by John Watt |
Categories:
film, love,
I am a silent movie,
a corny melodrama
played in black and white
with an observable flicker.
A little tramp
accompanied by ragtime piano.
You are pure A-list
Technicolor,
Dolby digital
THX, IMAX laser,
Oscar winner
3D blockbuster.
And yet you love
me.
Written 26 Apr 2020
by Tom Woody |
Categories:
appreciation,
make love to her mind before you engage her body
melt her with mellifluous metaphors
arouse her with amorous alliterations
romance her with rapturous rhymes
tempt her with tantalizing terzas
lure her in with loving lyrics
seduce her with sexy sonnets
pamper her with poetic praises
now, get ready for the night of your life
by James Marshall Goff |
Categories:
life
My Inventory:
flashlights
high-performance yo-yo
poetry books
fishing poles
ice-fishing hut
regret
pocket knife
sharpening stones
laughter
boomerangs
passwords
life's artifacts
Grandpa's Fishing Hat
hope and joy
Guardian Angel
wooden snow-sleds
more poetry books
olde-tyme-radios
compassion
camping gear
Babar, the Stuffed-Elephant
Angel-in-a-basket
imagination
McCoy Cookie Jars
nature field-guides
forgiveness
Soup-friends
ties I don't wear
family heirloom recipes
suits I try not to wear
treasured photographs
170 poems
antique lamps
my Children's love
......and You
my Savior
....... Jesus Christ
by Robert Lindley |
Categories:
encouraging, family, humanity, life, love, truth, wisdom,
Bit Of Truth And Wisdom, Found In Old Age
At that age wisdom says life is a joke
consider blindness of other poor folk.
Stop to ponder why on earth we exist
you may just find giving on that big list.
To live well, love hard and thus procreate
easy to see easier to relate.
Living life together with your soulmate
should be a part of everybody's Fate!
Finding life is not about what you got
should be holding solid, number one spot
Tis more about life lived well and deeper
with one you found, knew to be a keeper
If long life, happiness is your great aim
if reaching not for it, you are to blame!
Robert J. Lindley, 1-16-2017
Sonnet
by Debjani Mitra |
Categories:
cute love, love, passion,
sweet and citron voice, fondled a whisper
did you say, "O my Love, pulling me close
refreshing spring water, cooler and crisper
restless eyes now crave, to forever repose
a vista of orchids, into my soul you dive
where a frantic heart, beats in your fervour
No more secrets, so effortlessly you arrive
in every corner, dreams in vain endeavour
in swarm of thousand kisses, I slowly melt
impetuous arms hug, a wild maddened sea
faintly glowing cinder, every cell now felt
an embrace, in your lockup, you set me free
Dated 7th June 2020
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by Hat Bueckert |
Categories:
humor, silly,
Recently learned the word malaprop, didn't want to dally on this something silly, cheers dilly
The dust flew off the top of the sealant fan
Frantically I started to clean my barns out
I swept it quickly up in my little dust pan
Worked up quite a thirst, without a drought
I spot checked with a test of the right glove
Everything finally seeming so slick and span
Until in the room walked the life of my love
And he turned on that damned dusty fan
I screamed and yelled from the tip of my lung
And passed a list of chores called honey poo
Is that what it's called? it's on the top of my tongue
Swept up all the dust again, that's what my honey do
by Caren Krutsinger |
Categories:
write,
Running out of ideas?
That is impossible if you have a:
friend
acquaintance
neighbor
co-worker
boss
president
king
queen
TV set
I-pad
I-phone
I-pod
kangaroo
chicken
donkey
toilet paper
monopoly
dictionary
thesaurus
computer
outside
inside
dog
cat
dresser
drum set
sibling
diary
father
mother
siblings
dragon
butterfly
unicorn
dawn
sky
stars
cosmos
moon
nemesis
goldfish
talent
team
plate
fork
spoon
blanket
bed
sun
moon
stars
spiders web
wasp
bathroom
kitchen
holiday
cousins
grandma
grandpa
car
truck
broom
dustpan
plane
bedroom
child
grand child
brain
imagination
love
life
ufo
or
space aliens
by Jack Ellison |
Categories:
love,
What do I think of when I think of love
Without a doubt, it's you
When I think of sunshine and pretty flowers
And the love we have, we two
What do I think of when I think of passion
Of course I think of we two
When I think of all the good things in life
At the top of the list is you
What do I think of when I think of softness
It's you I think of, it's you
When I think of contentment and my happy soul
You're the one, so true
When I reach my final resting place
My last thought will be of you
Forever and ever your everlasting love
And the love we had, we two
by Tirzah Conway |
Categories:
family, friendship, health, husband, native american, passion, peopleme, me,
Steven, My Love, my best friend in life,
Parents that support me in whatever I do;
My two puppies Zeus & Eos (both mutts)
My heritage of Potawatomi, Huron and Sioux;
A family willing to lend me support,
A wonderful house to come home to;
A simple world I can call my own,
My siblings, out there to help pull me through;
My horses willing and full of heart,
And all of my friends - Old and New;
My semi-good health and happiness;
And the passion that writing allows me to peruse!
