Author Archives: Sabra Bowers

About Sabra Bowers

Poet / Blogger / Writer

Secrets

Posted on October 1, 2018

secrets can change lives sharing them can, too choose carefully which secrets to share which to hold close which deserve a new story each choice has its own value choose carefully Written in April 2018, many months before the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Senses

Posted on September 28, 2018

What I’d give       to smell your aftershave      to touch your hand      to see your face      to taste your mouth      and hear you laugh again    

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Likes and Dislikes

Posted on September 23, 2018

I detest jealous bosses, hateful gossips, and the routinely late. I like old graveyards, flower-filled window boxes, and secret doors. I cherish sitting for hours talking with K.   My poem Likes and Dislikes came up as a Facebook memory … Continue reading →

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Ancient Text

Posted on July 22, 2018

a crow’s cry cracked the silence Sidra emptied her cup even in this dark space she saw that the calligraphy was tinged with red wine a strap bound the ancient text she wanted to tap the secrets of this fragile … Continue reading →

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New Place

Posted on July 20, 2018

desiring a new place to set it down to set me down could I see my old place with awakened eyes with a new story does needing a fresh start require a new place or would a divergent story suffice … Continue reading →

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Figs

Posted on July 16, 2018

looking through my kitchen window I notice my fig bush has grown several feet since last summer I can no longer pull down the top limbs to harvest the ripe, brown fruit when contemplating my figs, I usually think of … Continue reading →

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Soar

Posted on July 15, 2018

his stomach knotted as he recalled the pattern his thoughts tightened as he climbed the graveled path he had trimmed his plans to keep them simple and low-key the ocean spray calmed him as he walked the cliff’s edge suddenly, … Continue reading →

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Truth

Posted on July 2, 2018

what’s so? life, energy it was here long before humans and will be here long after we are gone

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Secrets

Posted on June 22, 2018

assuming another identity I walked from my office desk to Atlanta’s tree-lined streets in every kind of weather escaping is why I relished my private detective work   An old photo from my years of detective work. My position was … Continue reading →

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Meditating

Posted on June 13, 2018

meditating on the front porch late afternoon sun, bathing all of me I’m mindful of sounds in and around me to my left just off the porch the soft rattling of a bird’s call the comfy purr of a black … Continue reading →

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