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Happily married for over 50 years —that's Golden, Baby!—having raised two sons, both married to girls named Carla. Go figure. :)

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"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been." — Madeleine L'Engle

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies...The man who never reads lives only one." —George R. R. Martin

"... there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." — Vincent van Gogh

"And that's the whole poem," he said. "Do you like it, Piglet?"
"All except the shillings," said Piglet. "I don't think they ought to be there."
"They wanted to come in after the pounds," explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come in."
— The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne

JOY

LET a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
And take it when it runs by,
As the Apache dancer
Clutches his woman.
I have seen them
Live long and laugh loud,
Sent on singing, singing,
Smashed to the heart
Under the ribs
With a terrible love.
Joy always,
Joy everywhere—
Let joy kill you!
Keep away from the little deaths.

Carl Sandburg

"When my muse ignites verse that excites then you have me dead to rights – I'm a poet!" – Mark Toney

Twenty Poems I've Written That Define Me:

Abundant Blessings Continue – A spiritual ode written in ABC form in which every word begins with a successive letter of the alphabet starting with A. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/abundant_blessings_continue_1023244

Yvonne’s Swan Song – Narrative poem dedicated to all victims of bullying, including girls and boys of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds, including me! https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/yvonnes_swan_song_1016718

Close Encounters of the Bully Kind – Couplet describing my actual encounter with a bully and subsequent conflicting counsel given to me by Mom and Dad. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/close_encounters_of_the_bully_kind_1185718

My Amazing Week on the Farm – Pastoral poem that describes life lessons learned during an amazing week when I was 15-years old. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_amazing_week_on_the_farm_1190059

Paralyzed – Dedicated to my father, who had 3 strokes, leaving him totally paralyzed for 7 years before he died.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/paralyzed_1022565

Take Care of Yourself First - My family’s experience in providing loving caregiving to our elderly and infirm family members.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/take_care_of_yourself_first_1045939

Caregiver – My family’s experience with elder abuse that can develop when a caregiver becomes a selfish care-TAKER. Elder abuse—See it. Stop it. Prevent it. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/caregiver_1020961

Vanessa’s Song – This poem was written for our dear friends after their 16-year-old daughter, Vanessa, committed suicide in 1998. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/vanessas_song_1018588

Please Sir – Beautiful downtown Atlanta is the scene for this true encounter for which I am still ashamed after 30-years.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/please_sir_1020704

Castles in the Sand – Narrative poem with a moral lesson that keeps me focused on making sure of the more important things in life.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/castles_in_the_sand_1025437

What of Our Children? – Lyric poem highlighting the challenges to our children’s future.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/what_of_our_children_1136461

Real Eyes See – A commentary on today’s society using wordplay and rhyme.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/real_eyes_see_1208575

Cycle of Seasons: Haiku Series – I love Japanese poetry forms. My series of 12 Haiku (3 per season) describing the beginning and end of each season as they transition.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/cycle_of_seasons_haiku_series_1028183

Nasty Panda – A flight of fancy to show my lighter side, and I am not talking about weight!
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/nasty_panda_1140229

Green Eggs, Spam and Grits – My Southern-style tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Doctor Seuss.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/green_eggs_spam_and_grits_1122763

Love Immutable – The culmination of what I have learned as a husband after fifty years of marriage.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/love_immutable_1109739

Honorable Mention – A mother gives her son sage advice on living a modest life in humility.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/honorable_mention_1199431

My Memories – This poem expresses our concern over age-related memory loss, and my prayer that our memories stay fixed and true. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_memories_1191701

Faraway Moon – My ode to the faithful, fascinating, faraway moon. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/faraway_moon_1189504

Psalm of Praise – A fitting way to conclude the 20 poems that define me.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/psalm_of_praise_1217624

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What Are Your Favorite Lyrics?

