Pens and Poems
Drawings and poems are coming in from all over the world!
We make no judgements or distinctions between age, gender, nationality, ability, or cultural context.
The collection will grow, so please return to enjoy more art and poetry.
Snow
Drifting
Silently dancing
Into quiet blanket.
Entry #1: L. Percy, Troy, AL
Pressure
Storm
Stand firm
Provide a space
A calm in the storm
For growth leading to maturity that may bloom
Radiant, fragment, delicately strong, swaying not breaking a glory for all
A situation maintained throughout the ages, constant struggle, persistent growth.
Entry #44: M. Hardy, Lawrenceville, GA
Cotton
Pickers
Are Gone
Into the Night
Where cotton fields still exist
But cannot be harvested because plants need light.
Entry #46: J. Outlaw, Mobile, AL
Home
Family
Warm, close
Even when they
Are physically far from me
We all share the same moon and sky
Entry #43: E. Busby, Guntersville, AL
Nest
Nest
The best
Place of rest
Safe from wind and storm
Sway and sleep and cozy and warm
Entry #47: J. Sugg, Hartselle, AL
Love;
Sleep;
Pizza; dogs;
Ocean; sky; car
These things bring me peace
These things make me feel at home; security
Entry #10: M. Morton, Prattville, AL
Here
Is
Where the
Hearth is found.
Where warmth is always felt
Where a person is supported and is loved
Where faith doesn't falter and comfort becomes a foundation for love and acceptance
It spreads like fire.
It is all consuming.
It is forgiving.
It is something that transcends time and connects us all!
Entry #3: C. Brown, Helena, AL
Home
Happiness
Love, sacrifice
Keep your faith
Keep your joy, but know
You'll always have a home when you find
What keeps you whole!
Entry #13: M. Lewis, Detroit, MI
Safety
Acceptance
Open arms
Full with love
More than just a house.
Entry #14: L. Knott, Prattville, AL
Home
Means
Not house
But the life
That people all around me
Have influenced for the best possible experiences
From late nights, from snowy days, from hot summers, from trips across the world
That created me, as I am, and left more than just memories in my life, positive influences and a good childhood
Entry #29: J. Steen, Prattville, AL
Happiness
Comfort, joy
Peace, freedom, quiet.
Entry #30: S. Prevatte, Dothan, AL
Home
Is
My peace
My happy place
Home holds my love
Sitting with my family in the living room
Talking for hours while playing with our cat, watching a movie for the night
Entry #31: M. Aninye, Troy, AL
I
Remember
This tree
With a swing I would eat pasta salad
And enjoy the summer breeze as I sat
Entry #33: F. Lewis, Troy, AL
At home
I love standing
On my porch watching
Nature and enjoying the
Fresh air, looking at the good
Life I have.
Entry #34: G. Reynolds, Troy, AL
Entry #62: F. Nagy, Birmingham, AL
Roots
Branches
Bend don't
Break
Entry #63: A. Campbell, Opelika, AL
Cahaba
River,
My home,
Go with the flow
Entry #67: J. Harrison, Birmingham, AL
Flat
Wind
Blowing to
Entry #69: L. Benning, Weyburn, Sash, Canada
Where
In
The world
Is imagination
Entry #72: S. Clark, Louisville, MS
Warm
Center
Green growing
Bright and lively
In my garden is home.
Entry #76: D. Vacik, Huntsville, AL
Together
Strong
United america
Free and united
America will always stand strong
United we will stand, divided we will fall.
I implore you, forget about your differences and come together for our america.
Entry #82: R. Lewandowski, Troy, AL
Freedom
Is
A part
of my spirit
That which I hold true
Entry #90: B. Lee, Taylor, AL
Garden
Sanctuary
My peace
Within this world
This is peace within chaos
Entry #97: K. Shaw, Conyers, GA
Shaddix
Lyric
My son
Innocence, joy, music
He is the best dancer
The sweetest snuggles, warmest hugs and my life
Entry #103: M. Frith, Mobile, AL
Everyone is human.
Let’s look to see
what we all have in common
with the nature of home.
