Best Elly Poems

ELLY MAY


poem by: Maria Williams

T'was the night before her birthday and Elly May
Still in the office putting stuff away
In her horn rimmed glasses and grey...

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Yes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...

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Poet Convention

Lost in a poets convention, 
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'--- 
Thank You For Sharing Your...

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Hook of Holland arrive by the ferry
Meeting our good friends Ans and Jerry
The pancake house is where we love to eat
Being our with our Dutch...

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Juice of succulent fruit

Jellied and put into

Jars is not the same as

Jam, and that’s because it’s

Jiggly like the way that 

Jolly Saint Nick shakes his

Jelly...

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My Lasting Letter


I have written these words
a thousand times, each time
so differently identical.  They
have been written on the wind,
blessed by the idle warmth of
sunset,...

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Twelve tree frogs sing in loud chorus
on this damp, foggy morn
Their vocal would break the sound barrier
By it nature is torn

Fog caresses the valley
Settles loosely...

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They call me Elly Mae 'round here,
For my critters are so many.
I love 'em each and every one,
And couldn't part with any.

You see, Tommy, he's...

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With you here in my life:
All enemies seem far away!
No longing have I now to roam!
The world seems like it’s meant for play!
Your aura’s warmth...

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Tears leave no stain
Unlike blood
Can be wiped away
Then no longer remain
Unless understood


8-8-2014
Donna Jones

Wrote this after reading Caleb's Elly Jane poems.....love ya lil bro..crying with ya......

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Dear Mama,

I can’t believe this time has come
When you’ve always been the one
To comfort me and help me to see and believe
That everything will work...

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 dodoitsu series (rhymed) 

Winter is taking the reins
speeding past days of autumn -
Jack Frost smears the windowpanes
forefingers and thumb.

You who have no house to...

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A child's beauty contest I watched in such awe;
  young girl in a wheelchair to her father, his all.
Escorting her on stage with such...

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Two days ago, two suicide bombers blew themselves up and killed over 40 people and injured more than 200 in Beirut. This is in a...

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Sweet scented blossom
                      ...

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