Excerpt from United Press London:
Your poem ” Life Is Fragile – Love Is Not” has been recognized as one of the best poems this year and to mark this fact we wish to publish it to a new book called “Whispers On A Breeze a showcase of the best work of a group of Poets. This book will be ready for publishing soon can be ordered at all good bookshops.
You may read “Life Is Fragile- Love Is Not” here.
All Rights Reserved @ May 2009
It seems to be like yesterday
this time I spent with you,
inscribed within my heart
rust gold and cobalt blues,
unfurled in beauty of this desert place
in infinite dunes that stretched for always
like endless domes diorama,
asking me to look forever not relinquish,
requesting me to see your life.
The warm winds of the Rub’ Al Khali
blew gently with your love,
like a sacrament anointed
within the centre of my mind,
awash my heart no clemency
the secrets of your soul,
in whirlpools of the desert
that stole my heart as easily
as the lushness of sepia light.
We ran, and fell upon those sands
while ‘drowning’ in the heat,
It seems to be like yesterday
the sands beneath my feet,
it seems to be like always
in this bejewelled world of yours
it seems to be forever
the love from you that pours.
My heart stayed in the desert
and this time I spent with you,
this time I spent with you…
*Rub’ al Khali Arabic الربع الخالي‎), which translates as Empty Quarter in English is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, areas of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. It can be cruel but it is breathtaking!
Copyright @ August 2009
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Wedding anniversaries are always special. Perhaps even more these days with marriages ending in divorce with what seems like a lack of commitment on behalf of many couples. We give up so easily when things don’t ‘go to plan’ falling out of love at a whim! So celebrating another year together is always something to cherish, certainly something to be proud of. The stress of modern day living can throw-up distractions that can lure us away from what is truly important. For many of us, we say our wedding vows in the throe’s of love and passion to the person standing with us on that special day. Do we really think enough about or believe that these vows, you remember? ” In Sickness and Health, For Richer for Poorer, Till Death do us Part” could be and often are, severely put to the test in later years. Staying the distance is what is important when things go wrong. I would never think a marriage without kindness ever worth saving, but supporting and caring for your loved one and loving, even when due to illness things fall apart and are no longer the same, or – ever likely to be the same again – IS.
Now that makes you proud, that is something worth celebrating! I am so lucky, to have been able to celebrate another special year with my Husband Hamada, although life is not quite the same …it is still very special. We have managed another year of married life together, when we thought on several occasions that because of his Multiple Myeloma www.myeloma.org.uk he would not be here and there would be No more celebrations of this, “A Very Special Day”
Lora Conrad 17 July 2009. Everyone should have the privilege of reading Susie’s poetry. They bring real life to the forefront. It’s not always what we wish for, but, facing life’s valleys and sharing them openly makes it easier for others to accept also.
Information on Multiple Myeloma can be found on www.myeloma.org.uk    Helpline 0800 980 3332.
More Poems Of Love on http://www.susiehemingway.blogspot.com -Views 9238 @ 25.7.09
It was never a choice was it?
it sneaked in and through
along and around,
this nasty wicked ‘beast’ that coursed
along the channels of our lives
it tangled and tried to spoil,
bent, broke, quietened and flawed
it tried to rob, steal if you may,
inflict, damage and take away,
it encumbered, hampered, distressed
and sapped,
this dark encroacher that went too far.
Still, it did not spoil or mar
love twixt us two
this fight…without choice.
All Rights Reserved @ July 2009
*This poem is dedicated to all Multiple Myeloma Sufferers and their Carers.
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*A Care-givers Poem.
Copyright @ 2007
“The Waiting Game” a new poem by Susie Hemingway is on: http://www.susiehemingway.blogspot.com
As sure as the sun rises
in the East everyday
as sure as your smile
lights-up the room where you lay
as sure as this calamity
life robs in this way,
as sure as my anger
snags through this pain,
as sure as the worried looks,
painted on the faces of friends
I see, there will be no gain.
As sure as the rippling tide
ebbs again to flow,
as perpetual stride comes
in the darkness I know,
as soft light fading
to soothe for a while,
how pointless this shattered glass
I hold in my hand…
for as sure as faded petals fall
from the ‘roses’ on your face,
as sure as your dark eyes
keep looking for me,
I’ll breathe and breathe again
so you will never see…
As sure as the gibberish words that I write
as sure as day, comes after night
as sure as this ache that grips at my heart.
As sure as….
All Rights Reserved @ June 2009
Photo: Courtesy of Matt Rutherford.
As sun doth melt the silver days
and fresh green buds do chase away
the remnants of these chilly days,
I write for you…
you sleep and sleep my only love
you miss spring birds and clouds above,
in dreaming slumber, days do pass, and
even though against the breeze
the fragile words do come to me,
still sleep stays on those lovely eyes,
for days are shorter dear for you
the circle smaller, in violet blue,
again the sun will find it’s rays
to warm your heart and fill your days
and I will spend my time with you
in quiet gentle solitude,
till this day, my only love,
I write for you…
soon once again, dear God for me
you’ll sit on swing, beneath the trees,
to listen to the buzzing bees
the rustle of the summer leaves,
then you will snuggle close to me,
when smudges of my tears
do fall, to stain the ink,
and you will sleep,
and I will write
my words for thee…
This Poem read by Susie on BBC Radio on 20 May 2009 during Poetry Week, can be heard, on: http://susietest.stff.me ( just scroll down, past the poem “Love Smiles” )
Copyright @ 2009
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