"DAY WITH CREATIVE WOMEN"

We arrive from near and far
smiling, hugging and laughing
happy to see each other...

Every year under the sycamores
by the creek we meet
bringing our creations
sharing our art...

Creative women we all are
our hands magical tools
our voices sweet melodies
our words pure poetry...

A day with creative women
our banner announces
and the young girls
walk among our art
with bright eyes
filled with wonder...

And the old sisters
visit us with tenderness
happy to see our unity
blessing us with smiles...

Welcome sisters
old and new
here we meet again
to show our art,
to make new friends
to sing along
the ancient
song of sisterhood...

Copyright 2008
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

"YOU HAVE ARRIVED"

On an April day
on a Spring day
high on the snowed mountains
of South Lake Tahoe
near Emerald Bay
you arrived...

My grandson
wanted and waited for
your big blue eyes
search for the light
and your little hands
clasp grandma's pinky

Little sweet boy
you arrived in a day
when the birds
were arriving home
after a long trip
across the planet

As they sang happily
on the branches
safe in their blue lake
so you are safe in the
arms of your grandma

Copyright 2008
Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

POEM FOR MY GRANDSON JOSHUA

In the silence of space

while the planet gently spin among a sea of stars

you float in my daugther's womb

in your warm golden refuge...

My little one, soon

you will see your grandma who waits for you

she will take you to see the ocean

will tell you legends of her far away land

will teach you to sing with the wind

and to dance under the rain....

Soon my little one

you will smell the flowers

and dip your feet in the creek

while the fairies and trees look down on us...

Soon my little one

you will sleep in my arms

under the moonlight....