The Gathering
©2009 Susan Noyes Anderson
The greatest joy in life is found
where love and loyalty abound.
What sweeter sight…what dearer sound
than all the family, gathered round?
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.
The Wounded Heart
©2009 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
To every heart, a wound must come;
no soul is free from this.
Some enemy or friend will deal
a blow that breaks your bliss.
Tooth Traffic
©1996 Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops
I am losing my teeth
one by two, two by three;
and they’re growing back
crooked as crooked can be.
Right-Side-Up
©1995 by Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops
I’m glad the world is right-side-up
instead of upside-down.
With the oceans topsy-turvy,
I’m afraid someone might drown.
Hair Platoon
©1994 Susan Noyes Anderson, Poem Train
My hair marches across my head.
Left face. Right face. Full speed ahead.
A hair platoon, in disarray,
with soldiers who will not obey.
Pox Stampede
©1991 Susan Noyes Anderson, Clubhouse
The pox! The pox!
I’ve got the pox!
Behind my knees.
Under my socks.
Below my feet.
Between my toes.
Way down my throat.
Inside my nose.
Hat Trick
©1993 Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops
I have a bright red fireman’s hat.
My favorite toy, imagine that!
I help to put out fires and then
I climb back on my truck again.
Full Count
©1995 Susan Noyes Anderson, Fan
“You’re out! You’re out!
Strike Three! You’re out!”
“No way. Ball Four!
Ball four!” I shout.