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300th Post, for Sister Karen
Footprints of Peace (haiku) Dedicated to Sister Karen Klimczak (1943-2006) Where is holy ground? Is it only in a church, a temple, or mosque? No, it’s to be found ev’rywhere beneath our feet if peace...
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Hay(na)ku: A fun little form!
Hay(na)kus are a curious little form I found at Poetic Asides. It’s a variation of the haiku: Three lines; one word, two words, three words. No other rules. My kind of form! Also at Poets United,...
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at… MEN
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Men (for We Write Poems, with a nod to Wallace Stevens) I. They’re different in certain ways, but what’s in common reigns. II. Through the bottom of a shot...
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The Balancing Act of Life
The Balancing Act of Life Hovering before a feeder full of suet, the hummingbird’s wings beat so fast,, she appears motionless. Magic. Nearby, a birdhouse swivels on its chain in the autumn breeze,...
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Repairers of the Breach
Poets United asked for poems regarding “this time of year,” the regrets, the emotions that run high. In my case, so many bridges have been burned at the holidays… tempers in my circles flare, often to...
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TWOFER: 3WW, ABC, Carry One Tuesday poems
It’s Twofer… Thursday! Three prompts in two poems. Each prompt is listed under the appropriate work. It’s a sunny day, and things are looking up in Amyville! If you want your day to be even better,...
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Irony In The Air
Irony In The Air Summer’s here, or so it seems. Shining sun – the stuff of dreams. Odd Wisconsin irony, not a trace of snow to see. Last year, we were steeped in snow, flannel-clad from head to toe....
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Vessel
Vessel (based on the Prayer of St. Francis) Make me an instrument of your peace Make me a vessel of your love Your walk, my way Your truth, my life Your light, my joy Your breath, my song © 2012 Amy...
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Life Without Limits (Sun Scribs, 3WW)
LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS Were I granted life without limits I would bind hatred, tangle it in silk threads all shades of red, gold, green and send it hurtling into space, no trace of meanness left to feel....
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Peace and War and Pieces of Human Beings on the Ground
Peace and War and Pieces of Human Beings on the Ground Hiroshima met Fat Man or rather, Fat Man sat on Hiroshima, then swallowed it whole, including civilians. Japanese neighborhoods did not understand...
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The WiRE – Part I
The WiRE Part I Here on Roo’s Island, beneath the rot-rusted trolley bridge (unstable, but no one had actually plunged to their death in years); here at the calm elbow bend of turned benches in Rock...
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Hoo Dew
Hoo Dew Grab the cumbersome cobalt bottle No, the one with the floating bits Syrup it into kettle Stoke the smoke with oak Scratch in cinnamon and ground wormwood Fresh dandelions Stir to boiling...
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Peace Is Possible (a Fibonacci)
PEACE IS POSSIBLE (a Fibonacci) One mindset among many will cause peace to flow all around us like a mighty, majestic river of unfathomable love © 2013 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil This is...
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Peace, the Unknown Commodity (Blog 4 Peace)
Peace, the Unknown Commodity Our world has been at war since the eighth decade. EIGHTH Constant bickering plus weapons equals humans either dead or “victorious” Where is the victory in bloody children...
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Tomorrow and tomorrow (dverse)
TED Fellow Ben Burke visits dverse Poets Pub and invites us to share our visions of the future. Mine is surprisingly optimistic, given my politics...!
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