New Release~ Poetry in Motion ~A Forest of Feelings

New Release

Poetry in Motion ~A Forest of Feelings

Available in Kindle,E-pub,and Paperback now at Amazon 

A forest of feelings embracing joy, love, passion, sadness, and political commentary, feelings of nature and personal opinions 

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Waiting

I know you're waiting

For that ride 

Your love is coming 

Finally 

To take you away

I'm happy for you

you'll have no pain

No more worries, or woe

Youth will find you again

My heart bleeds 

For my mother 

Is going home

And I'll miss you 

Forever more

©Sheilagh Lee  May 12, 2019

For June

For June

If I could have picked

A mother-in –law

She’d have been

A lot like you

A giving mother

With a sense of humor

Who taught her children

To be clever and kind

To be generous

Without a thought

To express themselves

Without worry or reprisal

That debate was lively conversation

Within a family

No ill will was thought

That acceptance to the family

Was because love abided here

©Sheilagh Lee  May 17, 2019

I miss you ❤️

RIP June

If I had wings

If I had wings

If I had wings

I’d want to fly

High up in the sky

To touch the heavens

To see your smile

Just one more time

To hear your voice

But even now

I close my eyes

I hear your voice

Your wisdom echoes

Deep within my mind

I see the smile

That could have launched

A thousand ships

But that chose

To birth and raise

Six children

How lucky we were

To have such a tender soul

To teach and guide us

Thank- you Mom

For everything and know

We miss you still.

©Sheilagh Lee  May 11, 2019

Forget Us Not

Forget Us Not

The sky dark and fiery

A solemn crowd stood round the cenotaph

The old, the young and in between

Old men and women in wheelchairs

Pushed by the young

All bundled against the bitter wind

Remembering days of old

Stories told by family

Throughout the years

Of great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great aunts and uncles

Grandmothers and grandfather, aunts and uncles
Those newly indoctrinated into the club
Of wounded and dead veterans

Ceremony took place

Heads were bowed

Prayers were said

As heads were raised

The heavenly sight was seen

The clouds lifted

The winds stilled

Light trickled down

A single ray of light

Shone round

In all heads a voice was heard

We sacrificed our futures and lives for you

Forget us not

The bells pealed out

A hundred times

Forget us not!!

©Sheilagh Lee  November 8 2018

A different story

Go for a boat ride

He said

The ocean’s calm

No sharks are near

We paddle bravely

Then I see

A whale

Bigger than the sea

It’s a trick of the light

My friend says

An illusion

We’re safe

He insists

I know this whale is huge

He can tip us into the sea

And devour us

For my friend’s name

Is Jonah

You see

And in the tale

The whale tells is a different one

Then you and me

©Sheilagh Lee  March 16, 2018

Giving Thanks

As the sun sets

On the day

We gave thanks

For our blessings

Give prayers

Hoping that tomorrow

Will be a better day

Offer help to those who need

Say prayers for others

For only through community

And love of our fellow man

Do we truly prosper

©Sheilagh Lee  August 27, 2018

Daisies

Sweet Harvest

 In a forest of feelings

We now know

What is good and evil

Because we ate of the apple

Why do we feel?

Such shame and such guilt?

We’re not evil

We just enjoy the fruit

Sweet harvest

Fragrant tasty fruit treats

Apples by the barrel

Cider, apple pie,

Apple crumble, apple crisp

Caramel apples and crisp apples

So yummy

Sweet treats soon to be created

And consumed

For that we give thanks.

©Sheilagh Lee  July 30 2018

Freedom

Freedom an overused word

Often mistaken

For something different

What is free?

You  ask

Freedom are words

I am able to speak

Without retribution

Protests I can make

To right wrongs

The right to be me
Journalists that ask questions
And get answers

Even a holiday

To a seashore

Or pleasant place

From work and strife

All are freedoms

I value

In a liberated society

©Sheilagh Lee  July 27 2018