Pagosa Springs Artists

Poems by Subject by Bonnie J. Manion

The published poetry of Bonnie J. Manion:

Poems on NATURE

A Land Before Time -- A Very Brief History of Time --
After the Storm -- Autumn Immolation --
Birth of A Rose -- Breath of Spring --
Butterfly Under Glass -- Driving to Clifden --
Gifts of the Rain -- Harvest Time --
Illinois Prairie -- Ireland in Summer --
Irish Solstice -- March of the Clouds --
Miracle of Miracles -- Out of the Storm --
Quiddling With the Wind -- Recipe for a Universe --
September -- Storm Clouds --
The Grass -- Wildflowers of the Midwest --

Poems on RELATIONSHIPS

A Daughter -- A Son --
A Daughter, A Son -- A Haiku on Harmony --
A Red Blouse -- Affectionately Yours --
At The Beginning -- Binary Stars --
Chosen Child -- Chrissie's Garden --
Dad's Hat -- Embers --
Embers (version I) -- First Time, Last Time --
Flown Away -- Forgiveness --
Hands -- Into Me See --
Letting Loose -- More Real Than Photos --
On Burkas -- Our 44th Anniversary --
Our Pride and Joy -- The Canvas of My Life --
The Gift -- The Issue --
The Wall You Built -- Tossed Salad --
You -- Your Irish Sweater --

SPIRITUAL Poems

A Candlewick -- A Night Like This --
A Son Of Man -- Afternoon Chapel Glow --
Be All My Good -- Call to Prayer --
Christ In Me -- Come --
Did You Find Jesus -- Didn’t He Say... --
Gifts And Grace -- Going to the Mountain --
Graced -- La Face de Jesus --
Life Without -- Lord, Have I Thee Betrayed? --
Love For Love -- Miracles --
Mother Teresa’s Paradise -- My Savior’s Smile --
My God -- Oh, Magnolia! --
One In The Spirit -- Our Incomparable God --
Passage -- Plan of the Great I AM --
Rain in the Desert -- Reflections --
Sacramental Wine -- Son of God, Image of Love --
Such A God -- The Beloved Disciple --
The Donkey -- The Face of Christ --
The Host of Heaven -- The Mystery of God --
The New Jerusalem -- The Passion of Our Creator --
The Virgin’s Child -- True Praise --
What I Believe -- What You Are --
With Tenderness Told -- Worthy the Lamb --
Young Woman Or Man -- Your Call --

INSIGHTFUL Poems

A Late Snow -- A Merciful Heart --
A Near Drowning -- A Place I Go --
A Sum of The Parts -- Adolescence --
An Artist -- Arena in the Garden --
Becoming One Today -- Black and White Magic --
Coming of Age -- Everyman --
Finding Wings -- Green Is Forever --
Hope -- Interior Journey --
Magnolia Mine -- Making Music --
Mystic Bombast -- New Days --
On the Importance of Wonder -- Pathways --
Poppy Fire -- Resolutions --
Show Me -- Some of Life´s Mysteries --
The Prodigal’s Brother -- The World We See --
True Praise -- Twilight Zone --
Whence This World -- Wrapped Up In Me --

NOSTALGIC Poems

Acrid, The Taste of Rage -- Amish Shopping --
An Autumn Drive In The Country -- Chocolate Covered Raisins --
Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon -- Happy The Home --
My Childhood -- Ode to Green Mary Janes --
Return to Colorado -- Roller Coaster Years --
September Song -- The City --
The Carousel --

HUMOR

A Horse, Of Course -- Cats are Carnivores --
Cocoon -- Cornstalk Army --
Fireflies -- Great Blue Heron --
Haikus of Black And White Magic -- Humankind --
Newton’s Law -- No Christmas In Our House --
Ocean Cradle -- Rainsense --
Sale of a 1997 Jaguar -- The Visitor --
The Lemon -- Trains of Yore --
What Every Newborn Knows --

MELANCHOLY Poems

A Mother’s Tears -- Aborted Fetuses --
Anger -- Birth Pangs --
Crime of the Century -- During Chemo (version I) --
Entering Old Age -- Falling Leaves, Falling Lives --
Feeling the Cold -- Forgetting How To Pray --
In This Moment -- Night Of My Soul --
Onion Age Haikus -- Pain --
Prayer of the Treetops -- Soulstain --
The Heavy Heart -- Two Weeks In --
Two Weeks In (version II) --

 

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