Pain, the Poet
Those who forgive,
Can they be poets,
For where is the poetry but
In released pain?
Pain, the fire breathing mist
Rising to rain.
Pain, the reddening blood
filling the veins,
The river of the soul.
Pain, the rooting to the sacral tree,
Birthing stories and songs,
Creating new souls out of barren wombs.
Pain, the cries from scattered tribes
Reaching for limbs and branches,
Anything to hold onto until dawn’s light.
Pain, the songs of ancestral curses
Clinging to the cells like webs
To be cleared in spring.
Pain, the dead rooting of loss
Blocking the secret chamber of the heart,
Where peace resides.
Pain, the tenant evading eviction,
Holding truth hostage
From inner sight
And auric brilliance.
Pain, the dirges and the hymns,
The shadows, dislodged and
Transmuted but not forgotten
In the poetry of forgiveness
And the forgiveness of poetry.
©2017/11/07 Barbara Harris Leonhard @extraordinarysunshineweaver.wordpress.com
Image: Digital art “Out of Darkness, Light” ©Martha Harris See Martha’s Artistic Flarings @artisticflarings.blog
wow! this was amazing! pain does bring forth words that we cannot form from just a lukewarm existence. your voice adds to the layers of this poem of pain and recovery too, as always the artwork catches my eye first. pain immortalised in amber.
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Thank you! Glad it resonated with you, Gina!
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Again, I am so happy you enjoy my art! Thank you!
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Hemingway said. Poets and writers need pain and misery. Make us know we are alive. A wonderful poem.
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Amen, I don’t think art could survive unless it had something to heal.
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Reblogged this on johncoyote and commented:
Wonderful words and thoughts by a talented writer.
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Thank you! I’m honored!
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Thank you, my friend! I feel honored!
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I am honored and you are welcome. A wonderful poem.
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Now I’m inspired to post something new!
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I am glad. We must help each other. Good words need to be shared and expanded.
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Spreading the light! 🤗
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We must my friend.
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Beautiful poetry and recital!
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Thank you for stopping by! Have a blessed day!
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You too! I followed Coyote over and I’m so glad I did. Lovely poetry!
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I’m happy it spoke to you! 🤗
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I tried to like one of your poems, but comments were closed. Is your site for lots of writers?
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No, there are a couple of poems from other poets that I have reblogged, for those I have probably disabled the comment option so that the remarks can be made at the original.
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Reblogged this on lamarrwenrich and commented:
Beautiful
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Thank you! I’m honored!
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My pleasure 😊
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Very intense and true
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I’m happy the poem resonated with you. 😌 Thank you!
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