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Collector Poetry & Images by Douglas E. Taylor

All of these poems and images are copyrighted by Douglas E. Taylor (from 2001 to 2009). 
Contact artist and poet for possible limited use of the poems.
Autographed matted poems are available through the artist and poet or through listed retail outlets. The poems are printed on high quality matte finish photo paper and matted with archival mats of appropriate colors, backed with foam core. The mats are designed to fit a standard 14 x 11 frame. The type fonts are as seen below with the addition of an appropriate image or images placed in the layout.  The artwork used to compliment the poem is a small reproduction of one of Taylor’s mixed-media artworks. 
$34 each includes shipping throughout the U.S.A.

Felicity

There is a gate that is always open
 and a home called Felicity
A place of inspiration
 and a way of being

Open to the sky and the seasons
With a stream that flows
Where dreams grow like flowers from a painting
  and a song from the wind
When rain and sunshine shower
  and fall like snow
And a home can be built among the trees
Where love can flower and the garden nourish
  and the stars cover sleep
  and comfort and peace flourish
I come home to Felicity
   A place to play my heart
   A place to be with the source
   and surrender the day
Making my art with those things I find and dancing
with the child in me
Felicity is a few acres to be quiet on
  and space enough to think out loud

We can walk to the little village and we can
  follow the river to town
And when we go away and we return,
     we come back to that look in our eyes
We are happiness and bliss and the music
     of the sound of Felicity©

Making the Sky

May my song be heard like a prayer,
Sung in the heart
  and through the air,
From me to you and all around
Flying through the sky
  or standing on the ground.
May the heart of my sentiment be known.
May my mind feel the edges of the sky
  and fly beyond.
May the instinct of my soul be as birds flown.

Somewhere Where

Somewhere where the aspens grow
and the wild waters flow
Somewhere where the rivers and horses run
and the mountains rise with the sun
Somewhere where the sky dances around
and the wild flowers sing their lovely sound

That's where we'll find you and me,
Our home as far as we can see
Somewhere where the stars put on a show
Somewhere where there is room enough to know
  What is really important to us,
  About living and loving in the trust
  That we are doing our part
  Thinking and feeling with our heart

Somewhere where we hear the land singing
The chorus of our souls yodeling
Somewhere where we shout our hymn out loud
Somewhere where we are silent as clouds
Somewhere where we live our dream,
Flowing in harmony like trout in the stream
Somewhere where the aspens grow
  and the wild waters flow
Somewhere where the rivers and horses run
  and the mountains rise with the sun
That's where we'll find you and me,
Our home as far as we can see

A  Horse

A horse is my father’s heart
Beating over the Earth as it runs with the wind
A horse is the leather that binds my parents together
The hide that hides their secrets
A horse is a spirit that is bound to the Earth
that we attach wings to
A horse has wheels that tumble and reel,
like the stone of a bird’s wing
A horse is our myth and our truth
We see its strength trying to buck off its skin
A horse is a way we can touch the Earth while flying
through the air
A horse is almost controlled wildness that dances
like rock and roll
A horse is a running river through the wind,
And a blue and white pinto that turns to a palomino
near the days end
 

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