Words Not Spoken: Poetry for Quiet Moments

By Angie Zappacosta Scheerer

The spoken word is uniquely our purview as human beings. We use it often and well to communicate. Yet, too often, something we should have or could have said goes unspoken. Sometimes we communicate in song or action or gesture without need of words. Sometimes the circumstance of the moment allows us to transcend verbal communication. At times our words are directed at ourselves and they remain our unvoiced thoughts (which can make very nice poems!).
The poems in this book give voice to many of these words not spoken.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483670744

Angie Zappacosta Scheerer

Angie Zappacosta Scheerer, a first generation American, is wife, mother, grandmother, and educator. Her poems celebrate life, nature and love of family and country. Her work has been published locally and in the interfaith publication Alive Now. In addition to her poetry, she is currently preparing illustrations for a children’s book which she hopes to release next year. She and her husband have a home in Maryland. E-mail: [e-mail].

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Table of Contents

AUTHOR’S NOTE

QUIET MOMENTS

5:00 A.M.

COME TO THE LAKE

MORNING GREETING

ALL OVER AGAIN

BY AND BY

MORNING INTERLUDE

MATINS

ALL IS FORGIVEN

GONE AGAIN

THE DEER HAVE NOT COME

PHOTOGRAPHS

A WALK THROUGH ETERNITY

REFLECTION

FIRST LIGHT

MORNING MEDITATION

LIVE!

IN THE STILLNESS

BACK TO THE FUTURE

WHAT CAN IT MEAN ?

FOREVER

A MEASURE OF PROGRESS

GIVE AND TAKE

HUSH

THE GREAT OR (It’s not about bugs)

A THING OF BEAUTY

HALLOWED GROUND

PREEMPTIVE STRIKE

CAUSE AND EFFECT

THE OLD WOMAN LAUGHS AT LAST

ON READING A BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY

CHOOSE GREYHOUND

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE

WHAT THIS MORNING?

OFFERTORY

MOONLIGHT

WRITE ME A POEM

THE GLORY OF ROME

LEARNING CURVE

THE GIFT OF SIGHT

FROM THE BEGINNING…

THE ISLAND

FOR THE LEAST OF THESE

I ALONE

POSSESSED

A CONVERSATION WITH HAROLD

JUNCO

THE CATCH

STEP FORWARD, LOVE

AN EXCERPT FROM A MOTHER’S LIFE

HONORS

AMERICA SALUTING

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

TREE KISSES

MUSINGS

PARADOX

DRAGONFLY

BEMUSED

FIREWORKS

THE DRY SEASON

SYCAMORE

YOU GAVE ME AN IDEA

THE PARTING GIFT

FROM WHERE I STAND

Y-O-U

LIFE MATTERS

WITH GOOD REASON

HOW, NOW?

THE GIFT OF THE SEA

SPRINGTIME, 2013

AUTUMN

CHERUB SMILE

AUTUMN LEGACY

SIGNS AND WONDER

CHRISTMAS TREE

AS I THINK OF YOU

REDEMPTION

I THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY

BY DESIGN

BLESSING FOR THE WATERMEN

I AM NOT SAD

REST EASILY, MY DEAR

THE BEAT GOES ON

HOW CAN I KNOW?

LOVE’S PROMISE LOST

GOOD NIGHT MOON

EARTH’S OLD STORY

LOVE LINKS

JUST LOVE ME

SACRAMENT

WISH FOR A DEAR ONE DEPARTED

APART

BY MOONLIGHT

FOR A MOTHER DELIVERING

FOR BABY

JUST YOU—AND ME

A GIFT OF LOVE

THIS FINE SUMMER DAY

WOODSONG

THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS

DREAM CASTING

PROMISE

BLESSINGS OF THE ELEMENTS

DISARM

INVITATION

PRIMAL TIME—A Participatory Poem

DREAM CATCHING

IDYLL

BEYOND PAX ROMANA

TIL SPRING RETURNS

A SIMPLE REQUEST

EVENING PRAYER

For my children—and

theirs…

Author’s Note

The spoken word is uniquely our purview as human beings. We use it often and well to communicate. Yet, too often, something we should have or could have said goes unspoken. Sometimes we communicate in song or action or gesture without need of words. Sometimes the circumstance of the moment allows us to transcend verbal communication. At times our words are directed at ourselves and they remain our unvoiced thoughts (which can make very nice poems!).

The poems in this book give voice to many of these words not spoken.

Angie Zappacosta Scheerer

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QUIET MOMENTS

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5:00 A.M.

One star nods in the eastern sky,

One soft grey cloud lingers nigh,

Eager birds crisscross the sky.

Nighttime shadows bid good-bye.

Nestlings twitter, rabbits run.

Tree tops, not to be outdone,

Flutter soft ’neath waking sun.

Business of the day’s begun.

COME TO THE LAKE

Come with me down to the lake.

Come unencumbered.

Neither have books nor pastels

Nor camera nor papers to grade.

Come alone with yourself, come.

Be ready to meet all those who

await you.

Meet the feasting nuthatch, the

hawk on the wing,

the moon in his haze, the deer

in the morning.

Be ready to meet the seeker who

travels by your side.

Come quietly.