Secrets of the Sea
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
When my own tides are at low ebb,
I stand beside the sea.
Bright waves of truth I used to know
come washing over me.
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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.
A Most Creative Calling
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
Motherhood
I grew up in a simpler time,
when roles were more defined.
Perhaps I should have felt constrained.
In truth, I did not mind.
God Watches Out for Me
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
Art by David Bowman
In ways I cannot always see,
I know God watches out for me––
His loving instinct to protect
expressed as I might not expect.
Weathering: Seasons of Adversity
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
Tonight the lights blew out on me
at 12:06 AM.
The darkness swept in like the sea;
the power’s out again.
Depression: Cornering the [Black] Market
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Gianfranco Grenar on Unsplash
You don’t understand me,
he said.
No one knows
of the suffering
stored in my soul.
Taking Back the Knack
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Dingzeyu Li on Unsplash
I think I may have lost the knack
that surely was my stock in trade
in days gone by. The years have made
me less adept. I’ve gone off track.
A Postcard Wave (from Sue to Dave)
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
Just jotting down a word or two
to let you know that I love you
and need you, too, if truth were told.
(The bathroom grout is sprouting mold.)
Easter Means More
©2017 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Pisit Heng on Unsplash
Easter means more to those who know
the echo of a voice unheard,
the sound of silence in the air,
the loss that leaves no parting word.