Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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Do I Have Something To Say

November 12, 2018

Brittainy ~ Watercolour by Patrice.

Do I have something to say
Will anyone listen
Have I gone to the past
That now lasts and ever lasts?

What will I do if the words
I spoke prove to be untrue
Will I cry
Will I speak of why?

Don’t know the answers
To those questions
Illuminating my mind.

Only know
I speak the words
That fill my questioning mind.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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I Heard The Wild Goose Call

November 11, 2018

Poppy in Remembrance ~ Photo by Patrice

I heard the wild goose call
I heard her plaintive tone.

I bowed my head in honour
Of all those left
Left alone.

On the field of war and anger
In the battle
No one wins alone.

I heard the wild goose call
Come
Come bring your brave soldiers home.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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Snow Has Fallen

November 9, 2018

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Snowy Deck Chairs ~ Photo by Patrice

Snow has fallen
Blanket soft and white
Caressing slumber
In a quiet night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Trouble Is I Haven’t Seen The Light

November 8, 2018

Eclipse of the Moon ~ Photos by Patrice

Trouble is I haven’t seen the light
Radiating thru the darkness
Thru the night.

No one
Calls my name
No one holds my hand.

Alone in the quandary
Where oh where
Do I stand.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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Do I Tell The Stories

November 7, 2018

Connie's Airedales ~ Watercolour by Patrice

Do I tell the stories
I know
Or do I let them go.

My heart doesn’t know
The way
The way I should go.

My spirit tells me
Feel the earth
Breathe the skies.

And the beings that live
Purely
Will guide you, they’ll never lie.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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The Answer

November 6, 2018

Circle of Wood ~ Photo by Patrice

Sought to seek the answer the spirits speak
Never once thinking to look inside
To see the answer that I need
The answer, which is here inside of me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson -2018

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Let Me Write Something Smart And Clever

November 5, 2018

Winter Orchid ~ Photo by Patrice

Let me write
Something smart and clever
Telling the world
Secrets they didn’t know.

Pour my thoughts out
Convey all the things
I understand
And now know.

Hope they show
Compassion, loving kindness
And a knowledge given me
That til then I didn’t know.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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Golden Leaves Swaying

November 2, 2018

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Golden Fall ~ Photo by Patrice

Golden leaves swaying
On a November breeze
Floating, cascading down
Landing on soon to be
Frozen, winter ground.

Woods are silent, hushed, listening
To the still quiet as a hunter lurks
Waiting to kill in the midst
Of golden leaves falling, raining down
Upon barren, dying ground.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Spoke

November 1, 2018

Courageous Rottie ~ Watercolour by Patrice

I spoke to you
You spoke to me
Together we spoke of majesty.
~ Patrice 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018

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The World Doesn’t Leave Me

October 31, 2018

Chairs in Arbua ~ Photo by Patrice

The world doesn’t leave me far behind
It holds me, helps me
Giving all I need
All
That’s divine.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2018