Best Awhile Poems
Why should one wish the days to pass
Of lush and verdant meadow grass
And butterflies with stained glass wings
Which autumn's burnished hues outclass?
A summer breeze revives the mind
As worldly cares are left behind
And gentle waves of lapping seas
Coax weary bodies to unwind.
Await the golden harvest grain
But may lips linger once again
On luscious strawberries' sweet delight;
Resplendent fruit of summer's reign.
Life's hourglass is finely planned
Why hasten on the grains of sand?
Let scented roses fill the air
And summer's splendour take its stand.
03/10/18
The dog days endure contest : Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden
N/A Second Chances N-A Poems From My Contests Only Part I Chantelle Anne Cooke September 2020
Come sit awhile with me
Love is a serenade of the soul
a harmony that never grows old.Quote ~ poets own
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Won't you come and sit awhile with me
here beneath the weeping willow tree
Take a rest and let your mind be free
of pain, distress and anxiety.
The willow weeps to see true love part
and is a shelter for broken hearts
A safe haven of serenity
to restore shattered tranquility.
Come listen and hear the sweet birdsong
release the hurt you've felt for so long
Tears will help heal the sorrow and pain
allowing your heart to sing again.
One day it won't ever sting at all
only the tenderness you'll recall
For nothing is lovelier, it's true
than a love that meant so much to you.
Treasure the first whispered "I Love You"
Keep it near and dear, forever do
The melody of love's sweet refrain
worn like a beautiful golden chain.
If only shared kisses could be kept
they would overfill a treasure chest
Every one a precious diamond gem
part of the love that they represent.
Memories are truly heaven blessed
moments far too precious to forget
Warming one's heart in so many ways
in beautiful dreams of yesterdays.
19th January 2021
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Completely Your Choice (46) any theme any form Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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Please come to me in morning light,
and show to me your sunshine smile.
Remove from me the dark of night;
please stay with me for just awhile.
It’s been so long since I’ve known love;
the loneliness puts life on trial.
I pray to heavens up above;
please stay with me for just awhile.
These dark emotions deep within
forever cause a heart’s defile.
Come help remove this dreadful din;
please stay with me for just awhile.
Subconsciously I always knew
there’d be a lover to beguile;
sincerely now I beg of you,
please stay with me for just awhile.
Remove from me this ball and chain,
and show to me your sunshine smile.
Until I’m on my feet again,
please stay with me for just awhile.
October 14, 2019
Hush sweet baby please don’t cry
I’ll sing you a love sweet lullaby
Never mind the boogie in your head
Come lay on top of your silken bed
Sweep out things you can’t understand
As I play this song on the Baby grand
You are quite special can’t you see
Many try to change like you to be
So never think any less of your self
Please come back being the naughty elf
Come let me sip water coconuts
From the word palm tree besots
You have slept long enough
Grab your pillows shake and fluff
It’s just not the same without you
Please don’t send me to sleep too
Hush, my little one, sleep awhile,
Nestled 'neath my heart of love
I'll sing to you, sweet and low
'Til heaven streams, bright with gold
Hush, my little one, sleep awhile,
My love abounds to guard thy sleep
Drifting away 'neath silvery moon
While stars twinkle away your gloom
Hush, my little one, sleep awhile,
Tender kisses caress thy cheek
Hush'd by my gentle whispering
Lull'd in the land of dreaming
Hush, my little one, sleep awhile,
There is nothing to fear
While I am near
Hush, my little one, sleep awhile
ALesiach © 07/13/2018
Once in awhile
Two lives will meet
There is a reason for this
Though we may not know why
In time we'll know what was not to be missed.
I bless the moment she came my way
She's been a rock to me
My escape, my dearest friend, she means everything
A friend is meant to be.
Once in awhile
An angel of God walks upon this earth
Being the type of friend
More than what anything else is worth.
I'd shout it from the mountaintops
To make one understand
When God sends you an angel
You'll hold no better hand.
Once that special person's time comes to be leaving
Grieving, I will do plenty
But one thing I will keep with me
Is her faith in believing.
Once in awhile
Two lives meet
There was a reason for this
I thank the Lord for blessing me so
For our pathways are filled with Heavenly bliss
In memory of my neighbor, my best friend Dottie, who left this world for greener pastures September 2011 - she has earned her wings..........
It's been awhile
since I've been here,
with all my friends
I hold so dear,
Yes this past year
has thrown a loop,
kept me away
from writing the soup,
My book almost done
on to Bob for another,
To Brick and to Bill
How will it end, yet I wonder,
I'll find more time
for Poetry song,
Maybe this year
I won't be away for so long.
Have you ever pause for awhile and thought
What have you been doing with your life?
I think you know what I'm talking about
It's all in your head, those dreams and goals
You promised you’d do better this time
But what have you done?
Oh cant you see you’ve been trying too hard
But you’re just half asleep, day dreaming of the greens
Do you really think it’ll work out if you just wonder around
Or maybe you have set your eyes on something
you don’t really know about
I know its out of my hands but darling im stepping in
No I cant let you go back to where your life has been
I’ve seen too much and I’ve cared for awhile
So bear with me as we take a leap of faith
I know you’re worried, I’ve once been there
Its no easy road but I promise you better this time
Put your feet on the ground and know you’ll rise up
You’ve been through so much
That’s just who you are
So baby pause for a while and think
What you’ll be doing with your life
I know you know what im talking about
It's time to make those dreams come true
You’ll Keep it up with your promises
And I know you’d do better this time
Because that’s just who you are
Bought at an antiques store for a song:
unframed print #225 of 750, signed by the artist
Number III of the family name, all painters,
(presumably) Those forbears hard to discard--
"Stay Awhile" its title, hospitably captioned by
a country boy, like my father, perhaps-- posing
beside his favorite horse on the back roads
of Race Pond, Georgia, his playground by
birthright, the Okefenokee Swamp.
