In Search of Nectar
©1995 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
The hummingbird outside my window flies
to drink of bougainvillea wine each day,
enticed by rich, magenta-colored prey
to claim the sweetest nectar as her prize.
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.
On the Move II
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press
Our feet propel us swiftly through
this earthly promenade.
These words suspend the race: “Be still,
and know that I am God.”
On the Move I
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press
The world is flying by, and we?
As fast as wind, as free as air.
Our destination? We don’t know.
We’re much too busy getting there!
Musings
©1981 Susan Noyes Anderson
how did I get to be
me here today
on purpose
or did it just
An Apple for the Teacher
©2005 Susan Noyes Anderson
An apple for the teacher is
a custom tried and true,
a way of saying “thanks” for all
the good things teachers do.
As Bleakness Bows to Bounty
©2009 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Kundan Ramisetti on Unsplash
Oh tree, whose barren limb no comfort gives,
Whose nakedness no calming color brings,
cover in blossoms every soul that lives
and nest, in every heart, a bird that sings.
image by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash
The Savior’s Art
©1999 Susan Noyes Anderson, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Karisma Press
If I accept His sacrifice divine,
Returning love for love as He has done;
If I forget myself and touch the one
Whose sorrows weigh as heavily as mine;
Consecration Prayer
©1999 by Susan Noyes Anderson, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Karisma Press
I consecrate my soul to thee,
who died for me on Calvary;
this life devoted to thy care,
who hung and bled and suffered there;