Resting in my chair at last
After the morning repast
Pondering what to do this day
Thoughts of you did pass my way
Smiling as I recalled that day
When we first met and talked away
And the evening hours melted away
Gone too soon dare I say
Now waiting patiently for the days to pass by
While I conjure clever ways to plan a call
To meet again somewhere close by
Not too soon or not at all
I will take my time to plan
.So I will not fail to meet again
This fine lass I have met so I might woo her best I can
When I see her once again
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Posted: Apr 2023
About this poem:
I met a lady recently and was resting the next day and decided that I would like to meet her again. This is a little fun thing about the thought surrounding the desire vs the trepidation of when is the right time after that first encounter to make contact
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Today a friend of mine has sadly died
I know not when, I know not where
Yet only yesterday we laughed and cried
Yet still today she is not here
Her voice oh so sweet was clearly heard
Sharing stories of life and love
Across the land with gentle words
They flew just like a graceful dove
So suddenly this world she left
A vacant place upon the stage
Leaving us so bereft
For the rest of our age
To her place among the stars
Shining bright for evermore
Through her message in those bars
Resounding in our mind in the score
But what that sweet sound
I hear yet now and then
Her voice is still around
For us to hear once again
So if you do not mind
I will keep that gentle sound
Playing over in my mind
Waiting till she is found.
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Posted: Nov 2020
About this poem:
In remembrance of Doloris O'riordan
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As I walk this road of life
I see so many roads to take
I see the pleasures and the strife
I see the choices we must make
I've made my choices good and bad
Traveling down this thorny road
Never regretting the choices had
Never collapsing from the load
I walked down those twisted roads
Waiting for a light to shine
To light the path to ease the loads
Never sure which road was mine
Still I walked those roads of strife
With head held high and full of hope
Knowing I would find the path of life
As I learning how to cope
Then you came to guide the way
A guiding star shining bright
Joining me, showing the way
To love and joy beyond my sight.
So here I am a choice so near
Which path to take this day of days?
The one so clear or full of fear
Yeah I cannot choose the way
I must choose the path to you my dear
You light the way so bright and clear
And make the choices ever clear
Come take my heart and lead me dear
Let us leave this path well worn
And venture along the ragged road
We’ll cut our way past the thorn
Together we will ease the load
We will rest at the end you know
In the lovers warm embrace
Sharing love and watching it grow
As we close our eyes to rest in peace.
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Posted: Jan 2020
About this poem:
I came upon this poem in my collection and after reflecting on it, editing it decided to share it
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Friends are those people,
Who know that you’re mad,
And let you be mad.
They know that you’re hurt
And let you be hurt.
But when the anger has died
And your tears they have dried,
They reach out to lift you up once again
They reach out to help you heal from the pain
They reach out to show you
What it is you must do
And carry you time and again
To the road to be strong once again.
Friends always tell you
When you’re being a fool
Friends will not let you
Be somebody’s fool
Friends fill up your lonely space
With kindness and grace
Replacing your strife
With love and with life
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Posted: Feb 2020
About this poem:
A homage to some people in my orbit.
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When I wake It’s always there
Whispering on the wind
The haunting sound of distant words
Seeking searching for my ear
Or is it just a fading dream
Of the promises you once made
Of your love but didn’t mean
Of the future we never made
Should I stay or will you go
That is what I need to know
You’re good and bad this I know
I need to stay I cannot go
So tell me dear the truth today
Will you love me every day
Or am I for just one day
And will you soon be on your way
I listen for the answer every day
Floating on the whispering wind
Gently, quietly finding their way
To my waiting, wanting mind.
I hear them now those distant sounds
Whispering just beyond my ear
Mixing with the midnight sounds
Of dreams and memories held so dear
Then I wake to the sound of silence
So loud I can no longer hear
You sing to me your lovers song
You used to sing to me my dear
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Posted: Feb 2020
About this poem:
It has been a while since the break up with my girlfriend and it seems there are lingering thoughts about her.i hope they never fade.
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Drawn by natures warm embrace
You walk the path lightly used by those before
Passing creatures held by your grace
Scolding, wary, hiding behind the green door.
