by Claudia Polydoro |
Categories:
word play,
YOUR BETTER END
To be
To stare
To contemplate
To risk
To dare
Once and again
To trust
To leap
A Jump of faith
To fall
To land
No one can say
To forgive
To forget
Or try again
To breathe
To love
Feel whole and place
The fears
The doubts
To rest and then
To grow
To become
Your better end
***
January 20, 2017
by A.M. Demotte |
Categories:
flying, love, romantic,
The act of falling
Isn’t hard.
Anyone can do it:
step off an edge,
be pushed, or jump.
The key is to
find the one
tumbling through
space and time,
at the exact same
rate as you;
grab on tightly,
and in grounding,
each spread an arm
and fly.
by Tim Smith |
Categories:
love,
Cinderella dreams across yellow brick roads
Creating Prince Charming out of simple silly toads
We play hopscotch, jump rope and other little games
Trying to produce magic and a feeling quite the same
Dancing through life with rose colored eyes
Wishing and hoping love doesn't float on by
Finding the one that just makes us smile
Holding on tight, hearts entwined for awhile
Happiness comes to those who are blessed
Sharing our all when two lips are pressed
Suns set, moons rise but one thing still remains
When fairy tales meet blood pumps in our veins
Whether young or old we seek out love to surround
There's no greater feeling when a heart in love pounds
by Shaunda Lindsay |
Categories:
garden, happiness, imagery, nature,
spring is here
at last at last
wind blowing clouds
like gossamer glass
smells fill the air
the flowers are calling
bees making honey
with love and pollen
watching dandilions
is a glorious affair
while slinging their fluff
all thru the air
It seems I'm not
the only one
to jump with joy
here comes the sun
I hop and skip
accross a lawn
I twirl around
till I have fallen
I dance a happy
springtime dance
lay on the grass
where sprinklers splash
a sweet little inchworm
crosses my toe
take your time little one
just go with the flow
my spring my spring
is here for now
the sun stands up
to take a bow
by Barbara Gorelick |
Categories:
seasons,
The garden bursting with the green of spring
Each bud and leaf have promises to keep
New life this emerging season brings
In summer the warmth soaks elbow deep
The fish jump high and living is sweet
Full of summer love we drift to sleep
Now fall colors go dancing round our feet
Days of harvest before we watch geese fly
With some regret the waning days we greet
Winter arrives, with frosty breath it sighs
Thoughts turn inward, days pass one by one
WE hear music of the north wind's lonesome cry
Then at last another year is closed and done
and we greet the rise of a springtime sun
by Paul Callus |
Categories:
happiness, joy,
Joy (Pleiades)
Jettison leaden thoughts
Juxtapose light and dark
Join me in spreading the
Jovial mood of love
Jump with pure elation
Jocund spirits outwit
Jealousy, hate and fear.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Contest: Pleiades 'J'
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
Placed 2nd
© 4th March 2017
by Jacquelyn Sturge |
Categories:
funny, happiness,
There once was a guy whose name was Lance
And all this man loved to do was dance,
If you beat on a drum
Or just twiddle your thumb,
Lance would jump up and he'd start to prance.
He danced from morning into the night
He'd leap in air like a bird in flight,
He never got tired
And always was fired,,
Until one day when he lost his sight.
Have you ever seen a blind man dance?
Well it was a sight, that cane and Lance,
He didn't want pity
Though it wasn't pretty,
When he toppled loosing his balance.
He'd jump right up and continue on
And nothing could stop this dancing prawn,
He taught us a lesson
That there is no reason,
To end what you love before you're gone.
by Victor Buhagiar |
Categories:
lost love,
Lethargic and listless
lacking all zest,
I lie on the rocks
under the blazing sun.
The calm sea kisses
the rocky shore,
but no sea breeze
breathes on me.
The salt on my back
basks and bakes
and turns an ugly red.
Nothing to it but jump
back into the cool sea,
tempting the jellyfish
to sting my feet.
But on the beach
the newly crowned queen,
the one who scorns me,
parades herself
scantily dressed,
all eyes riveted on her.
I wonder who's worse:
herself or the jellyfish!
by Tim Smith |
Categories:
beauty, hope, love,
"Stay with me through the darkness
until we find another sunny day."
Dodge through the rain drops falling fast
jump puddles not worrying about getting wet
take my hand and my heart, come hold me close
embrace my imperfections and this life we have chose
Slip-slide down this path of resistance with me
being my rock when tiny pebbles roll free
help find my sun hiding when all seems lost
don't let me go under without one last gasp
Of the beauty, before me, that surrounds
cherished in precious seas of love found
golden flowers sway gentle in the breeze
carrying off splendor for us to forever see
by Sarah Comstock |
Categories:
happiness, inspirational, uplifting, space,
I only want a heart that is free.
To be content with life and me.
I want the space and room to grow.
To reap the harvest of seeds I sow.
To live, work, and take care of mine.
And at the end of the day, bask in the sunshine.
