Pam Schwetz

THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE

IF ONE WISHES TO FIND

THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE

THEN ONE NEED ONLY LOOK

WITH THAT IN MIND

PRIORITIZE

THEN YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK

IF SO INCLINED

SO MUCH TO WRITE

YOU MUSTN'T OVERLOOK

THEY'RE IN PLAIN SIGHT

SO MUCH DELIGHT

THIS ISN'T GOBBLEDYGOOK

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WRITE THIS WHILE A THUNDERSTORM PASSES BY UP IN THE SKY CLEANING THE AIR WHILE THE RAIN CLOUDS WATER THE PLANTS AND GIVE WILDLIFE AND ALL OF US SOMETHING TO DRINK AS I DRINK IT ALL IN.

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RECOMMENDING HAPPY ENDINGS

EVER AFTER

NEVERLAND

CINDERELLA

PETER PAN

FAIRYTALES

DREAMS COME TRUE

HAPPY TRAILS

FOR ME AND YOU

WE'RE INTENDING

RECOMMENDING

HAPPY ENDINGS

PATENT PENDING

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CHILDLIKE WONDER AND FASCINATION

CHILDLIKE WONDER AND FASCINATION

SHOULD BE THE DESTINATION

OF OUR IMAGINATION

MIRACLES ARE THERE TO SHARE

JOY AND LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE

PLAYFULNESS IS ALWAYS THERE

HAPPINESS IS NOT SO RARE

JUST GOING WHERE WE GO

WHERE DO WE GO

WHEN OUR MIND WANDERS

HOW DO WE KNOW

I OFTEN WONDER

IF IT'S IMAGINATION

OR ANOTHER DIMENSION

OR MAYBE INTUITION

WE MUST GO SOMEWHERE

WHEN OUR MIND DRIFTS OFF

NOT REALLY AWARE

HOW TO MAKE IT STOP

OR EVEN IF WE SHOULD

MIGHT NOT DO ANY GOOD

TO INTERRUPT THE FLOW

JUST GOING WHERE WE GO

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I OGTEN FIND MYSELF DRIFTING OFF WHILE WATCHING MOVIES...IN THIS CASE I WAS WATCHING VERTIGO AND JUST STARTED DRIFTING OFF AND COULD NOT FOCUS ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING SO I PAUSED IT AND CAME AND WROTE THIS....

AT BEST IT'S JUST A GUESS

DON'T HANG ON EVERY WORD

THAT ANYBODY SAYS

OR ELSE YOU MAY OBSERVE

YOU FIND YOURSELF OBSESSED

INTERPRETING OCCURRED

AT BEST IT'S JUST A GUESS

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THINK ABOUT IT CAREFULLY

I SUPPOSE IT'S INTERESTING

TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE GO WITH THINGS

DIFFERENT WORD COMBINATIONS

MAKING DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS

MAYBE CAUSING CONVERSATIONS

ABOUT THEIR OBSERVATIONS

MAYBE JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT

OR PERHAPS A LESSON'S TAUGHT

REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE

DOES ONE COME ACROSS BY CHANCE

OR ONLY IF THEY'RE MEANT TO SEE

WHATEVER CAN THE REASON BE

WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU HERE TO ME

THINK ABOUT IT CAREFULLY

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FLAWS

EVERYONE HAS FLAWS

BUT I SEE NO CAUSE

TO STRESS IMPERFECTION

IT'S BEST NOT TO MENTION

UNLESS YOUR INTENTION

IS FOR THE PREVENTION

OF UNWANTED ATTENTION

TO CAUSE APPREHENSION

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BEST IGNORE IT

PROPAGANDA

PAPARAZZI

BAD AGENDA

FAR AS I SEE

BEST IGNORE IT

NOT EXPLORE IT

COMMON NONSENSE

THERE'S TOO MUCH COMMON NONSENSE GOING ON

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH COMMON SENSE

DON'T DO IT THAT WAY DO IT THIS WAY

THAT WAY WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

WE CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH SENSE

IN  W WORLD OF COMMON NONSENSE

IF YOU DO HAVE ANY SENSE IT'S NOT COMMON

THEY SHOULD CALL IT UNCOMMON SENSE

IN A WORLD OF COMMON NONSENSE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS IS NOT EXACTLY THE WAY I FIRST WROTE IT BUT I GOT THE GIST OF IT BEFORE SAVING IT I HIT SELECT ALL AND INSTEAD OF HITTING COPY I CLICKED PASTE AND LOST THE WHOLE THING BUT WROTE IT AGAIN RIGHT AWAY AS MUCH AS I COULD REMEMBER BUT I KNOW IT IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME OH WELL...CEST LA VIE

HEY I FOUND THE UNDO BUTTON IN EDIT SO WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE POEM

HERE IT IS

 

THERE'S TOO MUCH COMMON NONSENSE GOING ON

DON'T DO IT THAT WAY DO IT THIS WAY

THAT WAY WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

WE CAN'T HAVE COMMON SENSE

IN A WORLD OF COMMON NONSENSE

IT'S REALLY NOT COMMON TO HAVE MUCH SENSE

FOR THAT WOULD JUST MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT IN A WORLD OF COMMON NONSENSE

 

SO I DID GET THE GIST OF IT BUT IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT...I WILL LEAVE IT AS IS HAVING BOTH VERSIONS HERE NOW WITH THE ORIGIINAL SAVED IN THE NOTES...DON'T KNOW WHY I MISSED THE UNDO BUTTON IN THE FIRST PLACE...I KNEW THERE MUST BE ONE BUT JUST DIDN'T NOTICE IT CUZ IT WAS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE EDIT CHOICES HA HA...MAYBE I WAS MEANT TO REWORD IT SO JUST IN CASE I AM LEAVING IT AS IS...WITH THE ORIGINAL SHARED HERE TOO...GLAD I FOUND IT AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE IT ANYWAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS LOST FOREVER LIKE A LOT OF POETRY IF YOU DON'T WRITE IT DOWN RIGHT AWAY IT IS GONE FOREVER. IT  RARELY IF EVER COMES BACK THE SAME WAY.

 

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