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Once upon a time
you may not have felt you were worth a dime
But that's a million dollars+ not true
and I'm telling you
Whether of any age girl or boy
you were richly made to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
20
"Whatcha' gonna' be when you grow up,"
said one seed to the other, over tea,
with cream and sugar in a cup,
"Yes, what would you like to be?"
One said, "A tree and a seed scatter-er"
The other, "A tree and a Joy Spatter-er"
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Note: The Rainbow Eucalyptus is very much a real tree! The phenomenon is caused by patches of bark peeling off at various times and the colors are indicators of age. A newly shed outer bark reveals bright greens which darken over time into blues and purples and then orange and red tones. The seeds are in front of the tree. Seeds scattered or joy spattered, both are meant to be spread.
Spatter Joy
21
A lert we must B, don’t cha’ C?
DEF and G
HIJKLMNO and don't forget to P
QRSTUV
WXY and Z
The alphabet, fully employ
With every letter— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
22
There's almost always, thirty days
and who can count the number of ways?
Twelve months of reasons
and usually, four seasons,
months and months of many toys
to splatter with and Spatter Joys
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Spatter Joy
23
At the beginning it might have seemed little and dumb,
but at its end, a tidy little sum
It might have seemed like useless junk
and just all, emotional bunk
A silly little, useless pome' (poem)
un-reasoned rhymes, but they never hurt
instead of those abrupt and curt
and even if you raised a curios brow
they still got to you, somehow
and that's the purpose of their employ
to scatter and to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
24
To catch and spread anything
you must yourself a good case
a contagion infecting, the whole of your face
Inoculate or you'll be infected too
this is, absolutely— true
I apologize NOT, if you catch what I've got
and be advised, it's quite a lot
Ok then, I'm like a virus on deploy
Infecting, spreading and Spattering Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Spatter Joy
25
If my days are all numbered and they are,
what should I spread and leave, how far?
I figure we've all enough sadness, sorrow and woe
I'll just leave all that and let it go
Instead I'd rather here deploy
with all my days to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
26
In the deepest, darkest coldest night
what makes the moon so full, so bright
from millions of miles
and countless smiles
the sun is set, to employ
through space and time to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Spatter Joy
27
Except in a pocket of splattered ink
this stuff is awesome or so, I think,
and that is, to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
28
Almost done, can you not wait?
But I cannot afford it to be late
Though the series is, nearly done
still I must, send this on
It's like a burning
and a yearning,
to send it on to you
Oh yes, my yes, it's true
Bursts from within, it employs
to scatter and to— Spatter Joys
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Spatter Joy
29
Of this to you I would remind
like Emerson said, "Be silly, be honest, be kind."
No second chances on yester-day
so, make the best of every day
Whatever occupation you employ
Scatter, splatter and Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Dahni
30
Just one more and then, that's it
so, don't go have, a hissy fit
No harm's been done
just let it all run
On and on to every aged girl and boy
Cease not, ever, to— Spatter Joy
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
Spatter Joy
31
Now this month is, nearly done
for a month my silly, has been run
You can choose to continue
or choose to forget,
But there's a heap of joy-ing, still to let
We each choose what we allow out and in
who, what, where, why and when
I’ll just be going now, to scatter, splatter and —
Spatter Joy!
from the collection: Spatter Joy
by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved
About the Author
Dahni is a writer, poet, photographer, artist and composer. His one name he purposely spells differently, but it is his real name. His one name is to try and make a brand name, but he has a last name. He said, “Perhaps it was left out, just in case I have or might embarrass friends or family (living or not) that knew or knows me. They could say, I don’
t know who Dahni is and that would be the truth”
Born and raised mid-morning near the middle of the month, in the middle of the 20th Century, in a middle class home in the Midwest, about middle of the state, in the middle of a mid-size town, Dahni has pretty much ever been in the middle of something.
One set of grandparents were highly educated people from affluent backgrounds. The others were from large farming families - the ‘salt of the earth,’ full of common sense and rich in flavor. He once set out to become a doctor, shifted to law, landed in ministry and then flew and stuck with imagination. From such varied influences, Dahni grew up with a passion for people, places and diversification. The desire to help others evolved, but has never changed.
A love for reading, stories and having a vivid imagination, interest in the arts only seemed natural and almost as second nature as breathing.
Once in the 6th grade, he had an assignment to write a report on the classic tales from ‘Arabian Nights.’ Dahni ended up illustrating his work and wrote it as an original poem. He has been reading, writing and pursuing the arts ever since.
Banging out just five notes on a piano while waiting for his high school date to get ready, the repetition may have bothered many, but a love for music grew out of this. It has caused him to continue to bang out notes ever since. No formal lessons with any instrument or music theory has kept him silent nor prevented him from original compositions if for no other than himself.
His many experiences, his travels and training as an investigative reporter, years involved in the principles of research along with a deep curiosity, offers a unique perspective for mining the gold of dreams and the silver of truths.
Dahni refers to himself as a perpetual student of life-learning, as an I-magineer, an Amer-I-Can and 1 of WE the People. A graduate of the University of Hard Knocks, he holds a master’s degree in Trials & Errors, but a PhD in Imagination.
“Everything great in life happens because—
Somewhere, someone at some place and at some time
Thinks I-imagine and believes I-Can.”
-Dahni-
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Thank you for reading my book. If you enjoyed it, won’t you please take a moment to leave me a review? Thanks!
Dahni
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