Pretty
Is a concept
You'll never
Understand
If you think
I see you
Through endeavours
Of the hand
I love
You make the effort
Appreciate
Your style
I love you
Past the surface
Just deeper
All the while
You paint
Just like a rainbow
With hues and shades
And stuff
Yet beautiful
Has found you
Already
You're enough
Categories:
appreciated, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
What would you do?
If it wasn't for my Partner and kids,
My Mates and family too,
I'd be up the creek without a paddle,
Literally,
What would I do?
How would we go about things alone?
So many wrong choices that we'd choose.
We'd have neigh on no advice,
Through any situation,
To help us get through.
Who'd be there for us,
To open up and talk to?
I really don't know what i'd do.
Especially when strangers,
you dont know are true.
If it wasn't for yours,
What would 'you' do?
Categories:
appreciated, best friend, blessing, care,
Form: Rhyme
Oak tree dryad plays a melodic tune on her flute
Dancing like a faerie, although she is a nymph
A bright blue sky welcomes her song with a smile
She feels appreciated and beloved, as usual
Categories:
appreciated, fairy,
Form: Free verse
Author Dana Redricks
March 15, 2024
In a world where kindness can feel rare, your deeds stand out with such care. I value all the things you do, gratitude in my heart for you.
To have someone so kind and true, a treasure in my life, it's you. In moments big and moments small,
Your generosity touches all.
So let me take this chance to say, your goodness brightens up my day. I appreciate you through and through, thank you for all you do.
Categories:
appreciated, appreciation, blessing, dedication, deep,
Form: Free verse
Octopus guy was the laughing stock of the west China sea
Frankly, I thought his colors beautiful, if anyone had asked me
But no one did, because I had become invisible at the age of twenty-three
Preteens and teens run the reef these days, and they do so with glee.
I feel like an old maid, but I run over to check out Octopus Guy, Mr. Bee.
Your orange colors are gorgeous I tell him, and he says he appreciates me.
Categories:
appreciated, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Being a mum is a full-time job,
A role that never ends.
A love without measure ,
Purley it transcends.
From sleepless nights to endless days.
The work is never done.
But the joy you feel being a mum
Is worth it, every one.
Watching your child grow and learn,
A gift that cant be bought.
A feeling such as this to protect
That cannot be taught.
So here's to all the mums out there,
Who work so hard each day,
Your love and dedication,
Is appreciated in every way.
Categories:
appreciated, beauty, birth, care, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Octopus guy was the laughing stock of the west China sea
Frankly, I thought his colors beautiful, if anyone had asked me
But no one did, because I had become invisible at the age of twenty-three
Preteens and teens run the reef these days, and they do so with glee.
I feel like an old maid, but I run over to check out Octopus Guy, Mr. Bee.
Your orange colors are gorgeous I tell him, and he says he appreciates me.
Categories:
appreciated, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
We dump waste
To recycle, remade or reuse
But we hide our feelings deep in the heart
Never mean for recycling
Happiness to be appreciated, to be remembered
And sadness to be discarded
Or to be transformed into an experience or a lesson
We keep our knowledge in mind
Never to be polished after retirement
But the world is changing every minute
Some old knowledge have to be
Recycled, improved, reused or discarded
We adopted old habits and beliefs
Without ever dropping them
But old habits and beliefs have to be sieved
Those beneficial and true remain
Recycling will yield experience, new knowledge and truth
Which will indeed lead to a happier life
Categories:
appreciated, feelings, happiness, heart, life,
Form: Free verse
I never appreciate my good health
until I get a disease, illness or infection,
Then I pray and wish and hope to get her back.
She flits away, laughing, for she knows
I never appreciate her when she is here.
I don’t even remember she exists
until I get a disease, illness or infection.
Maybe she has a deal with my body
To upset me every so often, so
I will fleetingly appreciate her for
two seconds when I return to good health.
Categories:
appreciated, health,
Form: Free verse
Birds tweeting clouds in the sky
People walking passing each other by
Conversations flowing in all directions
Some describing others affections
Leaves rustling within the trees
Nests forming full off bees
Trying not to display our fear
Creeping past slowly not letting them hear
Weather is changing its not looking the best
Is it time to leave and set off home for a rest
Admiring the scenery and woodland to
Walking through the grounds there is plenty to do
A fabulous day was had with a laugh and a smile
Hopefully our return will only be a short while
Our day out was appreciated by all
Be grateful and explore there is so much more
Categories:
appreciated, nature,
Form: Rhyme
V-ery
E-xcellent
L-ovely
M-use
A-nd
M-essage
A-re
G-reatly
A-ppreciated
L-etting
L-ine
O-ffer
N-obility
Topic: Birthday of Velma A. Magallon (July 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
appreciated, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
There’s beauty in the ordinary things
like challenges and joys each season brings,
the world of work and school, and kids at play
between sunrise and sunset every day.
There’s awe-inspiring glory to behold
as tapestry of moon and stars is rolled
across the sky, to gazers’ pure delight
between sunset and sunrise every night.
There’s beauty at the core of humankind,
called love, engendering our need to bind
ourselves in strong relationships, to be
the instruments of peace and unity.
Let’s not be unaware that all around,
on any day, true beauty may be found.
Date: June 15, 2019
Contest Title: Most Beautiful Sonnet
Sponsor: William Kekaula
April 23, 2020, entered in the Strand Pick D contest
Categories:
appreciated, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Sonnet
GOD IS APPRECIATED
God is a gentle provider.
He makes flowers seem to sing
with bright and delicate colors
we could not imagine in our dreams.
God causes the clouds to disappear
and come back another day.
He changes clouds to many colors
like white, gold, red, and gray.
God has a sense of humor.
The animal world is keen;
with kittens, puppies, and butterflies,
and hummingbirds on the wing.
His Spirit never leaves us.
Look at the sights on earth.
God is not only our Judge,
He's the Creator of rebirth.
Janet Marie Bingham
Categories:
appreciated, appreciation, blessing, encouraging, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Hello from the other side
I Must have thought about you
a thousand times
They say time's supposed to heal you
I ain't done much of healing
Mama I miss you
But I am taken care of now
Appreciated on the other side
I must have cried
a thousand times
I was only fifteen
Never knew
we were both running out of time
Thank for taking us
out of that town
Where nothing ever happens
Thinking about you
doesn't tear me apart anymore
The difference is the realms
I just wanted you to know
You're appreciated…
Categories:
appreciated, death, deep, goodbye, grandmother,
Form: I do not know?
UNCLAIMED FREIGHT
I offered myself to you - Rejected many for you, made myself
Exclusively yours - You never understood that I was not here
To endure jealousy, hate or envy –
Only to serve you and teach you how to include instead of excluding...
You looked over and under but never really looked at me.
Patted my head most appeasingly.
I felt like the puppy with eyes waiting for that proverbial bone.
Then, when keener eyes saw what you never saw;
Benefited from my earthly presence;
Suddenly like a spoiled child who never
played with his wind-up toy;
Until someone else wound it up he,
Now wanted to claim that toy to be his favorite.
You should have examined me; and found my key…
loved me, and explore my inner workings up close,
Before it was too late to relate...
Another metaphor would be
They valued what you failed to see.
You were blind to see my worth…
You never claimed me for yourself.
Left me sitting on the warehouse shelf
You seemed surprised, they bided high
Because what’s yours is not yours
“If you don't claim it!”!
Unclaimed freight…
“goes to the highest bidder”.
Categories:
appreciated, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Prose Poetry
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