My Poetry

This is a collection of my own poems that I wrote back when as a child and as an adult. The title that I think I want to use is 'Poems of Childhood and other Times'.

The River

Always there

Sparkling in the sunshine

clear.

A place for reflecting,

to stand by,

to walk by,

to enjoy,

the cool breezes that

blow over the water.

If you try

you can see pictures

in the water,

that just may tell you

something very important.

The river is always there

for you to enjoy your life

whenever you need it.

This 'River' poem describing the river that I lived by during my childhood, teenage and early adult life.

The Whistle

How lonely the whistle

sounds, as it passes

the ear, yet so solem and

peaceful at the same time.

It picks the most

thoughtful moments

when you have to think

about all the things you

have on your mind, it

seems.

It starts far away

then closer, closer and closer

until it is right next to you.

A few moments later as the

whistle slowly fades, the

sound is so lonely making

you feel as your friend is

leaving you behind for a

better place.

The whistle of anticipation

of life and acceptance of

death.

Friends anticipated,

Friends gone but are remembered.

This 'Whistle' poem is about the train whistle that always passed the house that I grew up in and the woods that I always walked through.

Windows

Clear,

Straightforward,

Opaque,

Fuzzy,

Opens the world to

understanding,

Past, present, and may be

Future.

A poems about 'Windows' and how we look through them

The next few poems were my attempts at 'greeting cards' for various occasions.

Happy Anniversary

Together all these years

Still in love and enjoying

each other through all the

days and months and all

the years of living.

Showing that your love

was right for each other.

Sharing all your happiness

and joys.

Always be together for there

is only one couple like you.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

This anniversary 'greeting card' describes the marriage of my parents and now they are together in heaven forever and ever. Hope to see them again.

Graduation

Well, you made it!

Twelve or even more years of school.

Now it is time to get on

with the well-deserved

freedom after all your

patience and work.

Remember friends,

Remember the memories

made,

For this is only one beginning

yet end.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Get to work!

This was my attempt at a humorous graduation greeting card. What do you think?

Joy

A sense of blissfulness,

A feeling of your belonging

to someone or something.

An expression of excitement

during a life.

Glorious in all senses,

with which all people

experience.

Joy is what makes life

worth experiencing

for everyone.

'Joy' is my attempt at just writing a general greeting card to cheer someone up.

Sympathy

Remembrance of those

lost, the good times

that you had are

never forgotten from

your memory.

Off to a better place, they are,

waiting with love

for those who were

left behind on earth.

Never will worry

again about earthly

problems.

So to you always

remember you have

not lost a thing

you had with them.

You will see them

again a little wiser

about life and all

it entails to everybody.

'Sympathy' was my attempt at writing a condolence card.

There will be more poems to follow that will cover poems that could have been written by children, but were written for me that could be used to teach children a sense of poetry and creativiness.