Cancer Drains, Love Remains
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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A quiet room, a sterile room,
cold womb for the unwilling.
I sat there feeling quite alone,
my cup of sorrow filling.
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Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.
What Does Christmas Mean?
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
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What does Christmas mean to me?
A mother in a manger bed,
a holy infant’s cradled head,
the shepherds and the wise men led.
That’s what Christmas means.
Chemo: A Walk into the Jungle
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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It’s good, sometimes, to recognize
your fear and give it space,
to realize what’s eating you
so you can give it grace –
to walk into the jungle’s lair
with eyes wide open, knowing
that crocs and cobras watch and wait,
while jaguar eyes are glowing.
On Cairns and Aiming High
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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I’m attracted to cairns, and
I think I know why.
I do love a good rock, and these
point toward the sky.
The foundation is solid, a
wide, flat, smooth stone –
placed and chosen with care
to bear weight on its own.
hope street
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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come on, let’s kick it
feel the beat
swing those arms, bruh
groove them feet
Ours to Own
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Even the peaceful soul must know distress.
Knowledge was never gleaned from nothingness.
Duress is key, yet joy brings lessons too.
Bitter and sweet (combined) divine what’s true.
Hope-Note to Self
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Hope was not meant
to lock in the result
that we hope for.
Hope is simply a force
to ease burdens and
light our way through.
O Sacred Sea
©2024 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Life is a sea –
an ever-changing flow,
awash in sights and sounds
we come to know,
our spirits free.