Gallery of Words
Please enjoy a taste of some of the words and wonders written by Marie Whitman. Visit the Gallery often as poems are rotated periodically.
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Why Dance
By Marie Whitman …to commune and stir Loosen the heavens Partner with Spirit We bang our feet to the land We are soldiers leaping With bayonet legs battling Through storms we glide Through demons we slice With an army of arms We pound peace into this air We worship and wail Wordless and wonderful Messages moving Dances delivering Torsos tossing secrets Hips swaying signals Heels stomping stories Shoulders singing psalms Sometimes we slide Hunched with gashes Sometimes we twirl Spun in rapture Sometimes we soar Whirled in whispers Hearing as we go Our shapes shifting We decode A language of Love That cannot lie…Silent Swaying intercessors Moving for fathers and sisters Moving for forests and water Moving for nations and mothers One for another We must move. You Are The Blue
By Marie Whitman We think We know Life should be long Some of my favorite songs Are just three and a half minutes Thank you for your visit Even for a short dance Your melody stays With me I hum While driving While scheduling and surviving I sing Remembering You in my cells You’re in the church bells now You are the blue Grackle who just landed at my feet With wings That’s you Bringing the breeze right to me Where I sit So still I say thank you. Alchemy
By Marie Whitman Tonight, with a stillness Humming my tune I will be praying Fall down at your feet Tonight, I mean business Under this moon I will be laying All down at your feet Losing It all in the fire Now There's no going back Losing It all in the fire Knowing that I Lit the match Light the flame I'm like the flame I dance and howl and turn Ready to burn Ready to burn |
Go Fish
By Marie Whitman (Poem written "on-demand" at the Miami Book Fair International for a little girl whose goldfish had died..) Always remember your gaze Giving me one eye Then the other My flowing, floating friend Swimming sister Or...were you my brother? Either way, I can say I'm missing Kissed you'd give me Through the glass You'd dive and dip I'd often ponder: Do fish have lips? Now I wonder What your after-life brings Are you my fish angel And how do you swim with wings? Memorial Day
By Marie Whitman We embark on this day Parks and parties We get away Rest Retreat Recreation A perfect day for a vacation Let’s not leave Our memory behind Backyard barbecues Beach sunsets Family-sized Frolicking Hot-dog buns Cutting grass Under the sun One Nation, under God, with liberty Have you seen her lately This monumental lady Lamenting with her torch song And Justice Her star-spangled sister Blindfolded and holding scales Holding space for the weight Of all the folded Uniforms and flags While our widowed hands Hold our purple hearts Let’s take more Than a moment Of silence To give credence to the Loss Those who pledged To give allegiance and their life Toss Your frisbees and baseballs and apple pie In the sky Sits the sun and his clouds right nearby Making sure we remember This day Remember to pray while we play Remember the fallen Remember duty has called them Home She
By Marie Whitman This Goddess graces me With praise and Poetic encouragement She weaves words like nourishment Heaven sent Meant to hold me Like Grandma’s quilt We do not compete But instead, we dance barefeet Holding Hands that have carried Both burdens and blessings Because of this she knows Her words are sacred seeds She chooses to sow life I don’t fear her beauty Because she shines through me She is my mirror Singular and strong She fiercely sings my song I reply with a chorus of her She gives me permission Like a kiss on my cheek Reminds me, my mission I’ve only to speak it forth She brushes...the hair from my eyes She hushes...my cares become quiet She will jump with me into fire Knowing When we burn we are Growing our glow Whispers to me to let go And we laugh while I shed And we laugh while I shed Becoming Light We are women wearing Hearts on sleeves Lips and lashes Scars and gashes Teeth-baring smiles Heels pounding miles Brows perched above Eyes that see with Love Tongues that savor The salt of a good cry Breasts that heave as We breathe lullabies We ignite while we soothe We ignite while we soothe The heart of the world |