Happiness Poems. Poems about Happiness. In my own, my chosen home, on a high plateau, cozy, a nest, I've come to rest. Happiness Poem. Happy Poem.

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Here, on a windswept
high plateau, is where
I have most come
to feel at
t home.

This is also where the
words came to me -
in my own,
my chosen home -
and where I started
my exploration
of what it means,
to be at home.

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MY CHOSEN HOME

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HOME IS ...
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first version - 2006


IN MY OWN,
MY
OCHOSEN0HOMEEEEr

In my own
     my chosen home
On a high plateau
     all alone
     yet cozy
          a nest
     and large
     inviting in
          each day
     I feel blessed

     inviting in
     for the eyes
          the flocks of birds
          the morning mist
          the nighttime sky

     inviting in
          the forest
               that changes day by day
               to russets and reds
               to shades of gray

I feast my eyes
     I feel blessed
     in this
          my chosen home
     I've come to rest

          with cats
          and dog
          and partner
          and stepchild
          with friends, my friends and theirs
          those we invite in

the landscape is always our guest
     we invite it in on each side
through huge windows
                    with warm wood frames

and we begin
     to put down roots
     plant rose bushes
               wild roses
          near the barn

I move from room to room
          can't settle down
     my eyes feast
          can't settle on just one sight

     though in this
          my chosen home
               I've settled in
               and settled
               blossom
                    from deep inside
               open wide

          my arms
          my heart
               which whispers
                    cries
                    let the loving start

it's love that floods in
          from each field
          each far-off farm
          each sunrise     sunset
          each far distant hill

it's love that warms each cell
          overflows the heart

     the autumn fields
          long grasses
          furrowed lines
     will yield
          to winter
          to spring
          to summer sun

I stand watching
                 feeling
                 tall slim tufts of hay swaying
                    just outside my window
          because we've delayed
                  mowing the field around us

     I like the tall dry grass

it's hard to leave
          to tear myself away

I invite
     I long to stay
     and to share
          this
               my chosen home
               on a high plateau
               cosy
               large
               spacious
               warm
               my home

Elsa
October 2, 2000

copyright © Elsa Schieder 2000, 2011, all rights reserved
publishing house - FlufferDuff Impressions 2006, 2011

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and to embark on this exploration of what it means, to be at home
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starting with a father who never seemed to feel at home,
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Happiness Poems. Poems about Happiness.
In my own, my chosen home,
on a high plateau, all alone,
yet cozy, a nest, I've come to rest,
I feel blessed.
Happiness Poem. Happy Poem.

 

All around are the places we live in.
But what does it mean, to be at home?
My father never felt at home.
In my own, my chosen home -
explorations, reflections, word pieces
on the sense of home.

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home schooling, home fooling, home and garden,
family, street, neighborhood, countryside, familiar sights and sounds,
safety, security, comfort, a roof over my head, a place to put my bags down,
a place to call my own,
the world is my home, the world is my oyster,

o give me a home,
my home my native land, homeland, mother tongue, father land, deep rooted,
home place, homestead, homesteading, home ties,
chosen home, highrise, condo, apartment, house, split level, farm, barn,
farmyard, vegetable garden, flower beds, homeless animals, shelter, sheltering,
the sheltering sky, the sweltering sky, the far north, wide open spaces,
chosen home, the seasons, the world is my home, my home is the world, at home in,
at home in words, at home in ideas, at home among people, forever at home, never at home,
homeless and friendless, not a friend in the world, a friend in need is a friend indeed,
the luxury of choice, not feeling a home, out of place, o give me a home

and then happy poems flow
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