Staying awhile, I place myself in the painting,
its cool morning mist in the hills beyond.
The white clapboard house, red-roofed, six
front windows, one dormer peeking out
from the eaves; four steps up to the porch
from the under-the-house black earth the house
was built on; its checkered slats at the base
prohibiting the crawl space where the doodlebugs
hide. Kitchen matches to be left untouched,
heeding the grownups chide. Only to the bugs
is it dire: "Doodlebug,doodlebug, hurry
on home--your house is on fire.
Two Christmassy trees hug at opposite ends
of the house, awaiting December decoration.
A grassy knoll rolls down to masses
of white and yellow sunflowers in a frenzied
welcome. Past the grayed barn where
tools are kept and the horses are tethered,
I place myself in the painting, flying Superman style,
spread eagle, arms out, facing downward
past clapboard house, barn. Then, into the hills
with their pale promise of perennial dawn where
there is no sorrow, no pain, no heavy heart
unshared, no loss we cannot bear.
b'in thinkin
off and on
of things
that seem knot
and so go as noise
but are the background
irrational irregulars
without a reality order
but for a geometry in chaos
that is our reality
as just a way of acting
patterns of supposed sense
why hast thou forsaken me
were the messangers last words
before dying of a broken heart
is
god
real
stan sand
I could see him across the studio
Talking and smiling, my heart was aglow
Hair curling at nape, dimpled smile
Please let him notice me in awhile
I mixed with the people it was a first day
The gallery showing my work today
Making sure he wouldn't miss my dimpled smile
Please let him notice me in awhile
Taking my courage in my hands that was a task
Handed him a leaflet, saying any questions please ask
Our eyes met, looking away was a trial
Please let him notice me in awhile
He shook my hand not letting it fall
I looked smiling slowly, can I help you at all
Can explain my art, said I trying to beguile
Please let him really notice me in awhile
Maybe dinner tonight I said being bold
I make a fantastic pasta dish I am told
Would love to he answered with a smile
He had noticed me in that short while.
Penned 1/7/2014
Contest: At first glance
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My world as I know it
just changed forever
you left me alone
to wonder the desert
day after day
I feel your touch
but nights seem longer
I miss you so much
those little things
that made you, you
now weigh my heart
what do I do
I talk to myself
I talk to you
I talk to Jesus
He loves you too
after awhile
my pain will ease
a new chapter I begin
a stronger me
Yep I reckon I'll go out, about a bit to roam, and talk a while
and ponder I will, yep, set here and talk some alone with God
of the many a sorted thing, and I reckon to run in fun still, I might
with the wind, but as well, in a while I reckon, I'll want to go back
in to help Ma, and but real soon, and of this I'm sure, to set the table
for dinner, and play some with the young one, and feed my tiger fish
and then do some of the rest of my chores, and so it is to be mine this, my
fortune, to have a happy home now and the better of my fancy
set free, for so beset and living in way beside me, by one, the
tenderness in way of His Grace, His love has finally found me,
but still wandering, will I always be, down along that gravel road
out amid the mighty structures of the spruces with the honey humble
bumble bee, bumbling on by beside me, and never will I forget these, as
back when as to cast them, I set my dreams aloof the songs of the wind
while in love I ran about and chasing them with the little jumpy
grasshoppers ever ginger in their joy as they carried in way
within their hands my hope of this day one so to be found
whith them, and in view of God and in way of all of this,
His natural beauty, I could be seen, and as He is the one
who has granted me this time to be alone with Him, I reckon
for a moment underneath the shade of my porch roof, and
inview of the wandering sky's, for awhile I'll stay, and sit
here outside amid the judicious graces in view of the
many tendering wooding leaf and many effervescent
flower blooms and take this time and a sharpened
hand in this very simple pleasure
as well and remain right here, on this
porch, in my easy chair, and rock amid this
simple wood awhile and whittle my stick, for I reckon real
soon, this time alone with Him, well it'll be all gone, but it'll
be all mine and a brighter hope for another time, yes a brighter
hope for me, another time, on another day with Him, I reckon...
as all of earth beats down on you
don't give up because theres always hope
orchestras exhale striking chords
the end of life might come sooner than you think
emotions raised to a high crescendo
all youve ever wanted in the palm of a hand
silence reverberates within loneliness
who do you go home to
solitude and a lack of time
imagine words formed without sound
if you can then youll understand
apocalyptic nuisances scream out with joy
you feel like youre sinking low
but waves appear to raise you high
guitars and drums sound out in recklessness
oh can you hear oh can you hear
ears burst forth from every angle
no one sleeps tonight but emptiness
we are not alone we are not alone we are not alone
Loved Me For Awhile
I felt you come into my life
oh the joy I came to know.
Unprepared to say the least
the day I felt you go.
You came and went it seemed to me
oh how I love your smile.
Thankful for the time at least
you loved me for awhile.
Encouraged while along my way
like sunshine in the rain.
You alone could see through me
past my eyes into my pain.
I tried to hide the tears I cried
wanting not to bring you down.
New tears found their way to me
when you quit coming around.
Back to all alone once more
I guess that's just my style.
But I'll always think of that sweet time
you loved me for awhile.
I felt you come into my life
oh the joy I came to know.
Unprepared to say the least
the day I felt you go.
Edwin C Hofert
For all of those that came into my life bringing me much joy. But at some point tried slipping quietly away. I may not have seen you leave. But I felt you go. I still feel your absence every bit as much as I felt your presence when you were here. Thank you. For loving me if only for awhile.
Ed