The path defined by old oak trees
Arms reaching, you know you’re home
Whispered welcomes on a gentle breeze
Scents waking memories of home
Peace wrapping your troubled heart
Caressing soothing calming your soul
Serenity slowly plays it's healing part
Despair fading as nature does console
The spirit of nature makes reality fade
Taking the worries from your thoughts
Guiding you to the house in the glade
Full of memories and pleasant thoughts
You reach for the door and it opens wide
With each breathe you sense the calm
A crackling fire invites you inside
To sit at the table and bathe in the balm
While the birds sing a serenade to you
And quiet descends upon the glen
And tears on your cheeks like morning dew
Wash away the fears within
At last your soul no longer aching
As you walk along the river shore
Where ancient trees have been waiting
For you to visit them once more
To sit beside the trees so green
Hidden deep inside your heart
Where the animals and evergreens
Hum ever gently to your heart
And you look about and she is there
Reaching out to take your hand
So you smile and without a care
Slowly stand to take her hand
Together you stroll the river shore
Walking the trail you knew was there
Laughing as in years before
Death has come so rest forevermore
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Posted: Apr 2020
About this poem:
Except for perhaps some edits later on IT IS COMPLETE. I thought I would post a poem as I was writing so you could watch the process. I hope you enjoy how the poem takes on a life of it's own. Edits will happen often as well as the addition of Stanzas so check back often. I will post a comment with every edit. I hope you have enjoyed accompanying me on this journey. It has been fun for me. Let me know perhaps I will do this again sometime in the future.
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Our love has now come to a sad end
Now we must search for a new friend
The fighting is over oh don’t you see
There’s no one left but you and me
We were so young when love did start
So easily did you capture my heart
You showed me kindness and sweet love
And so we did promise each other our love
What happened to us throughout all the years
We promised to love and wipe up the tears
To nurture and tend with love so sincere
Each others heart held ever so near
How did we get so broken and mad
How did this happen to make us so sad
Leaving us now without anyone
To help us get up and help us move on
Now we’re alone without any hope
Trying our best to learn how to cope
Within these cold walls built out of despair
Behind a steel door holding back all of our fear
The last of our days are passing so fast
Will we be able to outrun the past?
Or will it keep pace dashing all hope
Of climbing again that slippery slope
Search as we must for love once again
As we slip down that slope time and again
Will love once again knock at our door?
Or has it now faded for evermore?
Nov 22,2017
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Posted: Jan 2020
About this poem:
This one I wrote about a year after i left my marriage. I was living in my shop and decided to start writing again for something to do. Ithink this was about the third or fourth poem i had written. Enjoy
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Online dating is the way
Or so my friends they did say
Post a picture and some words
Then wait to hear from some birds
So then I did as I was told
And waited for things to unfold
Nobody said it was a slim chance
To have a lady to take to a dance
I waited and waited for a first date
When I would get a chance to rate
Someone called “Just a tee shirt”
Sent to me a timely flirt
Stunned I read the incoming flirt
”I like your profile" signed the ‘Tee Shirt.”
I clicked on her profile hoping to see
The girl who I thought was going to be
The girl I had gracefully holding my arm
As I entered a room to show off her charm
Watching the men wipe off their chin
And the women lose their smug grin.
So how could I know every part of her profile
Made up with such elegant style
Was going to be only a ruse
To find lonely men that she could abuse
The message was there, the message did say
So I followed the link to the message that day
‘You are so cute I want you to know’ the message did say
And my heart pounded my chest so hard on that day
“Call me.” I typed hoping to see
A message returned asking for me
To text her to arrange a first meet
Where I would get to finally greet
The love of my life this glorious day
She responded “I am sorry to say
I have to travel abroad this day
Can we please meet some other day?"
"Of course" I said not stopping to see
If she might just be lying to me
Finding a way to get me to give
All of my money I had left to live
I waited and waited for her to come home
When at last she did call me on her cell phone
The accent was wrong it’s not what she said
Asian somehow isn’t Aussie I said.
She hung up the phone without a goodbye
Startled I think that I was so sly
To catch that small error to end her coy ploy
I might be a fool but I’m nobody’s toy.
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Posted: Feb 2020
About this poem:
A fun tale about the trouble with online dating.
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We laughed and cried as we might
Showing just how much we care
We held each other oh so tight
Until we’d cried the last tear
You often asked the reason
Why it’s time for me to leave
To set you free for your return
To your friends of course my dear.
