POETRY

SMILES AND LAUGHTER

INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR A FIGHT

LOOK FOR WAYS TO BRING DELIGHT

A SMILE IS A SIMPLE WAY

TO BRING SOME JOY INTO YOUR DAY

LAUGHTER IS A USEFUL TOOL

SMILES AND LAUGHTER ARE JUST COOL

 

ARE YOU SATISFIED

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF PURPOSE

OR DO YOU FEEL WORTHLESS

DO YOU OWN WHAT YOU FEEL

DOES IT EVEN SEEM  REAL

ARE YOU LIVING OR SURVIVING

ARE YOU JUST OK OR THRIVING

ARE YOU SATISFIED OR NOT

DO YOU GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR

OR IS THAT JUST A RUMOR

MAGNIFICENCE

FAME AND FORTUNE

OVERRATED

SELF IMPORTANCE

IS SO JADED

ANONYMOUS

INVISIBLE

FOR ALL OF US

A NOBLE ROLE

A DIFFERENCE

THAT MAKES MORE SENSE

MORE SPIRITUAL

AND MORE INTENSE

ETHEREAL

WITH COMMON SENSE

MATERIAL

WITH INNOCENCE

SUPERIOR

MAGNIFICENCE

 

NOBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING

BEWARE OF THE KNOW IT ALLS

THEY'RE DELUSIONAL AND FALSE

CAN'T TRUST THEM WITH ANYTHING

NOBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING

WHEN THEY ACT AS IF THEY DO

IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT'S TRUE

BEST STICK WITH THOSE WHO KNOW THEY DON'T

FOR THEY SURELY MAKE SENSE THE MOST

Author's Notes/Comments: 

IT'S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. TRY TO AVERAGE A POEM A DAY.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU

HOW AUTHENTIC CAN YOU BE

IF YOU ARE WISHY WASHY

HOW OFTEN CAN YOU BE TRUE

TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU

SOMETIMES YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND

DEPENDS ON THINGS YOU MAY FIND

ALWAYS CONSIDER THE SOURCE

TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICE OFCOURSE

THE FINAL TOUCH

PERSPECTIVE AND INTERPRETATION

ADD SO VERY MUCH

RECEPTIVE IMAGINATION

ADDS THE FINAL TOUCH

Author's Notes/Comments: 

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CONTINUES. TRY TO WRITE A POEM A DAY OR AVERAGE DAYS OF THE MONTH AS THEY COME TO YOU.

EMPTY WORDS

EMPTY WORDS

CAN GO NOWHERE

WITHOUT A TRAIN OF THOUGHT

IMAGINATION

TAKES US THERE

OR ELSE IT'S ALL FOR NAUGHT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ANOTHER POEM FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

THE CONTENT

ARE YOU CONTENT

WITH THE CONTENT

YOU READ AND WRITE

IS IT ALL RIGHT

DO YOU BELIEVE

ALL THAT YOU READ

ARE YOU NAIVE

DON'T BE DECEIVED

Author's Notes/Comments: 

IT'S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. i LIKE TO DO A POEM A DAY BUT IF ONE DOESN'T COME I PLAY CATCH UP. I AM ONE SHORT AT THIS POINT SO HOPING ANOTHER WILL COME TODAY BUT IF NOT I WILL TRY TO CATCH UP.

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APRIL FOOLS

I GUESS I'D LIKE TO SAY

APRIL FOOLS IS THE ONLY DAY

THAT PROPAGANDA IS OK

BUT IT'S ALWAYS AROUND TO MY DISMAY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I NEVER LIKED APRIL FOOLS AND DON'T PARTICIPATE IN IT. THERE ARE ENOUGH STUPID THINGS DONE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT DOING THEM ON PURPOSE AND CELEBRATE THEM AS A HOLIDAY...IT IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND RARELY FUNNY.