Pocket Poems

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.

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All photography by Sally Clark

Whole Wide Globe

March 6, 2010

When you need to know
the world in a globe,
a library holds
the whole planet for you
to set sail, dig in, dive deep,
and explore.

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

Picture Books

March 3, 2010

Picture books
of every size
fit the hands and
fit the eyes
of the smallest people
who love to read
about Daisy-Head Mayzie
and Mulberry Street.

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : children's poems

Paperbacks

March 2, 2010

Paperback books travel well in
and out of airports, pockets,
bathtubs, friends and acquaintances;
a portable, shareable, light-
handed carousel telling of
stories.

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

Read Me!

February 28, 2010

Read me! Read me!
Read me next!
Look at my pictures
and tell the text!

So many! So many!
So many to choose!
May we read them
aloud by twos?

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : children's poems

Ladder Backs

February 27, 2010

Ladder-back chairs are
straight-backed for climbing
hand-over-hand,
thought-over-thought;
rungs for sturdy imaginations
to travel and keep you
in place.

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

Sometimes you need a new view,
a different angle of common things,
a window with clean glass overlooking
ordinary trees and grasses criss-crossed
with your footprints. Sometimes you need
to read old stories from new eyes.

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

Season's Shine

December 9, 2009

Store windows twinkle,
sparkle, glitter, and glow in
the season of giving, of
shining, of singing, of
joyful rejoicing in
wonder-filled children with
sugar-plumed dreams, jingled
and prancing, a shiny red nose!

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

Sweet Potato

November 27, 2009

a tender loving
of her young,
mother potato
shrivels herself
creating roots,
drying as she
nurses her
offspring to
life.

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

summer's glory

November 22, 2009

sunflower
summer captured
in golden petals
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Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : haiku

Dressing for the Holidays

November 14, 2009

Like gifts appearing under the tree,
Christmas surprises are everywhere;
wreaths on lamp posts,
swags across Main Street,
icicle lights lining Market Square;
town begins to glitter and shine,
dressing for the holidays.

Continue reading...

Posted by Sally Clark. Posted In : poetry

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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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