Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
June 11, 2014

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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June 10, 2014

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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June 9, 2014

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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June 5, 2014

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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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

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014
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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

© Patrice Clarkson – 2014
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May 27, 2014

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
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