"Poetry is a life-cherishing force.

For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the gold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry." - Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

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a child lying in a grassy field, laughing, with a basket of raspberries and a straw hat nearby

Final Curtain Call: A Heart Highlights Poem

They say that, / as the curtain falls on / this one wild and precious life,* / an internal projector / plays a recap / of this romp on the stage . . .

Celeste Boudreaux

Sep 18, 20252 min read

Glistening dewdrops adorn a delicate spiderweb, creating a striking contrast against the dark background

Daydreaming: Love, Relationship and Loosened Knots*

Daydream with me of a world / Where everyone can see / How connected we really are / Tiny diamonds on Indra's net . . .

Celeste Boudreaux

Aug 18, 20251 min read

partial wall of the ruins of Iona nunnery with purple flowers in foreground

Iona Nunnery at First Light: A Thin Place Poem

Welcome, pilgrim. / Lay down your burdens with your luggage. / Neglect your phone as you have neglected quiet. . . .

Celeste Boudreaux

Jun 21, 20252 min read

a bee on a yellow flower, viewed from behind

The Honeybee: Beauty, Creativity and Passion

I am a honeybee / And my business is beauty / I am irresistibly drawn to / Color, fragrance and sweetness . . .

Celeste Boudreaux

May 21, 20251 min read

Where Can I Flee: The Illusion of Isolation

Let me slay my illusion of isolation / It is a lie I have believed / Let me smash it on the hard tile floor / And neglect to sweep up the shards . . .

Celeste Boudreaux

Apr 23, 20252 min read