Home
Is
Closest to
Heart and mind
From horse rides, basketball, hunting, and nature
To all fitting the perfect place to call a sanctuary.
Entry #12: R. Davis, York, AL
My
Home
Is the
Shoreline and horizon
The distant yearning to GO
Contrasted with the grounded feeling of standing there:
Where the salty water meets the sandy shore, you see the colorful sunset
It calls, but take comfort in knowing if I GO to the color and turn around, the new horizon is home.
Entry #66: A. Jamison, Ocean Springs, MS
Home
Love
Peace, adventure
To explore oceans
Or enjoy a warm coffee
Home is family, discovery, trials, and wonder.
Entry #101: A. Kessler, Troy, AL
Home
Is
Where I
Can be myself
Always living laughing and loving
Surrounded by family and friends and wonderful energy
Entry #7: A. Henderson, Montgomery, AL
Quiet
Is
Where my
Heart truly rests.
The moon knows me best
And can calm my racing thoughts with one look.
Entry #2: T. Ciza, Alabaster, AL
Home
Is
Surrounded by
The thundering whitewater.
Where the car engine rumbles.
Weaving through the labyrinth of oaks and pines.
Entry #4: C. Wethington-Nagy, Huntsville, AL
No place better
Sweet love
Home is better
Home trains me best
Don't leave yet
GOALLL!!!
Entry #32: S. Foster, Troy, AL
Home
Is
In my
Heart and mind.
I first started playing volleyball In my backyard with my mom and dad.
Entry #35: K. Androlevich, Enterprise, AL
Home
Comes
From a
Feeling of love
It is a true belonging
Home is the feeling you get when listening
To a child laugh, beautiful music or the ocean waves. Home is the
Smell of a home cooked meal, the taste of a fresh strawberry just picked from the vine after a fresh rain.
Entry #55: R. Lucas, Alabaster, AL
Heart
Listen
Blessed youth
Much to learn
Listen to joy explode within
Encumbered by noise surrounding everyone not needed here.
Peace flows around like wind whispering, have joy and let everything go.
Ebbs and flows within the mind, reminds me my life is quite fine. Cares belong to heaven where gifts are given.
Entry #56: R. Rosentrater, Ozark, AL
Entry #57:
Home
Is
My blue
Heaven heron
Entry #58: B. Villafana, Bayminette, AL
Nature
Serene
Silent appreciation
Reflection on life
Simply acknowledging God's natural gift
Solidarity and unity from the ground we walk on
Basking in the beauty that the earth graciously provides while we hurt it.
Entry #59: K. Thompson, Jacksonville, AL
Simple
Solitude
Gentle resting
Inhale, exhale, resonating
Clasping hands with mimicked pulses
An extraordinary machine or unconditional support and solidarity
Entry #60: A. Barker, Oxford, AL
Water
Fish
Salt water
Gulf of Mexico
Entry #64: A. Webb, Magnolia Springs, AL
Stonewalls
Fiddleheads
Unfurling ferns
Melting winter snows
Porcupines out for evening walks
Paddleboaring on fresh water and harvesting ripe blueberries
Entry #68: Joan Curry, Nashville, TN
An
Endangered
Whooping crane
Predicts the future
Of the next generations enjoyment
Entry #71: R. Ress, Athens, AL
Hope
Entry #75: J. Jones, Newnan, GA
I
Never
Knew life
And death held
Hands together like yin yang.
We spend time growing and leaving together but
The most important thing is to love and
Forgive one another carpe diem.
Entry #79: S. Warnes, Huntsville, AL
Football
Is
My passion
Never a fashion.
First time for everything with.
The people who will always have my back.
When we get there, there will be no turning back from glory.
Entry #87: T. Fender, Troy, AL
Home
Is
Where I
Feel very calm
And at the most peace
Entry #96: D. Williams, Montgomery, AL
Sweet
Love
Hospitality, welcome
Southern style cooking
Home is in the heart.
Night life, street lights, city life, all the lights.
Entry #9: A. Pritchett, Atlanta, GA
I
Used
To know
What home was.
