Best Companions Poems

Tiny boardwalk along the Halifax River
Waiting to see what “catch” nature will deliver

Royal Palms’ fronds rustle in fall’s gentle breeze
No noisy distractions from teens on...

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Inspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947




Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...

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In gratitude may we flourish…


I’m grateful for:

My coloring books and crayons
            The memories of...

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Walls Make Bad Neighbours

‘All in all we are just bricks in the wall’ deconstructed by Pink Floyd
        ...

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Last night I lay in the darkness of my room 
like i always do 
Me, a dim lamplight and thoughts of you 
my only companions...

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In my arms secure I delicately brush back your hair,
Touch your skin almost imperceptibly  
Your eyes vanish into mine.
I feel miraculously lost in your splendor...

but...

it...

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to all who know and love,
      and who may not know at all,
i have told tales of adoring loss
and romance...

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In my back, yellow mountains, glittering with a thousand bursts,
Of course, the sun has its incandescent magic
God is phosphorescence; his knowledge blinds all dogs and...

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These are two etherees that will be put together side by side to form ONE complete poem having 11 syllables per line, so I thought...

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Our bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward...

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Bent forward on his wooden chair,
inside his shack, with not a care,
he sits where fast to sleep he fell.
The old man’s sleeping long and well.

Companions...

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A beauty in the forest lived alone.
One night she went outside where moonlight pooled
inside a clearing. There her blue eyes shone
as she looked up to...

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Christmas with Christ – Melchoir’s Story

Wondrous symbols and signs appear in the heavens,
heralding that an amazing event is about to happen…
the birth of a royal...

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I am going to start this brand New Year,
with a tranquil song in my heart!
I will look at my deepest thoughts,
and find all the...

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I saw a fair young maiden, abandoned in her bed,
Tearful for the one she loved ,the one she chose to wed.

Who in a weakened moment...

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