Tag: poems by Patricia harris

Pad challenge Day 13

Living

By Patricia Harris

Living,
Unlike dying,
Is a way to
Splash hope
everywhere.

Dying is the end,
No way to start
The attempt again…

Living allows you
To pivot to another
Direction for the
Light to shine on.

Pad challenge Day 12

Deja Vu

By Patricia Harris

It’s funny that I feel
Like I have been here before
Standing here watching
My life walking out the door.

It’s funny that I feel
Like I said that before,
Goodbye I love you more
Than you can even know…

Is my life stuck on repeat?
An unintentional loop,
Where I stand at the edge
Wondering
If I have anything left to lose?

Ars Poetica Day 12

So much of poetry
Is a subjective thing…
Words, emotions,
Metaphors, and swing…

Sometimes catharsis comes
Just from the attempt
To find poetry in the way
Words come out on paper.

Pad challenge Day 11

Memory

By Patricia Harris

It is such a funny thing
That which memory brings,
Sometimes it is just a
Sound, a smell, or a word
That triggers the return…

Other times it is a waterfall
Of sensation washing
Over the overstimulated brain.

Pad challenge Day 10

Create Better

By Patricia Harris

When you find
The whole world
Is at a downward spiral,
Create Better,
Make it a place
Where hope can thrive,
Make it a place
That feels alive!

And when you feel naught
Except for doubt,
And your mind is
Full of darkness and clouds,
Create Better,
Teaching yourself
To believe that you have
All that you could ever need.

Ars Poetica Day 10

When is the poem
More form than thought?
Complicated rules
To dictate the way that
Words are written on the page.

The poet’s soul
Should not be limited
By the meter and the rhyme.
Writing poetry is
Freely bleeding on the page,
And choosing rules
Part of the time.

Pad challenge Day 9

Love can still hurt

By Patricia Harris

Just because I love you,
And believe that I do…
That does not mean
Words slung in anger
Will not hurt all the same.

Love is not the salve
That ends all wounds
Nor the fuel that
Launches you
over the moon…

Love can be the tie
That binds if you
Actually want to spend
Trust and time.

*poet’s note: this is the prompt that I usually skip. He does it for every PAD challenge and I don’t normally know what to write. It’s always a Tuesday thing… love or anti love. This time it sparked. So… some of the prompts just hit differently at the right time.

Ars Poetica Day 9

Tears of ink
In poetry form,
Cried until the poet
No longer has tears left
With which to write.

Then what should the poet do?
Pluck out the heart and
Serve it dry?

Ars Poetica Day 8

Writing poetry is
Just another art
Pick up the pen
And bleed the
Colors of your heart.

Your soul will be
Painted in your verse,
Clear and consise
In flowing words.

Pad challenge Day 7

Friendship

By Patricia Harris

I cannot explain how lucky
I feel to have you as my friend.
Sometimes, when the world is closing in
You seem to be able to keep it
From squishing me into my own mind.

You cannot seem to see
The darkness that I feel
Except for when you are
Around to light up my life.

Though luck is a empheral thing,
I am so very grateful for the luck
That to my life you have brung.