poem – Mary Grace Writing

Truly Lovers Eyes

There is nothing quite like truthShining through the eyes of your loverStark and piercingCoated with a cast of painFrom words,Or dead,Or lack by you A gentle stabPiercing the heartWith the absolute knowledgeYou did it againIt’s your faultThat selfish flair flapped too hardAnd struck There is nothing quite like truthShinning from the eyes of your loverNow…
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Hope like Cold Fury

She took my anger And flew away So now, I can finally pray
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Goodness

Goodness done, spreads out like flowing water, touching lives in ripples, gentle waves. Goodness withheld is missed like a blown kiss, or forgotten rains. Goodness, action or being? God gives no man this name.Yet we can walk the path he paved and read each stone footprints engraved with Goodness spelling out his love, in actions…
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Joy

Found in simple spaceswhen lights have dimmed to easeweariness of day from shoulders prone. In the morning beamswhere radiance singsreserving stage for feathered accompaniment notes. Shimmers in the shadowslike the fuzziness of heat,but greats in bells that chime with chirping mirth. Often hid amidwide open spaceblending with a magic you can not trace. Given to…
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Underground United/Off Topic Publishing

I have been waiting for months to be able to share this publication with you. I am so thrilled and excited to announce that on October 31st my short story ‘Underground United’ was published in the Wayward and Upward anthology of stories and poems. I am honoured to stand alongside so many other talented and…
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Growth

Today I share my reading of the poem ‘Growth’ with all of you. ‘Growth’ is one of the 36 poems in my new poetry collection, ‘Words of Weight’. Now available at Amazon as an ebook and paperback book. Or barrow it with the Kindle Unlimited program. If you have read my new book, please consider…
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Never Empty/Ekstasis Magazine

“Reviving the Christian Imagination“ “Covering creative culture with Christianity Today“ “Within the pages of Ekstasis, we exhibit arts and letter that reflect the depths of Christian life.” – from the Ekstasis Magazine About Page – I have found the pages of Ekstasis Magazine, both online and in print, to be a place of great beauty…
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Helping Hands

Hands outstretched Confession on quivering lips “I broke it.”
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Gleaning

Tonight I gather,picking fruits from other’s words. Gleaning,as I watch, wait, and learn. Picking of experienceto stow,safe in pockets. Like berries on a bush,tiniest of fruits. Some are bitter, some are sweet,all with bursting flavors greet. Many is the harvest ifone will gleanthe moment’s gift. ©2022 Mary Grace van der Kroef
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Butternut Squash Soup

Thankful for tears as I chop onions. Release, I didn’t know I needed.
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