BEAUTY WITHIN
Close your eyes
And hold my hand
Imagine our world
This beautiful land
Cradle the earth
In blue pastel skies
Fly with the eagles
Wherever you rise
Always treasure
A crescent moon
The moment’s pleasure
Of a dandelion blown
A butterfly painted
By heaven’s rainbows
They’ll all be with you
Where your river flows
Open your eyes now
Take it all in
Nature’s home
Is beauty within
The stars in heaven
Are calling your name
White summer roses
Kissed by the rain
Daisies in clover
A buttercup field
The humble touch
Is your heart revealed
It’s not where you start
But how you begin
Nature’s home
Is beauty within
Tim Coburn
June, 2012
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BEAUTY WITHIN
Notes
My daughter, Ruby, aged 10 at the time, asked if I would write her a poem. We had been watching The Hunger Games and had been moved by the sentiment of Rue’s Lullaby. Around that time, Ruby had begun her interest in Korean and came across the music of Korean pianist, Yiruma. She said I should listen to, ‘Kiss the Rain’. Wow! How beautiful it is! Taking the two themes as an emotional stimulus, I wrote Beauty Within for her. Funnily enough, she went on the study English Literature and Korean at Durham University.
FIND YOUR VOICE
Writing a poem is an adventure into new territory. Poetic form has a different phraseology to conversational prose – it changes the boundaries of how we usually speak. For expressive clarity, poetry uses more imagery, metaphor and story. Words and meaning are more deliberately considered. As well as making sense in written words, poetry conveys its meaning in sound and how it makes us feel. To make a poem work, our vocabulary is stretched, our word hoard expanded and our vocal identity enriched.
The development of vocal identity extends to every aspect of your life – your voice is the medium by which you get things done. With communication and conversational skills so central to who we are as human beings, I have always been interested in the effect writing poetry has on the clarity, confidence and effectiveness with which we talk. I addition to sharing poetry and my reflections on it, I offer short talk and workshops for leaders, team members and technical specialists who want to improve the quality and impact of their voice.
If this appeals to you, please get in touch.
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