Martin, Mary, & the Moon

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Linking with Poets & Storytellers for Writers' Pantry #23

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

  ~Ben Sweetland

True words linger like memories of the moon

washing out doubt's shadow

giving hope a lit stage

for there are those that listen

and those that speak

poets that spark fires

and heroes that live by a brighter light

their tracks in the snow lead the way

and if you watch the moon

it follows too

brilliant light flows wide and long

and true words always linger

like memories of the moon

as imprints upon our heart.

This is dedicated to Marin Luther King Jr, Mary Oliver, and so many that are boldly inspiring change in this world.  They are the ones who enlighten and move others with a brilliant light that lasts many lifetimes to come.

©Carrie Van Horn 2020

The Candid Moment

Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse # 95

hosted by one of my favorite poets in the whole world

Shay!

Come join us!

“A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.”  ~ Wallace Stevens

The world is a runway and poets are forever in a photo shoot

Clicking through the blue smoke

Of life’s illusions

Searching for the candid moment

seeing every heartache

parting the lips of unspoken words

And capturing every hidden truth

Exposing life and love

 naked, raw, and lovely

not for the eyes to examine or identify

but for the heart

to truly behold.

The Daring Exploration

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"Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door."  ~ Emily Dickinson

It is a noble yet desperate search the exploration 

we launch in the names of fulfillment and happiness

an excavation into the deepest of passions 

like a worm hole in the sand.

burrowing to the distant shores of man

longing for a verse that defines us

and a dream that makes beautiful

the ugliness of regret's disdain

taking back the loss

and filling it with something more

for brother sister lover and friend

you and I and yesterday's elderly 

the dead poets and all children's hopes

each worthy of the call

the voice of humanity

it is an echo of longing's song

that rings out far beyond the grave.

Linking with Imaginary Gardens 

and with Poets United