A Poem by Janet Rice Carnahan

STAGES OF SELF DEVELOPMENT

 

In the beginning . . .

S l o w crawling,

Weak STANDING,

Quick r u n n i n g . . .

Trip and

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   Only to stumble again . . .

Until, I could stand no more!

And once I took that stance,

                       In came every chance,

To twirl, shout and dance,

Becoming true to myself, now as I stand . . .

I see it Took all the rest,

Before I’d understand,

Life is best taken . . .

just

one

step

at

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                                                                              time!

      

 

 

 

Janet Rice Carnahan’s muse simply cannot just color within the lines, stay in the box or stick to form without being slightly left of right. Thankfully for the creative pulse of poetry, she doesn't have to contain her muse instead she can be led by it. Janet’s poetry has been published on three online poetry sites, “Pyrokinection”, “Jellyfish Whispers” and “The Mind [less] Muse”, one anthology, “Prompted: An International Collection of Poems”and on one tee-shirt! She lives in Laguna Beach, California among artists, photographers and writers, who also find delight in the unique perspective. Must be that grand ocean air and for the muse, a cool beach within reach! A dance on the sand truly does it wonders!