Best Gladdening Poems
“Sunsets are nature's way of soothing your soul and gladdening your heart.” author unknown.
How can anyone not admire a scintillating theme
Of the golden, graceful sun now descending,
Behind the darkening horizon, a delightful dream.
It is an amazing allure to watch the panoramic set,
The wonder as I swim beneath the waves
A sight that illuminates the wonder of sunset.
But night has now fallen, the sun has gone to its rest.
The sea is cool, I trudge to the sandy beach only to hear
The nightingales’ symphonies. Isn't creation blessed?
Placed 1
The Yule Tide Sights (Sight)
It’s tinsel, ornaments and lights,
The Yule Tide sights all people love:
Bright yellows, reds, and greens and whites;
It’s tinsel, ornaments and lights
We yearn to see December nights -
Delights we all never tire of!
It’s tinsel, ornaments and lights,
The Yule Tide sights all people love.
The Gladdening (Hearing)
As bells go ring-a-ling-a-ling,
And old St. Nick goes, “Ho, ho, ho,”
The people’s hearts are gladdening.
As bells go ring-a-ling-a-ling,
Its “Fa la la,” we hear folks sing.
An elf joins in on piccolo
As bells go ring-a-ling-a-ling
And old St. Nick goes, “Ho, ho, ho!”
His monkey-fascination made him own a “monkeyrium”
There, monkeys and cousin apes in their gladdening crusade freely reign
Unlike the sea creatures in the imprisoning aquarium
The funny troops have liberty in their haven’s domain.
Those monkeys, midst animated cartoon characters, are my son’s delight
Their cheerful quirks, especially that of Chimpanzee Charlie, won his heart
How they perk him up with their mirth-oozing sight
Along their varied careening turns and twists of witty art.
Caring monkeys caught first his curiosity in the creation story
Then they amused him as musicians in Noah’s floating zoo
Now, their charm’s presence is felt in my son’s territory
As they showcase their loving ways like humans do.
Yes, the monkeys are pulling my son’s faith-string of glad disposition
Pushing him to stride during his therapy sessions midst his disability
Prodding his spirit to get up with glee for his prayer position
Prompting him to sing… even amidst obvious difficulty.
My special child’s “monkeyrium” is his wondrous paradise
With monkey-ape-stuffed toys he plays with, and can dearly hold
Thru them, I thank and praise the Lord Who’s good and so wise*
For granting my blessed boy great privileges he can enjoy and behold!
*Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
First posted on May 21, 2018
Edited on November 26 incorporating the following words: Charlie, Cartoon, Characters, Curiosity, Careening And Crusade
2nd place, "Charlie's Cartoon Characters Curiously Careen And Crusade Poetry Contest"
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger; judged on December 16, 2018.
God is my great help:
Assuring my soul
Building my life
Cheering my heart
Directing my feet
Empowering my will
Fortifying my faith
Gladdening my spirit
Hoisting my well-being
Illumining my mind
Jubilating my service
* Exodus 18:4 ... The God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me...
May 18, 2018
~Oh Christmas Tree~
(Tree of Life)
Oh
Wondrous
Christmas tree!
So full of light
Up there shining high.
Love watching you all time
Lighting up all the street,room.
Happy faces glowing all around.
During Christmas season you bring cheer
Jesus is the reason for this season.
As we celebrate that Jesus Christ was born,
With pretty decorations and beautiful lights.
Oh Christmas tree,you are a lovely sight to behold!
So beautiful
So colorful
Bringing smiles
With a bright star
Gladdening hearts
For the King came.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010
November.22.2015
~Author's Notes:
" The Tree of Life" is a poetry style created by Christina R.Jussaume.
Unhooking the chain
I opened the rusty gates
to Olive Branch Cemetery
Hallowed ground of yesteryear
Peaceful as the name sounds.
There is a place of comfort sweet
Near to the heart of God
A place where we our Savior meet
Near to the heart of God
Like a white butterfly fluttering from
One headstone to another headstone
where sweet clover blossoms rested their heads
protecting the ancestors of long ago—
Stopping by each one
I gently touch and wonder
Standing on rolling hills of countryside
Six-foot tall or five-foot short
giants of the soil
English honest proud
farmers tilling the land
children by their side helping
with French heritage mother
who listened to the tears,
cooked meals, washed clothes
lesser than the men but carried on.
Walking in time thinking, then
Seeing it!
I lifted up Nancy Emily’s initialed stone
N E P lying on the ground
young farm girl no state aid
rocking her baby boy
For when my heart is troubled, filled with fear,
Jesus whispers peace
Young lad gladdening saddened family hearts.
