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Category: Poetry
Bruised Reed
Bruised Reed Hollow face pressing desperate upon stones built by Herod. Grief lines penetrating fragile bones, tear stains etching cold outlines. Bruise reed, shivering upon the wall, cast your wound into the sea’s deepest part, salve in its forgiving depths. Justice slept in your seed and awoke to plane the unequal surface level.
Tiny Topaz
tiny topaz words shimmering copper upon an amethyst sea No one has been more surprised than I to discover how popular haiku is! There seems to be hunger for it in the blogosphere. Since I enjoy writing haiku, I have started a blog of “just haiku” titled Tiny Topaz. I know a few of my readers…
Why I Love Billy
“But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest…” This is why I love Billy Collins…
Slice of Life
Here’s a slice of life. I have been sitting by the fire all day in this big chair, reading. Pure luxury. Ahhh, a day just to read… and not to write… to think… and not to write…
To Hope
No explanation for this poem, just watching the Mediterranean Sea and the wind and pondering…
Ready, Set, Believe
I wrote this poem after we had spent half a day with Tamara, our Russian guide, in Moscow touring the Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin’s Tomb, and the Russian Crown Jewels.
DNA Proofs
The wintry weather in Texas is making me think about the former Soviet Union and our life some years ago. I remember that period as the “best and worst of times.” I wrote the poem below in St. Petersburg.
Every Word
Every Word Every word I write, I engrave upon your heart, that you will see the hidden person of me without form of beauty, without benefit of education, without power of possession, without significance of fame. Every word I write, I engrave upon your heart that you will know what I reveal, what I conceal,…
lightreign
If you are enthralled with light, love art, and seek truth, log onto my new blog: lightreign: http://lightreign.wordpress.com/ A place where everyday there is a lightreign.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 