Summer Grace : Writing

On the end table

On the end table

A Poem by Summer Grace


On the end tableYou smile stillIn your photo, from long agoYou couldn’t knowOn the end tableYou still look outIn your world, with noDoubt of man..
California Snow, 1949, Part 1

California Snow, 1949, Part 1

A Story by Summer Grace


Historical FictionJanuary, 1949 in Glendale, California. It is snowing. Agnes looks out the window of the house she is living in to her front yard. Th..
Life goes on

Life goes on

A Poem by Summer Grace


The sound of the seaIs soft around the silentSinging and sighingThem to sleepWhile life goes onKites and cloudsOverhead the livingPursue their dreamsT..
True Story

True Story

A Poem by Summer Grace


We are all stories in the endWhen we are names onStone in eventuality, buried inIn a misty cemeteryLife goes so fast it’sAll memory, one momentV..
At the end of the day

At the end of the day

A Poem by Summer Grace


Written 2012The sunset falls throughStained glass windows ofA mausoleum in MayI’m here with you todayAt the end of the dayThe sunset goes paleWi..
Wondering

Wondering

A Poem by Summer Grace


I wonder about your lifeWhat might have happenedHad you not died so soonIn long ago autumnWhen the leaves were fallingI wonder about your deathWhat wa..
Puerto Rico Cemetery(by the sea)

Puerto Rico Cemetery(by the sea)

A Poem by Summer Grace


Written Autumn, 2011- based on a picture of a young woman by a cemetery by the sea in Puerto Rico, a photo taken by someone I knewShadows on the landS..
By the Sea

By the Sea

A Poem by Summer Grace


The happiest place on earthIs by the crash of the wavesNear the sea lavender, turquoise,And blue in every hue, all aroundThe happiest place on earthIs..
November Morning at a California Cemetery

November Morning at a California Cemetery

A Poem by Summer Grace


November Morning, Mountain View, Oakland, CaliforniaSleeping in quietAnd in peace underThe palm trees thatStir in the breezeSleeping in morningAre the..
Marilyn

Marilyn

A Poem by Summer Grace


Blonde hair andLaughing eyesYou had it all, you were it allYour death was a surpriseRemote and farawayThat’s what you areThey say, staring atUs ..