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  November 2022     4 months ago

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Silence Speaks Volumes

Into the shade of darkness falls,
emotions of fear and sorrow;
Emptiness lingers in the void,
with no purpose for tomorrow.

Yesterday's ghosts haunt every move,
disturbing all signs of hope;
Confusion casts its cryptic spell,
as anguished...

– by Frances McClelland

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SNOWFALL

Welcome it, everyone, with open hearts,
from the feathery wings of angels;
Its clarity washes away each tear,
and blankets us from all angles.

The evergreens swathed in oyster white,
exquisitely adorned with holly berries;
Which light up the...

– by Frances McClelland

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So Still, the Breeze

SO STILL, the BREEZE

the wind is shifting now throughout the willows,

it seems calmer and more peaceful than before;

I shake my head in quiet bemusement,

one never knows what the gods have in store.


Sitting on the jade-green grass...

– by Frances McClelland

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Stumbling among the Trees

Was I old enough too understand the reasons,
why God unfurled a myriad of seasons ?
An empty space--a relic--of years gone by,
let loose within my soul a youngster's sigh.

The shallowness that claimed my heart's corruption,
was old and torn...

– by Frances McClelland

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Robert Frost was John F. Kennedy's favorite poet and 'spoke' this one, among others, at his inauguration in 1961.

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A great poem for the Lenten Season.

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This is my poem from 2015, when I was a member of poetry.com. I see that many of my other poems are listed, too. "The Search" is one of my personal favorites and I hope others will enjoy it, too. Thank you, Fran McC. 

1 year ago

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