Browsing Archive: March, 2009
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 31, 2009,
In :
poetry
 The smell of pink
is a sweet perfume with
a touch of spice;
strong and delicate
all at once;
an intoxication to
boyish bees buzzed
with pink's allure.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 30, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Simple, round, all-seasonal grapes
are tender pop-and-eat fruits;
easy, requiring little effort to savor
the seductive gentleness that ferments
into a heady wine; inviting a leisured
afternoon in the shade of their
climbing, curling vines.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, March 27, 2009,
In :
poetry
 No guile in the banana,
what you see is what you eat,
raw-green or over-ripe brown,
these yellowing sickle-shaped
truth-tellers grow in
encouraging bunches atop
waving stalks of faithfulness. Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 24, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Apples require some cold weather,
some fortitude to scale their branches,
sink strong teeth into these honest
fruits of integrity, savoring the reward that
determined goodness brings.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 23, 2009,
In :
poetry
 A friendly kiss of kindness,
strawberries bear their seeds on the outside,
hearts on their sleeves,
tip their little green caps to passersby,
stems reaching out to form
compassionate handles of
sympathetic sharing.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, March 19, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Nothing much, I hear her say
and feel her smile at the
funeral home's metal grave marker
still there one year later.
Just the way she would have wanted it,
modest,
quiet,
next to her son,
a humble life of huge faith
marked simply and with dignity.
Harvest flowers and a scarecrow
still bright into the Spring,
drying stems of flowers
left long ago and one
empty-handed friend who came
just to remember. Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, March 15, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Pock-marked orange requires
patience to open; its careful
but deliberate peeling needs
a strong hand; hast will
ruin the sunshine-flavored segments;
this calm fruit rolls easily
wherever it travels, a wheel
within a sphere. Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, March 13, 2009,
In :
poetry
Blanketey-soft sun-blushed skin
quietly breaks with little resistance to
reveal a peaceful sweetness
all its own; peaches grow on
smallish trees, easy to
reach for children who suck
its large stone-seed,
carry in their pockets a
promise to plant.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 11, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Pink juicy drips from red-happy fruit,
watermelon grins on sticky chins,
smiling green rind left behind;
black seeds dribble to the ground
sprout trailing vines that tickle the earth,
grow round and happy with joy. Continue reading ...
 Cookie dough ice cream
in a waffle cone
for breakfast is
why God made
Saturday mornings
and grandmothers. Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, March 7, 2009,
In :
poetry
 Round-bottomed, slender-necked,
sun-browned skin, Bosque pears rock
gently together in their shared bowl,
soft-sweet love fruit leaves a strong core
to be planted and grown deep in good soil;
a wholesome white-flowering harvest.
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 Ducks in the sun,
all in a row;
lacy hearts,
shadows grow.
Setting sun,
window glows;
tiny rose buds and
blue ribboned bows.
Day is done,
dreams hello;
duck in the sun,
all in a row.
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Every day has a poem. I watch, I listen, I think, I pray. When I hear a poem, I write it down. Sometimes I find a picture that illustrates the day. I am always surprised. I hope you will be, too.
A writer of many genres, Sally Clark loves living in a small town with her husband where their grown children and five grandchildren all live within walking distance. Crowded with relationships, busy with activities, Sally takes refuge on the balcony of their old Victorian house - the perfect place to pen her thoughts.
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