Happy New Year!

Closed

©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson

from His Children by Schiller (photos) and Anderson (poems)

 

photo by Anita Schiller      

Times Square with all its cheer

cannot revive a year.

And no amount of pique

will slow a passing week.

No force on earth can stay

the closing of a day.

So give in…Count some sheep.

The dawn will keep.

∞§∞

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The View

©2003 by Susan Noyes Anderson

At times, we look out on the world

and gain a clearer view,

but often we must fall to earth

to witness what is true.

∞§∞

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Finding Brillig

Finding Brillig

aka Rocking the Jabberwock

©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson

We all step through the looking glass,

but each one takes a different ride.

Some fall head-first like Alice did,

while others choose a measured stride.

Who trusts enough to nibble life

will grow or shrink accordingly.

Who waits and watches from afar,

will likely find herself at sea.

Beware the Jabberwock, indeed,

but neither yield nor disappear.

Just glance back through the looking glass

and wave and whisper, "I'm still here!"

∞§∞

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

–The King, Alice In Wonderland.

This poem included in His Children

with different artwork, namely photos by Anita Schiller.