Susanne West Poetry | Famous American poet

Susanne West’s poetry blends spiritual insight with deep emotional resonance, exploring themes of awakening, impermanence, and inner transformation. Her verses often carry a meditative rhythm, guiding readers toward self-discovery and presence. With vivid natural imagery and gentle wisdom, she bridges the sacred and the everyday, revealing beauty in ordinary moments. West’s work invites reflection on life’s mystery, encouraging openness, compassion, and mindfulness. Her language is both lyrical and grounded, offering a quiet yet profound exploration of consciousness, love, and the interconnectedness of all existence, leaving readers inspired and inwardly renewed.

Susanne West 

LIFE WEB

Young children 

say 'Hi' to squirrels, 

butterflies, plants, bees -

converse with ducks, 

trees, the creek.

They cry when we kill spiders.

My granddaughter talked to

flowers, chairs, doors

until she was five.

They know their place in 

the web of life.

They know Oneness,

don't divide ordinary and 

extraordinary, 

animate and inanimate,

superior and inferior.

Young children know there 

is deep wise knowing in 

every form -

and in the formless,

that a wise web 

connects us all.

When I remember to 

dethrone my 'self,'

break the spell of 

separateness,

remember that I am

birdsong and the

sycamore roots,

that I am the moaning

glaciers and grieving 

elephants -

I am humbled.

I remember my place.

OUR CONVERSATIONS

When I give our

conversations to 

the Sacred 

before we meet, 

I don't see the

yesterday of you

or need to know the

future of you.

You are new.

I let you be a 

question 

that doesn’t need

an answer.

You are outside the

lines.

So am I.

I NEED TO WEEP

Everything in me

is weeping lately -

not always -

or I'd just disappear 

into the sea.

I need to weep

to keep my heart open,

soft.

I need to weep

so I will stay awake to 

the cruelty being 

inflicted on our kindreds

all over this planet -

including, of course,

the myriad ways we

abuse our dear

Earth Mother and all

of Her children, 

who are also our children.

I need to weep.

I also need to remember

and receive the blessings 

of the Sacred,

the gifts of Goodness when 

they glisten in my day - 

the eyes of strangers that 

beam kindness and kinship,

poems with threads of Light

that announce themselves

and want to speak through

my pen,

beads of Love that appear 

in my tangles of thought,

Wisdom whispers when 

I’m hurting.

SorrowPainGoodnessLove

Susanne West is a poet, writer, professor of psychology and writing coach. She is the author of Soul Care for Caregivers: How to Help Yourself While Helping Others and the poetry collection, Subterranean Light.

Susanne has featured at online poetry events in the UK, Canada, and the US and was a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2024.

She teaches online writing courses and has created programs such as Deep Writing, Around the Blocks, Writing to Foster Resilience, The Healing Poetry Process, and others.