Poetry in Motion

By Siupatie Harding

A collection of poems that reflect the essence of love, the joy of friendship, the awe of nature and the anathema of cruelty to life.

Siupatie Harding lives in St. George/Brant with her husband Dr. Douglas Harding. She enjoys composing poems, writing stories for children, and has written her biography (lulu publishing) and two novels. Her

• Language: English
• Publisher: GoldTouch Press, LLC
• Release date: Jun 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781733226448

Siupatie Harding

Siupatie Harding lives in St. George/Brant with her husband Dr. Douglas Harding. She enjoys composing poems, writing stories for children, and has written her biography (lulu publishing) and two novels. Her hobbies include reading, writing, quilting, embroidering and gardening.

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Poetry

in

Motion

Siupatie Harding

Copyright © 2019 by Siupatie Harding.

eBook:    978-1-7332264-4-8

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Contents

NATURE

The Mighty Maple

October Wind

Calm Over Lake Ontario

The Elm in Autumn

Disappearing Mountain

Bullfrog Pond

Sunset Over Lake Ontario

Spring Time in Jackman, Maine

Spring Time in Newfoundland

That Place

Maiden Pink

The Larch in Spring

LOVE

The Red Cell

The Journey of Love

True Love

Sweet Benjamin

What I Like about You Darren

Treasured Memories

The Dance

Gentle Musings

A Stich for Time

TIME

Reality Check

PORTRAITS

Tyler My Star

Jasmine Jean (Our Moonbeam)

HIKING

Mirror Lake

MORE PORTRAITS

Brooke

To Riley

Love in Stitches

LULLABY

Lullaby for Autumn

DREAMSCAPE

Dreamscape 1

Dreamscape 2

EXPERIENCE

Mothers Day

Moongazing

Walk With Me

Dawn

A Rainy Day in Thunderbay

An Evening Walk

Dying Alive

The Lesson

Weeds And I

Heaven on Earth

Self Imprisonment

Farmers’ Day

Let It Rain

SUCCESS

Reaching for the Top

REALITY

Freedom

Laughter

A Memory

A Picture in Winter

A Natter Matter

FRIENDSHIP

Quinquaginta

My Friend

ROMANCE

To My Love

TIMELY MOMENTS

Millenium Fever

Nesting

The Human Condition

Past Prime

Forgotten Sandals

Lady in White

THE POVERTY OF GREED

The Poverty of Greed

MILESTONES AND CELEBRATIONS

New Year’s Day Thoughts

Besotted

Dos and Donts

A Time for Reckoning

Birthdays

A Celebration for Jim

Time Capsule

PORTRAITS AND MILESTONES

My Father

A Birthday Wish

Happy Birthday to William

To Savannah

To Adrian

To Darren

To Jim

To Nadine

To Doug

ELEGIES

Elegy to Lord Tipperton (Tip)

Elegy to My Sister Anandaie

Elegy to My Sister Goamti

REFLECTION

A Teacher’s Musings

Serenity

Beauty And Art

Who Am I?

Idle Rumination

QUILTING

Addicted

Quilted Trains

Happy Solstice

Arguing With My Dreams

The Ship at Bronte Pier

Destiny

A Moment In Verse

BY

Siupatie Harding

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I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THOSE POETS WHO I ADMIRED AND THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE INSPIRED ME.

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The Mighty Maple

(OCTOBER 1996)

Standing along the hostile lake,

Rejoicing in thy majesty,

With spreading branches all around,

A bulwark against calamity,

The years have been unkind to thee,

Erosion clawing at thy feet,

Earth dangles down in lumps and clumps.

Alas, for thee there’s no retreat.

The summer shade did welcome all,

You, Prince of Peace reigned serenely,

But autumn thieves stole all thy leaves

Your golden beauty eternally.

A glorious moment did appear,

With springtime leaves so beautifully,

A gentle archway thou did form

Touching the chestnut gracefully.

It was the wedding of ninety three,

A gift so rare thou did provide,

A lasting tribute to two betrothed,

Their love and thy glory abide.

Now, awake!

From your dream of life,

When you rejoiced and suffered too,

Kissed by the sun, rain and snow,

Your many off springs start anew.

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October Wind

Your roaring sound I see

Buffeting leaves up high,

Darkness approaches,

Obliterating cloudy sky,

Leaves frantically seek perch,

As they are tossed about,

Reluctant trees in lurch,

Nakedness, as they shout,

The lake you push from shore,

Resist she every gust,

Receding waves endure,

Dry winds for water lust

Stark silhouette of trees,

Against a cloudy sky,

A backdrop grey and grim,

Thy picture dreary nigh,

Oh! Wind of autumn clime,

How noisily you rage,

Presaging winter clime

Natures messenger engage,

How cold and tight you grip,

A menace you are. Go!

From your embrace I slip

Till calmness you bestow

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Calm Over Lake Ontario

(Bronte, November 1996)

Sweet stillness reigns

O’er land and sky and lake,

A deafening silence,

Deep sleep cannot arise,

Of distant shores I dream,

To space I travel,

My wings are light dust,

I reach my shining star,

A sponge my brain is

Nothing is out of