Reflections at Close of Day, for Todd
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
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He left in his own
time, his chosen way.
I find in me
no spirit
to begrudge it.
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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.
from the heart
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
city beat
city heat
miles of pavement
pulsing feet
Still Waters
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
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image by Annie Lang on UnsplashO be not lulled by placid sea
nor lapping waves
of harmony
Brillig Lost, and Found
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
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How have we been
reduced to this?
A pound of pain,
an ounce of bliss.
Life’s bloom is off
the wilting rose.
Our goose is cooked,
and so it goes.
Sisters Weekend
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It started with Moonlight
and Valentino and candles,
with life rushing by
us, eroding our
edges too fast.
Lookin’ Good!
©2006 Susan Noyes Anderson
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You say your face is not quite right.
Your haircut is all wrong.
Your chin goes in. Your jaw goes out.
Your nose is far too long.
Hoop Dreamer
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
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If I can get bigger and taller and tougher
and leaner and meaner and stronger and rougher,
then I can play basketball better and better,
and they’ll call me shooter and hoopster and netter!
Total Recall
©2006 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Sometimes
for no good reason
after a late meeting
or before the jogathon