Tiny Branches that Hold Up the Moon

Title poem from the acclaimed poetry book of the same name, by Danielle Sainte-Marie. Zen influenced with elements of Ninpo, Hinduism, Buddhism and Shugendo. Very relaxing and thought-provoking! Music also composed by Miss. Sainte-Marie as well, and is called "Deep Time."
Her website is at www.daniellesai...

[@Chloe69752]

So peaceful...

[@DanielleSainteMarie]

Thank you Chloe!

[@StevenParrisWard]

This is excellent Danielle. I really enjoyed your website too. Thank you very much for you kind remarks about my postings also. Regards from England

[@DanielleSainteMarie]

When one of constant searching for another enigma, another colorful mystery, then meets someone else who is never complacent with answers either, then joy abounds, and connection results. It is nice to make your acquaintance. The quality videos you are doing are very important, and like mine, will never be hugely popular en-masse; rather, they will make up for their limited audiences by making deeper impacts on those they do attract. The quality of the audience will add so much more than quantity only affords.Thank you so much for your kindness. Greetings from Utah!

[@DanielleSainteMarie]

When one of constant searching for another enigma, another colorful mystery, then meets someone else who is never complacent with answers either, then joy abounds, and connection results. It is nice to make your acquaintance. The quality videos you are doing are very important, and like mine, will never be hugely popular en-masse; rather, they will make up for their limited audiences by making deeper impacts on those they do attract. The quality of the audience will add so much more than quantity only affords.Thank you so much for your kindness. Greetings from Utah!

[@StevenParrisWard]

I love this, but the way you address yourself is very shamanic in exactly the way your father spoke on Ceremony of the Lizard live. Its very interesting. You say some highly original things in a very simple way that it becomes profound.

[@DanielleSainteMarie]

Thank you Steven. Yes, I have had a long-standing philosophy in my writing that works well, most of the time: if I am writing deep wisdom, I use smaller, more familiar adjectives and nouns, adverbs, etc. If I am writing of a human emotion, idea or activity that technically is thought of as fairly simple by the majority of human populace, I write of it in a very complex, abstract way. So, for me, writing a poem about pumping gas into my car (simple idea) is drawn out then into dinosaurs, fossilized fuels, ancient fish, and the stream of consciousness that always seems to happen when presented with any flowing element while in a still position. However, a poem like Tiny Branches (there are two other poems that are sequels to this one that are found in my book of the same title), takes very complex ideas, uses evocative, scenic-types of wordplay (i.e. 'rushlight'), and then delivers the ideas with a fairly simple rhyming structure so as to let the ideas take hold. I learned a long time ago that complex ideas and simple ideas are really all the same thing, but must be viewed pragmatically from the rather limited standpoint of current society, if one wishes to reach anyone with your thoughts. So, to sum up: simple ideas get full-blown poetical treatment, and complex ideas get simpler, careful hands lain upon them. Writing complex ideas in an abstract way and with too much mellifluous language just leaves people scratching their heads. There was one time, however, when I wrote such a poem as the latter because leaving one scratching their heads was precisely the point. It was meant to act as though a poetical psilocybin upon the reader's mind. I titled it, with tongue-in-cheek, Barricade. It (the poem) smoked the heads (rather than heads smoking a bunch of harmful substances), and helped people realize they just needed words to get high. And, another time I did write a loving, gushing poem in a simplistic way. This was akin to Abba music: enjoyable but not a lot of depth. I wrote that poem on commission for two people getting married. They needed to be able to understand it and not be put off by the language. They loved it so much that they read it at their wedding. I was honored. Beyond a few instances, I usually stick to my formula. I appreciate your references to my father. I believe he would have approved. Thank you. As for my speaking voice, I am still working on it. My dad had the luxury of working on his near daily, and my time is mostly taken up with writing full-time (and then some). Best Wishes, ~Danielle