Tag: woman poet

  • Sweet Little Toes

    Sweet Little Toes

    Little toes, ten in a row Through fraying cloth, they peek

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  • Six Word Story (110)

    Six Word Story (110)

    I preferred the feeling of bark against my skin, it gave my little hands a better grip.

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  • Six Word Story (107)

    Six Word Story (107)

    What does the word intimacy stir within you?

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  • Self Controle

    Self Controle

    To have control or persevere? Sometimes the difference isn’t clear.

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  • Faithfulness

    Faithfulness

    To be a constantunwavering mass To last To hold knowledgeopen handed honestly To choose a pathand follow through thoroughly Never giving upNever backing down faithfully Copyright ©2023 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Goodness

    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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  • Kindness

    Kindness

    A single actwordor gesture.The power to propelguardor gather.Embodies compassion,making it action. A smileor nod,unexpected applaud.Really seeing,beingpresent. Kindnessis mindful,refuses to stiflewhen it can’t understand.Knows God’s handhas the endplanned. Copyright ©2023 Mary Grace van der Kroef Available titles by Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Patience

    Patience

    Patience isn’t passive but A power held in check, ready when Time comes to move Inexorably forward. PatiencE shows a passion for peace iN bite sized nuggets unafraid of silenCe wisE in gauging climates. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef Available titles by Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Peace

    Peace

    Present places, present faces, in the moment here with you

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  • Joy

    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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