Mar 10
Cold, stark, time bereft
of needs for shaping my life
according to me.
*****
Winter’s long short-fall
melts into spring, blossoming
possibilities ’round.
*****
Change not fast enough —
comes the feverish breaking
sweat to achieve now.
*****
This hunger
is outside beyond
need, we ache.
© 2012 Shari Lynne Smothers
Apr 6
Morning sun enters
softly insisting I wake;
“Nightmare’s over—breathe.”
©2011 Shari Lynne Smothers
#5 for National Poetry Month Today’s poem, a Haiku, to share in the magic of National Poetry Month. Always a silver lining, bad dreams are yet another reason to appreciate waking up. I’ll have to see about catching up before I get too far behind.
Dec 16
Caring hands’ work ends
Loved ones pass away. Void fills
From gratitude’s well.
Our selfless caring
effort’s reward: that we can
know our best was done.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
A recent death in my family and the funeral this weekend got me thinking about the role of the care-giver after the work is done. The process of getting through these tough times, isn’t easy to understand, and it helps me just to mull it over. I guess these writings will keep coming out until I discover the answer, or become otherwise distracted.
Nov 30
See actions and those
perpetrating them; begin
to understand things.
* * *
If at first you don’t
succeed in the path you choose
regroup, re-plot yours.
* * *
Care what happens: All
children, better and worse do
impact our futures.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
Three lessons learned is what I chose to write about. As of this writing, I’m my assessor. So I can only hope I learned them properly. Because I do believe my life depends on them.
Day 30 prompt: Write a ‘lesson learned’ or ‘never learned’ poem; details here from 2010 November PAD Chapbook Challenge
Mar 20
Remnants of winter
temp’ratures blast last
cold before summer.
© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers
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