Blog Posted:6/18/2025 9:36:00 AM

I have enjoyed posting blog challenges for the last seven months, but I decided to change gears for this post. I'm sure for most, if not all, of us, music has been part of the fabric of our lives—along with cotton. ;-) Hearing certain songs can take us back to the moment we first heard them, resurrecting emotions and memories that we were experiencing then.
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What are your favorite lyrics? I'm not necessarily talking entire songs, but a line (or several lines) from your favorite songs that resonate with you. If you would like to share a favorite lyric that is meaningful to you, feel free to post it in the comment section below. You can list just the lyric. If you prefer, you could also add where it's from and who wrote it. You can even come back later and list more.
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I'll start with one of my favorites in the comments section. This isn't a contest or challenge. It's just sharing. I hope you'll share one or more of yours, too. :)

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Mark
Toney

Date: 6/24/2025 9:39:00 AM

Thank you all for sharing your favorite lyrics. What a lovely walk down memory lane. :)

Riley
Ryleigh

Date: 6/23/2025 11:12:00 AM

Turn on your heartlight Let it shine wherever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see That's "Heartlight" from Neil Diamond.

Mark Toney
Date: 6/23/2025 3:07:00 PM

Nice

Oliver
Mckeithan

Date: 6/21/2025 5:29:00 PM

For me the whole song Father and Son by Cat Stevens. It is a short song but powerful

James Study
Date: 6/23/2025 8:37:00 AM

Yes, that song hit home with a lot of people.

Daniel
Turner

Date: 6/20/2025 9:32:00 AM

"What happened to the world we knew, When we would dream and scheme and while the time away. Yesterme yesteryou yesterday.(2V) Where did it go. That yester-glow, When we could feel the wheel of life turn our way. Yester-me yester-you yesterday(3V)I had a dream, so did you. Life was warm and love was true. Two kids who followed all the rules. Yester-fools and now. Now it seems those yester-dreams were just a cruel and foolish game we used to play. Yester-me yester-you yesterday. Stevie Wonder

Gary
Radice

Date: 6/19/2025 11:23:00 PM

Kudos to Linda Creed for writing the lyrics to "The Greatest Love Of All" - a song I first heard George Benson sing on his album "Give Me The Night" Whitney Houston didn't make a bad job of singing it either.. "I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone's shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I'll live as I believe No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity Because the greatest love of all Is happening to me I found the greatest love of all Inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all"

Keith D
Trestrail

Date: 6/19/2025 9:28:00 PM

Hello darkness, my old friend…

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:51:00 PM

I am a rock I am an island. . .

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/19/2025 9:34:00 PM

And you could have it all, my empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt…

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/19/2025 9:32:00 PM

War, children, it’s just a shot away, it’s just a shot away…

Keith D
Trestrail

Date: 6/19/2025 8:24:00 PM

And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind, down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, the haunted frightened trees out to the windy beach far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow…

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 6/21/2025 5:34:00 PM

Great song. Dylan is my all time favorite

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:47:00 PM

Dylan was so good

Mark Toney
Date: 6/19/2025 9:15:00 PM

Mr Tambourine Man is my favorite Bob Dylan song. The lyrics are brilliant.

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/19/2025 8:32:00 PM

It’s lyrics like these that made me want to write.

David
Crandall

Date: 6/19/2025 7:04:00 PM

just about all the lyrics from "The Part You Throw Away" by Tom Waits, including "the kiss don't know what the lips will say"

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/19/2025 5:34:00 PM

A guy I never got to really know told me to listen to this song . He had to leave and I never saw him again. but the lyrics to the whole song are so nice: I love you in a place where there's no space or time I've loved you for my life, yes, you're a friend of mine And when my life is over, remember when we were together We were alone, and I was singing my song for you, yes

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:46:00 PM

Yes. When he told me about that song, I had not even heard of it at that time , which is strange. It must have been on the radio!

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/19/2025 8:20:00 PM

A great song. I stop and listen every time I hear it playing.

Daniel Turner
Date: 6/19/2025 5:48:00 PM

Leon Russell, "A Song for You"

Jim
Healey

Date: 6/19/2025 1:29:00 PM

"Rise again, rise again/Though your heart it be broken or life about to end/no matter what you've lost/be it a home, a love, a friend/like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again" - The Mary Ellen Carter by the late, great Canadian singer/songwriter Stan Rogers

Daniel
Turner

Date: 6/19/2025 11:36:00 AM

"And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time." Wichita Lineman" Jimmy Webb (Glen Campbell)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 5:33:00 PM

love it. And that one about "take the ribbon from my hair"

Daniel Turner
Date: 6/19/2025 11:38:00 AM

...and hundreds of others. Too many to list.

