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So not only did you teach me about writing memoir, you also taught me about reading and thinking about how others write memoir. Thank you so much! Rebecca
Accepting what is to come
You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
Showing posts with label Poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poem. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
In the Dark
Going through my poems from years ago, I read this one. It was published by Jayne Jaudon Ferror on Your Daily Poem. I still get emotional when I read it.
Friday, February 24, 2023
Falling in love when I was a child
Pretty Thing was my horse. Gay, my sister, created this portrait of her. This special horse lived to be 32 years old. She was two years old when she came to me.
Stickers tear my legs, bare and tan from summer sun.
Long black braids fly behind me as I sprint
like a Derby winner down the path.
I fell in love with horses when I was a small child. I liked the way they looked, they smelled, and I liked the way I felt so high on their backs.
In this poem you read about the first horse I fell in love with.
My Father's Horse
Stickers tear my legs, bare and tan from summer sun.
Long black braids fly behind me as I sprint
like a Derby winner down the path.
Harnessed with hames, bridle, and blinders, Charlie plods down the farm road. Tired and wet with sweat, he's perfume to my nostrils.
My father swings me up. I bury my hands in the tangled
mane. My thighs stick to leather and damp white hair high above the ground.
I want to sing in glorious joy, but only croon a child's nonsensical tune, grinning for a hundred yards between field and barn.
My father's arms are strong. His hands are gentle. The horse is all we
ever share. For he has sons and I am just a daughter.
---Glenda Council Beall
Friday, December 21, 2012
A Couple of Special Poems
I am happy to claim Robert S. King, fabulous poet, as a friend.
I urge you to read these two poems by Robert. Click on the links below.
The Dreamer Returns Home www.lascauxreview.com/2012/11/the-dreamer-returns-home.html
The dreamer touches us all whether we were the one to leave or one to see another leave. The images are perfect and place us right there.
The Flight
Robert has watched his loved ones die as many of us of a certain age have done. When we do, we think about our own passing and how we want to do it. This poem is going into my End of Life directions.
What do you think about these poems? How do you want to make your last flight?
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Scott Owens has a new book of poems
Monday, December 3, 2012
Joan Howard's Gift is accepted by the Aurorean
Friend and fellow poet, Joan Howard, of Athens and Hiawassee, Georgia, an active member of NCWN West, had a poem, Gifts, accepted by this prestigious New England journal for their spring 2013 issue.
The Aurorean is a biannual poetry journal appearing in April and October each year. From 1995-2005, the journal was published quarterly and from Southeastern Massachusetts. They officially moved to Central Maine in 2005 and the expanded biannual format began in 2006. The Aurorean has been featured in Poet’s Market and several-times recommended as a “Pick” by the prestigious Small Press Review, most recently for its 10th Anniversary Issue (Fall/Winter 2010–2011). SPR has said of the Aurorean: “a journal that has both high production values and quality poetry ... perfect to elevate you from the dark night of the soul.” In January of 2011, NewPages reviewer Sima Rabinowitz said of their 15th Anniversary Issue: "This little journal will fill you up."
Congratulations, Joan.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
NEW YEAR'S EVE
New Year’s Eve
With Champagne toasts
rowdy revelers
prepare for another
bright new year.
Loved ones, dear friends,
from years gone by
appear to me
at midnight.
Nostalgia
grips me in its glove.
Auld Lang Syne
evokes my tears.
This party is a wake
for the passing of time.
Celebrating is not in me.
--------Glenda Beall, 2011
With Champagne toasts
rowdy revelers
prepare for another
bright new year.
Loved ones, dear friends,
from years gone by
appear to me
at midnight.
Nostalgia
grips me in its glove.
Auld Lang Syne
evokes my tears.
This party is a wake
for the passing of time.
Celebrating is not in me.
--------Glenda Beall, 2011
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