Poetry Corner: Beginnings and Endings

POETRY CORNER

– 4/20/16

Beginnings (L) Endings (R), two artworks by Stevie Strang.

(For Jeff)

Stevie Strang

I will survive
the shipwreck
and calla lilies
will bloom
once again

Stevie Strang is a poet and photographer living in the beach town of Laguna Niguel, CA. Dedicating her time to easing her mother’s later years, and sensitive to the trials we all encounter, she maintains her creative vitality and strong artistry. Stevie writes this poem as a gift for her son, Jeff. The trials of enduring the loss of dear friends to sudden catastrophe are so heartbreaking.

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In the Woods (Photo – Tom Clausen).

Tom Clausen

in the woods
the way things end up
quietly

Tom Clausen is a poet who walks each day in the Ithaca woods near his home. He collects the small and dramatic changes with his camera and small poems.

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Fallen Tree (Photo – Tom Clausen).

Giselle Maya

fallen
the old tree
still breathing
with caterpillars
and moss

mountain columbines
taken with roots from the forest
replanted
in stone-lined garden circle
of perennial delight

Giselle Maya lives in Provence and loves writing poems and prose in the Japanese genre. She writes daily in her journals: a garden journal with notes about surprises in the garden.

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Alexis Rotella

Haiga poem (tanka) and artwork by Alexis Rotella.

Artist, poet and dreamer Alexis Rotella, lives in Arnold, Maryland. She influences and inspires many with her dynamic and authentic voice.

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