Daniel
Turner

Date: 6/19/2025 11:32:00 AM

"I don't believe in destiny, or the guiding hand of fate. I don't believe in forever or love as a mystical state. I don't believe in the stars or the planets or angels watching from above. But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love...and make it last." Ghost of a Chance" Rush

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:45:00 PM

I don't know if I ever heard that one

James
Study

Date: 6/19/2025 10:57:00 AM

swear there ain't no heaven and I pray there ain't no hell but I'll never know by living only my dying will tell Blood Sweat and Tears lyrics by Laura Nyro

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 6/21/2025 5:35:00 PM

BST were a great group. One of their all time best

Mark
Toney

Date: 6/19/2025 10:21:00 AM

“Learning that we’re only immortal for a limited time” —Dreamline by Rush

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/19/2025 10:20:00 AM

It's easier for me to name main lines of some songs because the complete songs are so beautiful in the lyrics, such as California dreaming on such a winter day, killing me softly with his song, the sound of silence, songs by all those folk rock people of 60s and 70s so cool and insightful. James Taylor, or the guy who sang morning has broken. John Denver songs. Too many to name !

Oliver Mckeithan
Date: 6/21/2025 5:36:00 PM

My favorite Cat Stevens song is Father and Son. A short but powerful song.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 5:33:00 PM

yes, Cat Stevens. Didn't he also sing Wild World and Moonshadow? those were my other favorites.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 5:31:00 PM

oh and don't forget Nights of White Satin.

Jim Healey
Date: 6/19/2025 1:22:00 PM

Morning Has Broken was by Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam). My favorite song of his is Peace Train. ("Oh, Peace Train take this country, come take me home again.")

Mark Toney
Date: 6/19/2025 10:46:00 AM

Soundtrack of my teenage years. :)

Quoth
Theraven

Date: 6/19/2025 8:56:00 AM

If a man could be two places at one time, I'd be with you. Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way. If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die, I'd spend the end with you. And when the world was through, Then one by one the stars would all go out, Then you and I would simply fly away -Bread

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:13:00 AM

Love that one from Bread

Mark Toney
Date: 6/19/2025 9:19:00 AM

Love this song. My wife and I saw David Gates and Bread in concert in 1975.

thriveni c
mysore

Date: 6/19/2025 7:48:00 AM

Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! by John Henry Newman as a poem titled "the Pillar of the Cloud"

Vanya
Evangeline

Date: 6/19/2025 12:47:00 AM

The chorus from Trading Yesterday's "Shattered": And I've lost who I am, and I can't understand - Why my heart is so broken, rejecting your love - Without love gone wrong, lifeless words carry on - But I know, all I know, is that the end's beginning - Who I am from the start, take me home to my heart - Let me go and I will run, I will not be silent - All this time spent in vain, wasted years, wasted gain - All is lost, hope remains, and this war's not over - There's a light, there's the sun - Taking all the shattered ones - To the place we belong, and his love will conquer all

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/19/2025 12:42:00 AM

this sounds like fun, but I have so many. I'll have to think on it and come back later!!

Brian
Strand

Date: 6/19/2025 12:40:00 AM

(4x4 )1981- Dallas Holm 'I saw the Lord,He was high and lifted up' ( a bio lyric for me..but that's a story for another day,Mark)

Brian
Strand

Date: 6/18/2025 10:42:00 PM

(3x4 )Stylistics 1974 '(Tom Bell&Linda Creed- lyric) 'You make me feel brand new'

Keith D
Trestrail

Date: 6/18/2025 5:29:00 PM

The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round!

Mark
Toney

Date: 6/18/2025 5:15:00 PM

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans” —Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/19/2025 10:13:00 AM

Love love this one

Brian
Strand

Date: 6/18/2025 3:06:00 PM

(2x4 ) Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly) 1957 jive..jive..Saturday dance never same again.

