The color drained from my faceAs my body felt the first arrowAimed at my deep red heartOn targetPiercing the warm fleshDeep into its throbbing pulseBullseye was the wordThat fell from your lipsTriumphant in your accuracyFist-thumping the airYour wicked soul plannedAnd executed my downfallOnly another’s pain could please youAs you salivated your so-called victoryTaking down yourContinue reading “The Day The World Turned Grey”
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The Cherita
Cherita is the Malay word for story or tale. A cherita consists of a single stanza of a one-line verse, followed by a two-line verse, and then finishing with a three-line verse
Broken in Pieces
Personal change can be difficult. Changing the dynamic of a relationship can be daunting. A voyage of self discovery is sometimes necessary in order to effect the change.
I Don’t Give a Hoot – A Quadrille
You hum and hawFuss and flustercausing a commotionYou’re annoyingas anyone could beBut you’re a hootHow about this?Or maybe that?Oh spare meAm I aggravating? You askIs the Pope Catholic? I respondYou daft old cootCopyright © 2025 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights Reserved De Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets and has promptedContinue reading “I Don’t Give a Hoot – A Quadrille”
Marginalization
Stuck in placeA statueSolid, unbendingGoing nowhere It is time to move onAway from hereBreak from the margins of lifeAnd spread my wingsFly free and unrestricted anywhere as long asI can keep movingaway from limitationsHigh above the noiseEndless energy Spurred on by desireFor freedom To change the languageI speak and hearThere is more inside meThan anyoneContinue reading “Marginalization”
Take A Moment
Silence is golden. Meditation brings clarity.
Song Lyric Sunday – Gloria
Songs with a person’s name is the prompt for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, hosted by Jim Adams. This was an easy one for me. ‘Them’ was a 1960s group that gave us the amazing Van Morrison. In fact I used this song at the beginning of 2021 for another of Jim’s prompts. It’s aContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Gloria”
Haiku for Healing
A summery of the content is:Crisp summer breezes dispel sorrow and dry tears. Copyright © 2024 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll Rights Reserved
Haiku For Healing
Pain before healing
In time wisdom comes with age
then you’ll choose wisely
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Taking a Break
Hello Fellow Bloggers, I have decided to take a break from blogging for a while. There are several reasons for my decision, one being that my available time to dedicate to writing has become limited. My passion is writing and I created this site to share my poetry and hope that you would read itContinue reading “Taking a Break”
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