January Haiku Hug
Giving of one’s grace To reach a higher octave Is a regal act. © 2024 Gail Barrie
Labyrinth
To love Is to enter a holy labyrinth Without a map. There will be wrong turns, Retracing of endless winding steps, And dead ends. Why, then, enter and endeavor To plumb the maze? “If only I could find,” I thirst,…
Wishing you a bounty of hugs in this shiny New Year. KB & GB aka The Barrie Sisters
Cherish Your Joy. © 2023 Gail Barrie
All I Want for Christmas
With what amazing grace he did appear A spark, a gift, a seedling to behold. His future and his inner life unclear When he was just a precious hour old. His mirror neurons and his mother’s gaze so full Entangled…
• December Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
• November Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
1973 Poem to My Husband Jack
loving you is like having land- scapes—thousands of them—to live in and look at. i get oh end- less views of the same scene, and certainly endless scenes. i love you. i love you when your sky is clear, and…
• October Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
To Andy
Heaven was a midnight chat with Andy On the Grand Canyon rim. I can see you: The chasm is darker than the dome, Both mute, an unsung hymn. As I lie on a sandstone slab, the star-salted sky Outlines your…