Poetry
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Before
Remember whenWe’d get lost in a crowdBump shoulders with a strangerEmmersed in the swelling musicA sound bigger than all of us Remember whenWe’d smile at the elderly womanIn the grocery storeBrowsing the same aisleAnd she would smile backAnd lean her wrinkled face towardsOur sticky toddlerTo say helloAnd remind us how fast childhood goes Remember whenWe’d Continue reading
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The Poetry Marathon
Today I participated in The Poetry Marathon. Basically, you sign up and commit to writing a poem every hour for 12 hours (the half marathon) or 24 hours for the full marathon. I decided to do the half marathon because I need my beauty sleep. I signed up last minute in hopes to kick myself Continue reading
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Divine Unknowns
In the stillness of the morningI close my eyesand feel covered by a peacethat warms the sensitiveskin of my soulfragile and yearning for comforta warm cup of obsoletesin a room of shivering uncertainties I don’t have a cluebut I’ll stay inside the mysterythis land of unknownsit’s wild and open and free I’d rather be here Continue reading
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This Morning’s Analysis
I came to the conclusion while walking today that the amount of effortlessly formed words is directly linked to the amount of time spent under tall trees allowing their safe branches to shelter me I discovered the desire to create is fueled by the smells of green and growth and staying indoors is Continue reading
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My Heart Is An Open Window
My hands are ready to create something new My soul is open to all that is true Come in however You wish please do Thousands of miles across the world New colors paint streaks in my head Red, green, and gold overcome cobwebs This goes against all I have been told This story of beauty Continue reading
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Help “All Things Become New” For My Niece Sierra
This darling girl is my *almost* two-year-old niece, Sierra. She is one of twin girls, born to my brother and sister-in-law Davis and Mindy. Sierra is special, and though I’ve only had the privilege of meeting her once, she holds and special place in my heart. Sierra, like my younger brother Robert, was born with Continue reading
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Ten Senses
I’ve been given a new set of senses whether I use them or not is up to me a willow tree’s skirt sways in the breeze beyond where I sit, toes brushing a green carpet could this be the longing we’ve all been slowly dying over? to see all that we have, this abundant world Continue reading
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Grace My Feet- Life Changes, Writing & Itineration
Check it. Comments, opinions, please. I’ve been wanting to do videos to my poems for awhile, I did one a few years back, but it got deleted when my youtube account was hacked. In the future, I hope to actually get more video and less pictures, but we will see. Side note/bragging excitement: This Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 