BONNIE
JENNINGS
HAVEN DREAMING
Drifting
weightlessly awhile dreaming lucidly seeing
Floating through
halls of granite having huge columns
Touching cold
stonewalls filled with ancient lights
Knew momentarily,
I was transported somewhere else
I studied the
writings and carved pictures on the walls
Reading a story of
humans caught within an earthen warp
But, here a
palatial ruin, not foreboding, and oddly grand
Felt pleasure and
comfort, felt familiarly, as if, I was home
The temple held
temples, spirits ~ awaiting souls
A ride through the
cosmos in order to find their own
And meanwhile
awaiting the catalyst who transports
Watched myself
drifting in this palatial mausoleum space
Recognizing old ~
old character beings, I’ve known
In another place
for certain; however, this was our womb
Until the time of
birthing thus taking flight combusting into life
Here we gathered,
quietly awaiting, until our mother said
And this cold
monumental temple is our place
I recognized the
carvings and the silent grace
And one day, will
return and unite with my family
A peaceful dream
experienced, finding my haven
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REMEMBERING WALES
The aromas of
luxurious greens adorned the ruin
And wandering up
the stairs had intense feelings
Chills and
goosebumps and Erector Pelli presented
The closer the
emerging, the more intuition feelings
Here I’d been, in
this place along ~ long time ago
The whispers of
distant voices and conversations
Remembered
laughter and thought of the dancing
Beer, wine and
silver goblets, and sheer elegance
Gentleman in
kilts, and fair maids with bosoms
Cajoling till
dawn, Oh, the legends ~ long gone
And now Butter
Cups adorn the stairs leading up
To a place once
reserved for men of Highlanders
And, The charitable
Sisters of Dawn, tended by day
Oh, but that was
ancient centuries now long forsaken
Here I walk, three
hundred years past such history
Visiting ghosts,
and wondering could we have passed
Each other again,
some later time and place, so aghast
Venturing another
lifetime, could they’ve too ~
Will we meet
again, at this ruin on a hill?
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A MOMENT
Momentarily, de
jevu flashed as erroneously remembered
This castle
amongst foliage and humongous lizards
Oddly familiar,
the senses anticipate relevance
To a time untamed,
yet wildly passionate
Where fair maidens
surrendered to kings impassioned
And the jungle
seems unexciting after all the eras
And lost was the
drunken music, beer, and enibriation
No decadent laughter
heard, no reveling “bottoms up!”
Just me standing
reverently, at the nevergreen years
Ghosts that
linger, and faint voices past
And prayerfully, I
turned around in my tracks
BONNIE JENNINGS
BONNIE
JENNINGS
was born in New Orleans, LA, USA and from there she moved with her family to
several different paces, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana again, Arizona,
Puerto Rico, Atlanta Ga, Miami and Ft Lauderdale Fl and now residing in The
Piney Woods of East Texas. She has travelled to South America on three
occasions, Europe, France, England, and Rome. She studied Shakespeare at
Stratford Upon Avon, UK. She spent summer in Beckington, England 1969 while
attending summer school. At nine years old she had a fascination with the
stars. Her father taught her from his time spent in WWII as a navigator, and
from that relationship, Bonnie became consumed with astrology, mythology,
religions, Christianity, Gnosis or Gnostic Christianity and other esoteric
beliefs. She wrote poetry at a young age and also short stories. She has had
experiences with attending exorcisms and was taught about spiritual warfare.
This book, The Secret Lives of Fairy Godmother’s, Witches and Angels arose from
her 63 years of study.
She has two children,
6 pets, a wonderful supporting sister, and another sister who left home 47
years ago and never returned. By profession she has an AS-ADN in RN and has
been a psychiatric nurse for the past fifteen years, and spent 8 years prior to
psych in medical. From 1972 through 1988 she was a flight attendant for Eastern
Airlines. In 1999 she competed her first novel, a sci-fy, and their home burned
down and she lost the entire book. She often fantasizes about the leading
character, who has never left her side. His name was/is Zeta, a special angel.
Bonnie what beautiful poetry... Your poetry is flawless...
ReplyDeleteDeborah, thank you from the bottom of my heart... This is such a treat to come home from work to see what you’ve done for me... Thank you for your compliment... Thank you...
DeleteYour work is impeccable and unforgettable and intense. You poetisize your messages and they come through admirably and nostalgically ... no matter what you write, your words stop us in our tracks and we are hit spellbound from beginning to end and don't look up, so entranced. I'm blessed also to be close friends with this fantastic writer and even more awesome person!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, dear Susan, I had no idea tat I would come home to this treasure today. I so thank you for recognizing me and I appreciate your praises.... Thanks so much....
DeleteBonnie is a awesome poet/ writer i really enjoy her work greatly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Cindy, I so much appreciate this gift of Deborah's. I really needed to come home to this today. What a delightful surprise I came into from having a long work week. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement... Wow... thank all of you...
DeleteBonnie Jennings poetry is mystical. She writes in the playful muse of fairies and of winged angels who carry you to distant lands of magic. An incredible writer of enchanting tales. She keeps the reader in a wondrous state from beginning to end. Barbara Suen
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara.... I just saw this... Thank you and Merry Christmas
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