Come See About Me I’m a fatherless child ‘Cause my Daddy’s gone; I’m a widowed woman, Now on my own; I’m a disabled child, Watching other kids play; I’m a man on the street, Who’s lost his way; I’m an overwhelmed Dad With bills I can’t pay; I’m the pet who got lost— They call…
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I Have Never Been to Ireland, But I Do Love a Limerick
The kid in me has always loved a limerick. And why not? What’s not to like? The cadence is fun, the rhyming is satisfying, and the message is usually just silly or funny in some kind of way. Actually, I have been obsessed with the Irish and their lyrical, poetic ways for years. I hope…
Haiku You Do? ( A Random Offering in Verse, Japanese Style)
[picappgallerysingle id=”236773″]Before we begin, let’s get a working definition of a Haiku Poem. Here is the best one I found: A haiku is a non-rhymed verse genre. In Japanese, haiku has five sounds in the first part, seven in the second, and five again in the last part (they count sounds, not strictly syllables, however,…
How To Spend a Life
If love is what I get from You Then you can bet I’ll give it too ‘Cause all I really want to do Is spend my lifetime loving you. ¶ When friends all leave or fade away And the sun still shines on another day Just know that I am here to stay And spend…
Therefore, I Am
What Did you think I would think At this moment? That’s What I thought You thought I thought. I think.
The Big Picture Man
The Devil’s in the Details At least that’s what they say I don’t mind I’m the kind Who never cared for details anyway
God in Sandals
Imagine the One Who spoke worlds into existence Mocked by His own creation. Imagined the one who gave the sheep his wool coat and the Polar Bear his fur Wrapped in ill-fitting clothes, shivering in a manger. Imagine the One who makes the heavens his throne and the earth his footstool Using a stone for…