Melanie Jane Boicourt Shanks : Writing

The All

The All

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


When looking at the grand portrait, we are insignificantly important. We seem so small. Yet, we are part of the All. We make up the possibilitie..
The Moment

The Moment

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


Worrying about the past and trying to turn back the clock, is like trying to put a key in a combination lock. Fretting over the future, over what ..
The Combination

The Combination

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


If a pill took away your sadness but it also took away your 'gladness', would the pill be worth swallowing or would it be the pill you were followi..
The untouchable

The untouchable

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


Life is complete with physical pleasure all depending on what you endeaver. To ensure enjoyment, tangible is obsolete. The untouchable enlighten..
The Game

The Game

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


The thoughts we think, the things we say, have already been said in another way. The pictures we paint, the poems we write, have already been see..
Life Path

Life Path

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


All of the things that we have forgotten we have forgotten for a reason All of the things we need to remember We'll remember in the right season...
Skeptical Consumption

Skeptical Consumption

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


Will you wade through life's obstacles or flow through life's treasures? Will you consume another's judicials or create your own pleasures? Will..
Life

Life

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


Life is just the now in everything you see. You create the new with everything you be. It's all about life and life is all about. You create you..
YOU

YOU

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


YOU deserve what YOU desire. Follow YOUR dreams to take YOU higher. YOUR destination is already known. The path YOU take is what's unshown. Fear i..
Pieces of you

Pieces of you

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Sha..


I see pieces of me in everything I see. If what I see is true, then I'm pieces of you. When you look around, you are what you've found. You ..