Say It with Flowers
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
Has it really been a decade
since you were in my arms?
Ten years ago, I bid farewell
to you and all your charms.
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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.
It’s Complicated
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Ali Muftuogullari on Unsplash
I want to say
the worth of a puddle
is in the scenery it reflects.
Empathy
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Photo by Marina Vitale on Unsplash
Of all the treasures in the earth
and underneath the sea,
no prize is valued more than this,
nor held more gratefully:
The Way (I Wish) We Were
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Cristina Glebova on Unsplash
In days gone by the town turned out,
dressed up in Sunday best,
to decorate the graves of men
who’d gone on to their rest.
who’d gone on to their rest.
Zada: (def.) “The Lucky One”
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: The Meal by Paul Gauguin
Zada was woman, “the lucky one.”
She fed them from her rich, round bowl—
the milk of human kindness, poi of pain.
Vitellus
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
image by djajakarta on Deviant Art
Protected by the
dark, we cling
to blind security.
We’re yellow at
the center
egg whites of our
eyes won’t see.
Sing Sweet the Song
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
photo by ParkeHarrison
Humble yourself as a little child
and crawl into the nest.
With barren head and unshod feet
draw peace into your breast.
What Lack I Yet?
©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson
A grateful son knelt down to pray,
determined at the end of day
to bow himself beneath the rod
and consecrate his soul to God.