Now I know what home
Is. Once I was so grounded. But now
I am a wanderer with roots exposed, yet bound tighter than ever before
With my people, my mysteries, my shivering skin, my tumbling over thoughts, and my faith and doubt, wrestling my way through.
Entry #6: E. Hagler, Montgomery, AL
Music
To
Me can
Be loved and
Proud, singing to the crowd
Music can be home. Music is a song.
Music always makes me strong, it makes me sing along. To me music
Just belongs.
Entry #26: M. Diehl, Elba, AL
Joy
Sorrow
Lands above
Hollow halls meandering
Love, the varied current follows
The roots exposing the layers of clay, hold
Holding on to the land, holding on to the sorrow
Holding on to the joy, the joy.
Entry #45: A. Rogers, Lafayette, LA
Paradox
Conflicting
Safe - unsafe
Walking on eggshells
Safety resides through learned behavior
Scared to test the waters without repercussions - lookout!
Home settles over time as the parents age.
Roles reverse.
Who has safety now?
Entry #48: B. Brooks, Huntsville, AL
Home,
Mom,
With her
That is home
Making tacos and baking cookies
Watching old Disney movies and playing video games
As long as I'm with her I feel safe, in her arms, protected
She is my home
Entry #11: S. McGhee, Atlanta, GA
Where
The
Sun has
Kissed the same
Skin as family has hugged.
Entry #5: J. Anderson, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Entry #49: E. VanAtnwerp
Arch
Gateway
Open protection
Self-driven docent
Passage with change from entrance to exit
Guidance through a contained space of blissful safety
Skulls. we all have one and that represents a human soul to me
As I pass through an arch I feel at home; protected, moving from an old perspective into a new Perspective.
Entry #50: A. Chandler, Johnson City, TN
Calico
Waterbowl
Cat hair
Steaming bowl of oatmeal
Purring from below the table
Sorry I cannot share, cats don't eat oatmeal
Entry #51: J. Sugg, Hartselle, AL
Sand
Toes
Salt marsh
Bare feet tracks
Alone, calm, awaiting the possibilities
Entry #52: A. Haigler, Raleigh, NC
Family
Fresh
Fluffy clouds
Like always together
Entry #53: A. Kesloe, Auburn, AL
Texas
Take
Me to
Texas where the
Blue bonnets grow on the
Highway side, where the Gulf of Mexico
And the Alamo bring happy childhood memories. Where the longhorn walk through town
From Forth Worth, to McAllen, to San Antone, to Abeline, My heart will always be with you. Texas, take me to Texas
Entry #54: A. Northcutt, Birmingham, AL
Family
Peace
My life
Worth living fully
Staring a brand new day
Full of the promise of better things to come
Enjoying each moment with loved ones and
Always remembering those not with us
To look back and not regret doing or saying
The things that make me who I am and will be remembered.
Entry #61: L. Barnwell, Corinth, MS
Purple
And gold
Smiling back
At me - childhood
Picking pansies with my Neena.
Setting sun over us swinging on the porch...
Cobblestone roads with purple peace and golden thumbs, curtains raised memories of friends.
Family from birth. Family by choice. Both with purple and gold, forever creating memories and feelings of home.
Entry #65: K. Law, Camden, AL
Family
Plane
"Army brat"
Plane, train, ship
Leaving behind friends and places
New friends, finding my way all over again
Home becomes place, home is family. Home becomes new friends. Home is sanctuary.
Entry #70: S. Herrin Swindall, Montevallo, AL
Family
Love
Fights, forgiveness
Enduring, hope, forever
Make up, get together, love
Entry #74: K. Bellwood-Grant, Senoia, GA
Circle
Of
Love
Entry #78: K. Ward, Sharpsburg, GA
Home
Is
Where my
Husband is. Our
Life consists of many things
Centered around love including god, family, friends, music,
Sunshine, boating, laughter, and starry golf cart rides at night. This is how
We live our life now, but wherever my soulmate, husband, and one true love goes is where my home will be.
Entry #84: C. Wilder, Brunswick, GA
Home
Is
A backroad
Surrounded by fields
Woods and ponds all around
Only sound is the crickets and the wind
Entry #94: K. Floyd, Roanoke Rapids, NC