Poems by Susan Scheid and Valerie Beers

Susan Scheid

I listen with my heart in my eyes; little is visible to me.
Silence cools the breath between words.

© 2019 Susan Scheid

Susan Scheid lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC with her family and her vivid imagination.

Valerie Beers

The poem always knows.
It felt like goodbye.

© 2019 Valerie Beers

Valeri Beers is from Bangor, Maine. She had her first book of poems titled …details… published by Thomas Hill Publishing and is focusing on putting together a 2nd book of haikus and poems titled Scratching The Surface. She has been writing all her life and is inspired to write by listening to music and needing to remember things. Valeri has been published in a number of print and online literary magazines including anthologies by Literature Today, Our Day of Passing anthology, Lit House, The Wicked and Poets of Maine. You can check out her own poetry site: wordsoftheval2000.wordpress.com. You can also connect with her on Facebook (Valeri Beers) and Twitter (@theval2000). She has been a guest poet on Quintessential Listening: Poetry, talking all things poetic and reading her own poems.Valeri also helps take poetic care of PoetryPasta (www.poetrypasta.wordpress.com), an online poetry page that shows off new poets and their words.

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7 Responses to Poems by Susan Scheid and Valerie Beers

  1. Marian Shapiro says:

    Valerie, your poem is intriguing and leaves me wondering….

  2. .. I would like to vote Valeri beers please . The poem always knows. Such poignant words showing clarity and sentiment congratulations valeri
    regards
    author RitaMarie Recine

  3. I would like to vote for valeri Beers. I have already written one message. not sure if it went through. her script, the poem knows shows clarty , visualization and sentiment
    thank you
    author ritamarie recine

  4. What a beautiful poem, Valeri. Your experience with haiku has helped you with this poetic challenge!

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