Di11y
Da11y

Date: 6/18/2025 2:46:00 PM

When I was in nursery and heard The Birdie Song for the first time (no actual lyrics, but we did a little bit of this and a little bit of that!) I literally thought I'd explode with joy! Ner ner ner neeeer ner ner ner ner neer, nah nah nah naah nah naah nah naah! :D

Rob
Carmack

Date: 6/18/2025 2:33:00 PM

Skid Row --> Wasted Time [The sun will rise again..The earth will turn to sand..Creation's colors seem to fade to grey..And you'll see the sickly hands of time..Will write your final rhyme..And end your memory.]

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 6/18/2025 2:08:00 PM

And when my days have come and gone - I hope I leave more right than wrong - I want to feel this love I see - When I am gone I hope there'll be - Someone to remember me…… Singer - Russell Watson

Gary
Radice

Date: 6/18/2025 1:46:00 PM

The Smiths /From Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (1984) "I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour But Heaven knows, I'm miserable now I was looking for a job and then I found a job And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now" Dire Straits / From Brothers In Arms (1985) "There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones"

Di11y Da11y
Date: 6/18/2025 2:47:00 PM

Love this! Got it on my gym playlist at the moment :)

John
Anderson

Date: 6/18/2025 12:52:00 PM

'--Imagine--' => Song by John Lennon, 1971 => Imagine there's no heaven; It's easy if you try; No hell below us; Above us, only sky; Imagine all the people Livin' for today!

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/18/2025 5:42:00 PM

Help!

John Anderson
Date: 6/18/2025 5:38:00 PM

Let it be!

Keith D Trestrail
Date: 6/18/2025 5:15:00 PM

The most misunderstood song in popular music! Imagine there’s no heaven, no religion too, no countries, no possessions? Who the hell wants that! Nothing but a Marxist hymn.

Chetta
Achara

Date: 6/18/2025 11:23:00 AM

Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing me back home before I die ~Merle Haggard This song makes me cry every single time I hear it.

Brian
Strand

Date: 6/18/2025 10:58:00 AM

(1x4)Bill Haley -Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers .(from the mid-50's - a world-wide game-changer in so many ways)

Di11y Da11y
Date: 6/18/2025 2:48:00 PM

Haha me and my friend made up a dance to this one at primary school and felt very swish! (Circa 1980s though)

Suzette
Richards

Date: 6/18/2025 10:17:00 AM

Let it Be, Beatles

Mark
Toney

Date: 6/18/2025 9:38:00 AM

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" —Against the Wind by Bob Seger

