We are only but guests at Time’s tea party.
—Terri Guillemets
We are only but guests at Time’s tea party.
—Terri Guillemets
learn from leaves
green is go —
yellow & red
slow down, stop
take time to rest
—Terri Guillemets
Grief is a haunted lake that’s all too easy to drown in.
—Terri Guillemets
Life is a neverending series of judgment calls.
—Terri Guillemets
My life is — in a word — words.
—Terri Guillemets
Journal: fitting your heart and soul into ruled lines.
—Terri Guillemets
How can something bother you if you won’t let it?
—Terri Guillemets
Poetry is reverie on paper.
—Terri Guillemets
Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.
—Terri Guillemets
Death bumps into life many times as just a passerby — says excuse me then goes on his way.
—Terri Guillemets
Be a student of life and a lifelong student.
—Terri Guillemets
Writing poetry
is letting go —
once the words leave your pen
they’re out of your soul —
and the therapy has begun.
—Terri Guillemets
Fear —
not running-from-bear
but running-from-life
Courage —
not getting-up-the-nerve
but getting-up-every-day
—Terri Guillemets