Best Fonder Poems
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Been said many many times
But I'm about as fond as I could be
Methinks I've proved it just fine
So don't need none of that absence stuff
Do you catch my drift as they say
I'll permit it for maybe an hour or so
But that's it and certainly not for a day
There's a very severe penalty you must pay
Should you exceed the allotted limit
A basic one hundred kisses and hugs
Plus another twenty-five more per minute
That might seem like a real hefty fine
But it's there to shown you how serious
It is to deprive this depraved old soul
He can wind up disoriented and delirious
Bottom line is, please handle with care
My kind doesn't come along often
Treat me well and I'll be yours for life
I'll make your heart melt and soften
© Jack Ellison 2013
Absence makes
the heart grow fonder
to those closer
not those yonder
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER
I'll put my love to where you lay your eyes
when first they open to the morning skies,
out through the window, look and see,
the light of dawn brings love from me
that's how I'd have you greeted at sunrise.
I'll spread all of my love with morning dew
in hopes you take it where you're going to;
out through the window, look and see,
the morning dew is love from me
and loves the flowers like I'm loving you.
And then I'll put my love to your sunset
so ev'ry evening you will not forget;
out through the window, look and see,
the evening light brings love from me
as surely as it did the day we met.
At night I'll put my love into a star
so you will see my love though I am far
out through the window, look and see,
the star it shines with love from me
until the night I'll be there where you are.
very nice to me
lived far across the country
the perfect distance
Barbara Gorelick
for Dr Ram's "in-laws" contest
From a broken Heart, does one recover:
To know you will always love the other?
When discarded like trash, far too late, alas!
You soon discover you long for that Lover?
the
bass,
the
treble,
the
high,
high
hat,
rat
a
tat
tat,
throb
and
pull,
a
mad,
mad
pulse,
match
the
slow
pour
of
a
sloe
gin,
and
I
never
clap
for
the
rude
crescendo
of
her
tin
ear
and
his
last
call...
Looking at you, a vista of life
Seeing that smile relieves my strife
Reading your words, caring total
Like Autumn leaves, for you I fall
Then there's the smile of Golden gown
You can't swim, but for you I'd drown
For you give me hope, far out yonder
Look inside my heart, for you I'm fonder
.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Been said many many times
But I'm about as fond as I could be
Methinks I've proved it just fine
So you don't need any of that absence stuff
Do you catch my drift as they say
I'll permit it for maybe an hour or so
But that's it and certainly not a day
There's a very severe penalty you must pay
Should you exceed the allotted limit
A basic one hundred kisses and hugs
Then another twenty-five more per minute
That might seem like a real hefty fine
But it's there to show you how serious
It is to deprive this depraved old soul
He can wind up disoriented and delirious
Bottom line is, please handle me with care
My kind doesn't come along often
Treat me well and I'll be yours forever
And make your dear old heart soften
Why did I still care about, some one who had passed away,
Or still alives but has already out of my life.
Let say there was always,
Two sides of each coin.
What everyone saw, might not be all.
To me, passed away or staying alived,
Was only a matter of what in my mind.
The physical appearance of a person could help,
But it was the meaningful memories,
That lived in my mind,
That helped keeping the friendship alived.
The relationships ended
But the true love and feelings,
Last as long as I nurtured them.
Of course, it was obviously,
A one way traffic only.
I respected A for what he did for me unconditionally.
A decade of friendship would last as long as l shall live.
I have had his loves and cares,
While still consumed by grieves,
Of my personal circumstances.
I loved B because he
Brought the best out of me.
He had indirectly helped me
Reliving my innocent and naive youth,
Which I did not have while strugglling:
To escape my home country;
To settle in Australia as a refugee;
To learn English to overcome the language barrier.
BB, you had enabled me,
To enjoy the simple fun loving relationship,
What a peaceful domestic life was liked,
How happy I could be in your company.
You also helped me realising something,
That many professionals could not explain.
Although your final decisions and actions,
Had hurt me a great deal,
But your good deeds out weighted your selfish acts.
I forgave you so I could forget you.
I believed in a saying
"One might not be able to
Remember someone forever,
But one will never forget someone,
Who caused all the pain and aches."
Again, there were another side of story.
Although I could not help missing BB terribly,
I do not want to remember him forever,
Therefore, I did not want to have
Any negative feelings toward him,
The lesser I upset about BB,
The sooner I could forget him.
Having said all that,
I still love him surely and stupidly.
Only God knows, why I loved him.
BB, do you know why and why?
Why did I love you and
Why did I want to forget you.
Only you know why.
I didn't go to school yesterday
Didn't feel like it
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say
Nobody was very fond
When I was absent from school with no good reason
Whoever "they" is...
You lied to me
They say
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
But distance makes the heart forget
Distance drives a wedge between us
The miles, so many, makes me regret
They say
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
And what if it's too late
Our tenderness can't be stretched longer
Holding hands through a locked gate
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
What they meant is that our hearts will wander
It will all soon fade again
But will we forget?
'Sweet are the uses
of adversity,
as the heart grows fonder
by diversity,'
as, hoping to raise a smile,
yet nutty as a fruitcake,
I spoke none too fast
at someone fun to poke
but slow on the uptake,
as tho' it takes quite a while,
he who laughs last,
finally gets the joke.