Sunday, August 30, 2020

LAST DAYS OF SUMER - by Ellen Ni Bheachain

 

 

LAST  DAYS  OF  SUMER


by Ellen Ni Bheachain



 Whatever the way the Summer days end,
In the type of Summer is how it has been,
Whether a good one or bad one,
The last days of Summer,
Can be sad or happy endings,
As each season ends,


The Summer could have been,
Miserable yet,
Sun scorching for some every day,
And sunlight shining on all our faces,
It is how it is,
Out there where all is seen,
In,
Summer days of fun,
Summer days of love,
Summer days of seeing,
Summer days of been,
Summer days sunshine in our hearts,
And out and about where Summertime is,


And when Summer came and went?
With a mundane feeling that it left?
Was the last days of Summer,
With another season beginning,
The fall or Autumn as we know it,
Where the ending of one season shows,
By the decaying of it,
When Autumn Fall begins,


Where we all wrap up,
And feel snuggled in warm sweaters,
Stopping in cafes for warm drinks and meetups,
Musing over the Summer days,
Recapping of Summer memories,
Swapping stories as we sip our drinks,


As fall becomes full Autumn,
Warm hats and gloves,
With rustling leaves beneath our feet,
As we walk through the park,
And see,
The Summer leaves turn,
To autumn shades,
Of golden yellow and bronze,
Taking in,
The last days of Summer,


Reflecting,
And remember in the falls of Autumn's,
Are the signs of Summer,
That has ended,
And mingling with all that falls,
From the Summer ending,
To autumn beginnings,
Is the decaying of Summer,
Gong till next year,
Until it will begin again,


Yet,
In between,
There's,
Autumn,
Winter,
Spring,
Until again,
Summer appears with all in bloom again.








RUNNING OUT OF TIME - by Joanna Fuchs




RUNNING  OUT  OF  TIME

by  Joanna Fuchs


Life is complicated.
There will always be problems.
Stress is a distraction
from what’s really important.


Don’t wait for things to get better.
Count your blessings;
Learn to be happy right now,
Otherwise you might run out of time.






Tuesday, August 25, 2020

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - by Rayza






I  WILL  ALWAYS  LOVE  YOU

by  Rayza



You always helped me with all my troubles
and I'd do the same for you
when I said no one cared about me
you'd say you do


you stopped me from hurting myself
and ending my life
you came to my rescue
and put down the knife


you told me you would be nothing
if I wasn't there
those words showed me
you really cared


but there's another secret
that killing my soul
one that made me realize
you made me whole


it's that I love you
and even though were friends
I would always love you
until the end


I hope that one day
maybe you'll love me too
and I'll be waiting for that day to come
and you'll say I love you











SUNSHINE THROUGH A COOBWEBBED WINDOW - by Amy Lowell

 





SUNSHINE  THROUGH  A  COOBWEBBED  WINDOW


by Amy Lowell



What charm is yours, you faded old-world tapestries,
Of outworn, childish mysteries,
Vague pageants woven on a web of dream!
And we, pushing and fighting in the turbid stream
Of modern life, find solace in your tarnished broideries.
Old lichened halls, sun-shaded by huge cedar-trees,
The layered branches horizontal stretched, like Japanese
Dark-banded prints. Carven cathedrals, on a sky
Of faintest colour, where the gothic spires fly
And sway like masts, against a shifting breeze.
Worm-eaten pages, clasped in old brown vellum,
shrunk
From over-handling, by some anxious monk.
Or Virgin's Hours, bright with gold and graven
With flowers, and rare birds, and all the Saints of Heaven,
And Noah's ark stuck on Ararat, when all the world had sunk.
They soothe us like a song, heard in a garden,
sung
By youthful minstrels, on the moonlight flung
In cadences and falls, to ease a queen,
Widowed and childless, cowering in a screen
Of myrtles, whose life hangs with all its threads unstrung.







ECONOMIC COINCIDENCE OR CONSEQUENCE ? - by Lucio Muñoz




ECONOMIC  COINCIDENCE  OR  CONSEQUENCE ?


by Lucio Muñoz



The economic world is right now upside down,
As when you look up, down and around,
You can hear the heartless market that put you down,
Asking for social help to remain above ground.


Is it a coincidence,
Or a consequence
To become so needy,
After being so greedy ?








