Late yesterday afternoon, after Palm Sunday Vigil and communion with the holy congregation, I was driving home, and I wrote this poem …
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SHEETS OF LIGHT
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett 13 April 2019
Light came down in sheets and folds
. . like cake mix falling into a cake pan
. . like clothes-pinned billows of wet sheets
. . . . .that fold and snap in a wild breeze
. . like Heaven slaloming
. . . . . through the streets.
Now, now is the time.
Dearest of the dear
Nearer than the breath of life
Faster than silver-footed thought
More sure than mother’s love
More curious than cats
More glorious than sunlight
. . caroming past Palm Sunday
Oh my Soul, remember!
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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written on 13 April 2019; published on 14 April 2019; revised on 30 April 2025
This poem is fictional in all regards, including, but not limited to characters, events and figures of speech. The place name is also fictional, and the names of people are added for poetic effect, not having to do with anything about their fictional lives …
Drawing: “Astral Reptilian: Lizard Man 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 May 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com… Drawn after a sculpture for which I have no attribution.
Drawing: “Astral Reptilian: Lizard Man 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 May 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com… Drawn after a sculpture for which I have no attribution.
To turn off the background music that runs when this page starts, click once or twice on the arrow on the audio bar at the bottom of the page …
“THE CLINK OF A REPTILE’S TOES”
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
Soundtrack and Words 11 February 2018
There was a fellow in Desperadoville
Who loved to kill for a sexual thrill
A wise guy stopped by who said, “My gosh …
You make your kills with swashbuckling panache!
“I have one request … ‘Cause
These kills make such messes …
Once monthly, finesse this …
“Then say goodbye
To the townspeople’s sighs,
To their nightmares and cries …
Go and give it a try!”
So he tried this advice,
And at first it seemed nice
But the beat of his heart
Did a Humphrey Bogart
When he practiced that art
And, quick as Jack Robinson,
He ditched that lesson
Day after day, began
Once more rampagin’
One night, drinking liquor,
This hard hitter figured:
“The trouble’s your ticker!
“It’s too fast a racer
I’ll put a pacemaker
Inside it. Then killin’
Won’t be so thrillin’
“Cause when I think ‘hatchets’
My heart just won’t ratchet
Up, due to this gadget.”
So he found a doctor
To make up an order
To purchase the gizmo
To KO his MO
A life of crime
Don’t stop on a dime
It worked for a time
Then the day arrived
When he contrived
A vast panorama …
A homicide drama …
That went off as expected
For he fled, undetected
And savored the deed with espresso
This is far from the norm
He surmised, all forlorn …
My heart didn’t vet the crescendo
He moped for a while
Though it wasn’t his style …
“I’ll have to make hay
In a cold-blooded way,”
He declared: “Easy come, easy go!”
–a fanciful poem by Alice B. Clagett
11 February 2018
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written and published on 11 February 2018; revised on 2 July 2026
Added poem to: Tiny Anthologies: Wild West Poems
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 4: Fence Lizard,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 4: Fence Lizard,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Blessings of the Noontime Sun
PHOTOS BY ALICE
VIDEO CREDITS
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem entitled “Blessings of he Noontime Sun” that I envisioned on 10 March 2016. The video also features a comely fence lizard, as you will soon see …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Blessings of the Noontime Sun
A Vision by Alice B. Clagett 10 March 2016; recited on 2 May 2025
Blessings of the noontime sun
To the tribes of earthbound ones.
Bless, thou legions of the light,
Bless the armies of the night.
Blessings of love,
Blessings of light,
Blessings of joy to the earthbound ones.
Greetings of hearts open wide
To those whose great delight is pride.
Greetings of deepest joy
To those of skillful ploy.
Oh my dearest sons of man,
Let us greet that other band
with hope, and faith, and love of God …
Tho their feet be oddly shod.
Blessings of the noontime sun
To the tribes of earthbound ones.
Greetings to Michael of the Earth,
Remembering his noble birth,
Soon soon free to find his place
Amongst that Archangelic race.
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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written and published on 10 March 2016; filmed on 1 May 2025; video published and post revised on 2 May 2025
PHOTOS BY ALICE
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 1: The Trailhead,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 1: The Trailhead,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 2: Yerba Santa (Eriodichtyon crassifolium) 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 2: Yerba Santa (Eriodichtyon crassifolium) 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 4: Yerba Santa (Eriodichtyon crassifolium) 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 4: Yerba Santa (Eriodichtyon crassifolium) 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 5: Where I Was Sitting,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California 5: Where I Was Sitting,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 May 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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VIDEO CREDITS
“Blessings of the Noontime Sun”
A vision by Alice B. Clagett
Written on 10 March 2016 and produced on 2 May 2025
Location: Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Any stories or events described in this site are entirely fictional and the characters referred to are entirely fictional as well, except where a story or event is referred to in a patently factual context, or where a person is referred to by name in a patently factual context.
