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Pathetic And Sad

April 22, 2022

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Old House Window ~ Photo by Patrice

Pathetic and sad
He goes forth
The essence of bad.

No one curtails
No one dare tell
The evil one
He is going to wither
In hell.

He doesn’t know
It doesn’t have to be so
He could be happy
And glad.

All that’s required
Is to be open, generous
Considerate and mostly
Not angry, bitter
Or sad.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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Experience Collingwood’s Poets & Pics

April 18, 2022
Experience Collingwood's Poems & Pics - Me and My Shadow

So honoured and excited 
to be part of 
Experience Collingwood’s Poets & Pics!

 
My Poem and Photo titled Me and My Shadow are in the exhibit ‘Collingwood’s Poets & Pics’, that’s displayed along Collingwood’s Train Trail for the month of April. This is in celebration of National Poetry Month. 
There’s a total of 17 signs along this section of the trail. It starts at the Collingwood Museum (45 St. Paul Street) and ends at Collins Street.

If you are nearby, or going to be in the area, go, walk the trail and enjoy the series of poems and photographs exhibited!
(Mine is south of the water tower :D)

 
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My Best

April 12, 2022
My Best ~ Illustration by Patrice

Working forward
Working is a process 
To pass thru life 
Feeling accomplished 
Feeling
I’m doing my best 

Will there be rewards? 

Will there be stress? 

I’m sure lots of both 
Lots to look back on 
Knowing I did all I could 
Knowing 
I did my best. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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My Deepest Sympathies

April 8, 2022

This may have been written after a terrible tragedy in 2018 but my thoughts and prayers are the same now for the Ukrainian people who have suffered so terribly much.

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My Deepest Sympathies to the families, friends
All who know victims in yesterday’s horrific tragedy
My prayers go out to you
To the ones whose lives were brutally cut short
Those injured

For no reason.

No sane reason.

You are in my thoughts, my words, my prayers and my heart. ❤
~ Patrice

Lilac Blossoms _ Photo by Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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I Know I’ve Been Lost

April 5, 2022
I Know I've Been Lost ~ Watercolour Painting by Patrice

I know
I’ve been lost 
in the wilderness
of
low self esteem 

Climbing out 
has been hard 
rocks, crevasses 
unholy shards
pierce my skin, my life
my thoughts 

Still I climb 
I push, pull and shove 
to
a glorious world 
full of
grace, courage 
and
self-love. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Trying To Make

April 1, 2022

Aww yes, still true today

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Hollyhock and Bumblebee ~ Photo by Patrice

Trying to make
All my work complete

Make things tidy
Tidy and neat

Exhaustive work
Mental trying times

When and where
Did I get so much

So much to do
In so little time?
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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Figure It Out

March 30, 2022
Last used March 30/22

Figuring 
trying to figure it out 
can’t understand
the way, the procedure
to get it done 
figured out. 

Will work on it 
I’ll think about
what may be the way
to do this, get it done 
to
figure it out. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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I Seek But Will I Find

March 24, 2022
I Seek But Will I Find ~ Photo by Patrice

I seek but will I find 
The lost, hidden 
The divine. 

No path is shown 
No way is clear 
Trudging onward 
Holding on to thoughts 
Of what may be
Near. 

Maybe passed by
Shrugged off
Not
Realizing 

Sometimes
Good things 
Stand 
Being there for me
To embrace 

Hiding
In
Plain sight. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Have I

March 7, 2022
Have I  ~ Photo by Patrice

How have I come to feel this way? 

Where will I go on this another day? 

Have I been there before? 

Have I passed by this way? 

Will I go beyond the horizon? 

Become lost in the sun’s rays? 

Answers I question 

Questions I’m asking 

Today. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022

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Not Theirs

February 24, 2022
RUSSIA BEGINS FULL-SCALE INVASION INTO UKRAINE, PUTIN CONFIRMS ‘MILITARY OPERATION’ UNDERWAY Posted by Ryan Saavedra | Feb 23, 2022 | Daily Wire I
RUSSIA BEGINS FULL-SCALE INVASION INTO UKRAINE, PUTIN CONFIRMS ‘MILITARY OPERATION’ UNDERWAY Posted by Ryan Saavedra | Feb 23, 2022 | Daily Wire I

My heart aches 
Seeing armies invade, taking land
Not theirs 

Hearing cries, bombs 
Flashing 
Deadly lights 

The world reels 
As despots steal countries 
Not theirs 

They don’t care
If lives are lost, hearts broken 
Life torn apart 

Seek a way to stop 
This annexation of what is
Not theirs 

Please God
Please show me 
Show me how today. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2022