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 --
Fairy Arbor -- Gifts of the Rain --
Grandma’s Garden -- Hale’lea * --
Harvest Time -- Illinois Prairie --
Ireland in Summer -- Irish Solstice --
March of the Clouds -- Miracle of Miracles --
Out of the Storm -- Outside My Door --
Quiddling With the Wind -- Recipe for a Universe --
Sailing the Ocean Air -- 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 -- Letting Loose I --
Losing Innocence -- Lost Innocence II --
More Real Than Photos -- On Burkas --
Our 44th Anniversary -- Our First Thousand Days --
Our Pride and Joy -- Our Spiritual Divorce --
Postscript The Victim -- Spending on Sega --
Suspended -- 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... --
Fields of Praise -- 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 --
To Everything A Season -- 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 --
Born Again -- Coming of Age --
Doing Time -- Everyman --
Fear -- Finding Wings --
Green Is Forever -- Hope --
Interior Journey -- Joy --
Just Out of Sight -- 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 -- These Days --
True Praise -- Twilight Zone --
What I Felt, What I Heard -- Whence This World --
Wide Open Spaces -- Within Prison Walls --
Wrapped Up In Me --

NOSTALGIC Poems

Acrid, The Taste of Rage -- Amish Shopping --
An Autumn Drive In The Country -- Baby’s Love --
Chocolate Covered Raisins -- Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon --
Happy The Home -- My Childhood --
Ode to Green Mary Janes -- Return to Colorado --
Roller Coaster Years -- Seared Memories --
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 --
Lemon (V2) -- Microwave Wisdom --
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 -- Behind Prison Walls --
Birth Pangs -- Broken --
Crime of the Century -- Crystal Butterflies --
Damned -- During Chemo (version I) --
Entering Old Age -- Falling Leaves, Falling Lives --
Feeling the Cold -- Forgetting How To Pray --
Her Depression -- In This Moment --
Losing Touch -- Lost --
Museum of Wolves -- Night Of My Soul --
Onion Age Haikus -- Pain --
Pornography -- Prayer of the Treetops --
Remembering The Flood -- Resurrection --
Self Loathing -- Soulstain --
The Heavy Heart -- The Drumbeat --
The Sentencing Hearing -- The Woof And The Warp --
Two Weeks In -- Two Weeks In (version II) --

 

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