SANDRA HENRY - POEMS

Sandra Henry is a poet from Canada. Her poetry has been published in the anthologies: "Dandelion in a Vase of Roses", "Warriors with Wings", and "Persian Sugar in English Tea vol II". Sandra is also a co-winner of the Dorothy Olivieri Memorial Chapbook Contest 2019. Her work can be read online in Poetry Pasta, Stanzaic Stylings and Best Poetry. Sandra loves reading, writing and spending time with her dog Penny and her cat Missy.

A Tear on a Pressed Rose

​Whispers in the night
Scarcely brush the skin
Causing delicious tingling
Teasing the weary mind.
An old promise falls
As a single tear
Waiting to be dried
By a kiss upon the cheek.
Sweet words of favoured poets
Touch a restless heart
Thoughts rest upon night's pillow
Shared from worlds apart.
Between oft' turned pages
A memory yet slumbers
A delicate rose pressed
A wish placed upon a dream.
A wind-swept leaf dances
Through the frosty yard
A feeling; a smile
Hearts held safe to keep.
Breathless sighs cry out
To the moon's silver light
I hear your silent whispers
In the still of the night.

I Dreamed Awhile

​A voice I heard
By touch to feel
By heart to know
By breath to warm.
In tears of joy then to dream
To reach the sunset of your smile
To give a rose once touched by cheek
Nourished by tears the same
To place by your side as you sleep
To keep you safe from fears.
I dreamed awhile in slumber sweet
To settle soft as tho' to seek
And fill a space next to me
Once void of tender verse
To whisper honey poetry.
Then by gentle smile of mind
And touch of heart did find
In silence of dark's night.

Inspiration's Tears

​The spirit of beauty
blossoms year 'round
As the spirit of love
shines down from above.
One crystal tear of joy
fills the aching heart
One delicate thought
gives imagination flight
One tender touch
causes the soul to sing
One sweet smile
shall be felt forever more.
Let all the oceans be
crystal tear drops
Let each thought be
a swallow in flight
Let one touch be
a thousand voices singing
Let one smile be
an eternal light.
So shared spirit will live on
in soft and tender hearts
in the tears of inspiration
and in the joy of
cherished friendship.