THE CORNER 4 WOMEN

Wednesday 1 May 2024

MAY by Joanne Boyle

"MAY"
by Joanne Boyle

May I share your troubles

and help to lessen your load?

May I walk beside you

when you walk a winding road?

May I call you up each day

if just to say "hello?"

May I help you with your shopping

when you don't want to go?

May I put your kettle on

and make you a hot drink?

We can sit in silence

if you need some time to think.

May I help you with your washing

as its the last thing on your mind?

May I stay in the background

but be somewhere you can find?

May I hug you when you need it

but keep my distance when you don't?

May I help you wash your face

when I know you won't?

May I bring you a meal

when you don't want to eat?

May I bring myself one too

and sit on the opposite seat?

May I do these deeds for you

until you don't need me anymore?

But when May turns into June

I'll still be at your door.

******

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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SPRING HAS WELL AND TRULY SPRUNG by Becky Hemsley

"SPRING HAS WELL AND TRULY SPRUNG"
by Becky Hemsley

Wednesday’s here and May’s begun

Spring has well and truly sprung

Sun is shining, lambs are bleating

New born birds are softly tweeting

Days are longer, warmer, brighter

Nights are calmer, shorter, lighter

Flowers bud and bloom and grow

Blossom falls from trees like snow

Daisies dance amongst the grass

Dandelions line the paths

Winter seems a distant dream

Leaves have earned their greenest green

Beetles, bees and butterflies

Spread their wings and flutter by

Flowers carpet forest floors

An outside world to be explored

And maybe we should take a leaf

Out of the book that nature reads

Maybe we should dance and sing,

Shine and grow and spread our wings

And then perhaps, we will discover

All our lighter, warmer colours

And in amongst these brighter days

We’ll find our peace now - come what May

******

Becky Hemsley 2023 https://www.facebook.com/talkingtothewild

Artwork by Art Karla Kraft - Wierszobrazy

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Tuesday 30 April 2024

A VOW TO MY PARTNER by Terri St. Cloud

"A VOW TO MY PARTNER"
by Terri St. Cloud

I will be mindful of the act of loving you every day of my life.
I will not take you for granted, but will keep my eyes open to
the treasure that you are, allowing room for your individuality and your own uniqueness.
I will not try to bend you to my ways, but rather open myself to your ways as being part of who you are.
I will embrace all of you. The dark parts along with the light, because, together, those parts create the being that I love.
I will accept you, respect you and admire you.
And if something comes between us to make me stumble with this, I will go to you and ask your help with my struggle.
I will bring my challenges to you, looking for your thoughts and support and I will return that support to you freely.
When I'm hurt, I will believe in your love for me, I will bring you my hurt, and together we will grow from it and then put it aside.
I will share all of myself with you, for I know to receive your entire heart, you must have mine.
Together, we will work, we will play, we will laugh, we will grieve, and we will find our way.
Together we will live gratitude, together we will touch love.

******
Terri St. Cloud
Photo by Lumir Koutnik

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THE NATURAL WAY by Malia

"THE NATURAL WAY"
by Malia

We are

Different fingers

Of the very same hand.

We are

Born pure,

Then forgotten.

I am the flowers

And the river.

Mother Nature

What can I give her?

She is all I cannot be.

She is all I once was.

The children of men

Have twisted her personage

Until her portrait no longer

Is recognizable.

The children of men

Have twisted themselves

Trains, cars, factories!

Nothing but awful galleries

Of memories, a eulogy

For the truth, the natural way.

And yet, it all runs through us.

Like our blood, and the breeze

And the sunlight’s dappled stream,

Like a rope, but not a chain,

Sustenance, our meat and grain.

It is One, and we are It.

We are One, and separate.

******

Malia

Art by Nikolay Panov

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FIRE AND WATER by Gina Puorro

"FIRE AND WATER"

by Gina Puorro

My darling woman

you do not need to choose

and you do not need permission.

You are both fire and water

with feet planted in the earth

and ancestors at your back.

You can be kind and gentle

and still have your sharp tongue.

You can be both soft and strong

with your heart open wide

and backbone tall.

Turn your face up towards the warmth

of your own light and sink down

into your fertile darkness.

There may be flowers in your hair

but there is a holy fire between your hips.

****** Gina Puorro

Art by Mirjam Duizendstra

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THE PITY BUSH by Joanne Boyle

"THE PITY BUSH"
by Joanne Boyle

I found you lurking about today,

underneath the pity bush.

Wishing another day away

and wanting life to rush.

Your shoulders were full of leaves.

Your head bled from its thorns

I picked you up and shook you

then grabbed you by your horns.

