Poems From the Jersey Shore 7 - Bits and Pieces
A New Set of Poems
Here we go again another week at home. Another week of writing poems among other things. This is the seventh week of putting those poems together. This week there are poems on a variety of subjects. I hope you enjoy them and keep checking back for more each week.
Looking Down As You Look Up
Poem about a newborn baby
Looking down as you look up
A little smile greets my own
True joy leaps inside my heart
Little baby welcome home
Nine Months we waited
For you to come along
Looking down as you look up
Little baby welcome home
Welcome home
“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page.
— Annie ProulxI Miss You
A poem about the first love, lost love.
I miss the times from seasons ago
When we walked in the sunshine
When we played in the snow
When the smile on your face
Was all, I ever wanted to know
Ever wanted to know
I loved you more than I ever said
we were friends
I wanted it to be more
But you let it end
Walked to a new life
One without me
Now I sit and wonder
About what could be
How things might have been
If we became more
Through good times and bad
Letting love restore
Now I miss the times
From seasons ago
When we walked in the sunshine
When we played in the snow
When the smile on your face
Was all, I ever wanted to know
Ever wanted to know
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
Ho Hum Days
Poem about what we’ve Been doing lately....sitting around.
Most people think
they’re lives are nothing special
Just ho hum ways
In ho hum days
But I know
But I’ve heard
If you go back
Look at your life
See all the lives
you’ve touched
all the friends
now and lost
See all the people
you’ve loved
in big and small ways
You will see
your life
is anything but
dull
Without you
there would be
a big hole
in a lot of people’s lives
. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
— Robert FrostThe Selfish Thing - A Tanka Poem
The most selfish thing
You can ever do is give
No personal gain
Making lives so much better
Easing burdens of the heart
Written from a prompt about gossiping
Gossip
Gossiping is dangerous
We should never permit
Our intentions may not
be hurtful
But there is no question
when put use
gossip does, gossip hurts
And think
Our mouths if used for good
from morning to sunset
Whether or not who listens
Our words build up
not tare
We never are allowed
To let God’s love
Go silent
Though sometimes we are
caught unaware
I am the first to admit
I share the gossip tale
Forgetting who listens and falls
So gossip from my lips,
yours
Must go silent
for now
and evermore
Spontaneous
I think you are most yourself
when
you are
spontaneous
Living life at each
moment
You have
No time to think
No time to plan
your next move
You’re neither fantastic
Nor horrible
Just getting from
here ....................................................to there
letting people soak in
when you are
both ....................................................there
and here
Think about how life would be
Had I just lived
Spon.tan..e...ous
Life is so much more fun in the unplanned moments.
Can't Stop Thinking About Love
I can’t stop thinking about love
Since I met you
I can’t stop
Thinking about love
Ooh something got a hold of me
Don’t let go
Something got a hold on me
I won’t let go
I once wandered
a dry barren land
Living the life
I’d planned
Thought I had
I had all the love
I dreamed
Till I met you
My eyes were opened
I saw my life
for what it is
for what it is
I can’t stop thinking about love
Since I met you
I can’t stop
Thinking about love
I once wandered
a dry barren land
Living the life
I’d planned
I can’t stop thinking about love
Since I met you
I can’t stop
Thinking about love
Ooh something got a hold of me
Don’t let go
Something got a hold on me
I won’t let go
All I Ever Wanted
All I ever wanted to be
Was Happy
All I ever wanted to do
Was wear a smile
Didn’t need no money
Didn’t need no fame
Didn’t need to walk
In Style
All I ever wanted to be
Was Happy
All I ever wanted to be
Was wear a smile
Didn’t need no power
Didn’t need no charity
Didn’t need to be the
Life of the Party
All I ever wanted to be
Was Happy
All I ever wanted to do
Was wear a smile
There you have it week 7 of poems from the Jersey Shore. The good new here this week is that the beaches will be reopening. I both looking forward to that happening and a little apprehensive. I love to take random photos at the beach which I use in my artwork so am looking forward to being to get back but am Leary of all the people.
Well anyway, I hoped you liked this weeks poem selection. As always if you have requests feel free to put them in the comments section.
Comments
AUTHORThanks for the kind words. I’m glad you liked them.
What a great collection. I will come back a time or two. Reading several in a row makes me forget the first ones.
True, definitely going to be strange. I look forward to a good old beach day one day.
- AUTHOR
Thanks for the kind words. I’m looking forward to walking the beach. It’s going To be weird though.
I love your poems and the shore! The Ho-Hum Days, a good message in this season. Reminding people they would leave a big hole as they struggle with this time in isolation. I also enjoyed - Spontaneous! I guess I miss being that these days. I pray for safety as the Jersey Shore opens. I believe we can be careful and slowly get back to living and loving the spontaneity of life. Nice reads.
Take care
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