Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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Everything

August 19, 2024
Everything ~ Photographer unknown

Holy matrimony
Does not mean pure bliss
All you’d hope it be 
Everything.

For there are times, there are places
No married person wants to
Experience
Times that seem they never end 
Everything.

But the love you feel 
The happiness, the laughter
All the intimate times
Are what will carry you thru
Everything. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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The Water Weeps

August 16, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

The Water Weeps ~ Photo by Patrice

The water weeps to the ground 
Soaking all 
Saturating a thirsty ground. 

Flowers dance between 
The raindrops moist 
Blooming, sacrificing all 
It is their choice. 

Clouds thunder 
Marching across the sky 
No time for plunder 
For something in the distance 
Has caught their eye. 

Now I stand amidst this 
I’m part of this 
The earth, the wind, the sky 
All this happening round 
I feel it, feel so profound. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Wish I Knew

August 14, 2024
Wish I Knew ~ Photo by Patrice

Wish I knew what
to do

wish I knew what tomorrow
would bring

Wish I knew the best path
to take

Oh how
I wish

Wish I knew. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Not Sure

August 13, 2024
Not Sure ~ Photo by Patrice

Not sure why
Anything is. 

Not sure how
The earth came to be
Nor if it’s existed
More than an eternity. 

Not sure why
My heart does pound
When I feel your presence
Next to mine. 

Not sure I’ll be here
Laughing, crying with my family
Til the sun sets
On all humanity. 

Not sure
Not sure I want to be. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Quietly I Said

August 12, 2024
Quietly I Said ~ Watercolour by Patrice

Quietly I said those words
I know you dread.

The ones  
that show you
for what you really are.

Quietly I said
quietly with no malice
no anger or dread.

I wish you too
could hear my words.

And  quietly 
quietly change the way
you say the words
to be said. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Not Sure, Not Sure Why

August 9, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

Not Sure, Not Sure Why ~ Photo by Patrice

Not sure, not sure why 
the world turns the way it does 
clouds stream across the sky 
birds sing and cows call. 

I stand in the midst of it all 
and 
I’m not sure 
not sure why. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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Tortured Souls Come

August 8, 2024
Tortured Souls Come ~ Photo by Patrice

Tortured souls come
then
they go
their breath is putrid 
their eyes aglow
screaming voices pierce the air
no quiet
nothing, nothing
I want to share.

I stand here 
thinking. . .

Does someone care? 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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I Can’t Believe

August 7, 2024
I Can't Believe ~ Illustration by Patrice

I can’t believe
the things I see
I need 

Maybe tomorrow
I’ll be better able to handle
all that comes at me 

Maybe then
I’ll smile, relax
and
know it was meant to be 

Meant
just for me. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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Nothing To Say

August 6, 2024
Nothing To Say ~ Photo by Patrice

Nothing
To say
Nothing to do
Just sitting here
Listening
Listening to the likes of you. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2024

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No Matter What

August 2, 2024

Patrice Clarkson’s Blog

No Matter What ~ Watercolour by Patrice

No matter what 

The earth turns 
bringing light and warmth 
on a summer day. 

No matter what 

Filling oceans up 
creating life in the water 
dirt and the sky. 

No matter what 

She moves 
speaking words of love 
heard by those quiet enough 

No matter what. 
~ Patrice  

@ Patrice Clarkson – 2020

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