AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Flo Fitzpatrick, iChristina Neely, iBob mitchley #shock stories, iGracie McKeever, iScott Zachary, iSergio Serrano, Ph.D., iChristine Boyce, iEdward Patterson, iLloydene Hill, iRaven West, i

  Home > Poetry > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Jon Michael Willey

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Blog
· 325 Titles
· 3,882 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Jan, 2008

Jon Michael Willey, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen!


Books by
Jon Michael Willey











See all Books
by Jon Michael Willey



Reality
by Jon Michael Willey → (All Poetry by Jon Michael Willey)
   Rated "G" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

Realization is the key to success.

Futile journeys I've made

paths lined with promises

destinations loomed

in neon profusion

excitement existed

only in my twisted

sense of values

from the nest

lured on

by grandiose schemes

shallow thinking

left the illumination

of facts

'til the candle's flame

was doused

in a stream of frivolity

illusions ruled my days

despair my nights

this battle I wged

much to the devil's delight

on that fatal day

at last I saw

burning brightly

the flame of sensibilities

in the torch

held high in reality's hand

 

 

 


Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Reality"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 6, 2008
Reality has a way of sneaking up on the most maligned lives. Well penned.

Ron

Reviewed by Deborah Munson (Reader)
Reviewed on June 6, 2008
Wise words Jon. So much easier to live in fantasy than reality. But no matter how hard we try, reality faces us sooner or later. You captured it very well. Deborah

Reviewed by Christine Alwin
Reviewed on June 6, 2008
...so true,, it is the trials that make us come to our senses and we are so much wiser because of it. The ending of your poem makes me feel the strength and proudness. Excellent work Jon!!!

Reviewed on June 6, 2008
Whoa!!! I love the whole concept of this write!
Excellent Jon...I still have a flush of goose bumbs :)
Embraced ~ Embrassé
Vickie

Reviewed by Gerard Gauthier (Reader)
Reviewed on June 6, 2008
You and I, Jon...we are the reality seekers...the finders of life

Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on June 6, 2008
NICE, VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva


New Poetry by Jon Michael Willey
Popular Poetry (Poetry)
  1.  Catching Happiness...
  2.  Finding Trust Again
  3.  Nightsky
  4.  Reality of Another Kind
  5.  Life's Enormous Green Chest
  6.  Spindrift
  7.  Kindness
  8.  Luxury of Solitude
  9.  Our Restless Minds
  10.  Roadkill Memoriam
  11.  In The Still of The Night
  12.  Sediment Within the Soul
  13.  Dream Just a Dream
  14.  Feeling Lonely
  15.  Hunting for Truth
  16.  In Praise of Anonymity
  17.  Whisper Pens
  18.  Shaved Reflections
  19.  I Have Spent My Entire Life
  20.  Mythical Dragons
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Under Amber Skies by Jill Eisnaugle

Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g  
Member BookAds

TESSERAE by Robin Ouzman Hislop

First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde  
Member BookAds