©1993 Susan Noyes Anderson

A gaggle of giggling ghosts gathered gaily
to groan in the graveyard one night.
They glided so gracefully, Griggsby the groundskeeper
gasped at the glorious sight.

©1981 Susan Noyes Anderson

©1987 Susan Noyes Anderson, The Ensign

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Cookies with red and green sprinkles on top
Holly and mistletoe, Mom kissing Pop
Ribbons to tie up each package with bows
Icicles, sleighbells, and Rudolph’s red nose

©1993 Susan Noyes Anderson

I’m in the doctor’s waiting room.
My mom is counting sheep.
The music they play here could put
an elephant to sleep.

©1997 Susan Noyes Anderson, At The End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book

Don’t wake me up.
Don’t pound my door.
I need more sleep.
I need much more.

©1981 by Susan Noyes Anderson

The house was resting on a slant
(perhaps a cracked foundation).
Inside a scene of chaos
and total devastation.

©1992 Susan Noyes Anderson

Of all the people
in the world
millions of guys
zillions of girls
of all the animals
there are
from Timbuktu
to Zanzibar

©1992, by Susan Noyes Anderson, Infinity Limited

They tell me
that I’m getting
thinner.
“Dwindling away to
nothing”
was the phrase.