To put forth my hand in an endeavor.
To fearlessly move into forever.
To not be held back by hesitation or fear.
To chase down more than just what is here.
To get up and taste what I am made of.
To jump in both feet, into life, happiness, and love.
To build my dreams with my own hand.
And to have the freedom to do and be, as much as I can,
For as long as time and space will allow me.
Sarah Comstock
9-19-2010
by Tim Smith |
Categories:
fear, friend,
Light dances with the idea of love
the sharks circle at mere plight
of weakness but you cant kick out
a ballerina tiptoeing across rivers
red flowing with contemplation
and the final twin feather bed calling
Tomorrow's successes seduce
the captain's chair empty
he's gone out for air
backed up pickup but the limbs won't move
just need another reason for loving you
The walls are built by more than just an emperor
The chains are laced in verse of discrimination
but I'm building a bridge to you
just don't jump and leave us to clean up behind
and as the **** crows it's going to be alright
by Melani Udaeta |
Categories:
emotions, feelings, inspiration, motivation,
Right now is a good time for an endgame;
This moment, not tomorrow or the next day;
Hesitation is jealous of ambition;
Listen to your foolish grin;
For everything restless inside of you?
Stop waiting;
The art of knowing,
merely the starting block;
Opportunities look for you
to courageously jump;
Fall in love
again and again,
relentlessly explore your passion;
If they are not watered
ideas whither like flowers
unexplored potential of an unpainted canvas;
Start today;
For everything lying dormant deep within
listen to that inner rhythm;
Strap in, enjoy the ride;
Blissful and free from more of the same,
right now is a good time for an endgame.
by Lord R. E. Taylor |
Categories:
on writing and words,
An Illusion Of Words
A girl
No way to know her age
Her looks are years younger than her
Her mind smarter that her age
Her beauty is timeless among the ages
She sits and writes day after day
Places words in just the right place
She laughs at her ideas
She cries at how her writings play out
She is alone among a multitude of friends
Her thoughts jump between life and death
Love and hate
War and peace
No one knows how her mind works
It is only a guess to tell how she feels
She doesn’t want anyone to know her
She is a ghost walking among the living
A spirit that can only be held in the mind
And that is how she will stay
Just an illusion of words
by Marius Alexandru |
Categories:
3rd grade, cute love, kid,
A kiss from my mom each night on my forehead,
A smile and a hug when I fall, from my dad,
Forgiveness from my brother when I play with his toy-car,
or from my sister when I eat the last candy from the jar,
A lick on my cheeks from Max, my new dog,
Miss Piggy, together with Kermit The Frog.
The hands of my grandfather throwing me up high,
The grandmother's pear compote or her sweet apple pie.
Lucas, my neighbor when he brings me his cat
Olivia, my cousin, letting me borrow her beautiful red hat.
The rain when we jump, just for fun, in the mud,
A soft blow on my scars, bandages for blood.
by Yann Rolland |
Categories:
appreciation, confidence, love, romance,
With you, Emily,
I desire everything,
Some blackcurrant ice cream,
From gondolas to Venice,
Without you, Emily,
I don’t want anything,
With you, Emily,
I desire everything,
From Connecticut,
Of fine musical,
Without you, Emily,
I don’t want anything,
With you, Emily,
I love everything,
To jump in a balloon,
Flying over New York,
Without you, Emily,
I don’t want anything,
With you Beatrice,
I desire everything,
To suck on lullabies
To write poems,
Without you, Beatrice,
I don’t want anything,
With you, Emily
I desire everything,
To see the pyramids,
To steal the Mona Lisa,
Without you, ladies
I’m too sincere,
I can’t forgive people.
by Panagiota Romios |
Categories:
peace, philosophy,
Is created by us......... but we forget this and fuss.
Our noses in our neighbors, worse another nations' business.
We forget love and compassion, how unique, we are.
Ah, striving to be number one, to be the outstanding star!
How easily humanity falls off track.
Don't you get that you are perfect and that's just that?
Some days are up, some are down.
Unless you have zero integrity, then you prance about like a clown.
Get you are great, your mind will say NO.
Just jump into the canoe of life and go.
The Mandala of your day, created in beauty and kindness.
It's your umbrella of conscious mindfulness
12/7/2020
by Kim Rodrigues |
Categories:
autumn, emotions, imagery, lust,
LATE BLOOMER
sun highlights
the bod of oak bark -
Autumn knight
CLINGERS
won’t let go -
cling to puppy love,
its branches
CLEAVERS
cleaves to old
relationship vow -
storm shakes loose
LANDING
the leaves land
amidst the old maids’
bitterness
BRITTLE BONES
the children
jump in old gals’ laps
living loud
RING AROUND THE ROSIES
circle round
sing, “ashes…ashes…”
and fall down
LEARNING CURVE
life up there
in the lusty air
now seems strange
GONE WITH THE WIND
scattering
the old bats’ ashes
to the wind
REBORN
phoenix lands
a bitty wiser
and lighter
by C. A. Burkett |
Categories:
love, rainbow, relationship, true love,
If I could jump in a rainbow
And soak up the rays
It still wouldn’t compare
To the love of my Babe
He showers me with sentiments
He explains how he feels
He gives us a future
And makes fantasy become real
I can’t quite remember my life before him
And he thinks the same
We are brainwave twins
My life has no past
It seems I’ve forgotten
Like it was molded or rotten
With my baby it’s all new
Life started the day
I met my true best friend
Confidant and lover for always
by Sunlite Wanter |
Categories:
appreciation, childhood, nostalgia, patriotic,
To the Sand Dunes
With the moon as competition,
A sack full of sky rockets,
We kids will bring fruition.
