General-Literary Poems

Posting these literary poems where people can enjoy them pleases me. Even poems that have landed in books, magazines, or anthologies will find a wider audience here, while poems used to the quiet solitude of my desk drawer will get to see the light of day and meet readers like you! (Art fans: Look for literary poems inspired by the work of well-known photographers and painters.) Please request permission by email, including full copyright information on each copy made. For internet use, a link back to this website is required.

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Adolphe Valette

In Weather

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in General-Literary Poems

©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson

valette, adolphe

art image by Adolphe Valette, Rooftops Manchester

I went to England once.
London, not Manchester.
Rained cold, a bit sideways.
Dark, dreadful, dingy.
Under the weather.
I ran watered streets.
Unbooted, blithely undone.
Up, down, willy nilly.
Slowed through Piccadilly.
Magic.

dreaming

Under Cover

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in General-Literary Poems

©2015 Susan Noyes Anderson
dream-2011 Jacek Yerka
Image: The Dream, by Jacek Yerka

I draw my sleep beneath a golf ball moon,
where verdant trees sprout tiny, ticking clocks.
Deep waters hold me close in rippled arms,
enfold me in a soft, white bed of rocks.

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