In wistful September We descend From summer’s summit of light To the dreadful balance Of the precarious Equinox. From there we catch the zip-line Into the sway of night. Mary Susan Gast is a member of Benicia’s First Tuesday Poetry Group
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Between Friends”
To say that one has never done anything wrong, May be to suggest that one has never done anything… to speak of. So bear with me, my friend, in my attempts to grow. For, if change is constant then perfection could not last More than a moment.
Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “Sheltering in Places”
This whole city now smells like gasoline. No one knows why, and that’s obscene. Officials are investigating the scene. We’re all struck without a warning. Now we wait, sheltering in places, unable to ventilate our cozy spaces, donning air masks on our faces. Praying for better, the human race is. Its source is a still […]
Poetry Corner: Bobby Richardson “Why I Write Poetry”
I first started writing poetry for the same reason people write or keep journals. Growing up in Alabama as a kid in a family of 12, I went without a lot. I subsequently began to write my feelings down on paper, and voila, a poet was born and my first poem of many to come […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “View from the Benicia Depot”
Standing on the wooden platform of this old fashioned train depot, I remember how I once waited impatiently for trains to take me away, waited in stations as long as football stadiums, New York, Paris, Tokyo, waited eagerly to travel on trains whose wheels clicked and clacked to the edge of a new world. Now […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Far Apart, Close at Heart”
Have you ever wondered, When you’re apart, The distance of friendship, The space from your heart? Friendship may be far, But still it is near. Listen to the soul, The heart will hear. Bonds from the past, Made connections from the start. Friendship gained holds, Though now miles apart. Fate does as it will. It […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Birds Asleep”
Once two boys aged eight or nine, Discovered lying upon the ground, Lovely colors, on feathers so fine, Lying there without a sound. They were side by side, Where the hunter had them laid. The boys knew they had died, And sadly looked at the sight they made. With small sticks and hands, They dug […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Memories”
A poem by Bud Light Today was a good day To hear and see To breathe, and be To love and feel thanks To be alive To also think of those So near and dear Who aren’t. Do you have insightful, topical or just all around creative poetry that you’d like to share with the […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Do Unto Others”
Think very clearly, As you pass through the day. Take care of all your features, How you act and what you say. Let your feelings flow, But give more than you receive. Have tears come from joy, Not from those who grieve. In your heart have room for mercy. Forgive a weakness you have seen. […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Sometime, Maybe”
When I was a child Just testing my strength With a voice barely whispered I could stop the wind. Stop blowing, I command you Stop blowing. Trees would not sway Papers and leaves would not Dance from curb to curb And I was very pleased. When I was a child Just testing my strength I […]