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11/25/2023	One Lie	Monoku	betrayal,integrity,trust,
11/23/2023	Magnification	Free verse	education,nature,science,
11/11/2023	Komorebi - Thoughts of You	Sonnet	death,hope,life,light,los
11/8/2023	November Fall and Rise	Ninette	autumn,beauty,fun,novembe
10/26/2023	They Crashed the Server	Lyric	appreciation,community,co
10/21/2023	Footles Are Your Friend	Footle	fun,inspiration,write,
9/30/2023	The Rod and Reproof Gives Wisdom	Rhyme	abuse,children,hurt,paren
9/23/2023	First Bite	Limerick	family,fruit,goodbye,kid,
9/23/2023	My Fave Season	Monorhyme	autumn,happy,seasons,
9/2/2023	From Her I Get	Lyric	future,life,love,relation
8/25/2023	Modi On the Moon	Lyric	moon,space,world,
8/23/2023	India Is On the Moon	Tanka	moon,space,success,
8/20/2023	Beyond Greatness	Haibun	courage,england,football,
8/18/2023	End of Voyage Tableau	Verse	beach,boat,confusion,loss
8/15/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - Spain Vs Sweden	Haibun	football,soccer,success,w
8/13/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - Australia Vs France	Haibun	football,soccer,sports,wo
8/12/2023	An Old Shovel	Bio	change,life,lonely,memory
8/11/2023	School Bus Safety a Must	Rhyme	children,life,school,stud
8/6/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - Sweden Vs Usa	Free verse	football,soccer,sports,us
8/5/2023	No Anchor For Rancour	Lyric	anger,forgiveness,friends
8/3/2023	Cemetery Gate	Triolet	death,fate,funeral,grave,
8/2/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - Jamaica Vs Brazil	Haibun	football,soccer,sports,wo
8/2/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - England Vs China	Haibun	england,football,soccer,s
7/29/2023	Close Call	Prose Poetry	child,children,family,fea
7/28/2023	Volleyball In the Rafters	Free verse	friendship,identity,life,
7/26/2023	2023 Fifa Womens World Cup - Usa Vs Netherlands	Haibun	football,soccer,usa,women
7/18/2023	The Starry Night - Van Gogh	Monoku	appreciation,art,humanity
7/11/2023	Away In a Clothes Shop	Rhyme	anxiety,clothes,wedding,
7/4/2023	Yellowstone Bison	Alliteration	animal,fear,nature,
7/1/2023	Away In a Haberdashery	Verse	anxiety,clothes,wedding,
6/30/2023	Munch On This - 'Love and Pain' 1895	Ekphrasis	art,love,pain,perspective
6/9/2023	Misty Morning Fog	Haiku	heartbreak,lost love,rela
5/20/2023	Sand Bar	Free verse	beach,environment,nature,
5/13/2023	Free-Range Limericks Redux	Limerick	humorous,poetry,word play
5/13/2023	Seeds of Encouragement	Tanka	anxiety,appreciation,chil
5/10/2023	Taking Action	Monoku	giving,happiness,humanity
5/8/2023	Humility's Boon	Senryu	blessing,feelings,relatio
5/7/2023	Bereavement	Tanka	bereavement,blessing,deat
5/7/2023	Sweet Friendship	Senryu	encouraging,friendship,lo
4/22/2023	Hither, Thither, and Yon	Prose	children,conflict,family,
4/21/2023	No Time For Caution	Lyric	anxiety,courage,death,lif
4/20/2023	My Regret	Prose Poetry	emotions,lost love,memory
4/4/2023	Relax	Senryu	anxiety,retirement,vacati
4/4/2023	Ashley, Lane, Massey	Clerihew	celebration,cool,poetry,p
3/26/2023	A Plague of Grackles	Free verse	bird,humorous,
3/25/2023	Harbingers of Spring	Haiku	bird,seasons,spring,
3/25/2023	Spring Fever	Haiku	bird,growth,happy,seasons
3/18/2023	Time Flies	Senryu	age,change,hair,life,old,
2/25/2023	Love's Peat Fire	Rhyme	dance,fire,heartbreak,lov

