http://www.writerscafe.org/writers/Pam The original writings of author mysticgmekeepr en-us Copyright 2009 Aresta Enterprise LLC 1258819626 Aresta RSS Generator 15 15960900-1236573987.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/385617/ 57383700-1235196567.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/379674/ 69879200-1232115789.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/365503/ 03500900-1231520984.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/362820/ I wrote this poem for my Mother's Black Housekeeper who was a pillar of strength to me in my childhood.I will never forget the grace with which she lived her subservient position, and the light in her eyes that was wiser and kinder than any employer she w 34589100-1231516983.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/362797/ 14821800-1223068870.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/325009/ It is absolutely necessary to walk through the showers of sorrow, to make friends with your angst, to stand still and listen to your confusion and to embrace your grief.... in order to receive their gifts of peace 40555500-1222726276.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/323401/ 16070400-1222689538.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/323143/ 84544200-1217976859.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/299747/ ...all of us walk around bumping into life's furnishings when it comes to love, scratching our heads and wondering...will we ever get it right? Yes, I think we can when the intent is pure...if we long after love we will touch its hem and be at least parti 82460500-1217894478.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/299179/ 23798100-1216243716.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/290312/ 87978600-1215555951.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/286796/ 02495800-1215039177.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/284181/ 47356900-1214868892.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/283337/ 04443400-1214607587.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/282185/ 15609900-1214520191.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/281784/ Reality is often so powerful it shakes us to our very core, and alters our terrain forever 87951400-1214422018.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/281204/ This poem has an angrier edge than most of my writing. Truth is its probably more about disappointment than anger, and we know we are only disappointed when we have expectaions of others. Lessons learned 80316000-1214229084.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/280149/ 85278500-1214002481.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/279110/ 73374600-1213909863.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/278631/ 40809100-1213050822.gif http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/274145/ 11810500-1212962387.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/273653/ 56380000-1212838253.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/273120/ apathy and lethargy creep in and lay hold to our inspirations and accomplishments, strangling them with the cords of contentment. I'm not sure if its good or bad or a mixture of the two. Just the necessary flux and flow of life's tides, alternately churn 98376400-1212358778.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/270912/ This is a little bit of prose I wrote a couple years ago when remembering my Mother on Memorial Day 83733700-1212014506.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/269276/ 70258300-1211928831.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/268879/ ...this poem is whatever you want it to be, however it might speak to the "roadrunner in your skull of manholes and rain." 65003400-1211725193.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/267731/ nature is always revealing to us the mystery of life and death, faith and fear, the seasons of rest and of abundance. It is up to us to notice, to take heed and to believe. 91358900-1210030291.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/259264/ sometimes very old memories mix like paint and spill on the canvas of today without our even realizing it. They just become a poem fashioned of the threads of yesterday. 18105300-1210028877.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/259252/ 16840800-1209680697.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/257561/ a tale of transformation. Every stage of life is a gift and every experience a lesson 46348700-1209205228.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/255108/ for a friend who just lost her husband suddenly and unexpectedly. They had a lovely garden, and worked together in it all the time. They were just beginning to celebrate their retirement, their remodeled home and spring. 23605800-1209065185.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/254361/ I often dream poems, finding myself in the midst of writing one upon awakening, only to lose it in the transition. They are as diaphanous and illusive as butterfly wings, impossible to chase after, impossible to grasp and hold...fleeting gifts the dreame 62230400-1208991898.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/253886/ 05252800-1208814516.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/252794/ 52533000-1208735545.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/252299/ This poem was spawned by an experience of fishing one Sunday morning i the Little Sue river in Alaska. 85921600-1208734492.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/252291/ 30934100-1208558912.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/251486/ This is an exercise in prose poetry that anyone can do and is very revealing about who we are and how we became. 28610800-1208551227.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/251425/ 15538100-1208426643.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/250444/ I wrote this for a lady I was caring for as she was approaching death. Watching her daily struggle against surrender was painful but very enlightening. It isn't a poem for everyone but some might enjoy it, if they have watched a loved one grow old and fra 93273900-1208038171.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248555/ this is about the innocence of childhood sexuality that we all experience growing up. A poem of childhood tenderness and experimentation 34590500-1208036824.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248545/ 21609900-1208030326.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248477/ 19081700-1207951273.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248119/ 73171700-1207950338.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248113/ this is what we all do, people like you and me, who hang out in places like this. 49646900-1207949338.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/248109/ 01583000-1207868673.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/247745/ gifts of reflection 54916500-1207866414.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/247734/ 86473000-1207865853.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/247729/ 30902800-1207781224.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Pam/247253/