National Poetry Month

WHOSE TRUTH

THEY SAY THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

BUT DON'T SAY WHOSE TRUTH THAT MIGHT BE

WHAT'S TRUE FOR YOU IS NOT FOR ME

IS THAT SO HARD FOR YOU TO SEE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THINK ABOUT THAT ONE...

THE SUN

THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHT TODAY

IT MAKES ME WANT TO YELL HURRAY

I HOPE THAT IT WILL COME YOUR WAY

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

A SUNNY DAY ALWAYS MAKES THINGS BRIGHTER...EVEN THO I AM LIGHT SENSITIVE...LOVE THE SUNSHINE

MORE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR

WE TAKE TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED

AS EXPECTATIONS SOAR

INSTEAD BECOME ENCHANTED 

WITH ALL YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR

 

TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED LEADS TO

LOSING THEM YOU'LL FIND THIS TRUE

BEING GRATEFUL YOU WILL FIND

MORE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IN TIME

Author's Notes/Comments: 

YESTERDAY THERE WAS A STORM BUT IT WAS THE WEEIRDEST THING...I ONLY HEARD A FEW MINUTES AT MOST OF HAIL SOUNDS AND THEN A BIG BOOM AND THE ELECTRIC WENT OUT...I WAS GRATEFUL IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE SO I COULD OPEN DRAPES AND STILL HAVE SOME LIGHT...I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE BACK ON BEFORE IT GOT DARK OUT CUZ THERE WOULD NOT EVEN BE ANY LIGHT FROM THE STREET LIGHTS CUZ THEY WERE OUT TOO...I COULDN'T CALL TO REPORT THE OUTAGE CUZ I DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE AND MY PHONE LINE IS CONNECTED TO ELECTRIC POWER...I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH TIME WENT BY BECAUSE MY CLOCK IS ON MY COMPUTER AND TV AND THEY ARE BOTH ELECTRIC...I HEARD NOISE IN THE ALLEY AND SAW FLASHING LIGHTS AND IT WAS THE ELECTRIC COMPANY COME TO FIX THE POWER....I WAS GRATEFUL THEY HAD COME AND WERE FIXING IT. IT WAS FIXED BEFORE IT GOT DARK OUT AND I FOUND TWO EMAILS FROM COMED SAYING THE POWER OUTAGE WAS REPORTED AND AT WHAT TIME AND THAT IT WAS RESTORED AND AT WHAT TIME...IT WAS OUT APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS...I WAS GRATEFUL THEY CAME SO FAST AND WONDERING HOW IT WAS REPORTED...DID MY GUARDIAN ANGEL SEND FOR HELP....I DID ASK FOR HELP CUZ I COULD NOT REPORT IT BUT I KNEW IT WASN'T JUST ME CUZ THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ANYWHERE ELSE EITHER SO SOMEBODY REPORTED IT BUT THE EMAIL SAID IT WAS REPORTED AT MY ADDRESS SO MAYBE THE SMART METER DID IT...HOWEVER IT HAPPENED I AM GRATEFUL IT GOT FIXED SO FAST...AND I KNOW I TAKE ELECTRIC FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT GOES OUT AND REMEMBER HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE IT...THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED THIS POEM...TOO MUCH INFORMATION...ANOTHER DAY IN APRIL ANOTHER POEM FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

MAKING WAVES

MAKING WAVES AND SKIPPING STONES

I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I CAN PICTURE THE WAVES AND RIPPLES...

NOBODY'S PERFECT

NOBODY'S PERFECT

NOT EVEN ME

TIME TO REFLECT ON

WHAT THAT ALL MEANS

MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP

TRYING TO BE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

LISTENING TO KYLE GRAY RAISE YOUR VIBRATION COURSE WITH LESSONS AND PRACTICES MEDITATIONS  PLAYING OVERNIGHT WHILE I SLEEP OR TRY TO ANYWAY REFLECTING ON REMEMBERING BOBBY ON HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY...WAS THINKING ABOUT WRITING A POEM ABOUT OR FOR HIM BUT THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT INSTEAD... HARD TO BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN GONE NINE YEARS NOW...TIME FLIES FAST....NEVER KNOW WHAT POEM MAY COME...ATTEMPTING ONCE AGAIN TO WRITE A POEM A DAY FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH...THE LAST COUPLE OR MAYBE FEW YEARS EVEN I TRIED TO FIND POETRY PROMPTS TO WRITE THE POEM FOR EACH DAY OF APRIL BUT  THIS YEAR HAVEN'T EVEN ATTEMPTED TO   FIND SOME JUST YET...OK BACK TO TRY TO GET SOME  SLEEP...MAYBE I WOKE UP IN TIME FOR THE EMAIL FROM KYLE GRAY ABOUT THE FORTY DAY CHALLENGE FOR SELF LOVE...RAISING THE LOVE VIBRATION IN THE UNIVERSE AND TO OURSELVES...ALL IS ONE AFTER ALL...HIS TIME ZONE IS SIX HOURS AHEAD SO I THINK THE EMAIIL REMINDER USUALLY SHOWS UP AROUND MIDNIGHT HERE BUT I WILL GO TRY SLEEP SOME MORE AND DO THE CHALLENGE LATER WHEN I GET UP TO FEED THE CATS USUALLY BEFORE SIX A.M. CUZ THEY ALWAYS WANT IT EARLY...SO IF WE ARE ALL UP THEY GET IT EARLY...OK TOO MUCH INFORMATION...HA HA

 

EARTH ANGELS

MET A FEW EARTH ANGELS TODAY

WHAT A PRIVILEDGE I MUST SAY

KNOWING THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY CARE

IS A MESSAGE I NEED TO SHARE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

MY POEM FOR TODAY...IT WAS A REALLY WEIRD DAY BUT AT LEAST FOUR EARTH ANGELS MADE MY DAY.. SO MUCH BETTER...INFINITE GRATITUDE....

ARE YOU HAPPY YET

A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE AND SUNSET

BIRDS ARE SINGING

ARE YOU HAPPY YET

 

CLOUDS FLOAT BY

IN THE SKY

SHAPES ESCAPE

IN THE LANDSCAPE

 

THE SOUND OF WAVES

BE  IT OCEAN OR LAKE

RELAX YOUR MIND

AS YOU UNWIND

 

NATURE IS FREE

TO EXPLORE

SO LOVELY

WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

IT'S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. I ALWAYS TRY TO WRITE A POEM A DAY BUT IT SLIPPED MY MIND YESTERDAY SO TWO TODAY... WE TAKE TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED...WE NEED TO APPRECIATE MORE...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

GET IN THE WAY

OF SMALL THINGS THAT HAPPEN

EVERY DAY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

IT'S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH ONCE AGAIN...TRY TO WRITE A POEM A DAY THIS MONTH.. 

INSTEAD OF EXPECTING THINGS APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE 

OBSERVE

A LOT CAN BE SAID

IN VERY FEW WORDS

OR LISTEN INSTEAD

TO THINGS YOU OBSERVE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ONE MORE FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

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