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Why I Dance
26 Wednesday May 2021
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Enough’s Enough
27 Monday Apr 2020
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Enough’s Enough
2020 Louise Gallagher
Fear lurks in darkened corners
stirring thoughts into worry.
The future seems too far away
and distant.
The memory of breath interrupts your fear.
Gasping at the truth,
you need your breath,
you breathe. Deeply.
Fear slips out on the exhale.
Love flows in on the inhale.
You breathe easy in the certainty,
this moment, right now, is enough.
This breath, right now, is enough.
This is enough to sustain you
in these uncertain times.
The Day Begins Here
21 Tuesday Apr 2020
A Saturday Morning Haiku: Grief is a River
07 Saturday Mar 2020
The Road to Nowhere (A Quadrille)
09 Monday Sep 2019
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Meanwhile, somewhere in the Rockies… a poem appeared
This poem is in response to a poetry prompt that appeared in my Inbox this morning — it called to me as I remembered taking several photos from the car as my beloved and I drove back from the west coast earlier this summer.
NOTE: The poem itself in no way reflects our relationship. We are committed to driving together, side by side, or the rest of our lives!
However, sometimes, a prompt elicits thoughts that are asking to be expressed. In this instance, the prompt was for a Quadrille (a 44 word poem) that had to include the word, or variation of the word, “Nick”.
This poem wrote itself into being. It was fun!
The Road To Nowhere
©2019 Louise Gallagher
I nicked a photo of your thoughts
left abandoned
on the roadside
where you drove off
without me.
A photo nicked holds not enough time
to find the way back
to where we drove side by side
on the road to nowhere
but Love.
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To read more responses to the poetry prompt visit Diverse Poets. It’s quite fun and entertaining too! You might even feel inspired to ‘nick’ a poem or two or at least pen one!
Alleluia Chorus
20 Thursday Dec 2018
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Alleluia Chorus
©2018 Louise Gallagher
Darkness rests
still
is the night
lingering at the edge
of day
break
waiting
waiting to appear
to open up
hearts and minds
to the wonder
of a thousand tiny fragments
of light ascending
into heavenly hosts
of alleluia
exalting
in the beauty of spirits rising
in Love and Light.
Alleluia
Alleluia
The Christchild is coming.
Alleluia
Alleluia
Love is in the air.
You do not own me
07 Saturday May 2016
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My daughter and I have dinner and she talks about the indignity of being subjected to men’s comments flung at her as she walks down the street.
And this poem arose.
I am rising
13 Saturday Feb 2016
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I am rising
©2016 Louise Gallagher
I am rising
rising up
from the ashes
a Phoenix
renewed
casting out
heartache
and heartbreak
and heart wrenching
lessons
of life
tossed
overboard
into the boiling seas
where I could not feel
the heat
of my heart
pounding
flowing endlessly
with creation
rising
rising up
into woman
shaking
shaking off
time’s grim hold
holding
holding me down
so I could not
rise
rise up
to hear
my voice
rising
rising up
from the ashes.
I am rising.
7. Progress
16 Sunday Aug 2015
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Progress
©2015 Louise Gallagher
©2015 Louise Gallagher
the runaway
31 Sunday May 2015
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the runaway
©2015 Louise Gallagher
I reach for time
effortlessly running
away
from yesterday
slipping
between my fingers
hoping
to hold on
to more
than just memories
of time
running away.
