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Poetry

TIMES SHADOWS

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson 2011


The following is a selection that I wrote for Under Sonoran Skies: Prose and Poetry from the High Desert, an anthology of fiction and non-fiction literature  written and narrated by co-authors Bill Black, Jeanne Burrows-Johnson, Susan Cosby-Patton, Kay Lesh, the Reverend Patricia Noble (deceased), and Larry Sakin (deceased). 


The channel pathways are rivulets no more, 

Since eons of floods have stormed  

Across this desert plane. 


I sift the sands of yesterday, 

Straining to glimpse your passing− 

Some trace you’ve left for us to glean. 

Kernels few of yellow, red and black,  

Like the lick of fires up your caverns dancing. 

Scraps of leather, bone and shard,  

Barren or tooled to your artisan imaginings.  

As frozen tears draped timeless night, 

A shooting star burst through  

To trace a changing sky.  


* * * * *


Sit awhile and you will hear the sand  

Fly upward through the trees. 

How can that be, Mother of my Mother? 

Asked a child, reaching to stroke  

The face of the moon. 


Gazing beyond, the ancient one mused. 

Here on the gorge, the trees bend to kiss 

The path we have trod upon so long,  

Just as the Earth stretches to kiss her progeny, 

Now risen beyond her erstwhile dreams. 

   

* * * * *


We come from a time  

Past your knowing,  

Past your kenning.  


You may hear the whisper of  

Our melodies on the wind,  

Catch hints of our soft harmonies within. 

Your hands touching the river’s flow,  

May feel the rhythms of our dance. But the bits and pieces trapped within the meadow,  

Will never let you walk in the fullness of our lives.


* * * * *


You may step across time’s shadows,  

But can never linger longer than  

A sojourner within the circle of our firelight.  


A blue and purple sky.
A golden candle on burgundy background

I feel honored when called upon to write a poetic piece at the time of someone's passing to the next plane of their existence. In some philosophical expressions, "angels" are described as the Universe's thoughts transmitted to mankind.  

SOMEWHERE THEY DANCE WITH ANGELS 

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson 2019   


Somewhere our loved ones 

Who have passed before us

Dance with angels. 

  

Greeted by beloved family, friends, 

And animal companions 

They now abide in gardens of delight.  


Who, I wonder will be there to greet me 

when it is my turn to walk into the light? 


Somewhere we shall all walk with angels...

SHE WALKS WITH YOU

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson 2020

   

Times of separation in life and death bring sorrow...but also opportunities to recall times of great joy!    When you think of your beloved, consider how she (or he) looked:  


 ~ When you first met... 

 ~ When you fell in love... 

 ~ The joy you shared in even the simplest of times together...      


You may not see the beauty of her countenance within your activities of daily living, nor hear her voice in the winds that sometimes swirl around you. But know that…   


~ She walks with you throughout your days, watching each step you take   

~ She presses her hand upon your arm during every challenging moment you face   

~ She kisses your brow each night, imprinting your dreams with life-enhancing ideas  


As you look at the Pathway of Life stretching before you, consider whether you are embracing and celebrating each moment of Life she continues to share with you in spirit…

I AM HEALED AND WHOLE!  

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson 2019   


Mourn not that I am no longer visible to you…

For moving into a glorious light, I am healed! 

I have merely stepped beyond this plane 

to another room within the mansion of the Universe.   


See me as healed and moving with joy 

Among the beloved who have passed this way before! 

For this is the pathway we all must take. 


I now step forward with joy, for I have lived each day fully, 

Grateful for the bounty of gifts both seen and unseen!   

I am healed and ask you to rejoice in my rebirth! 


Grieve not for things unmanifested in our daily sharing,

For they have bloomed within our hearts 

If merely through our visioning. 


Affirm that I am healed and partaking of 

New adventures in the fullness of the gift of Life!   

Awaken each day, knowing that I am with you 

In sunshine and in rain, for each are gifts that nourish 

The garden in which we live and move and have our being. 


The music of the spheres harmonizes my mind and spirit and 

I radiate wholeness throughout the essence of 

My still unfolding life!   


See the gardens of love and light you plant each day

Come to full fruition in the right way and time. 

Let every flower you see, and touch, and smell 

Remind you of joyous celebrations we have shared. 


May the Harmony of Life fill your soul with joy now and always! 

And know that when it is right and good, I will be there to step with you

Into the light of your own new beginning!  

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PROSPECT FOR MURDER

2017 NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARDS

FINALIST, Mystery/Suspense ~ WINNER, Cover Art 6x9 Fiction


MURDER ON MOKULUA DRIVE

2018 ARIZONA LITERARY EXCELLENCE CONTEST

2nd PLACE, Published Fiction

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