Hiker Haiku II

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 4 Comments

Thank you Vita Brevis

August 10, 2019August 7, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 28 Comments

Thank you to Brian Geiger at Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine for sharing my voice this week by publishing, Transient. Click on the title to give it a read and while you are there savor some of the words from amazing poets.

Vita Brevis Press is a small publisher dedicated to emerging and established poets, circulating their work in an online magazine and in physical anthologies. The Vita Brevis Poetry Magazinepublishes some of the best emerging poets out there, pairing their work with tonally relevant artwork.

Tender – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

August 4, 2019August 25, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 39 Comments

why are we so afraid of

the tender, exposure of

inside, gently cradled by

toughness skinned over

unconscious callousness

from days of survival,

thick with not letting

anyone in, to touch

the real, born within us.

The Tenderness Project

THE TENDERNESS PROJECT IS AN EXPERIMENT IN RADICAL EMPATHY CURATED BY ROSS GAY AND SHAYLA LAWSON. IT RECOGNIZES THE TENDERNESSES THAT APPEAR IN THE MARGINS AND LIGHTS THESE TINY SPACES.

Hiker’s Haiku – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 16 Comments

Enlight28

Forgiving Fridays

Tandem – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 12 Comments

photo of bicycle parked beside wooden door — Photo by Ali Arapoğlu on Pexels.com

Head down, back bent
climbing back into yourself
fear perspires on your forehead.

Looks like you could use a lift.
Travel forward with me
I will steer for awhile.
You can coast.

I will pedal out the questions.
You can consider answers.
Life can be different
on a bicycle built for two.

First published on Versewrights.

Awestruck – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

July 12, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 20 Comments

awe is beauty’s cousin

his arms around her

tipping her chin up

toward the light

Call to service – July 4

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 20 Comments

I notice,
I remember,
yet I have no idea
what you gave for
my freedoms.

I see,
I listen for,
those without,
who don’t
have freedom yet.

I pray,
that we never stop,
reaching toward each other
with open hands.

Happy July 4th.
Let’s not let the past stop us from creating the future.

Departure – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

June 25, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 37 Comments

At the seasonal station
the train of life only pauses
departure depends on your duration
illusion of control blankets nature’s causes.

Days to nights shift and the engineer steers
hibernating bunks of linked sleepers softly
breathe away their past selves
rhythm of the planet moves through the years.

Travelers lulled to comforted right
cycle of no endings, wheels freely spin
balance tipped toward the night
untouchable by human error, solstice arrives again.

dVerse – Quatrain

Handwritten – poem by Ali Grimshaw

June 15, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 45 Comments

What if I wrote what could not be asked
the inappropriate bold words, or a question
that made you cringe slightly with wonder.
Left it on your desk, scented paper
inside an envelope that you would need to choose
to open or not, wondering who it could be from
unmarked, with just your cursive name penned upon
the front. Leaving you to hesitate with the thrill
of good or bad news to come.