Poems From the Jersey Shore: Vol 14 Tanka Poems
Welcome
Welcome once again to the Jersey Shore. I can’t believe this is the 14th volume of my poems. I decided this week to keep to write some smaller poems due to time constraints.
My granddaughter was in for vacation. She wanted to get here, visit and go back before the current spike in Covid-19 cases shuts down plane flights. It is really weird living in this pandemic world. You want to try to see things as normal as possible, but when you go out in the real world it is so surreal.
I know I am fortunate to stay healthy and to not be experiencing the Covid-19 virus the way many others are. At my age it would surely not work out well.
So in these tough times I turn to the one thing I know which take my mind off of what is going on in the world, writing. These poems are a part of all the writing I've been doing. So I hope you enjoy this latest edition.
Choose
Choose those who choose you
Don’t chase after false people
Who live to impress
Seek friendships from true people
Who love you for being you
Blinders
Why put up blinders
Blinders keep you from seeing
What is left and right
The lives which need our loving
The cares which need our resolve
A poem is a story in its basic form.
Don’t Say It
Don’t say anything
If what you say is unkind
Only speak those words
Which help to bring about peace
Which help to promote true love
Shampoos
Why do women have
So many types of shampoos
Just lying around
Some for their hair weekdays
Some for their hair others days
Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief—everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
— F. Sionil JoseThe Dictionary
The dictionary
The book of ingredients
Other books are made
Stories people read for fun
Books which people read to learn
Why
Why do we never
See what’s in front of our face
The hurts and the cares
We try so hard to ignore
Who needs our love to restore
Friends
Friends love each other
Bonded deep within the heart
Two lives together
Weathering the storms life brings
Sharing the good times as one
Wrinkles
Wish I could smooth out
All the wrinkles in my life
The problems I have
Put them in the past move on
Get on to a better life
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
— T.S. EliotWhen
When will it all end
The hatred, the division
Let the healing start
Look past our differences
See we are better as
Why
Who you ask are you
Then you spend your life trying
To be who you want
Instead who you really are
Don’t waste to much time, have fun
What
What’s in it for me
People like to think and say
But the problem is
It’s better to give than get
To let your heart guide you way
Some final thoughts
Thank you again in advance for reading my work. I enjoy writing and am just glad to be able to share my work with someone. Until the next time please be safe and healthy.
© 2020 Timothy Whitt