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Armless Ambidextrian	Free verse	conflict,death,depression
When You Float In Outer Space	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
Trouble Is Stewing	Light Verse	political,society,
Flight	Haiku	bird,flying,men,teacher,
Monoku - My Life	Monoku	deep,
Unnoticed	Free verse	encouraging,poetry,
Some People Choose To Lie	Free verse	betrayal,
Autumn Ease	Haiku	autumn,nature,
Six-Word Couplet Series	Couplet	old,song,
Just Fly Words	Free verse	poetry,words,
Let Me Live	Rhyme	love,
Six-Word Couplet Series	Couplet	america,appreciation,corr
Pressed Closely	Rhyme	longing,love,
Infant Daybreak	Free verse	imagery,nature,romantic,
Loses Things Too	Senryu	3rd grade,4th grade,5th g
The Red Wheelbarrow	Haibun	childhood,garden,grandpar
Woe Is the Sea	Haiku	ocean,pollution,
Blackbird Haiku	Haiku	beauty,bird,morning,natur
Laid To Rest	Free verse	bereavement,best friend,d
Grandmother's Hands	Rhyme	grandmother,
From Now On	Sonnet	8th grade,anxiety,boyfrie
Inobservant	Senryu	satire,society,technology
This Could Have Been a Rhyme	Rhyme	funny,
A Life Well Lived	Free verse	life,
Twilight	Free verse	age,death,emotions,endura
Sundrops	Free verse	beautiful,flower,love,sky
Sour Grapes	Sonnet	analogy,anger,heartbreak,
Beak To Beak	Free verse	bird,family,love,
Anthony Bourdain 1956-2018 -	Free verse	appreciation,celebrity,li
Colony of One	Senryu	analogy,community,family,
It Is the Little Things	Free verse	how i feel,inspiration,in
Last Meow	Tanka	grief,
Superpowers- Powerless	Rhyme	strength,wisdom,
Engraved	Tanka	lost love,
A Flaw In the Potus	Senryu	america,irony,leadership,
World Cup	Verse	football,games,nostalgia,
September's Song	Free verse	anxiety,death,depression,
sea song -	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beac
Wicked Art!	Free verse	allegory,art,devotion,
Mill Wheel	Narrative	winter,
Let's Eat Grandma	Limerick	fun,
June 1944	Monoku	lost love,war,
Corner of My Time	Lyric	philosophy,
Assembly Programming Test	Free verse	computer,memory,school,su
First Snowfall	Haiku	appreciation,nature,snow,
Patina of Life	Free verse	animal,appreciation,art,
Atear	Free verse	art,journey,life,longing,
Computer Animation Seven Ten	Verse	art,computer,creation,met
Venus Gifts a Yarrow's Kiss	Rhyme	emotions,heartbreak,hope,
We Are Not Merely Poets	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
Bully Poets	Rhyme	anti bullying,bullying,po
The Life of a Poet	Rhyme	dream,imagery,world,
the essence of soft shadows -	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,intr
The Phases of Grief	Couplet	courage,endurance,grief,i
My Pirate Women	Free verse	surreal,
Ten Again	Free verse	childhood,
to heal a vacant heaven -	Free verse	fantasy,
Morris the Thesaurus Tortoise	Light Verse	children,humor,words,
Words	Free verse	language,loss,memory,reme
The Lightest Touch	Rhyme	dance,dream,love,romance,
Footprints On My Heart	Free verse	love,marriage,
aching sky -	Rhyme	adventure,beauty,fantasy,
To Uplift, Or Live Adrift	Rhyme	allusion,encouraging,insp
Critics	Free verse	beach,imagery,inspiration
Haiku Xss	Haiku	bird,flower,spring,
Perfect	Free verse	introspection,
To Hunt the Bugaboo	Rhyme	funny,humor,humorous,
Michelangelo's David	Ekphrasis	art,
Of Captains and Cradles	Couplet	appreciation,history,poet
to sail the sky -	Couplet	adventure,imagination,met
Burning Embers	Sonnet	love,romance,
Three Keys	Couplet	faith,hope,love,
Desert Bloom	Personification	flower,metaphor,spring,
The Rocking Chair	Rhyme	appreciation,blessing,cha
Touch the Words In Braille	Free verse	art,butterfly,color,imagi
Leaf Covered Lanes	Sonnet	autumn,nature,snow,winter
Spirit Delirium - Ice	Rhyme	dark,drug,
Joy Through Her Loving Ways	Enclosed Rhyme	day,dream,girl,
In This Place	Free verse	city,nature,
My Dress Is a Cloud of Red	Free verse	love,
A Night Untitled	Free verse	addiction,body,feelings,s
Hierarchy of Habits	Free verse	animal,humanity,perspecti
The Poem Garden	Rhyme	garden,metaphor,poems,poe
Catting	Rhyme	cat,fun,humorous,
Females Finding Football Fame	Rhyme	football,humorous,sports,
She Was Sky	Enclosed Rhyme	history,mythology,religio
Desert Dreaming	Free verse	anxiety,nature,suicide,
Rhymes of Love	Rhyme	inspirational,love,tribut
Domestic Abuse	Quatrain	abuse,anxiety,dark,
The Worst	Blank verse	mother daughter,
Trim Trimmer Chicken Dinner Winner	Rhyme	character,confidence,cool
New Year- a New Beginning	Rhyme	joy,
Simple Pleasures	Rhyme	blessing,emotions,romanti
Sunny Horizons - POTD	Rhyme	appreciation,farewell,ins
The Mortal Bright	Blank verse	analogy,change,courage,da
unanswered -	Rhyme	age,analogy,family,father
My Muse and I	Rhyme	inspiration,
Olivia Newton John	Clerihew	body,clothes,humorous,tri
Greet Me In Our Old Jalopy	Free verse	absence,car,death,devotio
Clicks	Free verse	hurt,