Faith is like a Shimmering Veil – by Jane Beal
Faith is like a shimmering veil. You can’t see through it. It’s like a cold shower. It wakes you up early and makes you shout, “O God!” Faith is like running on the sand...
Summer Light – by JoyAnne O’Donnell
The blue sky sings with the summer's flowers
white daisies the color of clouds wonders
the sand so soft blessing us
freeing our spirit's bus
to rest and revive
to wonder and survive.
Poetry Corner – Volume 17
Poetry Corner
May 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
Bill Carpenter
and his guest Kathleen O'Kula
Peace
My fist opens
in a blossom of fingers
palm exposed
its five petals
no longer a hammer
or a club
but a cup
or a bowl
or if joined
with another
a link
in...
Poetry Corner – Volume 16
Poetry Corner
April 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
Ryk McIntyre
and his guest Matthew Richards
Leonardo Loves Me, This I Know
(After the Mona Lisa)
Slight smiles are like chameleons – if one showed itself
to you, how would you know...
Poetry Corner – Volume 15
Poetry Corner
March 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
D.A. Wils
and her guest Stacee Lee Melville
The Gardener
I looked up and saw his dark hands,
so wide and soft,
Holding a vibrant green stem
with a yellow bud resting atop its...
Poetry Corner – Volume 14
Poetry Corner
February 2012 Silent Lotus' Selected Poets'
Malcolm Davidson
and his guest Irene Sherlock
Flying
If I could move on tapered wing
By feathered flight my mind would soar
To see this world through minted eye.
The social walls that kept...
Poetry Corner – Volume 13
Poetry Corner
December 2011 silent lotus' Selected Poets'
Jon Wolston
and his guest Kelley White PASSION OF THE FIRST ASCENT
What have I got against wisterias,
hacking away at them
as they round the corner,
find the downspout,
and ascend skyward,
leaving brown curlicues
to...
Poetry Corner – Volume 12
For the inner ear, the voice of the vessel of silence is an embrace
felt by an infinite number of scribes.
It is my wish to offer here an oasis of present day poetic
pens.
Each month i...
Poetry Corner – Volume 11
For the inner ear, the voice of the vessel of silence is an embrace
felt by an infinite number of scribes.
It is my wish to offer here an oasis of present day poetic
pens.
Each month i...
Poetry Corner – Volume 10
For the inner ear, the voice of the vessel of silence is an embrace
felt by an infinite number of scribes.
It is my wish to offer here an oasis of present day poetic
pens.
Each month i...