by Lawrence Cooper | Jan 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The Side Of The Road Poetry with Purpose – Seeking the Truth (Lawrence J.W. Cooper, Comox Valley Poet Laureate) The Side Of The Road I have at long last returned to the crossroads To listen once again to voices I long to hear. I vow this time not to wander from this...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jan 12, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
My quiet voice has won its battle with reason. My inner voice is now free to speak the absurd. My creative voice is free to discover a hidden Truth. And so I speak reality in sounds and images. I compose concepts in literary codes to bring to life what cannot be...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jan 10, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
Mindfulness I take time to experience the beauty of nature in silent worship. As an intuitive person and a poet, I take time to notice minute things that most people consider unimportant or simply ignore, mostly because their minds are always focused on doing...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jan 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Facing a New Dawn The morning struggles through the darkness of the night. It pushes itself through the clouds by the force of sheer will; it brings its light to the dark; it exposes the shadows from the past. Where to from here? Is there no place else to go? Nothing...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jan 4, 2021 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
I have a solitary place where I spend my morning hours pondering what is important. Like an insane man I talk to myself. I let my thoughts flow freely stirring emotions that lie silently dormant. I listen to myself with my heart and soul and answer with my inner...