i do not suffer… on standing up and speaking out

RE:pairing, poetryayreÁnna RossNovember 25, 2023suffering, stand up, speaking up, speak out, ceasefireComment

all hallow’s eve

my heart is breaking open again, at the great harms we humans can cause each other.

RE:pairing, poetryayreÁnna RossNovember 15, 2023war, heartbreak, violence, retaliation, forgiveness, Courage, eye for an eyeComment

snowy morning

i couldn’t help it, laughing and weeping in the same breath as it fell like pieces of soft sweets from the sky.

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 27, 2023poetry, snowComment

befriending darkness

sometimes, still, I fear the darkness.

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 24, 2023poetry, darknessComment

a conversation with the trees

i was walking in a majestic oak and pine forest

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 10, 2023earth, trees, listening, presenceComment

saying goodbye to Buster

our dear, sweet cat Buster sighed out his final exhale Monday morning. it was one of the most beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking experiences of my life - right in there with the passing of some of my dearest humans. it brings to mind the phrase which came to me earlier this year - glorious sorrow.

personal musings, poetryayreÁnna RossDecember 11, 2022Buster, cats, loved ones, Death, loveComment

for David, who died on a Thursday

last year, on Thursday July 21st, my uncle David left his earthly body.

personal musings, poetryayreÁnna RossSeptember 19, 2022forgiveness, healing, family, ancestors, deathComment

late bloomer

this poem is part of a self-inspiring 40 days of poems to help prime my writing pump. (my version of Julia Cameron’s “morning pages“, but more in line with my psyche than 3 pages of writing whatever falls out of the pen.)

poetryayreÁnna RossAugust 18, 2022Comment

the Ides of March

i’ll never forget the day she left. “Beware the Ides of March,” they say.

poetryayreÁnna RossAugust 15, 2022Comment

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