In this season of greetings
sharing of love
to remind the light
and ourselves of its intrinsic
value to life
the Widow Wyile has been hearing
from those who are

in these extra dark times
where the manna of touch
face-to-face closeness of

are being hampered by fears
whereas the Widow Wyile
waxes exuberant

“My Dears,” she croons
“My Dearest Ducks”
she soothes
“do not despair
for in the one love you must

feel your way to it
take your time

and feel these sparkles
that I

shower upon you
my kindred
feel the

may its sparkles fill
you with

and leave you feeling

and just in case
these great conjunction intentional
joyful wishes aren’t quite
sufficient to lift you
from the trough
you find yourself in
my dearest chicks and doves
mes p’tits choux
chèr(e)s tristes bébé(e)s oh-la-la
my heart grows big big BIGGER
as I sing this song for you

oy-oy-oy
ringing my chimes
sounding my holiday bundt pan
to nourish you whole lovely beings

feel yourselves begin to float
lo lo lo ah ha ha ha
as you slip or dive into the wakening
waters of bur-ba-ling zing-aling glory

loy-loy-loy toy-toy-toy
feel the joy
are you? can you?

in these extraordinary times/
extra measures are called for
to help chase your earth-bound blues away
so let me sing for you also
Helen Chasin’s Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe
a great delight on any day
but needed now today
so here we go
ready set
go go go

Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe

Sometimes I'm happy: la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
la la la la. Tum tum ti tum. La la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
Hey nonny nonny. La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la. Vo do di o do.
Poo poo pi doo. la la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
la la. Whack a do. La la la la la la la la. Sh-
boom, sh-boom. La la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
la la. Dum di dum. La la la la la la la la.
la la la la la la la la. Tra la la. Tra la la
la la la la la la la la la la. Yeah yeah yeah.

and because the Yuletide is here
to tra la la I add the
extra joyful light filled sparkles of
fa la al lol dee dee fa la la
cooo-cooo-cooooo
my doves may peace love
and joy          joy
            JOY
be with you and fill the
O   - O    - O
of your One-ness
with all the good that flows about you
-that you may not be noticing-
so I urge you, do do dooooo!
goodness of the sleeping plants
snow season birds
flapping through the flakes
four legged ones bounding through the trees
fishes and cetaceans finning
in the water-of-life deeps
multiversal mysteries
crystal codes upgrading
Aquarian dimensional lifting
feel it feeeeel it
my spontaneous solstice
soul-song reaches out to you
oooo-oooo-oooo”

And with a graceful pirouette in her soggy
moccasin feet on the snow-melt lawn
her hands waggling sparkles up to Father Sky
and the Stars and Sun hidden from view
by bright grey mists
the Widow Wyile breathed in her
biggest breath
and sent joy whistling out
upon the winds
of Widow Land where

and all good things are possible

* ** Blessings * upon * you * All * ** ! ** *

note: most of these post-it-notes graphix were made for the Tides Art Gallery (Kentville NS) fundraiser, which continues until the end of 2020.

Graphix clues (in reverse:): 1. ylenol; 2. namuh ssendnik; 3. tsurt; 4. wols wolf; 5. eciov; 6, yoj; 7. thgil; 8. ecarg; 9. esae; 10. knip eht ni; kaeps hturt; 11. modsiw semyhr htiw esnesnon

Sparkles of Joy