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Bees labor not in vain

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

Bees labor not in vainFor their task is plain.Listen - how they humAround the myoporum.Purple buds then show forthDeclaring their handiwork.

If you crush my foot

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

If you crush my footWith your worthy sandalIt would be sweet abuse.Indeed, the smell of your sweatWafting would beAs expensive perfume.Maybe my nose a..

July 11th, 1991

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

Time, as I felt it, stopped As the Sun gave up its power and wanedBut for an interval. I was lost - Called away from the mundane.Given like a vision f..

Oh, star - brightest star -

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

Oh, star - brightest star -That's first in the sky -I don't need advice;I just need an ear.Nobody else must knowBut I feel terrible.You seem quite cap..

Always, a change of plans

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

Always, a change of plans Interrupts my tranquil course -Set forth by circumstances It appears, for the worse.I resent it, I begrudge - It chips away ..

A rose gave up her secret

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

A rose gave up her secret Of its origin - of its beauty -In the shadow of her crescent - Fiercely hushed once to me.She told me of a plan of love And ..

The mirror is ignorant

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

The mirror is ignorant Of what I know is the truth:Youth repelling the elements - A smooth face untouched by grief -An expression revealing no thought..

Should malachite bemoan

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

Should malachite bemoanThe diamond's lusterWhen the diamond couldEnvy malachite's color?Does the pearl citeA greater metamorphosisThan that of hematit..

Rondeau #1

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

At Wounded Knee, we haunt the hillWhere many moons ago we were killedAs herds of buffalo wax and waneAnd big sky and silence don't profaneBut bless th..

Rondeau #2

A Poem by Amy Michelle Mosier

No one will know how brightly she smiledThat it charmed her parents and beguiledThose who loved her near home where she thrivedHow she sang and danced..