Best Chest Poems

“The heart hath its own memory, like the mind, and in
It are enshrined the precious keepsakes, into which is
Wrought the giver’s loving thought.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dear Treasure Chest

Invaluable is tender love’s domain,
that ruby red that lies beneath the breast.
But just as precious is the treasure...

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Written: November 22, 2023, For Line Gauthier Contest 
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Molded in the blaze of the esoteric Earth 
Metamorphosed from stone to a shape of worth 
I will never ever evolve old 
As long as...

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This once was an empty hope chest,
All my wishes it was waiting to hold,
Now it keeps the things I love best,
As my life begins to unfold.

A hope chest holds things from the past,
It locks away secrets of when we wept,
And poems written to make memories...

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Love your so sweet babe
touching my soul as the heart 
skips fast a beat talks honey

You're one in ten gifts
sweet singing golden classic 
memory stands out inside 

a thousand dreams come 
true May summer heartbeats you
so fast talking beautiful 

New day dawns shining
you're my sunshine...

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I have a wooden cedar box
Filled with precious things
Most of no value to you
But joy to me it brings

A copper penny, 1961
The year I was given life
A withered old white rose
From the day I became a wife

Two certified legal documents
That tell me that I am...

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To find my hidden treasure 
No need for a tape measure
“X” does not mark the right spot
Treasure hunters get one shot

Unravel my hidden code,
and watch my treasure unfold
The key is words you utter
Express, exclude the clutter

Experience grown riches 
A broken heart now bridges 
Unlock yourself...

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Chorus:
He held his heart
For his chest was breaking
She held her head 
Cause her skull was aching
Oh 
What pains our troubled souls
To the point of  disbelief 
Over the edge of killing grief
In an abyss of cold reprieve 

Verse:
He held her tight, 
of fear she would leave him
Sadness grabbed his guilt
With...

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I made an Invisible Chest for my home
And I filled it with all of my Dreams
Then added some Prayers, for less fortunate ones
To help them down Lifes many Streams

Tossed in some Hope, and a Bundle of Love
And Kindness, to spread everywhere
Then carefully placed it, where...

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Poets, Open Your Treasure Chest Of Words

Poets, dare to present what your heart speaks
let it roam other realms, true meaning seek,
venture into lands with magical shores
sail a hundred ships, seek a thousand more!

Answer Art's greatest dedication calls.
As did those resting in its golden halls.

Poets, open...

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I hear the willows weeping

in the corners of my mind,

I feel the sand go slipping

through the hourglass of time.


I see the catfish whiskers,

more like tentacles, thick and black,

I sense the wasp nest growing

as I wait for their attack.


I watch the full moon rising

as the sun...

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I open up my chest
You see my beating heart
I sometimes wear it on my sleeve
If ever we're apart

I know I should be guarded
Protective of this flesh
But then again your gaze upon me
Rejuvinates to fresh

I open up my tiny realm
Allow you to step in
The veil between...

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I have a box upon my shelf
Containing precious reminders, of life's wealth

My very first bible, I got when I was nine
The very first book, that was just mine!

A plastic cameo, my mother had
And wore in 1958, when she married my dad

A purple painted rock, made...

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The time reads ten on the clock

and I take in hand my pen.


I pull up my chair to my makeshift desk

and begin removing books from the panel

so that I may lift it and peer into my chest.


One by one I move them, one and all,

the...

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Treasure Chest of Memories
Cleaning out my closet a chore this is sure to be.  A day at best to dig through this stuff packed and stacked to the ceiling.  Now, where to start and what to keep! Might as well start here at...

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Sigmund Freud
Father of psychoanalysis employed
Experimented with cocaine, hoping for fame
Instead got congested nose and chest pain...

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