Tess

This poem that’s a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry. This poem is dedicated to my sister-in-law–a mother in the making–Tess.

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Tess

by Regan Smith

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A mirror reflection of the heavens, 
magnified through her humility, 
she brings fire down to earth; 
nothing can mar this light. 

This woman knows how to turn 
frozen hearts soft again. 
I’ve seen her do it through my brother, 
through my heart, too. 

Taught by example from her mother, 
she grows deeper into gratitude daily, 
living mindful of the eternity that’s set 
before her, her husband, her baby boy. 

She will inherit the earth through her humility; 
she welcomes and warms the hearts of the lost.

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Samantha

This poem is a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry.

Samantha

by Regan Smith

She is
the morning air
holding a purity
the crisp beauty.

She is so deeply loved,
one that overflows
so heavily
it sinks the others
that surround her.

She never runs empty.

She holds a
hummingbird heart:
always bringing hope
always bringing grace,
always beating.

Annabelle

This poem is a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry.

Annabelle

By Regan Smith

Bright red lips,
beneath the summer sky;
her children–
two sweet girls,
hair tied in otter buns,
explore the earth,
their friendship,
their sisterhood.

The boy with round cheeks,
bounces on her hip;
how can a newborn child
be filled with such joy?

She sits on the grass,
and pulls her baby boy closer.
the sun beams on
the nape of her neck
as she listens to the words
spoken within.

Her gentle voice
she uses to call to her children,
her partner,
is a voice full of power.

When she herself was created
in the womb of her mother,
gifts were woven into her very fibers:
her strength found in softness,
passion for justice,
and love love love for the
hurting hearts around her.

She is a child of the most high–
the daughter of Compassion,
Tenderness, and above all
Love.

Rachel

This poem is a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry.

Rachel

By Regan Smith

She will be known for her beauty,
her tenderness;
a floodlight is bursting within,
illuminating even the darkest corners;
for where others won’t go,
she will.

Oh how the city can be cold,
but is softened by the wave of
compassion and encouragement.

Peach and pinks now light up
the night, for not even the stars
could create this alchemy.

But she won’t dwell on her
internal strength,
rather is drawn into the
eternal promises.

Raine

This poem is a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry.

Raine

by Regan Smith

I was stepping on stones
across a river, when I found you.

Within the cattails along the bank,
you pulled their cotton seeds and watched
how the wind would carry them.

It was as though you were
soaking in neoteric nostalgia,
longing for this present tense
to linger a bit longer.

The weeping willows swayed praise
and the cotton seeds danced
softly within the air,
catching the light just right.

It was a gift for you,
and I saw the bliss behind your eyes.
Not even the river could match
your heart within
that moment.

Charlotte

This poem is a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry.

charlotte

by Regan Smith

Standing in San Francisco,
one can’t say one’s head is in the clouds,
when it’s fog that’s covering the earth.

She sees through this,
standing in truth.

The wind tousles her hair,
bu she is unwavering.

Full of life and color,
she is a contrast to the grey.
She is a fern.

She stays calm,
and composed.

Though her spirit is sprightly,
she stays taciturn in speech,
for her posture speaks it all–
such elegance in her:  
strength, power, composure.