Redux
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: Resurrection Reunion 2 by Sir Stanley Spencer
Death is a many-splendored thing;
especially when it ends.
The shroud is shed; the raised heart sings
and everyone pretends
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.
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, simply read each snippet sample (usually the first four lines) to get a feel for the poem. When you find something you like, click “CONTINUE READING” to view the entire poem.
Maitresse
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: ballet – Danseuse ajustant sa brettelle by Edgar Degas
It’s music I remember most of all.
Soaring strains of winged Tchaikovsky,
brought to earth by steady beat
of wooden cane against a parquet floor.
No Bridges
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
love
Stand beside me.
Make me stretch
my branches high,
transcend the morning sky
with me; don’t count
my rings and ridges.
Time Stops for No One
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by crilleb50 – time
time stops for no one
but if i
sit down and freeze
blink neither eye
Unwind
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
What lovelier way to unwind can be found
than to visit a realm where ideas abound?
Mother and Child
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press
Photograph ©2003 Anita Schiller – on mothers
The world shows many faces;
every life holds sundry charms,
but universal is our yearning
for a mother’s arms.
Stone Cold Venus
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: Venus de Milo with Drawers by Salvador Dali
Greet the one all creation adores,
crowned the goad-ess of weddings and wars.
She is immortallized
as a feast for men’s eyes,
but she’ll not let them get in her drawers!
Secrets
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image: Not to be Reproduced by René Magritte
Closed book am I,
cover-only showing;
all bound and stitched
up tight against
the knowing.