A poem a day to keep brain rot away

Join me as I attempt to create a poem a day... whether awesome, bawdy, corny, dreadful, entertaining, fabulous, gross or hilariously hokey, I will try to string together everything from couplets to limericks - just for the fun of fiddling with words!

May 3rd, 2012

Today is quite a special day. I have actually reached the one year mark. I posted my first poem on May 3rd, 2011. I have had a great time doing this. It has basically become a habit and I don’t really want to stop. So, I am going to continue this thread because I have enjoyed it so much. It’s true that most of the poems were terrible. Some were good (or at least I thought so!) but mostly they were a reflection of something I either saw that day, thought of, felt or heard. In any case, I hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have. Here’s to letting the word out – come what may!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

It worked

That's one for the little guy
The one who hardly speaks
Who accepts what's been given
Even if it reeks

Learning how to ask
Is really the very first move
Knowing when to speak
Will get you in the groove

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Rainbow

This is an invitation
To anyone who cares
To show your inner being
Let's wait and see who dares

So few can show or tell us
Of their brightly coloured soul
For fear of recrimination
For fear of being swallowed whole

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Questing

Cutting through the chatter
Of an endless crowded square
Knowing that the details
Are often hard to share

Searching for the faces
Of those we thought we knew
Wondering now that they
Seem to be so few

Although we want to seek
The truth of history
We often close our eyes
To things we dare not see

Monday, April 1, 2013

Anticipation

Three sleeps
Just three sleeps
How will we ever
Make it to Thursday?
Three sleeps
Just three sleeps
But it just drags on
And we have to wait.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

DW2013

Happiness is grand
When the proof is in your hand
Count to four as planned

Saturday, March 30, 2013

New Day

The sun rises over this radiant dawn
Awakening us to an earth reborn
Calling us to praise anew
Reminding us of all we knew    
We've got our lives because He cared
Facing pain and death when no one else cared  

Friday, March 29, 2013

Quack

Healer, healer, help me heal
I long to believe your broken spiel
Your odd ideas a quaint throw back
When cures in general were a lot of hack
Indulge my whims of make believe
And I'll make your rich to be deceived

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Night vision

Staring at the dusk
My eyes don't see too much
A frustrating feel for me
When just trying hard to see
I guess I must accept
That overall it's a small debt
But certainly an overwhelming loss
When thinking of the cost

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Inspire us!

What happens when inspiration's gone?
When the singer forgets the song?
When the artist's brush won't flow?
When the seedlings refuse to grow?
It's a gift to find a muse
Channeling ideas for us to use
Even if they don't know the score
They for us open every door
Just knowing that they're around
Means inspiration will be found. 
 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A hint of spring

The water's freely running
Dripping, streaming, cleaving
The sparkle of snow fading
As the sun reclaims everything