~Sanctity of Tears~ Have you been ordained by God, …the creator? If not I’ll talk to you… later. Have you swam in the holiness, The sanctity, The loneliness, …of my tears? Have you cared, To dip into the enlightenment there? Coming from spiritual wells, …of soul. No, this baptismal, Has been my own. Have you […]
Welcome to the April 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we celebrate Universal Poetry Month with several poets who have written poetry about poetry. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are but a few of the many poets who have written about that which we love to write and share — […]
“Drawing Hands” by M.C. Escher TREASURED Holding back the tears of sadness mixed with joy, I close the lid and carefully slip the ribbon back on, placing the treasured box of words collected there back where they came from, somewhere deep within a gentle heart words flowing to each page from her soul through her […]
We all have secrets. Some are big, some are small. Some will remain hidden forever….as they probably should….but some have the destiny of one day coming to light, becoming public knowledge for all the world to see. I have such a secret that I have been keeping now for awhile but the time has finally […]
THE TOUCH OF MY PEN Words and lines tumble about in my head even before the sun begins to shine as they try to capture my attention before the birds begin to sing their symphonies of song; these words beginning their morning dance within the pages of my heart as they try to find their […]
FREEDOM’S SONG Each morning as I peruse my ever-growing list of what I want to do today, where to go, which direction to take, what to see, what I want to accomplish in these precious few hours allotted to me each day, I remember at once how blessed I really am to have the freedom […]
A TETRACTYS Style Poem A World Forgotten Lost Darkness Deafening Frozen in time Why have they left me alone in this place I can no longer count the missing years Is there no-one? To save me? From my Self? Tetractys should express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise using 20 syllables. They […]
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani When they came for Jesus and all his friends ran away out of fear to abandonment and left Jesus alone, Jesus said nothing, because he was tough enough to handle it. When Jesus was mocked and laughed at, Jesus said nothing, because he was tough enough to handle it. When Jesus […]
