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Patricia Petro

Patricia PetroPatricia Petro is the owner/administrator at Inspiration for the Spirit. She is a published writer and poet, aspiring novelist, lifestyle blogger, and web designer. She dabbles in just about everything creative, works fulltime, travels when she can, reads a lot, laughs often, loves passionately, and lives intentionally in a cozy little house on a lake in Northwest Ohio with her husband, Tom, and their Schnauzer pup, Lucy.

 

"My poems are about life, living, love (or the lack thereof) . . . and surviving those setbacks we all have that feel so world-shattering when they happen." —Patricia Petro

33 poems

A Love Poem

Almost a Whisper

At First and 1st

Be My Love

by firelight

By Firelight

jumping woman

Cloud Nine

shabby chic

Comes the Spring

Coming Up Empty

Crazeee Daze

Curiosity Shop

diamond drops

Diamond Drops

light in dark room

Fear Factor

Heavenly Love

His Choice

winter tree

In Winter When

quiet room

lone • li • ness

Loving Myself

trapped woman

Mean Brother Rising

thick woods

Miracle Man

My Reiki Trade

No Options

Oceanwave

One Last Night

Out of Sight

River Song

Senses Affected

fresh flowers

Serendipity

Sonrisas in June

The Child Within

The Falling Leaves

Three Foxes

Who I Am

Winter Whispers

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My Poems

female Writing poems is not easy for me. Words get caught on the tip of my brain refusing to reveal themselves. Sometimes I need to tap into my very soul and draw blood ... Read more

Featured Poem

Always

By Christine Magee

She sat sewing on the verandah
not alone; in those days
a chaperone was present
at all stages of courtship,
from the early mating display
to the conquest.

She put down her needle
when she saw him standing there,
with one hand fanning her face
flushed from the heat of his stare … Read more

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Personal Favorites

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fractured woman
walking in the rain
"She Sleeps" by Stephanie Law, watercolor, 2015
tea party on a cupcake
garden path

A Poem for My Father

by Virgil Suárez piercing eyes

All night long after the midnight movies which I stayed up to see, what little nudity they dared show, I also wrote my poems, my stories, in teen-age blood, ... Read more

Classic Love Poems

"At the touch of love,
everyone becomes a poet."
—Plato

Resources

✦ Academy of American Poets
✦ All Poetry
✦ Global Grey - Free eBooks
✦ Poetry Daily
✦ Poetry Foundation
✦ Poets' Corner
✦ Project Gutenberg - Free eBooks
✦ Traveler on the Path

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