Firecrackers and dirt devils,
Sparklers and flares,
Sand in our shoes,
Sand in our hair.
Swinging a sky rocket,
We just felt grown up,
And if we got the colored kind,
We’d squeal and jump and jump.
Didn’t know much about
Independence and freedom then,
Just what we learned in school
And flags flying in the wind.
On the rolling sand dunes
In another far away land,
Our loved ones shot real fireworks,
Where there was no marching band.
I love them for it forever
And I always will,
But my 4th of July memories
Are on the tops of those sandy hills.
by Sotto Poet |
Categories:
analogy, cute love,
Written: February 17, 2025 for Contest by Joseph May
**********************
Stalking dark bloom at night
Quick, lithe out of sight
Prowling stealth, jump right
Hushed, no sound at all
Felt lost, loped through wall
Hared wild, can't be found
Strained, waiting rebound
Inked heart without sound
Charging in hushed hour
Blooms this dear flower
Deafening hush dour
Mistress of the Quill
Twists you to her will
Ink in hand looks still
Wings served the goal scrawl
Sounds whisper, thoughts call
by Debbie Budnick |
Categories:
devotion, faith, happiness, inspirational, life, love, life, god, god, life, love,
pumping red rivers
traveling through tiny tunnels
of life ticking away
slowly stirring
yielding a promise known but unseen
many hope to survive to see
yet scared to know
the truth it holds
bending, stretching
hold out your hand
open your heart
believe in the future of your soul
overcome, jump those hurdles
reach out, grab but don't let go
of your love for God and Jesus
of your love for every little thing
meant to be
step aside for avalanches
then continue to climb
to achieve your soul's purpose
live the life
meant to be real -
a life lived with love and kindness
a life with God and Jesus
by Elias Mwangi |
Categories:
blessing, christian,
Up and down,left or right,here and there,you are the only God who gives me this and that,help me pass under and over,between and amongst, assists me to jump and slide through obstacles, swim through temptations and roll down gigantic rocks.
Dear Lord I have tasted bitter and sour but your love is the sweetest.
Your blood quenches my thirst and your body satisfies me.
I guess choosing you is better than A,B,C or D and the best than the twelve subjects.Your touch is the best sensation ever felt in my nerves.
by Miranda Barrier |
Categories:
angel, christian, depression, forgiveness, heartbreak,
With her fall from grace
She stands all alone in this place
With ebony tears falling down her face
With lighting streaking across the sky
She hangs her head to cry
Broken and alone she wonders 'Why do I try'
No one cares if I live or die
Maybe tonight is the night I die.
Closer to the rivers edge
Her soul teeters on the ledge
No will to live
with nothing more to give
She closes her eyes
and takes a deep sigh
But as she's ready to take the jump
The wind blows and she feels a slight bump
It's a crimson red rose
As she picks it up, she realizes the future it holds
A fallen angel she may be
But Gods love will always be!
by Watisungla Ao |
Categories:
adventure, beautiful, beauty, celebration, childhood, christmas, good friday,
SNOWFALL
I love the fall’s snow white
Fancy some flakes in my dwellings
Flung the door open wide
Run to pick them with my siblings
The Good Friday is best
To wait and watch the hailstones fall
Some years is all a waste
Some lucky years, we get it all
Santa rules my place well
The snowman is out of picture
Gifts on my window sill
Old Santa bored in my nature
The white flakes are tempting
Saved a pair of black round buttons
For my great snow making
Mould them like two balls of cotton
Higher and lifted high
I will run and jump up with joy
Snowman gives me a sight
I will sing, laugh, dance and enjoy
WATISUNGLA AO
06.11.2015
by Skye Robertson |
Categories:
dog, kids, symbolism,
Too many big and small
It doesn't matter, I hate them all.
I hate when they run, I hate when they leap.
I hate when they frolic in their sleep.
I hate how much they love to cuddle.
Their love is never very subtle.
I hate when they lick away your tears.
And comfort you as you face your fears.
I hate when they tilt their head and stare,
And snip and chew, on your long hair.
I hate when they hunt and kill a bug,
And track their filth across the rug.
I hate when they jump on your private places,
Or hit the window with their faces.
I hate every, dog, except a dog named Red,
I still love him, even though he’s dead.