Musings on Faith
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Faith is a simple, splendid thing:
the substance of things that are not seen,
the evidence that hope is real,
the choice to trust in what we feel.
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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.
Come Into My Parlor
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson
“I’m not getting any younger,”
said the spider to the fly.
“When into my web you blunder,
could you let me know you’re nigh?
A Family is Born
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson
Man and woman.
Heaven’s grace
reaching, touching
altar’s lace.
Disapproval
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children – photograph by Anita Schiller
The old regard the new
with disapproving view,
resentful of the day
ebullience slips away.
The Priesthood: Sword and Shield
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson
I am not comfortable with war
and yet, through history,
the proof that battles must be fought
is starkly clear to me.
The Leavening Gift of Atonement
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
The gift is blood and sacrifice
to free us all from sin.
The prize is God’s own kingdom,
ours to shun or enter in.
Open the Windows of Heaven
© 2011 Susan Noyes Anderson
I ask you, Will a man rob God?
My heart would answer nay.
It’s hard to think a child of His
would thus be led astray.
The Ballad of St. Joan:
A Cautionary Tale
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Joan didn’t want to sing next week.
What happened to free choice?
She didn’t need a chance to grow;
she had a perfect voice.