Growing With The Trees – Poems by Ali Grimshaw

May 31, 2024 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 23 Comments

before becoming

Mother Bird, she heard forest

leaves speak layered peace

© Ali Grimshaw 2024

Photo taken on a walk in the Karura Forest, Kenya.

License for fun – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

July 6, 2021 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 20 Comments

Life’s roar a whisper

Country road curves with no plan

Afternoon of you.

©Ali Grimshaw 2021

Look again

December 18, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 14 Comments

Love is there, open

for you, arms outstretched to

embrace, let it be.

© Ali Grimshaw 2019

Insuppressible

December 19, 2018December 17, 2018 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 18 Comments

even encased, your

vibrancy cannot be held

captive, you gleam on

Finding Fault – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

November 4, 2018February 12, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 22 Comments

Blame is an easy

coat to wear, it’s large pockets

empty promises

“The impulse to create begins – often terribly and fearfully – in a tunnel of silence. Every real poem is the breaking of existing silence, and the first question we might ask any poem is, What kind of voice is breaking silence, and what kind of silence is being broken?” ~ Adrienne Rich

An invitation from now until November 6 to share poems of witness by advocating for justice, making a stand for equity, speaking up and out against injustice, hatred and bigotry. #poemsofwitness