Beate Sigriddaughter- Three Poems

Beate Sigriddaughter, www.sigriddaughter.com, lives and writes in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. Her work has received four Pushcart Prize nominations and won four poetry awards. In 2015 ELJ Publications published her novel, Audrey: A Book of Love.

the path of beauty

I only get to walk the path of beauty once

and I don't want to do it in rags.

Or, for that matter, in rage.

DARKNESS

I understand
how darkness
exists so I can
sometimes
see the stars.

KISS

A kiss
doesn’t just happen once
it happens forever
even after the acrid divorce
it sits there
in its youthful cloak
of hope and wild
anticipation