The Ballad of St. Joan:
A Cautionary Tale
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Joan didn’t want to sing next week.
What happened to free choice?
She didn’t need a chance to grow;
she had a perfect voice.
Life Lessons Poems
Writing “life lessons” poems is one of the ways I connect with and learn from life. They help me move myself through the inevitable ups and downs with as much grace as possible. And what better way to find grace than in the words of a poem? Thank you for gracing me with your presence here, and don’t forget to send a request my way before using my life lessons poems. (Please include full copyright information on every copy. For internet use, a link back to the poem on this site is required.)
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, 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.
The Ballad of St. Joan:
Prince Charming and Other Myths
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
If all your world is painted blue,
Then no one else can change your view.
No pretty words or handsome face
Will make your world a brighter place.
Vistas
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Who looks at the world
from a soaring height
with a lofty point of view
Life Flight
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
There is a time to test our wings…
to strike out on our own.
But those who go the distance
rarely choose to fly alone.
On Wishes, Sorrows, and Tomorrows
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson
I’d like to be a giving tree,
then I would shed for you
enough of leaves to keep you warm
and dry the winter through.
Life is Golden
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Are we condemned to take our lives for granted?
Must loss be felt (or feared) before the joy?
Does gratitude grow stale when goodness gathers,
when all is well with every girl and boy?
Life Has A Rhythm
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
life has a rhythm all its own
it bends and dips and flows
it moves through channels
swirls in eddies
goes and stops and goes
Neglect Not the Gift That Is in Thee…
©1999 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
The gift is given. Will we make a space
within the cluttered circles of our lives?
As mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and wives,
will we lay hold or run an endless race?