Friday, August 21, 2020

TELL ME HOW - by Bilal Anaim


 


TELL  ME  HOW


by Bilal Anaim


You can hurt me if you
don't even try
I'm sensitive in places
that don't make others cry
Words have inflicted upon
me these wounds
They've healed some...
but sometimes they've
re-open by you
I'll listen to you when you
tell me how ?
How not, and how to ?
so we make it now
Respecting your person,
I'll try to be real
Sensitive to my words,
and how you would feel ?
Color me crazy,
or paint me dark blue
Challenge my reason
for not staying true
Exit all balance,
and enter my mind
Give it a whirl,
and see what you find 








IF..... - by Nicole




IF.....

by Nicole


If a kiss was a raindrop,
I'd send you showers.
If a hug was a second,
I'd send you hours.
If a smile was water,
I'd send you the sea.
If love was a second,
I'd send you me!! 




 



Monday, August 17, 2020

IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME - by Anonymous

 




IF  YOU'RE  GOING  TO  LOVE  ME

by Anonymous


If you're ever going to love me love me now, while I can know
All the sweet and tender feelings which from real affection flow.
Love me now, while I am living; do not wait till I am gone
And then chisel it in marble — warm love words on ice-cold stone.
If you've dear, sweet thoughts about me, why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know 'twould make me happy and as glad as glad could be?
If you wait till I am sleeping, ne'er to waken here again,
There'll be walls of earth between us and I couldn't hear you then.
If you knew someone was thirsting for a drop of water sweet
Would you be so slow to bring it? Would you step with laggard feet?
There are tender hearts all round us who are thirsting for our love;
Why withhold from them what nature makes them crave all else above?
I won't need your kind caresses when the grass grows o'er my face;
I won't crave your love or kisses in my last low resting place.
So, then, if you love me any, if it's but a little bit,
Let me know it now while living; I can own and treasure it.











THE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN - by Marjorie Wilson




THE  LITTLE  THINGS  THAT  HAPPEN 

by  Marjorie Wilson



The Little Things That Happen
Are tucked into your mind,
And come again to greet you
(Or most of them, you'll find).


Through many little doorways,
Of which you keep the keys,
They crowd into your thinking
We call them Memories.


But some of them are rovers
And wander off and get
So lost, the keys grow rusty,
And that means, you forget.


But some stay ever near you;
You'll find they never rove
The keys are always shining, 
Those are the things you love.









DEAR LOVELY DEATH - by Langston Hughes



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DEAR  LOVELY  DEATH 


by  Langston  Hughes


Dear lovely Death
That taketh all things under wing
Never to kill - 
Only to change
Into some other thing
This suffering flesh,
To make it either more or less,
But not again the same - 
Dear lovely Death,
Change is thy other name.










A DAY AT THE BEACH - by Marie Matheny




A  DAY  AT  THE  BEACH

by  Marie  Matheny



The sun and sand go hand in hand.
The sound of constant waves -
There's a smell of salt in the air.
The ocean is seen through a haze.


The parents bring their children
And watch them play in the sand.
They help them jump the waves
By holding little hands.


The teens exude vitality and youth.
They know they're coming of age.
They strut and prance and dance around
As if they were on stage.


Lovers strolling hand in hand
Enjoy their day of sun and sand.
They seem to think they're all alone -
The crowded beach on which they roam.


The old move slow and steady
Thinking it's no notion.
This could be the last time
They get to see the ocean.


The seagulls glide in circles.
It seems without a care,
But really they are searching
A crumb to catch mid-air.


Scattered on the beach
Are castles made of sand.
Some are small and messy - 
Others big and grand.


If one is lucky,
While looking out to sea
They may spot some dolphins
Swimming gracefully.


A day at the beach is not complete
Without catching the perfect wave
Or gathering shells along the shore -
Souvenirs of a perfect day...







Sunday, August 16, 2020

YOU ARE MY TRUE LOVE - by Lubomyr Slodki



YOU  ARE  MY  TRUE  LOVE


by   Lubomyr Slodki 


If I had but one wish, I would wish,
to wake up every day,
with my arms wrapped around you,
with your slender neck resting on my lips,
the touch of your fingers intertwined with mine,
your heart so, so close to mine,
that your heart and mine,
would beat as one.

We were once strangers,
and with a gentle touch, my hand in yours,
you lit up my life.
Our hearts have touched,
our souls have found their mate,
and the love we have shared
is a dream come true.

I think of you each morning,
I dream of you each night,
I think of you in my embrace,
I dream of kissing you forever.

And when we are together,
I wish I could spend eternity with you.
With every passing moment,
my love for you grows and grows,
the joy in my heart bursting without end,
eternity in paradise is but too short
for being in love and being loved by you.

You are my true love...