The Chrysalis
We are never finished products,
No matter how long we live.
There's always something we can add,
Like learning to forgive.
We are never finished products,
No matter how long we live.
There's always something we can add,
Like learning to forgive.
in Aging Poems
I have waited quite a long time to get old,
So I think I should try to enjoy it.
I can't turn it in for a refund,
And I surely don't want to destroy it.
It is genuinely a beautiful poem depicting the harsh reality of life that many of us don't really know how to handle the unwanted changes that old age brings with it. One always lives in this...
in Compassion Poems
Perpetuating hatred--
It's happening every day,
While many who contribute
Would be the first to say,
in Fall Poems
Looking out my window
In October's golden light,
I see a beauty unsurpassed,
A truly lovely sight.
The poem portrays the beauty of the fall, just as Keats famously wrote: "Thou hast thy music too!" Nature's pristine beauty is a treat to the human eye. The references to the golden light,...
in Change Poems
What will it take to free this mind,
Imprisoned long in apathy,
Now reduced to mundane thoughts
That stultify activity?
Let everyone gather
With no heartaches or tears.
Let the bright memories flow
From all the past years.
Is there anything as tranquil
As a brightly glowing jonquil
That stands in sweet serenity,
A part of nature's tapestry?
in Spiritual Poems about Nature
A friend of mine once asked me
Just how could I believe
In someone I never saw,
Nor spoken words received.
I really love this poem. It really moved me. It is exceptionally well written with a soulful observation of the true miracles of life. I have a good friend that is many years older than...
There is more to poetry
Than rhythm and rhyme.
It's a window to our souls,
Undiminished by time.
Beautiful poem! Sometimes I question myself and if I have any business writing poems. Somehow I can see so much talent and beauty in other people's creation but fail to see the beauty in...
in Aging Poems
I realize I've reached the time
When it's very plain to see
That I now must be selective
In what my preferences will be.