With Hearts Flung Wide
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Anita Schiller from His Children
We make of Life an enemy or friend,
depending on our hospitality…
our choice to welcome Her or let Her be,
our right to denigrate or to defend.
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.
A Merry Heart
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Anita Schiller from His Children
A merry heart will not be bound
by winter snow or frozen earth.
No weathered brow or soil-stained cheek
can quell the buoyant lines of mirth.
Life Bends
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
R. A. D. Stainforth
A river flows around the bend;
no man can see what lies ahead.
What mysteries does this portend
to fill my heart with hope or dread?
Lifted
©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Portia Lee
On a quiet summer morning,
after night’s unbroken rest,
I look past the tree-framed window
and discover I am blessed.
4th of July: Song or Sigh?
©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Tom Code on Unsplash
Declaration of Independence.
Pilgrims’ feet, well-planted.
Heritage and brave forefathers:
all taken for granted.
The Fix Is In(side)
©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jaclyn Moy on Unsplash
My life is hard; she likes to say.
In fact, she says it every day.
Reliably and without fail,
Poor me has been her holy grail.
Collecting Peace
©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson
Photo by Christelle BOURGEOIS on Unsplash
Collecting is a testament
to life already lived –
a witness of the future
still in store.
Friends: The Lucky Ones
©2004 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage-Point Press
Photograph is ©2004 by Anita Schiller
My friend and I go all around;
together we are always found.
Sometimes we run and shout and play;
sometimes we sit upon the ground.