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POETRY BY GERI


Geri with Grandson Doriano,
2001, Margate, NJ


Doriano today
2009


Santino arrived
2-1/2 years ago

Grandchildren are one of the last true unsolicited joys in life
Love and pure delight...................

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" -  by Dylan Thomas


 

A tribute to my Mom who left the earth and her pain
and sadness behind on July 2, 2009 - but who also
taught me strength, compassion and a  love of the arts.
She was truly a woman ahead of her time, one of God's Angels.

1955 1991 2007

     Most of my poetry speaks to my philosophical and spiritual side in the vein of romance pertaining to my own life experiences, particularly victimization.  It goes without saying that those of you who have had this experience can and will relate and those of you who haven't never will, and thank God for that...  Of course, this was some time ago, and I have learned and grown a lot since then; still the scars remain, becoming the craggier, darker side of my psyche where I can forgive but unfortunately not forget. 
     Although I attribute a lot of this to the ignorance of youth, the world was quite a different place then for women, and I believe my generation of women has paved the way for the improved communication and enlightenment which exists today.  I must add that in my quest to be honest and open  to new and different experiences in which I wanted to see and feel all its various aspects, I left myself open to a lot of pain and suffering. It is arguable whether this merely being receptive, taking the "road less travelled"... OR as Led Zeppelin said so wisely in "Stairway to Heaven": '.. there are two roads you can go on but in the long run, there is always time to change the road you are on";
     However, the choices I have made, and that collectively we make as a consequence of them, good and bad, shape(d) who I (we) have become today; hopefully, a better, more empathetic person, friend, kindred spirit, positive force; one to be reckoned with rather than walked on.. 
    I thank God for my faith and the ability to express myself through music, art and writing.  My apologies to those I most assuredly inadvertently affected negatively along the way, and thank you to all of you have served as true friends and mentors, now qualified to hang out your very own "shingle", if indeed you did not own one when we first made our acquaintance!   Peace and Love,  Geri


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 * "Meandering", published 1992 in Dorrance Anthology, "Contemporary Poets of America and Britain"

** "Of Mothers and Daughters", published 1994, National Library of Congress - Editors'  Choice Award

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