Pagosa Springs Artists

Poems by Subject by 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 -- Quiddling With the Wind --
September -- Storm Clouds --
The Grass -- Wildflowers of the Midwest --

Poems on RELATIONSHIPS

A Daughter -- A Son --
A Daughter, A Son -- A Haiku on Harmony --
Affectionately Yours -- At The Beginning --
Binary Stars -- Dad's Hat --
Flown Away -- Forgiveness --
Into Me See -- More Real Than Photos --
On Burkas -- Our 44th Anniversary --
Our Pride and Joy -- The Canvas of My Life --
The Gift -- The Issue --
Tossed Salad --

SPIRITUAL Poems

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 -- 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 -- Coming of Age --
Everyman -- Finding Wings --
Interior Journey -- Magnolia Mine --
Mystic Bombast -- New Days --
Pathways -- Resolutions --
Show Me -- The Prodigal’s Brother --
The World We See -- True Praise --
Twilight Zone -- 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 -- Ode to Green Mary Janes --
Rainsense -- The Visitor --
Trains of Yore -- What Every Newborn Knows --

MELANCHOLY Poems

A Mother’s Tears -- Birth Pangs --
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 --

 

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