Category Archives: Poems

License to Fly…

Recently, on a business trip, as I was driving a portion of my team back to the hotel after a long day of meetings, one of my colleagues began to recite a beautiful poem by John Gillepsie Magee Jr. Gillespie … Continue reading

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Stumble On

I am a hippy. Or is that hippie. I wander through this life with my heart on my sleeve And a dollar in my pocket, just in case I believe in Karma and all the things that fall out of … Continue reading

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Clear

I have discovered something so beautiful In just being Just living Just ebbing Just flowing So easy to wrap my arms around myself Nourishing my soul with an empty mind A warm heart And the laughter of the warm sun … Continue reading

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Congratulations Washington

While looking at all the beautiful pictures of the same sex marriages performed in Washington State, over the weekend, I couldn’t help but be inspired (and filled with love and hope). Writing ensued. 🙂 Capturing Love If I could capture … Continue reading

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Storytelling ~ Allegiance

There are only a handful of times during a lifetime that a person is forced to call into question a loved one’s allegiance. There are even fewer times when that same questioning, of the people whom we most love, reveals … Continue reading

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Bending Steel

Photographed in White Rock, B.C., by Beverly Malcom Bending Steel The tracks lay beside me Cool steel on a seemingly endless passageway Of time Marching on Row after row Line after indelible line Etching phrases People Places Into the recesses … Continue reading

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Beautiful Vulnerability

Recently I have been lucky enough to hear some fantastic original literature read, recited and/or performed by locals at local cafés, pubs or kitchens. I am continually struck by two predominant notions. The first is the ‘wow’ factor, as in … Continue reading

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Somewhere there is a poem…

As 2010 draws to a close and I look back upon all the hopes and dreams that were, and were not, I am reminded that some of my happiest moments came with just my pen and my paper; my keyboard … Continue reading

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He Bids His Beloved Be At Peace ~ Yeates

He Bids His Beloved Be At Peace I HEAR the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake, Their hoofs heavy with tumult, their eyes glimmering white; The North unfolds above them clinging, creeping night, The East her hidden joy before the … Continue reading

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Proud Flesh

Tearing and mending seems to be a part of everyday life for so many of us; those that have opted to push the limits of the human experience, those of us who seem so keen on going where few have … Continue reading

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