I wonder her pain kept a secret
Until descendants began to unearth
digging deeper than her simple grave
Nancy Emily, rest well knowing
your descendants are bright and fruitful
healing the sick
teaching children
keeping the law
at home and afar raising children to become.
Whispering hope, O how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrows rejoice
Oh! Family of long ago
toiling planting reaping caring
lying now on former fields
with mottled stones announcing your place.
N E P stands upright.
Feeling like a mighty oak tree
faithful and fulfilled,
I leave
fastening tight the rusty gates—
past secured for future
~Oh Christmas Tree~
(Tree of Life)
Oh
Wondrous
Christmas tree!
So full of light
Up there shining high.
Love watching you all time
Lighting up all the streets,rooms.
Happy faces glowing all around.
During Christmas season you bring cheer
Jesus is the reason for this season.
As we celebrate that Jesus Christ was born,
With pretty decorations and beautiful lights.
Oh Christmas tree,you are a lovely sight to behold
So beautiful
So colorful
Bringing smiles
With a bright star
Gladdening hearts
For the King came.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2014
December,24,2014
~Oh Christmas Tree~
(Tree of Life)
Oh
Wondrous
Christmas tree!
So full of light
Up there shining high.
Love watching you all time
Lighting up all the street,room.
Happy faces glowing all around.
During Christmas season you bring cheer
Jesus is the reason for this season.
As we celebrate that Jesus Christ was born,
With pretty decorations and beautiful lights.
Oh Christmas tree,you are a lovely sight to behold!
So beautiful
So colorful
Bringing smiles
With a bright star
Gladdening hearts
For the King came.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010
December.15.2016
~Author's Notes:
" The Tree of Life" is a poetry form or style created by Christina R.Jussaume.
One in a million, gazillion, bazillion
Worth more than gold dollars a trillion or a billion –
You are my beacon, a Christian, love driven.
No heathen, no herdsman, no huntsman or felon.
No elfin, no ermine, no coward or chicken.
No Klansman, no demon with madman's affliction.
No Gremlin, no goblin no devil dare action.
No draftsman, no doorman, no footman in fashion.
No henchman, no lynch man, no hack man or hangman.
No plowman, no pressman, no herdsman or ranch-man.
No oarsman from Dublin, or coachman from Britain.
No Cajun, no Haitian, no Frenchman, not Latin.
Not even a Martian with earthly transactions.
My hearts guiding light, my soul's satisfaction,
I know your great love by your kindness in action.
You read every thought and broaden my smile.
You stand close beside me mile after mile.
No hardship that comes can tear our love down.
Nor turn your demeanor into an endless frown.
Brought together by fate, marriage became our ensign.
We walk together on a straight and narrow line.
You are my fortune, my gladdening in famine.
My almsman, my sweetheart, you loved my tears away.
My one in a million, gazillion, bazillion
I thank God everyday that you came my way.
A gazillion, bazillion, and trillion thanks I send to you.
I promise that my love will never say adieu.
My Norwegian, I love you.
© November 12, 2010
Dane Smith-Johnsen
There is only one cherub who guards me, you are.
There is only one voice which soothes my soul, you are.
There is only one thought I thought, you are.
There is only one berry which quenches my thirst with sweet juice, you are.
There is only one soulmate I have, you are.
There is only one song I sing, you are.
There is only one love I cherish, you are.
There is only one dream I have, you are.
There is only one mother of my children, you are.
There is only one guardian angel I have, you are.
There is only one wife I have married, you are.
There is only one river of living waters I drink from, you are.
There is only one happiness I have, you are.
There is only one companion of all times I have, you are.
There is only one true friend of all times I have, you are.
There is only one gladdening source I have, you are.
There is only one woman I have a frantic search for, you are.
There is only one lantern burning in my heart and is not extinguished, you are.
There is only one apple of my eye, you are.
There is only one light to my feet, you are.
Amazing is God Who gives me wondrous taste buds for:
Apple Pie very appetizing
Banana Pie so appealing
Coconut Pie greatly mouth-watering...
Delighting me midst healthy nourishment:
Dessert Pie of cheese-bounty
Eggplant Pie, yet omelet in reality
Fruit Pie along berries’ certainty…
Gladdening my cravings with delicious goodness:
Glazed Custard Pie with peanut butter
Homemade Potato Pie, baked better
Ice cream Pie of chocolate-scatter…
Joyously filling me with grace-abundance:
Jolly Lola’s Squash Pie of pumpkin’s best
Key Lime Pie with condensed milk’s sweetest
Lemon Pie that’s tangiest among the rest…
My praises are to the Lord* for every wonderful pie worth sharing:
Mincement Pie, awesome with ingredients, greatly various
No-Bake Pie challenging the weight-conscious
Oh Thanksgiving Pie, along blessings* numerous!
