Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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A Sombre Day

September 11, 2025
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A sombre day
in
a troubling
time 

Make sure
not 
forgotten 

Not lost
in
time. 
– Patrice

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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You Feel Me

September 10, 2025
You Feel Me ~ Photo by Patrice

You feel me
close
you feel my heart
I know you do 

No words are spoken
no kisses
felt
yet in the future
I hope 

I’m all
you think about. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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Watch Them Grow

September 9, 2025
Watch Them Grow ~ Photo by Patrice

Watch them
live
watch them grow 

Nothing
you can purchase
nor
bestow 

Watch
seasons past
and 
you’ll see 

Changes 

The new growing
from
the old 

Yes
it’s beautiful
to
watch them grow. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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I Don’t Care

September 5, 2025

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I Don’t Care ~ Phoo by Patrice

I don’t care
if you’re white or black
whether you’ve seen the sacred cow
or
any of that
that
makes us different
in
thoughts and acts
we are still human beings
we are family
joined
it seems
to live life as best we can
making 
full of love for all
all
of us
humans
and
other beings. 
~ Patrice  

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Play The Game

September 4, 2025
Play The Game ~ Photo by Patrice

Change the game
change
the way we look
the way
we play the game 

Makes no difference
who sees 
we hold
all
the cards 

We know
the stakes
we’re going to play
to
win 

We’ll change the outcome
we’ll play
the game. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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Closing Out

September 3, 2025
Closing Out ~ Photo by Patrice

Closing out
closing
down 

Everything
is
at
peace 

As
we watch
the sun
go
down. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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You

September 2, 2025
You ~ Photo by Patrice

 You have me
you
hold and care for me
I live to be
close
near to you 

You are my everything
you
make me whole
you make me come
alive 

I can’t see a world
a time
without you
by
my side. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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Heaven Helps

August 29, 2025

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Heaven Helps ~ Photo by Patrice

Heaven helps
heaven waits to save 
comfort when you fall
when your heart sinks
and no one comes
even if you ask, you cry
you call. 

Heaven stands strong
stands tall
reaching down, lifting up
saving you, giving
asking nothing back
nothing at all.
~ Patrice  

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Let Me Feel

August 28, 2025
Let Me Feel ~ Photo by Captain of the Boat

Let me feel
the sadness go
like
raindrops melting
into snow 

Let me feel my heart
beat
not too fast
not
too slow 

Let me know
in this world
that
brings me
sadness, heartache
caresses me
also 
with gentle kindness
and 
enduring love. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025

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Regrets In My Life

August 26, 2025
Regrets In My Life ~ Photo by Patrice

There have been
regrets
in
my life
things
I’d rather
not
dwell on 

Live twice 

To find
joy
in those times
is
hard to accept 
hard
to find 

This is why
I acknowledge
they
happened
maybe cry
then
let them go 

But did they
help me change
help me
grow? 

You know
I just don’t
know. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025