when the weight carried
presses me into the ground
I have to let go Continue reading
Let Go
Author Archives: Brenda Davis Harsham
You’re the AMAZING YOU
When doors slam,
things look tough, or
your heart is drumming it,
Remember you’re
the AMAZING YOU
and keep humming it. Continue reading
Halloween is What?!
At first, Kelly can’t believe the news. But when dragons puff angry fire, she knows it’s true. Trick-or-Treating is canceled!
Something must be done.
Monsters need some fun. Continue reading
Happy Autumn!
a palette of earthtones
paints hillsides
with Autumn song
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Fairy Tale in Black
Once upon a time, Ruth grew into
a woman who refused to let others
put her in her place. She made
her own place, a place where
hard work, talent and persistence
would carry her across battlefields
of books, opinions, and gavels, where
great minds clamored and clashed. Continue reading
Sunflower Friday
No day is truly gray
when sunflowers sway
in the slightest breeze
like cheerful trees.
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Perfect Petals
Write your story
for words are
perfect petals
that bring color
to the world.
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Little Lions
yellow manes,
faces tilted toward the sun
ROAR of color
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Ode to Photography
Time,
present and past.
Frozen moments,
remembered and forgotten.
Beauty,
ordinary and extraordinary.
Photographic power
reveals in light and dark
what my mother looked like as
a young girl,
or my father as
he welcomed me to the world,
or myself
as I smiled between
brother and sister
whose faces are only visible
in black and white now.
Lost faces, missed warmth, people
linger in shades, lines, and shapes,
like hieroglyphics of the past.
Copyright 2020 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: For World Photography Day today, I offer this ode, in gratitude for how concrete my memories are, of times past.
Open to the Sun
I won’t focus on shadows.
I won’t hide my head.
I’ll open to the sun
like the tiny phlox
that blooms,
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Hope is Green
hope is scented like
green tomatoes on the vine,
bitter and earthy
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Silence of Swallowtails
this green world
teems with bees, toads, and slugs,
we’re never alone
even silence seems happy
when a swallowtail visits
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