Be thankful you got up today

when so many others had not.

Be grateful you are loved

though it seems you have forgot.

You have a job to go too

and if it's not where you want to be

Go out there and be positive.

No need to be unhappy.

You have food upon your table.

A bed for you to sleep.

I know these things don't matter

if depression comes to creep.

Self pity is just different.

We are allowed it too.

Just don't sit there for very long

and let it consume each piece of you.

******

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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MY WORLD by Joanne Boyle

"MY WORLD"
by Joanne Boyle

If tomorrow never comes,

and i never got to say

you were my beating heart

every single day.

Your laughter lit the fire

that i loved to sit beside.

Just knowing i could hear it

filled me up inside.

If tomorrow never comes

then you need to remember this.

Every moment spent with you

will be what i'll miss.

Look for me in moments

and i will still be there.

A life of love and memories

were made by us to share.

If tomorrow never comes,

then let us have today

and even if it does

then let us remember yesterday.

******

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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TURN AROUND MAMA by Joanne Boyle

"TURN AROUND MAMA"
by Joanne Boyle

I screamed without words.

I ran without moving.

I felt very scared.

"Come back Mama,

you are going the wrong way."

Why couldn't you hear?

Why didn't you stay?

I screamed out to God,

"Turn off your light,

My Mama's not ready

to give up her fight."

Yet you kept on walking,

and the light still shone

and I kept on shouting,

until you were gone.

Then I was alone.

Lost in a dream.

Where my teardrops glistened,

under your gleam.

It was then that you sent

echoes to my heart.

Which repeatedly said,

we are never apart.

******

Joanne Boyle Heartfelt

art by Steffi Krenzek

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Monday 29 April 2024

SPRINGTIME'S BEAUTY IS FINALLY HERE by John A Elliott 2024

"SPRINGTIME'S BEAUTY IS FINALLY HERE"

by John A Elliott 2024

As Winter's chill retreats and fades,

And snow gives way to greener glades,

Spring whispers soft, a sweet refrain,

A melody 'neath sun and rain.

The daffodils in golden rows,

To warm the heart that Winter froze,

The cherry blossoms' blushing hue,

A tender kiss of morning dew.

The robin's song breaks silent morn,

As life anew is freshly born,

The fields awake, the lambs they leap,

From Winter's hold, no longer keep.

The brook, once still, now gaily flows,

Where ice once was, now buttercup grows,

The trees don cloaks of vibrant green,

A richer sight, one rarely seen.

So let us dance beneath the sky,

And watch the world with joyful eye,

For Spring's sweet beauty, pure and true,

Is life's reward for pushing through.

Embrace the warmth, the light, the cheer,

For Springtime's beauty is finally here,

A canvas painted with love's own hand,

A welcome sight across the land.

******

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SOME PEOPLE IN LIFE by Becky Hemsley

"SOME PEOPLE IN LIFE"
by Becky Hemsley 2023

There will be some people in life who just won’t be able to love you the way you need them to.

The way you love them.

There will be some people in life who won’t treat you the way you deserve to be treated.

The way you treat them.

And there will people in life who just can’t give you what you want.

Sometimes we cling on to these people for far longer than we should. Like a tree clinging desperately to its leaves, trying not to let them fall.

But they will fall.

Eventually.

And the tree shouldn’t blame itself.

Because the loss - whilst great - is necessary. The tree needs to lose its leaves so it can rediscover its roots and ready itself for a fresh start.

You can’t keep painting autumn leaves green and expecting them to stay.

Deep down they are always destined to fall.

The key is knowing when to let go. ******

Becky Hemsley 2023

Artwork by Hayk Shalunts

This poem is from 'Letters from Life' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL9MZC1...

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OLD TOO SOON

"OLD TOO SOON"

(author unknown)

In the twilight of life, when shadows grow long,

I reflect on the journey, the path I've been on.

Too soon, I was old, with wisdom in tow,

But too late did I learn, the truths I now know.

Youth slipped through my fingers, like sand in a breeze,

As I chased after dreams, with such desperate ease.

But time has a way of revealing its truth,

Leaving scars on the heart, like wounds of a sleuth.

For I thought I was wise, with knowledge in hand,

But the deeper I searched, the less I understand.

Regrets weigh heavy, like chains on my soul,

As I long for the innocence, that once made me whole.

Too soon, I grew old, with wisdom too late,

To change the mistakes, to rewrite my fate.

But still, in the darkness, I hold onto hope,

That in the end, there's a way to cope.

For life is a journey, with twists and with turns,

And sometimes we learn, when the candle burns.

So I'll carry on, with the wisdom I've gained,

And pray that in the end, it was not all in vain.

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