Pagosa Springs Artists

Poems by Subject by Bonnie J. Manion

The published poetry of Bonnie J. Manion:

Poems on NATURE

A Very Brief History of Time -- 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 --
Chrissie's Garden -- Dad's Hat --
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 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 --
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 -- 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 -- Hope --
Interior Journey -- Magnolia Mine --
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 --
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) --
During Chemo (version II) -- 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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