Poets Corner
"Poetry is the unexpected utterance of the soul"
- Mark Nepo
Poets Corner is a space to showcase poetry by our survivors
Our Poet
Laura Foley
- Afraid of the Dark -BY LAURA FOLEY
- Even though she now had a husband
- Rock solid by her side
- She still needed that light to guide her in the night to safety
- For when darkness falls
- She starts to lose faith
- Panic creeps in
- Things That Go Bump In The Night Become Real To Her Again
- But her thoughts become louder
- She covers her ears & shuts tight her eyes until she can stand it no more
- Desperately fumbling for her tablet or phone
- Seeking a light to illuminate the darkness
- Her heart stops pounding
- Her breath slowly returns
- And turning to one side, she sees her husband fast asleep
- "Oh how I wish I could sleep like that! God where are you?" she cries to herself
- But no one hears her except for the lord, who gently reminds her
- “My precious child, I love you and will never ever leave you!"
- And with that, up from the ashes she rose
- Strong and determined.
*Laura is a survivor and poet. Her poetry is inspired by stories shared by other survivors' life experiences. She is a board member of the Healing Waters Global Board and is available for recitals. Laura can be contacted via email: icfoley24@hotmail.com and 848.702.5018. She resides in Somerset, New Jersey.
- You can spend all day on your hands and knees,
- Looking under the bed, in cabinets, and drawers.
- Spend hours riffling through closets, boxes, and more.
- Until at last you find it, pieces of a broken soul,
- Once hidden away.
- Now slipping from reality and scattering across the floor.
- You begin to realize there's a fearful aspect to existing,
- When the emptiness that surrounds you threatens to swallow you whole
- Followed by a silence so deafening,
- You cover your ears and curl up tight.
- As anguished cries begin to form,
- No sound escapes your lips.
- And then out of the shadows cones an I ner child so small,
- You didn't even knon she was there at all.
- Gently wiping the tears from your face.
- Now cupping her hands around your chin,
- She leans in and whispers "I love you!"
*Laura is a survivor and poet. Her poetry is inspired by stories shared by other survivors' life experiences. She is a board member of the Healing Waters Global Board and is available for recitals. Laura can be contacted via email: icfoley24@hotmail.com and 848.702.5018. She resides in Somerset, New Jersey.
Poets Corner is a space to showcase poetry by our survivors
Our Poet
Laura Foley
- Lost and Found -BY LAURA FOLEY
Poets Corner is a space to showcase poetry by our survivors
Our Poet
Gina M. Puorro
- Magic Woman -BY GINA M. PUORRO
- Sisters, you have diamonds
- Between your teeth
- And spices underneath your tongue.
- You make love to the air you breathe
- When you exhale your truth
- Through red lips
- Smeared with honey.
- Your blood runs in shades
- Of purple velvet and saffron sunsets.
- You are both a thunderstorm
- And clear blue skies
- An unpredictable force
- With the promise of redemption.
*I am a student of magic, love, grief, intimacy, myth and story, ritual arts, and the wild and vast terrain that we call nature. My writing is inspired by the exploration of good questions, by relating with my human and non-human kin, and by my pursuit of beauty and awe. I hope to live with my heart open, my voice free, my mind curious, and my feet rooted in love. Email: gina@ginapuorro.com
*I am a student of magic, love, grief, intimacy, myth and story, ritual arts, and the wild and vast terrain that we call nature. My writing is inspired by the exploration of good questions, by relating with my human and non-human kin, and by my pursuit of beauty and awe. I hope to live with my heart open, my voice free, my mind curious, and my feet rooted in love. Email: gina@ginapuorro.com
- Do not be so quick to reveal the passcodes
- To the ecstasy written between your thighs
- Lest you forget
- The way you leave them thirsty
- To drink from your river.
- You were not made to be diluted.
- You are a cosmic martini
- Made of deep oceans and fertile earth
- Desert winds and molten lava
- With stars in your eyes
- And the moon in your womb
- ebbing and flowing the tides of your love
- pulling us softly to your vast shores.
*I am a student of magic, love, grief, intimacy, myth and story, ritual arts, and the wild and vast terrain that we call nature. My writing is inspired by the exploration of good questions, by relating with my human and non-human kin, and by my pursuit of beauty and awe. I hope to live with my heart open, my voice free, my mind curious, and my feet rooted in love. Email: gina@ginapuorro.com
Poets Corner is a space to showcase poetry by our survivors
Our Poet
Gina M. Puorro
- Magic Woman -BY GINA M. PUORRO