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Best Poems Written by Mike Gentile

Below are the all-time best Mike Gentile poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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If You Weren'T Such a Nut Meg

She had so many chances
     Yet she kept muffin it up
Butter intentions were good
     Just not much coffee in her cup

Couldn’t make a good decision
     Too much waffling back and forth
Always peppered with doubt
     Should she head south, no maybe north

Still, she was fun at a party
     I would say, hummus a tune
She’d say, "Icing because I’m happy"
     As the words began to croon

Maybe that’s what’s most important
     Omelet let her off the hook
So she’s always in a pickle
     Doesn’t do things by the book

Once again, I’m gonna help her
     Since she is such a good egg
I said, girl, you’d go much farther
                   If you weren’t such a nut Meg

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Summer Lace

The shadows fall like summer lace
       Through palm trees fluttered in the sun
The soft caress of dawning breeze
                      Invites my senses to be spun

With every step in wonderland
                 The crystal blues of morning sky
Intend to lift my feet, as they              
                         Await for me to learn to fly

As day begins a brand new page
                  On which to write another verse
My mind, as one with nature’s love
                      Takes off, creation to traverse

For what, with song of daybreak’s dove
               Could keep a soul to tethered rein
When ecstasy of rainbow’s hue
                  Can heal the most defining pain

As shadows fall like summer lace
                    To bless my path in fauna’s art
I’m open to a whole new world 
           With thoughts of love to fill my heart

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A Smile In the Sky

The sky is smiling
Luminous clouds concede a simple clearing
Boasting rays of an aureate sun
Gleaming
The brightest smile I've ever seen
It shines on me

The leaves are dancing
Cool morning breeze is autumn sweet
The crisp of crimson and ochre
Swirling
Their revel consorts my footsteps
They frolic for me

The path is clearing
Shadowy moods of uncertainty are lifting
Mist of fear and doubt 
Vanishing
It seems that nature agrees
It speaks to me

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As We See Them Fly

I hear the howling at the moon
           as nightbirds then begin to croon
The cricket’s dance invades my ear
              all creatures of the night I hear

So why then with this shrouded din
               should I be in the mood I’m in
Perhaps I feel I dance alone
            to claim no nightsong of my own

Yet when the morning dove arrives
           to brighten all the mourning lives
And when the butterflies appear
               the sounds of happiness I hear

The loneliness that once took hold
   now banished, hearts to be consoled
The doves fly off and say goodbye
                      elated as we see them fly

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Two Chairs

I came upon two empty chairs atop a hillside green
                They beckoned me to pause and think upon this verdant scene
Their canvas stripes of blue and white adorned a wooden frame
                      They rested sweetly side by side while calling me by name

I wondered who had brought them there, wherever did they go
                                        And would it be ok for me to sit, I didn’t know
But then a gentle breeze began to guide me sure and true
                    And from my seat, I saw the world, yet from another’s view

Amazed to gaze upon the earth yet see it differently
                     Familiar in its landmarked bounds but not the same for me
Forever now to understand before one places blame
                     That from another’s chair, the view is not always the same

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By Rainbow's Kiss

And should my life, a flower be
                      Each petal, of a memory
I’d find a stem of envied bliss
            In lush of hue by rainbow’s kiss

A bloom of full and rich delight
             In gratitude, so soft and white
Abundant as a garden grows
              I think back now as I suppose

It’s not that thorns have never stung
         It’s just that song, I haven’t sung
For what reflects in morning sun
        The softest petals, moonlight spun

And when my life, as flowers do
               Begins to fade, not to be blue
A lifetime gifted by the Source
              Will carry me with no remorse

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Another Chance To Fly

Each day I live and wake to see
         the scarlet sun that shines for me
and listen to a feathered song
                      inviting me to sing along

I know I’ll find just what I seek
though rain may come to kiss my cheek
for with each day, with every sigh
        there comes another chance to fly

The bluest blues of azure seas
              are calling me now to appease
to leave behind an angry man
                 and wing away, I know I can

With love and grace, I’ll find the way
       as I then glide through twilight gray
and to the clouds, I say goodbye
          here comes another chance to fly

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The Sands of Time and Magic Rain

Oh, rain upon me sands of time
               with thoughts and memories sublime
and with each kiss of magic dust
                    transport me to that place I trust

For in the world that is no more
                          there is always an open door
to visit those I’ve left behind
                      until the day, their souls to find

Oh, sands of time, please let me fan
                 the flames of a much younger man
whose mirror saw a softer face
                         in days of love I can’t replace

To taste of all this life has shared
               yet, free of fear from what ensnared
security knows well the past
                     for nothing changes, free at last

And then, return me to this day
                      with everything I’ve had in play
so grateful for the life I’ve known
               and everything I’ve just been shown

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For a Friend

A wise and sentimental one
              Who lived and loved some years ago
Had crossed my path along the way
                            As i recall that Autumn day

By happenstance of lucky charm  
        As neighbors, then good friends we were
Though she was of another time
        We found our words would always rhyme

A turning point that was for me
                            A home to call my very own
My life was just about to start
                         Forever called to gift my heart

She taught me not to fear my age
                           As life awaits then passes by
To always laugh and find the sun
                    And share my love with everyone

Though she’s been gone these many years
                   And I’m now where she was in life
I oft remember our exchange
        When my world turns so cold and strange

Of many themes, we’d share our thoughts
         She helped me grow, to find my strength
Yet one remains above them all
                   “Into each life some rain must fall”
 



For Harriett

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The Grateful List

In gratitude may we flourish…


I’m grateful for:

My coloring books and crayons
            The memories of a happy child
The voice of my sweet mother
           So comforting, so soft and mild

The friends who shared the summer
               For sandy beaches so serene
And those who shared the winter 
              And every season in-between 

For love and laughter always
     My health and will to have survived
For furry friends, companions
    From whom such pleasure is derived  

The seasons of a lifetime
         For everything that’s come to me
For having known some kindness 
           And every good thing that I see



At my lowest point
  there is still so much to be grateful for