Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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Ouch And Help Went To Bed

June 12, 2014

Ouch and help went to bed.
Sharon's Kitty ~ photo by PatriceOuch yelled out cause help was dead.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Let Me Sit Under The Maple Tree

June 11, 2014

Fall Leaves ~ photo by Patrice

Let me sit under the maple tree.

Let my soul live far into eternity
Let me see my heart soar in ecstasy
Let me be one of the ones
Who carry the message to all that need.

Under the maple tree
Let me be me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Cautious, Calculating Moving Forward

June 10, 2014

Spring Lilacs ~ photo by Patrice

Cautious, calculating moving forward
In the realm of episodes unknown.

Breathtaking, wondrous love
Coming to the ones to be known.

No more heartache of all those parting
Breaking vows not yet known.

Can’t be sorry only this alone will create
A world full of beauty, this is known.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Not All I Am About

June 9, 2014

Brittainy ~ Watercolour by Patrice.

My running is not all I am about
But it is what keeps me physically healthy, grounded and at peace
Without it, I will have no focus, no inner peace.

My writing is not all I am about
But from it, I feel whole, in touch with who I am spiritually
I feel a calm, a calm fulfillment.

My art is not all I am about
It’s what I need, what I feel called to do
A yearning, a desire, a challenge, an ecstasy
It is who I am. Who I desire to be.

But not all I am about.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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I Saw Two Hummingbirds

June 5, 2014

 

Lily a hummingbird ~ Photo by Patrice

I saw two hummingbirds
At my feeder today.

They didn’t fight
They hovered and ate
Then, just flew away.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Help Is Here For Me

June 4, 2014

Blue Violets ~ Photo by Patrice

Help is here for me
I can see
I can see it in my destiny.

I know no one helps
With things like that
It must come from the help that
I see, feel and is inside of me.

I see help for me.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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I Write Today

June 3, 2014

I write today things I need to say
Things that can’t be left in the back of a sodden mind
Need to get them out
Need to see just what they’re all about.

Today
I will write them down
Whether they be trivial or profound
That’s what I’ll write down.
~ Patrice  

Pen Drawing ~ illustration by Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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An Old Soul Once Told Me

June 2, 2014

An old soul once told me
‘Be kind, gentle and above all full of courtesy’.

Makes no difference that old soul you see
Was a dog I knew
Oh, just so briefly.
~ Patrice

Kado ~ Photo by Scott and Lorraine

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Grateful Gratitude

May 30, 2014

Grateful gratitude
Thank you for your assistance
With deepest gratitude.

So helpful
Your smiling face full of grace
Mine full of gratitude
I thank you.
~ Patrice  

Puppy Love ~ photo by Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014

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Ralph Rides With Me

May 27, 2014

Ralph's Red Van ~ Photo by Patrice

 

 

 

 

Ralph rides with me
Just as long as he needs to see
I know everything and how it goes.

My jeep was dying piece by piece
When a friend said
“I know of a car that just might do”

Off we went to check it out
Ralph’s red van
Left as if he’d just stepped out.

I said yes to this red van
The one that belonged to
Ralph the Man.

I feel his presence beside of me
Cause you see, for a little while
Ralph rides with me.
~ Patrice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014