Tag Archives: memories

Fine Memories

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Sabra Bowers

Fine memories dwell here. I can almost hear them when I close my eyes.

Posted in Art, Photography, Poet, Poetry, Prayer, Uncategorized | Tagged Angels, Art, blogging, gifts, memories, Mother Mary, photography, poetry, Victrola | 4 Comments

Surprise

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Sabra Bowers

it was a surprise to find the gate open giving entry to the rutted road I’d not walked since my youth we meandered the yards around the abandoned farmhouse and barns my friend wanted to try the doors I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artist, Photography, Poet, Poetry, Story Poem, Uncategorized | Tagged Art, creativity, family, farmhouse, friends, history, memories, personal journey, photography, poetry, Stories, surprise, travel, writing | 10 Comments

I Remember

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Sabra Bowers

I Remember I remember the man wiping his face and tear filled eyes. I remember his life-long work for justice and his work to ensure we do not forget. He’d want us to remember how it started with an election. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged courage, elections, Father's Day, flash backs, healing, memories, passion, Simon Wiesenthal, World War II | 15 Comments

Encircled

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Sabra Bowers

Encircled surprise in the pines fruit and flowers cover the ground surrounding Ganesh Cedar Hill was a retreat center established by a couple of Catholic nuns in Dawsonville, Georgia. The book club I belong to was started at Cedar Hill. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Essay, Poetry | Tagged healing, meditation, memories, personal journey, wholeness | 13 Comments

Hanging On

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Sabra Bowers

unlike bats in covered places brown, dried leaves desperately hang to branches in a sprinkle of cold rain Wrote this morning while waiting in the drive-thru at Starbucks. Some leaves and people find it easy to release and let … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bats, Change, choices, courage, death, leaves, memories, personal journey, poetry, Starbucks | 19 Comments

Fishing and Swimming with Dwight

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Sabra Bowers

we fished from a shaded creek bank a can for worms, a jar for grasshoppers and a water bucket for the catch my younger brother, Dwight skillfully hooked the wigglers and hoppers the creek water was cold, deep, and dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged courage, fish fry, fishing, memories, snakes, swimming | 38 Comments

My Writing Process Tour

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Sabra Bowers

Yay! I’m joining a blog tour today, My Writing Process. Thank you, Michelle Pond, for inviting me. Readers, you can find Michelle on her blog, MAPoet. There you will find her poetry and a link to her published collection titled I Keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Essay, Interview, Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Dylan, Brenda Warren, death, healing, Irene Toh, Leonard Cohen, lifestyle, memories, mental-health, Michelle Pond, music, Pamela Sayers, passion, personal journey, photography, poetry, success, The Sunday Whirl, women writers, Wordsmith Studio | 21 Comments

Blackbird’s Soar

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Sabra Bowers

Blackbird’s Soar on the wings of night moments arise that free the eyes to see what’s broken and dead in life in morning’s light the blackbird’s soar frees the heart to see living possibilities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written for The Sunday Whirl. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged blackbirds, Change, death, healing, memories, poetry, possibilities, success | 37 Comments

Honeysuckle

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Sabra Bowers

Honeysuckle she leaves honeysuckle to weave its tangles around forsythia branches knowing the fragrance soothes her southern soul with scented memories of a long-ago girl who pulled wild honeysuckle blooms and sucked their sweetness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written for We Write Poems … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged forsythia, honeysuckle, memories, poetry, wild honeysuckle | 33 Comments

Remembering

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Sabra Bowers

Sometimes I miss being a family of three, but I trust the rightness of now living alone. It is an adventure to see what the future brings to my path of becoming a sage woman… a woman of years and hopefully, wisdom. Today, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged aging, Change, healing, memories, personal journey, photography, saging, seniors, snow, wholeness | 7 Comments