Springs warmth on my cheek in the early afternoon as snow crunches under foot
When Christmas nears, I reminisce
about the ones that won’t be there
for gift exchange and scrumptious meals.
I visualize each empty chair.
Then one by one, my picture books
come off the shelves. I dwell upon
the photos of my nephew, brother,
Mom, and Dad. Dear God, they’re gone!
Nostalgia can be friend or foe.
At times like these, he is a friend
who lingers only long enough
to help me wipe my tears and mend.
It’s time to load the gifts and food
to share with all my family.
No signs of grief will mar my smile.
Just joyful love is all they’ll see.
To honor loved ones we have lost,
we’ll share the special memories
that make us smile instead of cry.
Our praises won’t be eulogies!
You said
You'd call
I waited
40
Seasons
Thinking about
What I'd say
Wondering
What you look like
Time
stood Still
Frozen
Like a
Golf ball
On a pond
Disappearing
First
Thaw
What is just around the corner
Is it something to improve life
Or something to destroy it
We all hope for the first choice
Maybe something yet to be invented
Maybe something we never knew we knew
Either way, we need to help our lives
Not just for one or two of us
Instead, we need to help all of us
Friends, enemies, everyone on this planet
So, let us all go around that corner together
Maybe we will find the right choice
But, then again, maybe not
© Poem – XXIII/XI/MMXXV
LRET
I’m popping out now, for my walk
Just around the corner
Take in the sights and breathe the air
Say hello to my favourite bench
The contrast I feel upon my skin
Spring is just around the corner
The warmth is nice, but the chill still cuts
The pale cloudless sky, it holds no clues
I walk in the sun, I walk in the shade
I’m just around the corner
I welcome the warmth lovingly
And accept that the cold must be there too
What would it take, to welcome the chill?
The answer… is that just around the corner?
I ponder the thought, as I take my steps
On this pleasant March afternoon
I’m nearing home now, I’ve fed my soul
I ate local - just around the corner
I consider it all; the dark and the light…
The bright and the shade…
The chill and the warmth…
(My heart and my mind?)
And I know I walk in all of these worlds
Just around the corner
God Around the Corner
By Mark D. Stucky
My cat’s favorite spot to sleep and surveil the house
was at the top of the hallway-to-basement stairs.
I would sometimes stealthily lie down on the floor
just around the hallway corner from her and wait.
No matter how quiet I tried to be,
she soon peeked around the corner,
her curious face mere inches from mine,
delighted at her discovery.
We had also been inches apart just moments before
but blocked by an optical barrier of spliced sheetrock.
Although she couldn’t see me,
she could sense my nearness.
Her cat’s curiosity caused her
to investigate my presence.
If we are quiet and still enough,
can we feel God’s unseen nearness
just around the mystical corner
of everyday earthly existence?
If we follow spiritual senses,
can we come “face to face” with the divine?
(First published in Agape Review, 11 June 2023. See also my poems “Consider the (Dreaming) Birds” and “Jurassic Prayer.”)
(Image by Sebastian Molina fotografía on Unsplash.com.)
We had Christmas about fifty days ago,
And then New Year's Day a week later.
Presently, it's Valentine's Day on the go;
Crazy lovers are planning to get together.
I'm sorry that numerous healthy plants will lose
Their petals, their perfumes and their flowers,
Which will be turned into bouquets. At the cruise,
Countless couples will dance until the wee hours.
Valentine's Day is not too far around the corner.
Most of us have been saving to charm, to shower
Our significant others with gifts and sweet kisses.
Moi, I don't need a special date to display my affection.
My love is on my sleeve. I love everyday with passion.
My friends and I hope to greet on that day a few blisses.
Copyright © February 2019, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
Our mind is the most amazing part of our being
Able to astound the most cynical of souls
There is so much more to learn about it's function
About why some are more intelligent than others
Genetics are certainly part of the equation
What makes a serial killer, what makes a preacher
Are our brains significantly different
Is it the environment, is it in the genes we inherit
So much to learn, a vast unexplored world of the mind
I find it sad that at my stage in life
I won't be around to see what lies just around the corner
In recent times progress has accelerated
This blinding speed can be overwhelming
I hear tell that one day, humans will live FOREVER
Not sure this mere mortal could handle that
But it thrills me to think that this will actually be possible
3D printing is now becoming available
To allow us to grow defective body parts
Absolutely amazing but kind of scary at the same time
M I N D B L O W I N G ! ! !
longing for romance
passion to light up my world
is it not the right time yet?
soon doors must open
is love around the corner?
God sends butterfly kisses
07.11.2021
For William Kekaula's "Ni (2) Katuata" contest
where is everybody
the streets are bare
so eerily apocalyptic
a post nuclear scene
winter lingers ~ in sunless crisis
a dreadful silence lurks
thick heavy clouds droop nigh
spring may not come
we may never recover
wait… is that a crocus ‘neath that tree?
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~COVID 2020~ 2020
AP: 2nd place 2021
As I look through still trees and snow covered fields,
I search for your smile
Even in these empty places, there is still more to see
Snow folds in banks, along the long printed path
Footprints seen from the people who have passed
Fragile branches hang low, brittle in the cold
But, underneath the pines there are warm visions
Where your smile waits, just around the corner
Heidi Sands
1/28/20
Altering air patterns
Crispier dusk tones
Nights’ earlier onsets
Sun’s late rises
Changing leaf colors
Trees’ fiery flairs
Scattered acorns and pine needles
Halloween is around the corner
Ghosts and vampires
Goblins, ghouls and skeletons
Webs of humongous spiders
Witches and Jack-o’-lanterns
Black cats lurk
Spooky bats and owls flutter
Crescent moon’s shiny silver
Halloween is around the corner
Pumpkin shades of orange, auburn and ginger
costume displays in stores
Candy containers in shops’ every corner
Eager children gearing up
Sweet scents from burning candles
Aromas of pies cooked with cinnamon
Spicy warm apple cider
Halloween is around the corner
A poem is sneaking around the corner
of the kitchen
peeking at me
I do not know whether to spy her,
or play coy until she
jumps into my lap
I sit here waiting quietly.
watch the moon
its comming soon
mabe your a loner
so watch out
no doudt
SPRING AROUND
THE CORNER
watch the moon
its comming soon
its before june
stay tune
if your aloner
remember
VALINTINE DAY
AROUND THE CORNER
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