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Marie Matheny

About Marie Matheny

I'm 62 and have one daughter and a granddaughter and grandson. I enjoy making quilts and scrap booking and working in my flower garden. Most of all, I enjoy spending time with my family. Especially my grandchildren and my pets.
I started writing poems when I was 24 after my brother-in-law died in an automobile accident. We were very close and I wrote about my grief in a poem. It was my first and I soon learned that it was therapeutic and I loved writing my thoughts and emotions in poetry. I'm not saying that it's sophisticated or anything near that but it's plain and simple and hopefully anyone reading it will understand and may be a little moved having read it.

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Poems by Marie Matheny

Laughing Sisters
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- Posted on 06/27/19
What Laughter Can Do

in Humorous Poems

Do you
Remember when
We were maybe
Nine and ten?

Do you
Remember when
We were maybe
Nine and ten?

Sitting in church
Way in the back
When something funny
Made us laugh

We tried not to
Giggle or grin
We tried so hard
To hold it in

We tried to look
Straight ahead
And not look at
Each other instead

Then we slowly
Turned our heads
Until our eyes
Suddenly met
Laughter erupted
With no word said

Shoulders bounced
Up and down
Hands covered mouths
To smother the sound

Do you remember
How hard it was?
And what laughter
Can do to us?

Many years
Have gone by
Laughter is still
A thorn in our side

For now we've
Grown old, you see
And now laughter
Makes us pee

We cross our legs
Stop in our tracks
But sometimes we
Still pee our pants

Yes, life can
Be funny that way
But I'd rather have laughter
Than a dull boring day!
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Sleep Baby Sleep
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- Posted on 05/19/19
Baby Sleeping In Her Mother's Arms

in Baby Poems

The sigh of a baby
At mother's breast
Full of milk
Content to rest...

The sigh of a baby
At mother's breast
Full of milk
Content to rest...

With heavy lids
And rosy cheeks
Precious Baby
Goes to sleep.
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Could This Be Death?
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- Posted on 03/29/19
The Stages Of Dying

in Dying Poems

Wherever you look
It's water you see
When you go in
The mud sucks your feet.

Wherever you look
It's water you see
When you go in
The mud sucks your feet.

The water is dark
Cold and wet
What you came in for
You seem to forget.

You want to get out
But you can't just yet
Your fear starts to mount
Could you be dead?

You don't feel bitter
It matters no more
Your future looks dimmer
Than ever before.

You're numb
You're weary
You just want to rest
Go limp
Go deep
Do what feels best.

Watch as your spirit
Takes flight
Don't look back
At that ugly sight.

Keep moving forward
Follow the light
Your future is suddenly
So lovely and bright.
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Ode To Spring
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- Posted on 02/28/19
The First Signs Of Spring

in Spring Poems

The day is bleary
The skies are gray
The air is chilly
The whole long day.

The day is bleary
The skies are gray
The air is chilly
The whole long day.

The trees look lifeless
Dead and dreary
Makes me sad
Makes me weary.

Days grow longer
The air is warm
I feel stronger
Than before.

The sky is blue
The sun is bright
It seems the trees
Have come alive.

Light green leaves
Color the trees
Oh the charming
First signs of Spring!

The Dogwood trees
The Bradford Pear
With delicate blooms
That dance on air.

Birds singing
Butterflies floating
Leaves me smiling
Leaves me hoping.

Crocuses and daffodils
All in bloom
Tulips and azaleas
Will be soon.

All things living
Come alive
All things living
How they thrive.

It makes me happy
It makes me sing
Oh how I love
First signs of Spring!
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Granddaughter
- pending
- Posted on 01/28/19
Having A Grandchild

in Grandchildren Poems

First I thought
She's finally here
She's healthy
and she's beautiful....

First I thought
She's finally here
She's healthy
and she's beautiful....

Then I thought
The love I feel
is simply
like no other.....

Except the time
years before
When I first
held her mother.
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Marie Matheny, United States
5 months ago

I was so touched by this heartbreaking tale that no person should have to endure, nevertheless a twelve-year-old. I was lucky and never had something so overwhelmingly hard to live through happen to me. I thought I understood how painful it could be for anyone who hadn't been so lucky. I didn't know. Now I fully understand how hard this experience can be and how it could truly ruin lives. My heart goes out to the author. I cried when I read it. It was beautifully written and I'm sure it will help others that have been through the same ordeal feel that they are not alone - that someone else has been there and has put their story out there to help others understand. Thank you for sharing your poem.

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Marie Matheny, United States
2 years ago

Hilarious! Made me laugh. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

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Marie Matheny, United States
2 years ago

Loved this poem. Very smart and funny too. Well done!

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Marie Matheny

About Marie Matheny

Poems by Marie Matheny

Laughing Sisters

Sleep Baby Sleep

Could This Be Death?

Ode To Spring

Granddaughter

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