One Toothy Smile... for a Price

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One Toothy Smile... for a Price

The last time I was there,

she scrubbed and scraped

poked and prodded

flossed and fussed

asked me questions

and seemed to understand

my mouth-filled speech,

draped an x-ray proof

jacket upon me

left the room

to "take pictures"

stuffed my mouth

with fluoride cotton pillows 

and with the tray,

again left the room,

called in the physician

who poked and prodded

gaped and nodded

examined the pictures

and stated quite satisfied,

“Your teeth are fine!”

Upon checking out,

the receptionist announced,

“That’ll be $400.00, please,

and would you like to make an appointment 

for 6 months from now?”

Hmmm... I thought to myself: 

"I’ll return...

when my tooth aches

more than my wallet."

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

Physics of Divine Love

Physics of Divine Love 

Harmony and illumination unconfined
by restrictions of the human mind 
impetuously flit throughout the universe
in joyful exhilaration. 

God's eye sees the vibrance.
God's ear hears the exuberance. 

God's hand touches the human heart. 

God's wisdom guides the human soul

to learn the truth of Divine Love. 

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

To hear me recite this verse, please click HERE.

A Quote by William Blake and Some Thoughts

I took this photo as I was leaving Galway Beach, Ireland.

“To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower 

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” 

~ William Blake from "Augeries of Innocence"

Sharing Views

Whenever I traveled the Irish west coast,

listening to the waves lap up on shore,

my mind would wonder: 

"Just across that ocean 

is the east coast of the United States.

Who do I know might be sharing this view?" 

Then, along the beach at Cape Cod, 

I searched the ocean's horizon 

and wondered: "Who is looking across this sea

and possibly looking right at me?"

The blue-gray waters ebb and flow

releasing endless ruminations.

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

To hear me read this, please click HERE. 

Always Looking Up

  An angel hovers over my house in the calm sky. 

'Morning' Recitative

(from my operetta, Luminescence)

A graceful breeze embraces feathered wings 

of russet, crimson and blue.

They touch extended branches of clustered trees.

Selected boughs move in a synchronized dance

to brushed rhythms

of these singing birds in flight.

Desire reigns gloriously in this place

as passion prepares for another day 

of feeling 

the buoyancy.

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

Reading Sydney Owenson

My collection of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) books

Studies of Sydney Owenson’s novel, The Wild Irish Girl, generally center on the history of the era in which she wrote with particular emphasis on her personal biography. Such renowned biographers include Julia M. Wright, Mary Campbell, Thomas Flanagan, and James Newcomer, and these biographers provide significant insight to the understanding of the history of Sydney Owenson’s life and the Romantic era in which she wrote.

However, the language, which she used to deliver her message to the British aristocracy, determined the success of her National novel, as James Newcomer observes, “a noticeable love of the flamboyant, in language as in the process of living, was to characterize her writing and living”(28). Thus, another effective way to study Owenson’s skillful use of language is to analyze her technique by looking at her linguistic structures in relationship to her cultural background. 

In my doctoral dissertation, I explore the innovative paradigm shift in Owenson's writing of the national tale through her romantic novels, biographies, travel insights, political observations, and poetry. Now, you may add my name to the list of those whose inquiries delve into the unique, sociolinguistic approach to historical representations of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan).

My published doctoral dissertation

Abiding Love and a Spring Day

What happens after a Spring thunderstorm can be a true Blessing.

My holly bush, glistening in the sun after a thunderstorm

Abiding Love and a Day in Spring

I looked out my window one morning after a storm

and discovered something sparkling and not the norm.

It seemed to be smiling, perhaps winking at me,

the sun's reflection breaking forth from the clouds. 

Perhaps, 'twas a raindrop on a holly leaf there,  

knowing that I would see it and share.

A bird sang nearby as if begging me to hear

its song, so perfectly lovely and clear,

so I opened the window and felt the fresh air 

rid my lungs of the stuffiness I beheld within, 

and let the blood flowing beneath my skin 

open my heart to Love: abiding, embracing me, 

as I cherish each moment from this through eternity.

© Jeanne I. Lakatos

To hear me recite this verse, please click HERE. 

"But the Greatest of these..."

1 Corinthians: 1-13

1 If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

3 And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind: love is envieth not, dealeth not perverselynot; is not puffed up;

5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Love never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am known.

13 And now there remain faith, hope, and love, these three: but the greatest of these is love.