I couldn’t bear to see the pain
I couldn’t tear your heart again
When the time for you to say
That it was time to go away.
I gave the bird the choice to fly
To spread your wings and soar on high
Without remorse or regret
Because I chose to let you fly.
I watched as you did fly away
Watching as you soared up high
Wondering would you fly to me?
Or fly away to new beginnings
Though my dear you’ll find new love
And thoughts of me shall slowly fade
Forever I will watch the sky above
For my love for you will never fade.
Jan 5, 2020
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Posted: Feb 2020
About this poem:
This is about letting go when you know it is the right thing to do.
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Yesterday I saw a wondrous sight
As I walked about last night
And looked up to the sky up high
Stars sparkling like diamonds in the sky
Blinking, winking, dancing keeping time
To the beat kept by father time
The stage was set for the show to start
As I wondered when it would start
A flash just seen did catch my eye.
Over yonder way up there above my eye
I turned and saw the opening scene
Of comets screaming to be seen
Over, under the big bright moon.
Dancing to the opening tune
Of the opera about to play
For all those lovers out that day
Warned by the crack of the distant thunder
I searched about for the coming wonder
There in the distance I saw the start
Of the most wonderous part
There a small light of red, blue and green
Started to grow into that ball that I gleaned
On that wondrous diamond filled night
Till it hid all those diamonds so bright
Spinning, swirling colours ever changing
I watched as the dance kept evolving
Until at last it’s brilliance did finally ebb
Opening the way for the rest of the web,
How could I ever really know,
How long I stood there watching the show?
Played out for me in the dark sky
With all those diamonds sparkling in my eye!
January 26, 2020
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Posted: Jan 2020
About this poem:
I was daydreaming about when I got home about 3:00 am and the sky started to get totally involved with the Northern Lights. So i took that thought and created this. I hope you enjoy.
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You found me broken at the side of the road
Dazed, confused and almost no hope
You sat down beside me and chatted a while
Then stretched out your hand and said with a smile
“Come walk with me down this road
We’ll take a few steps and see where we’ll be.
It’s a good time to live, just come walk with me."
I looked up and saw magic in your eyes
And felt a spark light somewhere deep down inside
You held my hand and dragged me along
“This is life’s road. It’s where we belong.”
I walked by your side in wonder and awe
At the beauty that is in all that we are.
You showed me the love you wanted to share,
So I walked at your side along this strange road
Learning of love and yearning for more.
I turned to the side and the path that was there
“Come walk with me down this wandering path?”
You smiled as you said “Of course I will dear.
We’ll make our own path and tend it with care.”
So we walked down that road paying no mind
To those who would laugh as we passed by.
So when we walked home the very last time
And we lay down forever in each other’s arms.
And when we were gone and the laughter had died
All they could say is,
”Where are the lovers so old and so grey
Who lived their love new each and every day.”
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Posted: Dec 2019
About this poem:
I write quite a lot now "I am Broken and alone"
and I wrote this in about 15 minutes when i Woke in the middle of the night. At the time I was just starting to explore the realm of dating. Unsure and eager. I was rewarded by a scammer contacting me one one of the sites i was on. Never the less I was flattered and this is what spilled out of me that evening when I thought that I might have received an opportunity to love again
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A friend of mine once did say
It's by great chance we are here today
That through all the events that went before
We came to be is quite rare that’s for sure
Imagine the odds for us to arrive at this time
To mark with me this special place in time
That I might gather such dear friends as you
To celebrate this year of life with you
Your presence reminds me how blessed I am
That you chose to come and watch this program
To spend with me your greatest treasure
And spend your time on this night of pleasure
Did you know the love you show fills this aching heart
And piece by piece your love has healed this lonely heart
You made me feel alive, wanting to do my part
To share how you mended this man’s broken heart
Abused, confused and so unsure I didn’t know
Of love and friends oh so very dear
Your love broke those walls so well built
And showed the way to end the guilt.
We all have walked this road built through the ages
Traveled by our ancestors and great sages
Day by day year by year time slowly moved to this day
So we could gather here this night this way.
So let’s enjoy this time we share
While we are with those of whom we care
For the times we spend together is so very rare
And today joy and love we will gladly share.
March 11, 2020
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Posted: Mar 2020
About this poem:
A homage to all those friends who freely share their time with others.
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