The Keening
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
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image by Toa Heftiba on UnsplashYou died a man, yet in my heart,
you were my baby from the start…
my little blond-haired, blue-eyed boy…
solemn of thought, alive with joy.
Author Archive
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.
Wishing You Home
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
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My heart searches relentlessly
to find you in each day.
I close my eyes and reach for you
in spirit, far away.
Becoming Hurts
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Artem Kovalev on Unsplash
image by Artem Kovalev on UnsplashThe world has moved beneath my feet,
but I can still touch ground,
more apt to lose my footing, but
more grateful when it’s found.
The Reluctant (but resolute) Reader
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
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image by Olga Tutunaru on UnsplashI am the unwieldy book
you would rather not read
that opened up well but then
took a late turn for the worse.
And now, duty bound, you cannot
simply put me down firmly.
Compelled, you must finish your start,
every chapter and verse.
Notes on Grief: The Second Year
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
Sculpture: Melancolie, by Albert Gyorgy
A new level of missing you
has settled on my heart.
Year two, and I am still undone
by living life apart.
Lighting the World, A Nativity Poem
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
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The wonder of Christmas has always been mine.
It was given to me as a child.
Mother told me the tale of that first holy night,
and Christ’s light filled her eyes as she smiled.
2020 Vision
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Another year has come and gone…
another decade, too.
The message is that life goes on,
no matter what we do.
A Slice of Joy
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Waldemar Brandt on UnsplashI stood beside your grave one day,
not too long ago.
It was an extra visit, for
my heart was feeling low.