Visual poetry brings to life Maine's devastating ice storm in 1998. Residents often recall when their beloved woods seem to scream in pain as weighted limbs cracked and fell all around them....

Poetry in Motion - my poem Mysterious and Daunting goes through the storm cycle with startling images of a storm ending with the dawning of calmness by Richard Carter

Unbound
(Eve Was a Poet)
by MrDaMan
Virgil R. Hall II (Randy)

The chains of his own making,
of his own fears...
Rattle in their comfortable discomfort.

Awoken...

iv    The land was poor. She little knew of seeds. Yet she was just and everyone ate bread. One morning on the shore amid the reeds She found a body lying almost dead! A man it was! She...

Drawing The Line
by Rebecca C Withey

Looking back through the maze
Of decisions I've made
All the twists and the turns
As my heart's given way

Media Type: Video
Tags: poetry, resolve, wonder, sense of self, wonder, faith, insanity, decision

Comments (3) / Posted By: rmwithey

 A poetic hymn of faith written by William Cowper (1731 - 1800).  He co-wrote the famous Olney Hymns with John Newton, then curate of Olney, who is best known for his hymn "Amazing Grace,."

After the joyful madness comes a sorrowful sanity:

Is this all?
Dead pursuits, dead joy, dead things -
Are these the fruits of so great a passion?
Lawless man,...