One silent moment A thing so small To offer those Whose loss was all. One wordless prayer One teary eye One more bowed knee One last goodbye One vow that we Whose hearts beat still Have not forgot And never will One still, small voice Says, Do not fear I feel your pain And silence,…
Category: Poetry
Come See About Me—A Call to Action
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…
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…
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,…
Ode To Wash: The Way Baseball Go (To the Tune of The Night Before Christmas)
Twas the night after Halloween and all through the stands Not a soul was silent, not one single fan. Their signs were all made and displayed with flair In hopes of a win they would all get to share. ***** The fans were all decked in their blue and their red, With visions…
My Thanksgiving (All Of This and Ty)
I am thankful… For sorrows that pass me by For the cleansing of a simple sigh For Donya’s Pumpkin Pie (more almonds, please) And Ty I am thankful… For the memory of friendships past For Autumn (but it goes too fast) For my half-empty, half-full glass And Ty I am thankful… For tears I never…
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 a…
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
Somewhere the Night
Somewhere the Night | D. Gene Strother Somewhere the Night Is still and quiet Somewhere the Dreamer Dreams Somewhere the Moon Shines big and bright Somewhere, not here it Seems Somewhere there’s Peace, Tranquility Somewhere the heart beats True Somewhere is where I Ought to be Somewhere, right there with You Somewhere the Night Is…