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Judith Anne Labriola ("Judy")

There Are Days

Judith Anne Labriola ("Judy") has lived in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania area since 1975, but her home town is Burlington, New Jersey. She is divorced, the mother of three grown children and is raising her youngest grandchild, who is eight years-old. Judy laughingly says, "This is what keeps me young and still cooking!"

Although she has written all her life, the last five years she has devoted all her time to writing poetry. Judy was a member of the Poetry Writing Forum of the Microsoft Network, the Poetry Forum of the Compuserve Network and has been published in several anthologies of import, (one of which was '95 Windows, An Unofficial Poetry Collection from the Microsoft Network, a commemorative book for the original Windows 95). In addition, her poetry has appeared in various publications, both online and in print. Judy was recently named as a finalist in the February 2000 Poetry Contest sponsored by Blue Mountain Arts.

There Are Days There are days when I curse Him for having this hold on me. Days when the salt of my tears carves pathways down my cheeks, When the sun disappears from my world for days at a time and I listen for His breath, His voice, When I struggle to see His shadow on the side streets of my life. Where does He go on such days? I wish I knew. But as always He finds me waiting like a small child who hears her father's voice in the distance when she's been lost for a long time and is suddenly found On those days, I sigh and lay my doubting hands on the splinters of His cross and drink the wine of His truth. Copyright © April 2000 by Judith Anne Labriola