A Poem by Julie Clark | Preparation & Hope for Hard Times
Hope always raises its head again
Even after disappointment
The alternative is too bleak
Despair helps no one
The soul longs to hope and believe
That good will overcome evil
A Poem by Julie Clark | Thoughts and Prayers
A poem: “Thoughts & Prayers”? No thank you. Unless you mean the kind of prayer -Where you call out to God – For mercy and forgiveness – And commit yourself – To work, to change – To make this world – A safe place for everyone – To live…
Read More
A Poem by Julie Clark | Follow the Thread
Essay & Lament | Boarding Schools – Weaponized for Cultural & Religious Indoctrination
Before we spend the effort to understand the situation in China, it is vital for us, as people of good will in the United States, as well as in Canada, to examine our own history with Native American boarding schools.
Read More
A Poem by Julie Clark | Palm Branches
…But the palm waving
Crowds shouting
Hosanna, quickly turned
To Crucify him
When he did not do
What they thought
He was supposed to do.
Read More
A Poem by Julie Clark | Ukraine: This War
The cruelest of tyrants
Inflicting his insanity
On the vulnerable?
Is there a shred
Of the soul left to appeal to?
To lament and pray for?
He is not the only tyrant
Still alive today
Perhaps, it’s not too late…
Read More
A Poem by Julie Clark | Reduction
Simmering on a back burner Evaporating Diminishing To concentrate flavor And thicken the broth or sauce Aging, chronic illness, plus the pandemic Reducing me…
Read More
A Poem by Julie Clark | While You Were Scrolling
A poem by Julie Clark underscores the importance of unplugging and noticing the changing seasons.
Read More
A Shelter | Poem by Julie Clark
Shelter. Protection. Feeling safe in your community. That is the spirit Julie Clarks attempts to capture in her poem, A Shelter.
Read More
USA coping with COVID | Learning from mistakes
Julie Clark reflects on the United States response to the pandemic in her reflective piece, Coping with COVID.
Read More
Ramadan: In Memory and Imagination | Two poems by Julie Clark
In light of what many Muslims are experiencing in China, Julie Clark writers two poems for Ramadan: In Memory, and Imagination.
Read More
Is It Just Me? Emerging After Covid… – A Poem by Julie Clark
In this poem, Julie Clark explores the emotional process and struggles of emerging from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More