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Judith A. Lawrence
Art & Poetry

Artsbridge/River Poets Writers Group Director  www.artsbridgeonline.com
www.riverpoetsjournal.com
judithlawrence@comcast.net
Applecart
Judith A. Lawrence-2005
Medley
 Judith A. Lawrence-2005
Romeo
Judith A. Lawrence-2005
Desperately Seeking Autumn

Where are the days
that lie in leisurely wait,
that entice with cool breezes,
that remind one ever so gently
to wear a sweater?

The calendar insistently states
it is late September,
the weather steadily indicates
by all measures,
that summer will last
until the first week of frost.

The cloying humidity,
the drooping parched plants
that no amount of watering will satiate,
the late blooming flowers withering
in unrelenting heat,
the new bloom that languishes,
the fragility of all living things,
un-nerves me.

And there is no time
to savor summer’s departure,
to sip the fine aged wine
on the porch rocker,
to turn the pages slowly
of an old photo album,
to stroll through mounds of
burnished gold and auburn leaves
in introspective reverie,
no time,
before surrendering,
without courteous persuasion
 to the hibernation
 and bleakness of winter.

 © Judith A. Lawrence
Autumn Offering

I shall be Autumn
this Halloween,
with leaf draped skirt,
and folds of
boysenberry velvet wine
flowing to the ground,

Brown stained face,
eyes rimmed in gold,
nails dripping sunset,
a crown of twigs
to cover my head.

You may gather from me,
the spring of my youth,
my summer of maturity,
and hold onto
with me,
the solace of
these days of remembering
before the frost.

© Judith A. Lawrence

"BonBons" # 156 - published September, 2002
by The 24th Street Irregular Press
POEMS FOR ALL Series
Samples available at:
http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/about.html
Mirage

I look in the mirror,
but what I sometimes see
is the old once new me
flashing intermittently
in the glint and sparkle
of fond memory,
so vivid,
that when I see
my reflection
the new now old me
is blurred.
~
© Judith A. Lawrence
Mirage #  575
 Published January 2006
by The 24th Street Irregular Press
Poems For All Series
The River Anthology  Volume 2, Number 11, Issue 43
Fall/Winter 2004

Poem Published
"Release From Byberry State Hospital"
The River Anthology
Volumne 2 Number 12
Issue 44
Spring/Summer 2006

Poem Published
"Puzzle Pieces"
PoetWorks Press Anthologies may be purchased at:
http://www.poetworks.com/PWPAnthologyTitles.html
Published Poems - 2000 - 2006

Poetry Imagination.com - February, 2000
Poem of the Month  
Fallen Angels

PoeticVoices.com - July, 2001
The Silver Tongued Devil and I

PoeticReflections.org  -  December 2001
Nut Breakers Hill  

OSC.com - March, 2002 - 3rd place winner
Warm & Fuzzy Prose/Poetry  Contest, 5th Year  
Man For All Seasons

PoeticReflections.org - April, 2002
Astral Journey
 
The 24th Street Irregular Press, POEMS FOR ALL Series
September, 2002

Bonbons - # 156
Knots
Window Shopping
Capricious
Aloof
Serendipity
  
EWGPresents.com - "This Hard Wind" - 2003-2004
Detour - February, 2003
Linens and Fine Things - May, 2003
Marmalade Stories - July, 2003
Now Voyager - August, 2003
Honeysuckle Nights - August, 2003
Dance Hall Ticket - August, 2003
Tenterhooks - August, 2003
Puzzle Pieces - September, 2003
Dancer In The Wake - January, 2004

shadowpoetry.com - Season Contest - Merit Award - January, 2004
For All A Season

"The River" Anthology- Fall/Winter 2004
Release From Byberry State Hospital

PoetWorks Press  - February, 2003
"When I Was A Child" Anthology  
I Was So Much Older Then
  
PoetWorks Press - May, 2004
“A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams” Anthology
Elusive
I Dream of Tuscany
  
PoeticDiversity.org  -  February, 2005
In King Arthur’s Ruins

PoetWorks Press  -  Spring 2005
“For Better or For Worse” Anthology
Cubicles of Love
  
The 24th Street Irregular Press,  POEMS FOR ALL Series
January, 2006
  
Mirage - # 575
 
PoetWorks Press - Winter 2006
"Passing" Anthology
Facing Eternity
To Death
  
"The River" Anthology - Spring/Summer 2006
Puzzle Pieces
  
Ancient Heart Magazine
Poem - Winter Rising
Artwork  - "Snowflake Watch"
Ancient Heart Magazine, Volume 4 Number 4, October 2006
by Lionheart Press
http://www.ancientheartmagazine.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

55 Words - November, 2006
http://www.birdandmoon.com/55words/
Story - Breakfast Dance
Artwork  - "Hats and Peonies"

PoetWorks Press - June 2007
"Just Bite Me Anthology"
Found and Lost
In The Cards

"The River" Anthology - 2007
Timeless





 

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