by Community Contributor | May 25, 2016 | Poetry
Cool fall wind blows mist Trees our oldest friends show us: release what doesn’t serve The fallen leaves a mess A messy promise that once cleansed New beauty comes in spring Fall winds change to winter Fallen leaves change to nurturing soil The trees tell it...
by Tamara Mendelson | Mar 16, 2016 | Poetry, Tamara's Recent Work
The echoes of childhood laughter bounce off quiet walls Clutter of left behind bags, books and toys are mute. Those vibrant beings are off now, into their lives, launched by two decades of love, wounds, healing, nurturing guidance, constant disagreements and care....
by Tamara Mendelson | Nov 16, 2015 | Poetry, Tamara's Recent Work
Do not be afraid To just be whom you are People who love you will And others will not Why try to be who they want They will hate anyway Tamara Mendelson
by Tamara Mendelson | Sep 24, 2015 | Poetry, Tamara's Recent Work
Silence is louder than lightning. There is no flash to blind. The nothingness of an echo that is swallowed by a chasm. Words left unsaid stuck in my mouth, swallowed bitter and whole. And the rest in my belly covering anger, after all covers sadness, no light in the...
by Tamara Mendelson | Aug 24, 2015 | Poetry, Tamara's Recent Work
Rage rises off you in shimmering waves disturbing the air, with movement and vibration, nothing really moves. It dissipates, spreading out and clinging to everything. And circles like a cyclone black and thick, wiping out the sun. And when you are sure everyone is...
by Tamara Mendelson | Aug 3, 2015 | Poetry, Tamara's Recent Work
Sadness falls like a dark curtain blocking out the light The ache spreads like a brush fire consuming, ravaging everything in it’s path Unstoppable until the winds changes or there is nothing left to burn and it smolders white hot ash and then dies for lack of fuel...