by Carolyn Devonshire |
Categories:
cancer, me,
I thank our Lord for the blessings bestowed:
Even though my wound still oozes, my skin cancer was completely removed
My fingernails are unusually strong and I have emery board access
The food I eat may be cheap and meager, but at least it keeps me alive
Much free time is mine because little work is available
How lucky I am to have friends who will laugh and cry with me at life’s troubles
I appreciate the ability to love and show compassion
Thankfully, I don’t drool too much when I eat
And most of all I am blessed with a sense of humor
* For Dane Ann’s “Blessings” contest. (Yes, my cholesterol truly is that high.)
by Ingrid Showalter Swift |
Categories:
love,
O MINE VALENTINE
We are a twine of
lines...vines
limbs
hair
fingers
sheets
blankets
couches
streets
signs
misgivings
mistakes
retreats
agressions
2 chairs
2 drinks
a fire
an oven
a burner
a melted finish
and a perpetually unmelted finish
longings
clutchings
graspings
open doors
unopened doors
closed doors
slammed doors
cracked open doors
wide open doors
tears
cries
beggings
wishings
promisings
spinning wheels
rising roads
falling rain
calls
texts
silence
long extended open unbracketed Silence
dark thick silence
light bright silence
hopeful silence
cresting like a star being born silence
....we begin again
by Jayne Eggins |
Categories:
passion
you touch me
and I fall away
to nothing
breaking apart
into a thousand
petals of want
I am as bewitched
as the trail
that lies beneath
your hand
incantations
sing through my blood
and I am wrought,
with my need
to list into you
at just a touch
I need to inhale
but,
you breath life
into every molecule
to overflow my spirit
and in the essence
of love
I lay in want
of the masters
hand
and to fall as petals
at his feet
~~~~
Entered in Catie Lindsay's Competition
Fanning the Flames
Gained 1st Place
by Emile Pinet |
Categories:
how i feel, i love you, love, sad love,
I want to hear sweet nothings
give silent feelings a voice.
And I want you to love me,
show me you are here by choice.
I want us to survive storms,
strengthened by our tears and pain.
And I want what we once had,
sharing our feelings again.
I want to be thoroughly
intertwined, body and soul.
And I want to skip the past,
for the future is our goal.
I want memories, not dreams,
on our list of things to do.
And I want to feel alive;
but most of all, I want you.
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
holiday, me,
G od’s love and all the things He’s given me:
I ntelligence, abilities, free will,
V im for living life, the poetry
I nside me, for the muse is with me still!
N ew life that I’ve been lucky to see grow
G randchildren who keep me on the go!
T he list of what I’m thankful for goes on:
H ealthy fun activities I do,
A nimals I’ve kept as pets - now gone,
N ature, movies, food, the friendships true,
K indnesses shown to me, and the last:
S ouls I’ve loved both now and in the past.
Written 11/20/12
but it applies to every year that I am alive.
by Dorian Petersen Potter |
Categories:
faith, hope, inspirational, love,
~He Has Many Names~
(Trinet)
Jesus' name
Means "Saviour"
Jesus has long list of names
The Bible says that, it's true
Emmanuel, Christ,
Rabbi, Son
Of God.
Son of
David, Son
Of Man, and Prince of Peace,
Lamb of God,The Annointed One,
The Word,
I Am,
And more.
Lord of
Lords, Alpha
And Omega, and King of Kings,
Bright Morning Star, Lion of Judah,
All Jesus
Names. I
Believe it.
Dorian Petersen Petersen
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011
November.13.2015
~Author's Notes:
"The Trinet," is a poetry style that was created by Zion.
by Hgarvey Daniel Esquire |
Categories:
husband, life, love, thank you, wifeheart, heart, love,
My Life : FOREVER
My LOVE : ETERNAL
My Tears : BLESSINGS
My LOVE : IMMORTAL
My Fears : RELINQUISHED
My HEART : YOURS
My Eyes : See YOU
My Ears : Hear YOU
My Lips : Taste YOU
My Hands : Caress YOU
My Breath : Inhales YOU
My HEART : YOURS
( CONTINUED )
Author’s Note : This is a Birthday POEM
To “ LENORE ELLEN ( Adams ) JOHNSON “
MY LOVE , FOREVER
November 4 , 1951
by Kudzai Mhangwa |
Categories:
beautiful,
I want the sun
Served on a dish of silver and gold
Carved by the skilled hands of Hephaestus.
