Life Lessons Poems

Writing “life lessons” poems is one of the ways I connect with and learn from life. They help me move myself through the inevitable ups and downs with as much grace as possible. And what better way to find grace than in the words of a poem? Thank you for gracing me with your presence here, and don’t forget to send a request my way before using my life lessons poems. (Please include full copyright information on every copy. For internet use, a link back to the poem on this site is required.)

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Chagall's clown and life

The Clown Speaks

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in General-Literary Poems, Life Lessons Poems

©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson

Marc Chagall – Head of a Clown

If I should wake up and be free
of all the people watching me
and say goodbye to tightrope walking,
big top, and calliope––
then would I search the silence deep,
embrace the parts of me that sleep,
let go of cotton candy dreams,
and hold to truth that I can keep.

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