Poetry
Explore the Poetry of Anne Marie Offer, and catch a glimpse into the way she views the ever-changing world around her…
La La La Labor
La La La Labor
La La La Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
A break from Laboring
your Life away
As we labor in many
ways every minute
of every day
La La La Labor
La La La Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Pause, Reflect, Praise
yourself and others
Take Pride in your Labor
let go of what
You Be-Labor
La La La Labor
La La La Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Celebrate the Labor
in us ALL
and to those who Labor
on this Day
Take a Break to
Acknowledge and Celebrate
Those who get to LA La La Labor
This Day while we Celebrate
We Celebrate The as Well
La La La Labor
La La La Labor Day
Oh Labor Day
Oh Labor Day1
Anne Marie Offer 9/1/2025
A HAT
Oh the LADIES in their Sunday finery.
Ascot in England Has nothing on these WOMEN
of HARLEM
on their way to Praise and Worship.
They Honor their lives
their being
in their appearance
their Style.
They exude pure DIGNITY, Self-Respect, Honor and FREEDOM.
FREEDOM from the History of abuse, misuse, use
FREEDOM from being a possession.
SELF-Empowerment was the power needed to move
these lives from the Distraction of Ego
WHITE EGO!
You Can Take That and STICK IT
Cause you’ll never have
the HOLD
the CHAINS
the SHACKLES
over these WOMEN any more.
They have Found their Strength in FAITH
in PRAYER
And
in SONG.
Their “Great Greats” had to Hang on to Hope and BELIEVE
in the DIVINE
Order of LIFE
that they were EQUAL
if not SUPERIOR
to those who tried to blow out their FLAME
their Passion.
An impossible mission
PASSION IS PASSION!
LIFE is PASSION!
So these Lovely Ladies, these WOMEN among WOMEN
Honor themselves and their
ANCESTORS
At their call to Worship.
It’s a beautiful thing to observe
It’s a beautiful thing to know these individuals
CAN RISE and MOVE FORWARD.
In spite of Who or What tries to
drag them into the WORLD of
darkness, disregard, disrespect, disenfranchised, displaced, disgruntled
You can not DIS these WOMEN
Cause they’re ALL HOOKED UP.
You couldn’t BLOW UP their SPOT of you tried.
they have self-respect and human dignity as their guide,
Resulting in Pride.
These WOMEN are ROYAL as they make their way to Worship.
All the History
The Mystery
Floods in
We must Never forget
What we brought us to where WE ARE.
These WOMEN are our call to Recognize, Acknowledge, Honor
And keep in Check
Respect of Self and Others.
WE ARE moving FORWARD
Get with the program
NO ONE will Keep US down again.
Never give YOUR power away
Use it to heal you,
Your family, your neighbors, your community, your country,
your nation, your world, and the Universe.
Cause what these Hats
these WOMEN who sport these HATS
Represent
Is a RESURRECTION of LIFE!
THEY RIIISSSSE!!!!
We must remember many that have yet to find the way
to RISE!!!
As Ego Power Driven begins continue to
Stamp out
LIFE.
Yet there is hope the
Sun will Rise!
It’s Sunday and signs of a New Day and
Life Rising is EVERYWHERE.
Who Knew all that
Could be embodied in a
HAT?
Anne Marie Offer
6/10/20
Never Ever Bump
Saturday AM 60th Street
I am walking from the gym
I hear wailing from a stroller
inconsolable it seems
A child about 4 in the stroller
knees up Wailing
Mom tries to console
between the wails and tears
“I always bump into thing”
“I WISH I NEVER NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER,
BUMPED IN TO THINGS!!!!”
This was a 20 second eye opener
metaphor for my life
I wish I never bumped into
walls, cabinets, people, emotions,
obstacles, negativity, health issues
anger, death…..
Conflict with landlords, Co-workers,
students, friends, family
BUMPING HEADS
BUMPING in to self, the negativity,
low self esteem, arrogance,
righteousness, judging,
needing to be right, the willfulness
and all the mental gymnastics.
So I concur
with the little girl in
the stroller having a wail
(high maintenance moment)
an owey, a bump that left her
with
I WISH I NEVER ,NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER,
BUMPED IN TO THINGS!!!!”
But that wish is for NEVERLAND
Life is full of bumps along the way,
it‘s how we survive, manage,
navigate and grow from them.
“Love to miss the Bumps on one hand
but little one (miss)
Bring on the bumps and know you
grow from each and everyone.
The alternative to never bumping
is a pretty dull existence(not living)
every bump doesn’t create a boobo
The bumpy ride of Life can have
great surprises along the way.
Anne Marie Offer
6/19/15
Hold Fast
Hold Fast to my Mentor-Ever Present Mentor
Time and Space Continuum
Bonds cannot be Severed
Guiding me Forever
Seeds Planted
I continue sowing
In the Spirit of my
The Circle of Happiness
Humanity, Human Revolution
Begins a new and grows
in others as we sow the seeds of
Peace, Joy, Hope, Appreciation, Human Dignity
Replying to my(our) Mentor’s
Spirit
Brings this to an
Expansive Reality
Today and Ever
FORWARD!
Anne Marie Offer
8/3/2023
*As I was preparing for August Study Meeting presentation thinking about Ikeda Sensei
relationship with Mr. Toda and how he holds his mentor
ever Present I jotted the 1st sentence to use as a point for the study
but my pen and life just could stop writing about the mentor disciple relationship that flows through all.