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A friend shared some thoughts with me and I thought they were too profound not to put into a rhyme.
For most everyone, there is one or more times in life that all seems lost. For those of hope, there are ways to revive the flame within. (Image by O... I have the pleasure of sharing with you one of the many talents of my sister Selena Dobbin-Gillis. Selena writes here on the den and loves to paint. T... ''Walking my great grandson in his stroller today where he lives, in my hometown, Fairport Harbor, Ohio, and walked past the only "home" I''ve ever kn... Home... the heartbeat of your soul that guides the roots of your journey. I met this gentle man one misty evening while walking in lower manhattan.
Virginia highway
2:00 AM.........
Interesting how the reading material in many a motel is never touched by the guests… only the resident homesteaders. (Image by pinterest) Even as news broke of his administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for Honduran immigrants who have been in the United States since... The daily headlines continue to proffer what started out as a bogus “draining of the swamp” into an increasingly broader challenge... widespread decep... The Fable of George Washington and the Cherry Tree
From The Life of Washington, by Mason Locke Weems, 1809*
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/we...
For many of us, the bombardment of dishonesty surrounding us asks we never lose our innate sense of integrity. (Image by Odin AI)
To express is to experience quirks, habits, longings, and special companionship. (Image by Philip McKay) Often, to express is to experience quirks, habits, longings, and special companionship with a special person. (Image by Philip McKay) Photo: compliments of my sister, L. West In the chaos of today’s world, how easy it is to become immune to simple lessons.
Okay. I know these are silly verses but sometimes I like to rhyme and besides, they do express something about someone who is really nice to me. a... For those who climb, or even take on a strenuous hike to one’s innate ability, there usually comes a time when one is confronted with a mountainous ob... sorry i am a couple of days late in posting,
11-13-2015 This is probably the last time I will be mention Him.
I don't understand Him and I don't wish to.
His misterious ways worked for a while but this she... Today there is a threat of lexiconic-annihilation, whether from Trump or social media junkies, a proliferation of regurgitant language needing to fin... Snapshot-memories of parents in retirement home. On lasting relationships, Emerson wrote: “It is better to be a nettle in the side, than an echo.” Whether experienced nocturnally or at the bus stop, dreams remain under siege by those who think dreams are escape, like they know better. (Image by ... Our daily headlines of late remind us all that there are some experiences penned by a writer that have, and always will remain, vicarious. Whether a j... I wrote this poem shortly after my first heart attack. It is the first poem in my book, "Reflections of a Life Well Spent." She is not made of topaz, sapphire or lapizlazuli.
She is not the Rubi throated Humming bird.
She never gives her presence for those who moan.
It h... Hope is walking through sands
Listening to the ocean shore
Today’s 6.3% unemployment comes with lit candles, causing many to forget those still struggling. A beautiful piece based on hope I wrote this in the early winter of 2007 but it inspires me now. Bad days often come, Friends argue
Parents annoy you, Love fades
Sometimes you feel like giving up
You can be calm as a gently wind outside
But sh... This was a song, but I decided after recording it that my voice was not the right instrument for this, but I still like the lyric.
I however wrote a... |
