Pocket Poems


                                      

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All photography by Sally Clark

All poems by Sally Clark 

Copyright © 2011 Sally Clark. All Rights Reserved.

 

If you want to keep something close to you,

you put it in your pocket.

Some pockets are deep; some pockets are shallow.

These poems are of the same scope and landscape.

Each one holds a small treasure.

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale

Selected Published Poems

a chapbook of poems and photos

all written/created by Sally  Clark

 

For sale by the author for $6.00

 

Please click on the angel on the left

for more information.

 

 

 Sometime in the future, slowly but surely, the earth changes.

Susan can feel something different in the air; her daughter hears music wherever she goes, and her husband is statled to see the wheat in the far field dancing when there is no wind.

What on earth is going on and how will it change them?

 

Dancing With Bear Publishing presents Upon a Midnight Clear, a wonderful collection of poems and a short story you won't want to miss this Christmas! Written by award-winning author Sally Clark, this is a book that will be read year after year.

 

 

Poetry Matters Celebration

April 22, 2012



My poem, "Room 232," has won FIRST PLACE in the Poetry Matters Celebration 12th Annual Poetry Contest in Martinez, Georgia! You can view a video of me reading this poem
here.

 

A View of Concrete Ribbons

February 17, 2012
My poem, "A View of Concrete Ribbons" has won FIRST PLACE in the Blue Mountain Arts Biannual Poetry Contest! Read my winning poem here: http://www.sps.com/poetry/winner.html?c=18&p=first
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Enchanted Conversation

September 30, 2011



Read my poem, "It Must 'a Been a Full Moon"
in the Cinderella issue of
Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine





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The Bottom Line

September 21, 2011


If you sit still long enough and stare
into the yard, notice the bird hop and
peck for bugs in the grass, see the pecan
tree branches sway and bend, watch the
squirrels watch you for the slightest
movement...

then the world you left inside will
begin to rust away, corrode in slow,
steady breaths, your indoor words will
oxidize into laces of umber and sorrel and
chestnut until you reach the bottom line
of your soul, the stark metal base of your
life, run your fingers over the spiny tips of
the box-leaf ho...

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The Closer Walk

May 29, 2011


winter cold melts
spring days lengthen and warm
summers laughter fades into
autumns golden frost

seasons change but
friendships don't
we just walk a little closer
to each other

and to Him.




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Something New

May 10, 2011


Sometimes we trudge the same, aging path
searching for something new to see, new
to hear, new to feel, forgetting, sometimes,
the faithful beauty of consistency that
enables us to arrive at
new destinations.


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outfield

May 2, 2011



in the outfield
even Jesus
drew in the dirt


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Nightlight

March 18, 2011


sunset in
the graveyard,
wisemen kneel,
shepherds praise;
for fifty-six years,
someone
looks forward
to eternity


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At Risk

January 24, 2011



It's good to know
for those of us at risk
of falling, tumbling, skidding,
backward, forward, downward, around
into harm and pain and mistakes untold,
that Someone hears
the alarm
and comes running.





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Get Well Soon

January 20, 2011


shiny wishes
bright and light and well
balloon around us




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Every day has a poem. I watch, I listen, I think, I pray. When I hear a poem, I write it down. Sometimes I find a picture that illustrates the day. I am always surprised. I hope you will be, too.

A writer of many genres, Sally Clark loves living in a small town with her husband where their grown children and five grandchildren all live within walking distance. Crowded with relationships, busy with activities, Sally takes refuge on the balcony of their old Victorian house - the perfect place to pen her thoughts.

Visit Sally's web site at: www.sallyclark.info

Contact Sally at: auslande@ktc.com 

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