Poems

a few lines written today whilst remembering his grey

poetry by paulaB2020-10-182020-12-17

poetry by paulaB2020-04-292021-01-27

i love

i love… earth under my fingernailsi love… shades of green on a spring dayi love… a fresh page in a 3-ring notebooki love… song of cardinals welcoming the dawni love… a bowl of tomato soup with lots of crackersi love… magic that hides in the shadows made by the lighti love… sunshine on my face […]

poetry by paulaB2019-11-06

autumn is

for if not for fallwatching trees reveal themselveswould truth set me free

pictures by paulaB2019-09-18

i am

catching memoriesas they pass byglimpsing whispersof goodbyeto heram i

poetry by paulaB2019-09-082019-09-11

are they u s

for the cacophony a travesty of winning delusional greatness to distractfrom their molotov cocktailscatastrophe entangling them u s you in his derived lies he tells them to u s too we you pawned for putins puppet just to prop uphis profit are we u s you laughing at them as they at u s in […]

poetry by paulaB2019-09-012019-09-02

what am i?

secretspacesrechargebetweenbreezesevadetime

and there i was down that crazy river

poetry by paulaB2019-08-282019-09-11

poetry by paulaB2019-08-102019-08-11

lines written sitting out on my stoop

i am carried away by her voice out in my wabi-sabi garden away from the potholes of ignorance and sociopaths smiles holding loft a baby child, a pawn for his campaign so i need the prayer of a guy named Dante whilst the cicada’s hum i watch the wind move the fountain grass listening to […]

poetry by paulaB2019-08-04

another

at walmartand a festival another high schoolpraying in churchin the first gradeat a moviewhile at workat the collegein Americafrom sea to shining seain Americamore slaughterdripping bloodon the red, white and bluebut does it matter tothat presidentwho commands their fatehe who worships goldhe was bought and soldon corporate greedfor foreign soiland dreams of coaljust thoughts and […]

poetry by paulaB2019-07-30

self care in times of despair

when in despairget out in the fresh airunderneath the treessmell the breezeget awaythen returnto fightor, just try to be a lightas the moon illuminate the darker waysfor those who share the path with you

poetry by paulaB2019-07-232019-07-23

over me

illuminatedby a butterfly and beeof an enchantment

poetry by paulaB2019-07-01

watching the light again

watching the light again as it plays with the ruby fountain grass illuminating a spider in its web underneath the black walnut tree in between walking the dog in the morning light dishes don’t get done cause i am drawn back to watching the light again in my temenos in meditation a blessing but I […]

poetry by paulaB2019-06-28

one June day in my garden

the sun dances thru and they go away he, she, them all, everyone the morning light drifts into the high afternoon across the sky and the dove coos her mourning as evening light descends till the western glow of it setting and the Cardinals sing a tune dog barks, voices from the street, laughter drifts […]