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Found this poem among the letters I wrote to my then fiance. Just thought I’d post it, as a reminder to myself and perhaps in a way, to others as well.

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Winds of Change

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

One: Wildflowers Or Not

Spring calls back the blooms
Carried off by autumn’s wind
A young bride walks by -
Tender blossoms in her hair

Two: In A Squall

Waves wait to be tossed
While a sailor reefs in,
His sail – weather worn
At the mercy of the seas

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Beyond Words

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Beyond Words

Shadows roaming free
impressions of a moment
lithe, somber acknowledgment
of truth, plain to see

Swirling, ageless face
distant from grasp and yet near
commanding presence too clear
of long gone love’s trace

Tall tales of freedom
rising from the ashes cold
fresh, spinning from threads of gold
burgeoning wisdom

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Lustrous Golden Light

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Lustrous Golden Light

Shining center
source of glory
radiant star
of energy

Your gifted light
glowing, gilded
marks the passing
of every day

where all planets
are drawn to come
gathering round
year in, year out

Marking the time
in favored light
glistening still
-a sight divine

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God is amazing!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Isn’t it amazing,
how HIS grace
restores our faith?

Isn’t it amazing,
How HIS wisdom
has no end?

Isn’t it amazing,
How God’s love
can bring us peace?

Yes, HIS grace
restores our faith.

Yes, HIS wisdom
knows no end.

And yes, HIS love
does bring us peace….

Isn’t HE amazing?
GOD is amazing!

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Thaw

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Thaw

snow cloaks in silent white the gloom
winter’s own folly trimmed in flakes
yielding icicles, frozen lakes
silk veil, cast over Jaro’s womb

while from a heart of hope borrow
every wish and dream one can find
that worries and cares of the mind
thaw, birthing a new tomorrow

then numb the pain of sorrow’s friend
in melting ice and uttered spell
so misery that grow and dwell
in sadness’ lair, completely end

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Author’s Notes:
Jaro (Joro, Jord, Jorth) – Norse mythology—goddess, personification of earth