I have a background in singing, beginning as a youngster in my church choir, then later majoring in voice and singing semi-professionally for many years up to my retirement. Writing poems to share with my family came later, and I continue to find joy in the creative process of poetry writing. A romantic at heart, and inspired by writers of my favorite period, the Victorian era, I like to write poems that tell a story to hopefully entertain and lift one out of the daily cares of the here and now. My family encouraged me to share my poems on the Internet, and I'm very grateful to have found Family Friend Poems, which provides a wonderful platform for poets everywhere.
There are fairies in the garden!
Mother, I saw their silver wings
Flit across the yellow phlox,
I even heard them sing!
Awake, little crocus, spring is nigh!
Let me kiss the slumber from your eye.
Come! Dance with me upon the lawn,
The night is o'er, embrace the dawn!
There's magic in every snowflake,
A gem of frozen light;
And who should better know than I,
A little winter sprite?
Thank you, Trish. So glad you like my poem and grateful for your comment :-)
Sleighing through the forest
On a late December evening,
To my sister tightly clinging
In our flying wintry bed.
Shiver me timbers, rattle me bones.
It's All Hallows' Eve, and I'm on me way home;
Home to me wifey, me Katy, me best--
Been three hundred years since they laid us to rest.
Thank you, Trish. So glad you like my poem and grateful for your comment :-)
I love autumn, and your poem describes everyone I love about it, and so beautifully. Thank you.