The Reward Of Giving
Hand me downs The gifts my mother returned I gave with myself in mind Years ago In idle youth, My mother’s gifts mirrored the woman I always wanted her to be grace, beauty and womanhood I coaxed her...
View ArticleAn Idle Prayer
Unwanted things I couldn’t bear to part with A promise to sort them One day I confirmed with an idle prayer the kind one recites in desperate need I feared losing all that I had Beauty Why didn’t a...
View ArticleWith Eyes Closed
A mother’s love Keeps brothers close Repeated stories of an unchanged past Borders dream but are fixed in a place Creating the present Is the only control they can embrace Reinventing the future...
View ArticleColour My Ball Picture Book Preview!
What colour is your ball? Is it a blue, is it a brown? Is it yellow? Is it red? Is it a mix of both? How it is that you feel? What feelings do the colours represent to you? Green could be frightened,...
View ArticleThis Creative Stuff Is All That I Have
Recently I’ve been burnt. I’ve been burnt by the fact that I will never get the wider recognition for my work. It’s beautiful, creative, fun. I see it in the children’s faces every day when I teach...
View ArticleThe Guilt Of Loving You
Let’s talk about nothing in particular I want to see how your mouth moves I feel guilty loving you My gaze drifts to a different place In case we might be seen I hide you in the enclosure of my life A...
View ArticleA Star
A proposed star for Wikiproject Constellations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A STAR was so bright, It shone And it turned into the sun, Then when it burned the parts of the surroundings, It dimmed a...
View ArticleA Letter To Mother Earth
Dear Mother Earth, The day my soul was given a name, was the day I was taken away. Like a caterpillar, with one aim, to grow… change… fly, and find you again. Dying alone is delicately defined as dying...
View ArticleReading The Stars
Your written words They stay the same form But change by the sound they make Philosophy Yes Philosophy is a method to play with the game of life & match it to who you are But beware Just when it...
View ArticleImpressions of Europe & My Art
My ideals are challenged, I’m not the mature person I thought I was. I’m in Europe. I ponder on a place where I can be alone, but not lonely. I put myself in that place. But it doesn’t quite work. I...
View ArticleTears For A Rainy Day
just a dream! (Photo credit: Irena Mila) I want to shout to the world I exist But you will only know me after I die But it won’t be too late The words will flourish in your mind Don’t be sad Rejoice in...
View ArticleDancing in Paris, A Dream
Serene It’s not easy to leave A house randomly placed Created by a heart that moved on Leaving the house in disgrace Just so that she could manage it Then Upon looking back She separated the trees Like...
View ArticleOhne Liebe, Ohne Tanz, A Love Poem
A Love Poem I feel crazy and lost without you I clean my essentials to find you They breathe fire and hide from the rain Priceless commodities Once had Agony rules my mind Oh my diminished heart It...
View ArticleNo Voice
I have no voice But I love to dance. I’m a mute. But I love to dance I cannot do. But I love to dance. I don’t belong But I love to dance. The answer is dance, I must dance. I’ve tried many things But...
View ArticleA Dominant Eye
Spies Enter our private Lives I stop at the thought & sleep Lies are free Deep Within me & a dominant eye A la life! You are my mirror I can only tell time with you Truth A role that finds...
View ArticleMemories of Manchegas Dance
Hint: Listen to each audio as you watch the video, and imagine you are there doing Manchegas dance! Download: 5-like-a-dance-sofias-diary.mp3 Sofia’s Diary My mood abroad is more alert to broken...
View ArticleGlorified Queen Bee
Rhythm, a sequence in time repeated, featured in dance: an early moving picture demonstrates the waltz. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I played with his art Sour I turned to face his heart Faded Secrecy...
View ArticleInside
Mentally close Physically far from what it is that you are I feel what it is It’s surrounding me I absorb the sound A sense Indescribable Because it is uniquely true Fear Of losing all that I have...
View ArticleMeraklou
Imouna Meraklou! She cried I’m doing this for you! She cried For your youth, not mine! & my woes of a lost life Failed pride Absence of essentials A mattress is all I have & I sleep with a...
View ArticleNameless World
Texture of his voice Created interest In a world I longed to belong to I wondered if I was seen in the world I wanted to be in I wanted that so much I could burst My heart ran & my passion sang As...
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