Posts Tagged ‘Patrice Clarkson’

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We All Sit Here

November 22, 2016

Finches at Feeder ~ Photo by Patrice

We all sit here
Giving not a thought of summer’s hot
Seeds drop here and there
We flutter about with what seems
Not a care
Blissful in winter’s coat
We peck and munch
No time to crack a silly joke.

Santa’s’ coming soon
We hear
But to him we don’t give a care
For we see him
Flying in
Bringing packages
None which
Are for me, you, I or him,

We just sit here
Eating seeds
Life’s good it appears
It seems.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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Knowing Who I Am

November 21, 2016

Study of hands and paint brushes ~ Illustration by Patrice for New Chalice Brushes

Knowing who I am is hard to acknowledge
When the world tries its damnedest
To change what I am.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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I Dreamed Last Night

November 18, 2016

Patrice's avatarPatrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

I dreamed last night
And
I don’t know why.

I dreamed last night
Of a time gone by
Of power and might
And travel
At the speed of light.

I dreamed last night
The world is old
We have been here
For years untold.

I dreamed last night
Of losing power and might
Living
In bewilderment and strife.

I dreamed last night
From elsewhere we came
On a flash of light
Brightening the sky
Lighting the night.

This I dreamed last night.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

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I May Not

November 17, 2016

Loving ~ Photo by Jennifer Clark

I may not be rich
BUT
I’m wealthy beyond my wildest dreams.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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Asking Why

November 16, 2016

Longhaired Kitty ~ Watercolour Painting by Patrice

Always asking why
Not knowing
Why I ask
Or just what
The reason is.

Looking round
I see
So much to be
Thankful for
For me.

Can’t understand
Why
Why I’m always
Wondering
Asking why.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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When Everything Is Obscure

November 14, 2016

Soulful Tree at Eugina Falls ~ Photo by Patrice

 

 

 

 

When everything is obscure
Upside down
In the loo
How can I think
Pleasant thoughts
Laugh or cry with hilarity?

Nope
Not happening

Crushed, lonely
I trudge ahead
Feeling chains
Of impending dread
A smile cannot cross
My doomed face
All joy is gone
It’s been erased.

Why I live
Why I die
An answer comes
Slowly
As I cry.
~ Patrice

 

 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

 

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I Close My Eyes Just To Feel My Heart

November 11, 2016

Dedicated to those that served and gave all

 

Patrice's avatarPatrice’s Art & Poetry Blog

Dedicated to Sue, who has lost her beloved horse, Yorkie.
Our thoughts are with you.

I close my eyes just to feel my heart
Feel the pain
Please make it to depart
Lost to all never more to be
The call I loved and adored from thee.

Feel the sadness reign
Beginning down the path
Of no gladness, ecstasy
Only sadden, weeping pain.

You have gone, lost to me
Remorse is not the word
I need or want to see
Tears once of joy shattered
Left, gone no more to employ
Only rivers long, tragic and so deep
Flowing with overwhelming sadness
Do they weep.

Brought down to my knees
Blows of anguish
Anger
Morose disbelief.

Truly thought you’d live forever
Now know is never going to be
Love you ever
Ever please believe
Wanted never
You to leave me never
Ever leave me never please.

Now gone I oh so…

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When I Think

November 9, 2016

Vince's Border Terrier ~ Watercolour by Patrice

When I think
My heart, my soul
Believe the right will come
Will be bestowed.

When I think can’t think
About what could have been
Can’t speculate on how
It came about
What now has been.

When I think I open up
My heart, my soul
To the world’s best
The light that guides
That lets me hear
The way to go.

When I think all is done
My heart, my soul
Laugh and say
Don’t ever think the best is gone
Or all hope is dead.

When I think, I know
We will survive, we will grow
We will make a life
The envy of
My heart, my soul.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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Only Can Hope

November 8, 2016

American Flag

Only can hope and pray
That everything today
Everything
Will turn out okay.
~ Patrice

Good Luck America! 

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016

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Have You Seen

November 7, 2016

Fall Leaves ~ Photo by Patrice

Have you seen
The adventures that have been
Have you seen?

Have you seen anything
That would help alleviate the pain
Make the world a better place
Secure with all kinds of gain
Have you seen?

Have you seen all
That is laid out on the landscape
To the end
Of the world’s horizon line
Have you seen?

Have you seen
The things that I too
Have seen resting near and far
Part of nature’s plan
Living life growing right
Have you seen?

Have you seen
Have you seen, seen anything?
~Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2016