Advent Blog

Tag: #poetryislife

  • All Around

    Kindness is all around It never fails to astound People come together We create a world of good forever Donations and funds for good To help the good be understood Demolish evil and bring peace So the love all around will never cease -Dinah S., age 11

  • The Summoning

    There is a battle that ensues In mind and body both Each fights within itself nonstop And both against the other too. The more my mind darts forth and back And far and wide and long and fast, The more my busy body sinks And aches and downward droops. As these two the battle goes…

  • Consider the Lilies

    Through heavy curtains Morning steals in– Gray, sullen, frowning, As though carrying a grudge Against yesterday’s tumultuous birth That scattered its gold everywhere, Bursting through windows, Streaking through the willows, Blushing the face of the pond, Then rousing soft twitterings Tucked under feathered wing. But this day arrives, perfunctory, On schedule since its Genesis. Duty…

  • The Dance

    Isn’t it all poetry? What we see What we sense What sounds reach What penetrates our depths What can poetry convey? What roads traversed What hills climbed What tears shed What stories told With acceptance and understanding of each other’s journey: Hands may entwine Differences can vanish Hearts might link Friendships can begin The dance…