Belonging

Image ~ October 16, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 17 Comments

Anticipation of beginning again

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 17 Comments

Like spilt milk
later to sour
an immediate response
to cleanse
wasn’t enough.

A whiteness that
blanked out what
we had been
like our love
lost consciousness.

Now after, the hours of it all
we face each other
in anticipation
hold a canvas cleared.

Dip your hand with me
to paint the next.

dVerse Poets Pub – waiting

Shifting – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 27 Comments

absent stood out

on the page of my day,

like sharp yellow highlighter,

biting bright contrast,

to your slight soft smile.

Remembering our laughter

mixed with the warm sunlight smell

of blackberries, overripe

with the end of this season,

some clinging to the vine.

As we shift to the next, there is a tension of holding on and letting go. I feel this as I experience goodbyes and new places. Sending love to anyone who is saying farewell and transitioning with this season. Let’s welcome in the new colors that arrive with this change.

Returning

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 ~ Ali Grimshaw ~ 37 Comments

Where to go to return
to the tranquil, a friend
you used to know so well?

Hours spent creekside
holding rocks, one by one
their colors glow wet with water

slowing your breath with
the simple love for a moment
of just being alive.

dVerse Poets Pub – “… and the most beautiful words are.”

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.