Saturday, August 25, 2007

THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE SOME POEMS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PAST

A CITY RAIN
( I won an honourable mention with this poem which was judged by The League Of Canadian Poets)
The flash of a neon monster glimmers
upon the wet pavement, as the people
run for shelter
from the evening rain.

Car headlights shine on the wet asphalt,
and the air smells so
fresh and clean, as nature
washes away our dirt.

People running from door to door to
keep from getting wet, while others
hug to the sides of the
towering buildings.

Windshield wipers beat endlessly, their
rhythmic patterns, as they wait
impatiently through the
red, amber, green.

It’s nights like this, that make me
feel life is worth living.
And if I had my way, I’d have it washed
every week.
INNOCENCE
The fragrance
from deep within the
blossom, fills your
mind, body, and soul
with tranquil thoughts.

The bouquet,
is carried by the morning
breeze,
and is scattered throughout
the rolling countryside.

When it finally reaches us,
we may take notice
but only for a moment.

And that moment is,
the happiest
of our lives.
LOVE

To give love
is to live in
beauty.
And to receive
love is
to live in
an enchanted
world.
UNDERSTANDING

Trying to understand people
and have them understand
you.
When all the while you
can’t even understand
yourself.
ELDER

As time goes on and
we grow elder in years,
we pass through many
changes.

Some are easy to understand
and cope with,
while others are difficult
to adjust to.

But as time goes on we gain
much in wisdom, and know
that we are truly, not at
a loss with ourselves.
PROVOCATION
So many meaningless
words and
actions.
So many motions
carried out
without thinking.
And all the while
we do not see
that we are the
same
as them.
FAR AWAY PLACES

The continuous sound of
planes passing overhead,
keeps me dreaming of
far away places.
WINTER ( January 22, 1971 )

The warm weather will come and go,
and leave us here with winter snow.
A huge white blanket all around,
that covers every spot of ground.
Some mornings you just awake and see,
the lovely ice that's on a tree.
A beautiful work of art I'd say,
I hope it will last another day.
The frost designs on the window clear,
I wish would last throughout the year.
Children playing , having fun,
knowing winters just begun.
Families gathering at the countryside,
renting horses, for a sleigh ride.
People taking in winter sport,
knowing that the time is short.
Spring is coming real soon,
that's when all the flowers bloom.
Snow is melting in the town,
snowmen falling all around.
Winters coming to an end,
spring is just around the bend.

Ice is melting skating is done,
winter sports are on the run.
Now I guess we'll have to wait,
for next winter, to learn to skate.
The ground is coming up through the snow,
I guess it's time we'd better go.

HAD TO SHARE THIS FUNNY ONE

Dear Tech Support:

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed that the new program began making unexpected changes to the accounting modules, limiting access to flower and jewelry applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9 but installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0 and NBA 3.0. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

Desperate

Dear Desperate:

Keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try to enter the command: "C:/I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME" and install Tears 6.2. Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications: Guilty 3.0 and Flowers 7.0. But remember overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will create "Snoring Loudly" wave files. DO NOT install Mother In Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. Consider buying additional software to improve performance. I personally recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 5.3

Tech Support

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