Poetry Time

Here lately I have been writing some poems, so I thought I’d share a few of them with you today.

The first three are Haikus (3 line poems in which the first line contains 5 syllables, the second line contains 7 syllables, and the last line contains 5 syllables).

Under Water

Hold your breath under

water and hope when you come

up for air, you live.

Nature’s Gossip

Whispering trees

gossip windy secrets that

people never hear.

A Mother’s Sorrows

Gut punch news doubles

mom over.  Her kids don’t know

their heartbreak is hers.

The next poem is a Nonet (The first line contains 9 syllables, the next line contains 8 and so on until the last line contains only one syllable). 

The Faith To Let Go

When birds push their young out of the nest,

do they watch to see what happens?

Or do they trust outstretched wings

will carry their offspring

to success beyond

their wildest dreams?

I believe

this is

faith.

This last one has no rules about syllables.

My Legacy

When is the past laid to rest?

When it is forgotten.

Who will remember me

after everyone who knows

me is gone?  Nobody.

Individual lives don’t matter

unless we leave behind

a timeless legacy.

And what would that be?

These words…any words

worth remembering.

Joke:  When poets write about the galaxies, readers hope that the verses will be “out of this world.” (Inspired by Jokes Garage: https://www.jokesgarage.com/poetry-puns/) 

Quote:  “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.”

– Robert Frost

Advice:  Look for the poetry in life.  It surrounds us if we would just take the time to look for it.