Posts Tagged ‘photo by Patrice’

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Sometimes

October 13, 2015

Trumpet Flower - Photo by Patrice

Sometimes the world will cry
Sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes the rain will wash away
The hurt, the anger and the pain
Sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes I need to say
I’ll cry but only for today
Sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Gone Into The Wonder

October 7, 2015

Fall Leaves ~ Photo by Patrice

Gone into the wonder of the moment
Delving into the presence I feel
No heart beats just a moment
No heart can repeal
The sound lost from the moment
It’s just a wonderful wonder of a moment
Allowing me to feel.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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When I Die

October 5, 2015

morning glories ~ Photo by Patrice

When I die and go to bed
Let me lie and not instead
Listen to the world around
Singing happy, coursing songs.

Let me not beneath the soul
Hear a call of some callous foe
Let me think of not just dread
When I die and go to bed
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Nothing Really Happens

October 1, 2015

Nothing really happens until I decide to live the life given
No one else is responsible for anything of mine
My part must be played
Paramount above everything.

Last used Oct. 1/15

Look to yourself
Look within, inside
Answers are there
Waiting to be tried.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Hearing The World Turn

September 24, 2015

Rising Fiddle Head ~ Photo by Patrice

Hearing the world turn
Is
A wondrous thing.

The magic of the morning
The breath of spring
Calling forth summer and all that it brings.

Fall’s bounty feeding
Getting ready for the cold of winter
Snowflakes hiding everything.

My breath goes in and out
Taking in all these things
That are about.
~ Patrice  

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Hummingbird

September 22, 2015

Last used Sept. 22/15

Hummingbird safe on your journey be
Many pleasures I’ve had watching ye

Time has come and I must let it be
Trust your flight south is a safe journey

In the cool fall light you make yourself ready
Ready for that long flight

Flower to flower do you fly
Sharing pollen, drinking til dry

Maybe next summer I’ll see you again
Humming beneath flowering stems

Drinking sweet nectar alongside some bees
Enjoying the warmth and raising a family

Right now though, all I see is a hummingbird
Getting ready for that phenomenal journey

Wishing you safe, wishing you well
Make it there and please, come back as well.
~ Patrice  

Note: As I finished writing this poem and rereading it out loud out on our deck, a hummingbird came up so close i could feel the air movement from her wings on the side of my head. She hovered a few seconds then flew away. I have not seen a hummingbird since. Amazing. I like to think she said goodbye too.

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Whatever Happens

September 17, 2015

Awed Rock ~ Photo by Patrice

Whatever happens maybe extreme
It doesn’t mean
I have to accept it or labour beneath it’s screams
Of hurt, anger and unnecessary demeans.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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Definitely

September 15, 2015

Definitely
Going to save the day

Definitely
Going to remember it well

Definitely
Going to savour every piece of it

Definitely
Going to live it

And

Definitely
Going to harbour
Its wondrous thoughts as well.
~ Patrice  

Red Geraniums ~ Photo by Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015

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I Know

September 10, 2015

Art Student ~ Photo by Patrice

Had a thought
Of someone
Not anyone I know.

Heard songs singing
With words
I didn’t know.

Seen ones I know exist
But for me I know
I do not know.

All very strange for me
Yet comforting to know
They did and do exist.

Alongside me and those
I definitely
Do now know.
~ Patrice

© Patrice Clarkson – 2015