Tomorrow and each day
After I will wake up holding on
To my ideals and values
Loving my family and friends
Helping others the best I can
There are no yesterdays that
Can change that
cgk ’16
Category: poetry
I Struggle
B&P Shadorma for Nov 5, 2016
Today’s poem is “Traveling Through the Dark” by William E. Stafford:
Here is my Shadorma inspired by this poem
~
right or wrong
is not always clear
I struggle
heart and head
do battle in the darkness
while my soul seeks peace
A Wire Poem
Love Note
Send me a wire
A tweet
A message
Write it on paper
Or in the sand
Put it in a bottle
For me to find along the shore
Write it in the clouds
Trail it behind a plane
Pound it out on a
Hollow log
Call me
Come knock on my door
Look in my eyes
Tell me you love me
—
Nov PAD day 5 at Poetic Asides
Imagine If
Imagine If
The moon has gone to the dark side
Leaving only stars to light the night
Battles break out between Orion
And The Sisters about who will rule
The Milky Way curdles
The dippers spill out the space junk
They’ve been collecting while
The Bull charges madly across the sky
And we are left spooning by the
Light of The Swan
—
PAD day 4 at Poetic Asides
If I’d Only ….
If I’d Only Had a Camera
I would have captured you
On film
I’d hold the image of you
Of this moment
Forever
Put you in an album
Labeled ‘inamorato’
And when days are dark
Gaze at your visage
Until the light of your
Smile brings me peace
–
PAD day 3 at Poetic Asides
Ooopsie
Quadrille #19 – spark
De is asking us to put some “spark” in our Quadrille over at dVerse Poets Pub today
–
Ooopsie
It was the spark –
That stray remark made
In the dark while we were
Parked under the stars
With other cars watching
A show on giant screens
I didn’t mean to speak
Out loud, so the whole crowd
Could hear my deepest thoughts
Seasonal Segue
It’s ‘Homophone Me’ at d’Verse Poets Pub
and ‘Something’s Gotta Give‘ at Poetic Bloomings
Seasonal Segue
The last leaves wave frantically
Before they have to leave
Trying to get my attention
Gusts of wind roll by in waves
Fall is changing the landscape
Giant cinnamon-roll circles of hay
Dot the fields
Sagging scarecrows still play
The role of protector
I heard flocks of birds overhead
Migrating to warmer climes like
Herds of buffalo across the
Prairie of the sky
I watch a hawk as it climbs higher
Sailing on a thermal draft
And before the last leaf falls –
Stores have moved on to
The next holiday
Leaving me to wonder
Why
Listen October
Listen October –
Why are you Golden-
Why are days Shorter-
Where is the Sun-
What do you say – eh?
Here says the Sun –
Just behind Clouds-
Just farther Away-
Still your bright Star-
Still shining above.
Night’s Glittering stars-
Show me the Bear-
Show me some Sisters-
Show me the Hunter
Look up – said the Sky
–
Emily Dickinson provided the inspiration in Fashion Me Your Words today at Real Toads.
Waiting
At B&Ps Shadorma and Beyond we are finding inspiration in the words of Bob Dylan.
I’ve taken mine from All Along the Watchtower.
Waiting
I’m watching,
waiting for the truth
listening
for sweet songs
telling the stories of peace
that will heal our wounds
Full Circle two
Full Circle at Carpe Diem
Here are the words to use – in order
1. rain
2. young leaves
3. buds
4. mountain
5. silence
6. monk
7. river
8. summer breeze
9. she
10. snow
11. sparrow (s)
12. blue sky
–
spring rain
young leaves give shelter
tender buds
–
mountain meadow
wild flowers bow in silence
like monks in prayer
–
clear river
rippled by summer breeze
she dips in her toes
–
first snow fall
sparrows wait in pine trees
until blue sky returns
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