Marjorie Cook Fisher

Layton, UT, USA

I had 4 children with my husband (who I am now divorcing) but raised them myself. My father was Joseph Cook of Syracuse and my mother was Loma May Garner of Ogden. I was an elementary school Teacher on contract for 9 years and I substituted for 15 years. I also taught for 5 years in Western Samoa in elementary education of the English language. I believe in a supreme being and love good people. I think the greatest of God's creations are humans and I feel sad when people have to suffer because of others greed or abuse. I had a happy, golden childhood in Syracuse, Davis County, Utah and love my home in Layton, Utah. I desire to excel in music, poetry, art and my home. My philosophy of poetry is to strive to be perfect and create beauty. There is all together too much negativism in American culture.

The Ducklings

Marshlands rustling;
Downy ducks
Nesting near the slimy muck.

Watchful mother;
Quivering babes,
Newly-hatched from out cracked egg.

Quick the shivers
And the fears-
Soft whispers in their ears:

"Sleep beloved, night is nigh"
Seagulls wheel
Down from the sky.

Rushes Bend
provide a cover. . .
Mother Nature oft doth hover

Praying quietly
till the dawn-
Brings new hope upon the morn,

That this day
will be the best

For the duckling in their nest!

This is the Room

This is the room
Where I go to pray.

Always at night.
Often by day-

And a I pour
Out my tears and my pain
I receive an abundance
Of comfort and find joy again.

Of the Handicapped

Those who persecute
others who are obviously handicapped,
Handicap themselves far more,
For those innocents will lose
Their earthly handicaps
At death's dark door.
While the persecutors
Will retain theirs forever.
For they have considered themselves
superior!