Poetry – Shawna Marie Rodgers

There’s a Shark in the Water

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

January 27, 2020 There is a shark in the water of the soul of the world A threat to our humanity A threat to our girls A threat to theContinue readingThere’s a Shark in the Water

Reborn by the Storm

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on July 5, 2019July 24, 2019

November 27, 2018 You hit me like a much needed rain after a long draught. I had hardened myself against the softness of your nourishment. I’d been alone so long,Continue readingReborn by the Storm

May 7, 2019 Darkness- we’ve walked directly into darkness A path that once made sense A puzzle once easy to commence Has grown impossible Stopped No way forward No visibleContinue readingWalking in Darkness

Stranger on a Bus

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on January 18, 2019August 16, 2019

January 11, 2019 The best people I have ever met live quiet lives. They hide out in the smallest corners of the world. Behind piles of paperwork, heaps of scrapContinue readingStranger on a Bus

The Strength Is In The Calm

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on August 28, 2018

March 3, 2012 Ocean Beach, San Diego “It is beautiful. Beauty and peace are words inaccurate and unworthy of such a stillness. Bodies everywhere, yes, all different. Each with aContinue readingThe Strength Is In The Calm

Walk Out

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on June 3, 2018

What if hell weren’t a place at all Weren’t a place that trapped you in its walls Weren’t a place where you could never leave Weren’t a place you hadContinue readingWalk Out

Spinning

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on January 24, 2017November 7, 2017

He died and I began spinning. Not spinning in the way that was typical of an excited or nervous brain, but spinning in a way I had never known. IContinue readingSpinning

Hallways

By Shawna Marie Rodgers on January 4, 2017November 5, 2017

August 24, 2015 I think that life presents us with certain challenges or circumstances Life then waits Withholding from us To see how we respond I see myself on aContinue readingHallways

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