*Romans 15:11 ... Praise the Lord...
December 11, 2018
2nd place, "Punny Holiday Pies" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Michelle Faulkner; judged on 12/16/2018.
God is my Creator* and blessings’ source
With all His grace of great force
Always providing for me in my daily course
Surely meeting my needs from His harvest of provision-doors!
God is my Lord and breath’s starter
With all His love as my caring Father
Always waking me up with His wisdom’s guidance-setter
Surely directing my ways through our fellowship together!
God is my Fulfillment and being’s salvation
With all His sacrifice by His crimson blood paying my redemption
Always rescuing me from guilt’s infliction
Surely assuring my forgiveness along forgotten sins' condemnation!
God is my Life and benefit’s store
With all His supply from His riches’ core
Always showering me His goodness to the fore
Surely bringing my delight unto His generosity's shore!
God is my Guide and becoming’s stability
With all His strength of supreme dominion’s authority
Always leading me to do His will midst tempest of difficulty
Surely perfecting my faith against doubts' shadow and uncertainty!
God is my prayer-Responder and bountifulness’ satisfaction-seal
With all His abundance I experience fully in every meal
Always replenishing me by His fruitfulness of misty freshness’ deal
Surely multiplying my spirituality’s earnestness when to Him I humbly kneel!
God is my Everything and bliss’ sufficiency
With all His joy of comforting divine fervency
Always cheering me up despite gloom of yesterday with its despondency
Surely gladdening my heart with His caring intimacy!
*Isaiah 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator..., your King.
April 10, 2018
1st place, "Ten Words" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 4/23/2018.
Featured as among PS Poems of the Week for September 6-12, 2020.
Expect changes that you know will
Grow this love in time.
Expect these changes which are not dreaded
But open each of our hearts like ROSE buds.
Expect changes of a FRANTIC BRIDE
Waiting for her groom.
The types of changes which tips its hat to
An autumn afternoon.
Expect fiery changes that may consume
Each OF our hearts in flames
One belove to another expect these changes
Of subtle pains that come with torrential rains.
Expect changes of social madness at a spring
Wedding of bliss when kissed.
Now seasons turning with a twist.
And all is fair on a SUMMER AFTERNOON.
Expect changes which may stay 'til the
Festive SPARK OF JUNE.
When all has SIMMERED and is fancy and
Steamy acknowledge these days as
Fine and DREAMY, then the laughter of
Spring and summer mingle when
Autumn touches and more to tingle.
Soon winter rushes in a disguise at first,
A slow falling snow.
Exceeding the joy I hoped for.
Akin to hungry waves licking the OCEANS
GLADDENING SHORE.
Expect changes with impossible meanings
And FAIR WEATHER DREAMINGS.
I saw a yellow butterfly
floating gently in the breeze.
Or was it a lovely flutterby,
glittering softly through the trees?
Her freedom and gentility
were like a graceful ballerina,
flitting here and there and everywhere,
gladdening the heart that has seen her.
This place another world.
This palace of golden chandeliers where
To share is everyone's GOAL.
ON this SPHERE
A world where truths uncurl.
Where all is what it seems.
A place of PLATINUM mistletoes and
Love birds SING a LAVENDER SONG.
Serene is what it ought to be.
And wind CHIMES JINGLE lullabies
Everything is made of fascination, wonderment
And HAPPY TALES DELIGHT.
Here countless DREAMS are GOLDEN
AND FREE.
This place an eternal GRACE.
NO more winter CHILLING the bone.
Every day a SPRING PARADE
No frosted TENDER rose buds.
Mothers lay children down to sleep
Saying the sun never sets on pristine
Days.
Never any coolness or SNOWFLAKES
As once before.
Only the warmth of the gentle giant's rays.
This HUGE PALACE IS HOME to us all.
Its height we will not ever see the TOP OF.
No SLAMMING DOORS, only gently closing softly
Against the ear .
Cheerful HEALTHY FACES
This time, this place A KINGDOM OF
FLORAL ESSENCE GRACES.
UTOPIAN glazes BRAZEN blazes the sun
Gladdening there and there
Careful CHERISHED SPHERE FLARE AND
FLARE HEARTY LAUGHTER'S FREER here.