There are days where I feel safe and warm there are others where I feel torn For family and friends who have lost their way or when emotions try to lead me astray Out of these feelings I know there is a place where I can go to receive mercy and grace A place of … Continue reading Being Torn By Evelyn Pauline Bennett
Category: Poets
Division of One By Charlaine Ballantyne
The realization of watching a loved one be sick in their body, mind & spirit Takes control of thoughts, feelings & becomes motionless with every breath Denial flows as viewpoint met with feelings of disbelief and heartbreak Confusion is strong and becomes stronger with accepting the declination The hope believed in becomes a distant memory … Continue reading Division of One By Charlaine Ballantyne
Anti-Deppressants By Cassandra Kulay
A river flows at my feet and Flowers float down from the air. It’s been twenty years since I Started taking anti-depressants. In the beginning, it was a miracle To me, I felt like a super-hero And not just a puddle of tears. The doctor says they blunt emotions So I don’t feel anything as … Continue reading Anti-Deppressants By Cassandra Kulay
Depression by Richard Underwood
Depression can be defeating, depression can be no fun. That said, it's also fleeting you'll be better in the long run. It will build you up, in ways never expected. You'll have more resiliency, and strength you never realized. It will make you kinder, more compassionate too, molding you into a better person; a more … Continue reading Depression by Richard Underwood
Butterfly By Randy James Hoffman
On the cornices of epic thought I found you thinking about equality and human transformation "all humans in a cocoon" you said, "Waiting to become butterflies" Some of us already have the winds refreshed our minds as we talked of higher things there goes another human sprouting some wings look,look! flying towards us another friend … Continue reading Butterfly By Randy James Hoffman
The Moving By Peter Herget
Minds ponder Eyes wander Bodies always moving Trying to find proving Of what life is. Life is an Obsession, one looking For a deep possession. What is Art, without life? What is life, without Art? Art would not be without Life and life would not be without Art. To be here today would not be … Continue reading The Moving By Peter Herget
Try Again! By John Oross
There comes a time In everyone’s life When you are down With no way out What do you do? Do you give up? Oh no… No… You get back up And every fall Battered and bruised But to give it your all You try again You try again! Oh… I have cried real hard When … Continue reading Try Again! By John Oross
My Mother By Susan Maria Rowley
For Margaret My mother ___ mother earth tells me stories of my birth. Her heart is goodness her labour: truth. My mother ___mother bear shields me from the stormy air cuts the pulse of fears within the fur a cover for my skin. My mother ___mother goose turns the very air to juice points my … Continue reading My Mother By Susan Maria Rowley
Strength By James Adamson
Strength exists on a color wheel always the exact opposite is exactly the same elephants to ants and sentiment to bluntness water and air to immovable objects looking out a window all alone and being in a crowd we learn the value of our good times and in what way ___they exist through the bad … Continue reading Strength By James Adamson
Nothing Compares to You Jesus By Evelyn Pauline Bennett
You bring me joy, peace and love everlasting You are my rock in this destitute world You are my strength and inspiration You bring contentment to my soul I look forward to the day we meet When you graciously sweep me off my feet. Nothing compares to You Jesus. You have given me a life … Continue reading Nothing Compares to You Jesus By Evelyn Pauline Bennett