Pick up Mount Olympus
Place it down at my feet
Adore me in all heavenly glory.
Take all the sea salts to powder my hair
Make the lilies not die at night
Take the perfume of the roses and make it mine.
Scoop all the stars from the night sky
Embroider them on a dress of gentle silk
Give it to me with slippers made of glass.
Make all creation sing to me
birds, sea, creatures and legendary beings
Give all of this to me in exchange for my love.
by Audrey Haick |
Categories:
faith, inspirational, introspection, lifelove,
Alive today, in this time, undeserving, yet, I am blessed…
By His divine mercy
By His eternal love
With a resolute faith
With a loving family
With special friends – a few
With hands yearning to heal
With a gift of verse -sometimes
With a gift of stitching - therapeutic
With a spirit for sharing
With a penchant for nature – no reptiles
With a special love for roses
With a beautiful smile that welcomes
With great fondness for the sea shore
With an incredible love for books and music
With a heart that loves unconditionally
With eyes that still see some good
For all these things-everything and
More!
*Note: For Dane-Ann's "Count Your Blessings" Contest
by Jack Ellison |
Categories:
love,
This is a petition to convince dear Flo to return
It's just not the same without her
Hopefully I can convince 25 people to sign up
To make her aware how much she is missed
If you're one of those who badly want her back
Please respond to this petition and when I reach 25 names
I'll sent her the complete list of names to show her
How much we love her and miss her
I'm counting on you!
© Jack Ellison 2014
by Debjani Mitra |
Categories:
heartbroken,
Behind the mountain, beyond the azure sky
unexplored passions, I've watched them die
unshed tears, clouds cross a dried fountain
beyond the azure sky, behind the mountain.
Waiting for a someone, youth and vigour lost
a fire of crimson rose, kissed by chilling frost
petals now withered, damage had been done
youth and vigour lost, waiting for a someone
A bunch of dead leaves, sculling in breeze
winter's sun, shadows murmuring in trees
hollow words echo, knowing love deceives
sculling in breeze, a bunch of dead leaves.
16th June 2020
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by Sara Kendrick |
Categories:
faith,
Dear God,
First of all, this next year open my eyes and heart in prayer
Then when I read my Bible, let Your Word remove all cares
Next, during each day let Love be my guide
Show me ways to let kindness in my life thrive
Reveal to me my mistakes and sin, help me not do them again
In Your Son's name, I present these request
Amen
by Alkas Poetry |
Categories:
allegory, allusion, appreciation, poetry, romantic, song, words,
Expose faster
your songs from limbo
of your soul and exposes
your bosom...!
Do it list and with tenderness...
May you sing them beautifully
and grace...!
cast them accurately
on your beloved balcony,
at the counter of your intended...
Do it with maximum promptness
and grace, because you're at risk
that she listens to the songs
of love from another
further agile troubadour... and
be enchanted...!
by Shahana Jackson |
Categories:
love, me,
You lips on mines. I think about that everytime I see you smile. Your hands on my thighs that
what I think about when you touch apart of my body. Your eyes only looking at me that's what I
want to see when I look into them. Your kisses so warm they would fill me completely. I would
be forever full with just one kiss. Your on a list of mines and though I tried to fight it you stay
constantly on my mind. Kissing you. Being near you. Loving you. Taking the pain away from you
is all I want to. My body is yearning to be free. Your not making it any easier being here. But I
want you here. Open my gate.
by Joanna Daniel |
Categories:
emotions,
Laugh ~ burdens will become half
Frown ~ more muscles bring you down
Cry ~ sorrows flow from your eyes
Smile ~ adds beauty to your style
Stare ~ you're surprised unaware
Hug ~ warm love to keep you snug
11.21.2021
by Panagiota Romios |
Categories:
friend, how i feel, imagery, thank you,
The Champagne of Life
7/26/2023
Tis the delight of the liquid, golden,morning sun,
Gleaming in my tall, orange juice’s crystal glass.
Add gratitude, for you, a poet,with morals and class.
You may not be the best poet at the top of the list.
But to communicate your very best is your wish.
You are not all out there, trying to be a champion fish!
People like you. dear friend, communicate love.
For you are the rainbow bubbles in my day’s hours.
I read humble you, with joy, in these poetic towers