A friend knows what to say when you're down. A friend supports you in times of trouble. A friend goes with you to shop or to eat. A friend tells you something special. A friend holds your secrets close. A friend laughs with you. A friend cries with you. A friend hugs you. Are you… Continue reading A Friend
Category: Poems
Alliterations, Cacophony, Consonance, Elisions,
Diction, Homonyms, Hyberboles, Imagery, Irony,
Oxymorons, Prosody, Puns, Metaphors, Rhymes,
Synonyms, Tones, Similes and Smiles.
A Friend
Christian Tompta’s Conical
His round pointy hat colorful, magical to enter spirit realm.
Books
The sweet leather smell, brings dreams to my mind of treasures and islands, and love so divine. Remembering Austen, Bronte, Dickens, Carroll and Suess Their words were so focused, their stories, bits of truth. Society lies. Current styles are just snippets in time. Ugly, silly, dark stormy nights, humanity grieves and repeats the lies. Over… Continue reading Books
Elm Tree
Your leaves shade the house Your branches hold strong for birds Squirrels run over you.
Gnome Poem: Winny and the Squirrel
Winny sat upon the leaf watching for the squirrel thief. It had taken her favorite barrett and chasing him, she'd gotten wet. She fell into the rain bucket; then pulled a tissue from her pocket, not useful-all wrinkled and soggy, her mind took turns, angry and foggy, as water streamed down her face, she climbed… Continue reading Gnome Poem: Winny and the Squirrel
“This Land is Your Land” etc.
I recently did a writing exercise in my writers' group that called for us to add verses to the song by Woodie Guthrie. Here's my additions to the age old song - remember to sing as it's just a bit of fun: Riding down river, tubing Mississippi The golden sunlight peeked through the leaves It… Continue reading “This Land is Your Land” etc.
Vocation
To find one's vocation - that is, their true calling - they must try many things, excluding nothing. They may dip their toes into different sports or try several mediums in the arts. But when they hit that something special, their mind, body and spirit become celestial as they align to work together in harmony,… Continue reading Vocation
Mosquito
Buzz around my ear Search a luscious spot to drink Make me itch all day.
Dawn Marie Paul 