Best Ifs Poems

If a poet falls in love with you
you will live forever.
Atticus Finch - To kill a mockingbird.

In the midst of conundrums, of 'what ifs.'

I dislike the ocean,
its bitter saltiness, brings no joy.
Perched safely, upon the highest cliff,
watching waves surge upon the shore.
They are a constant...

Continue reading...

Some days are diamonds, some days are diamonds
Hey wait! Somethings wrong, each man is an island
What's good for some
Some fall on their bum
For me, it's diamonds, no ifs, ands, or hyphens

© Jack Ellison 2015


(Hyphens? Well it sorta rhymes doesn't it!!!)...

Continue reading...

If all the ifs and buts were laid
end to end round the world, I have
been told by a knowledgeable
scientist, they would circumnavigate
at least once or twice or three times.
Uncertain this statement is but it goes
to show if anyone did know for
certain, would it matter.
Procrastination picks...

Continue reading...

WHAT IFS
What if I was immortal?
What if I can’t be hurt?
What if I could live forever?
What if I can’t be caught?
What if I got the breath of life?
What if I can’t be touched?
But I’m human after all
One day I’ll sleep and wake no more.

What if...

Continue reading...

Sitting here as what ifs cloud my mind,
What if you could turn back time?
Would you press rewind?
The thought boggles my mind.

Is there something you wish to change?
These thoughts, so strange.

Arguments you wish to erase,
sad times you wish to replace.
Friendships that didn't last.
What would you do?
Would...

Continue reading...

I know it seems stupid but 
I can't let you go
My mind says you won't come back 
But my heart says 
What if... 
What if you come back
What if you still love me
What if this is all just a dream

God I wish this was a...

Continue reading...

The front of my building has bushes
But also unfortunate gluts
Of something invasive and ugly – 
A mountain of cigarette butts.

I’ve never seen somebody toss one – 
I doubt if my tongue could be held –
For such utter contempt for the garden
Is certainly unparalleled.

Though smokers must...

Continue reading...

If you turn out to be right, at the end,
and no one ever knows I held a pen
or wrote anything virtuous other than
my Christian name in scribble/cursive blend
on legal forms, thus failing to defend
my structure’s ink, then yes, it means you win.
It also means the...

Continue reading...

This slippery slope, owning 5 years
It claims my thoughts, 
Splits my heart, 
And fraction’s loyalty

Bleeding dry
Yet wet with tears
I dream of you
And my what ifs 

Always.

Upon that night, you saved, you grew
I saw you hero
Indent my spirit
And commandeer.

Bleeding dry
Yet wet with tears
I think of you
And...

Continue reading...

My mind is in constant torment.
You say you love me, and she's a friend.

You say there is nothing to worry about.
Why then, is my heart clouded with doubt?

Intrusive thoughts plague my inner being..
Every smile, every word uttered, I go on imaging..

I want to bury my...

Continue reading...

“But, If,
we are in His fold
and are called his friends,
Christ’s’ word to us is this:
don’t be afraid;
You are worth more.”

But. LORD, how do I know
If you find me worthy
But, Lord will you fill
Because I am thirsty

If…if, LORD, it is so
that I am loved
despite my feeling...

Continue reading...

Certainly. There's lotsa stuff
that's no more.
Certainty, like death, is forever.
Change stops when you're dead.
Change does just that, keeps changing.
You can give up smoking
yet you can't give up changing.

Gave up smokin' fifty years ago.
Cigarettes, ash trays, things of my past.
There's something about ashes
everyone eventually ends up...

Continue reading...

The Ifs of Life

Daddy always used to say:

Ifs are like the tower of Babylon,
They can’t get you anywhere.
Only by the  facts of a life can one get
From here to there.  


A verse from my poem,  “Daddy Always Used To Say.”...

Continue reading...

I’ve been living in the land of what ifs
       You know, things are not so great but if….
       Would I have this feeling in my gut if
      ...

Continue reading...

If I could see more then than now
'Twas to make a difference somehow
An entire battalion to take one hill
Regardless the number that we must kill

There appears confused reasons why
For what is done in righteous war
No matter how many fighters die
Our leaders always want some more

My...

Continue reading...