Vol. V

Summer 2009 

Poetry written by Cheltenham Township Adult School Workshop Participants      

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1414 Panther Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
Phone: 215-887-1720

Angela Glover

Angela C. Glover was born in Philadelphia in 1960. She has been writing poems and journaling about her life’s experiences for the past 34 years. Angela has been married to her high school sweetheart for 31 years. Her God-given talent is encouraged by her supportive family.  She believes writing is her ministry and strives to excel to the highest plateau imaginable.

Renewed Hope 

The world as beautiful as it appears, tried to take me down

Because I wouldn’t conform

Unclear of the path spun for me, traces of my spirit floating up

Can you see?

All things close were affected

No time to object just to hold my mind together.

Each raging wind stronger than the former,

But this seemed to become normal,

Only minutes,  seconds to comfort myself.

Hope is needed, but hard to grasp.

I’m in a battle to forget the past, struggles, misunderstandings, physical attacks.

Renewed hope will bring joy back, to my heart to my mind.

To a different time, at the moment I presently own.

Thank God the challenges of life have not taken my soul.

 

 

A Dream Scene

What is a dream

Is it a vision or sudden blare

Or an imaginary stare

Am I conscious and awake

Or dreaming of images that are fake

How real can it be

I’ll decide in a minute

I’m dreaming of thoughts on one can hear

Only if I choose to share

Viewing lights and angels that glow

How far will this dream go

Sometimes we escape to a faraway planet

Even our minds can’t handle it

Invisible to the eyes

There are no rules to the dreamscape ride

A team has come like a sunbeam ray

Begging for me to play

Sweating, shaking, awaked by my scream

                                                Who lives inside my dreams

 

 

 

 

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think."

Lorraine Hansberry

 

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