Best Lifejoy Poems
Winds
raged as
fires glowed in
small frowzy shacks
that strange Georgia eve an angel was born.
The sky proclaimed that lives would re-arrange;
with Joy’s first cry,
the tempest
changed to
calm.
Warm
Zephyr -
spring magic -
arrived with Joy.
Her laughter was kindling for hearth and home.
No galas in her future ; she was poor.
Never frowning,
Joy would flash
diamond
smiles.
Her
Mama
sewed flounces
on hand-me-downs,
which Joy wore with glee, celebrating life.
As Papa played his guitar for them all,
Joy danced and twirled.
Humdrum fled
in her
stead.
Fair,
yellow-
haired; slender
like sassafras,
this sunny lass gladdened all of the town.
Humankind exists that we might have joy.
Those touched by that
sweet angel
all learned
this.
Joy
expelled
gloom, giving
her cheer to all.
Nevertheless, joy is often short-lived.
One strange spring day, a cold wind blew in. As
thunder quaked, warmth
waned, and Joy
was no
more.
For Chris D. Aechtner's
"Double the Fun ~ (Tetractys)"
When I look back on the past, a tear falls down my cheek. In the past I didn't care wheather
I lived or died.
I learnt how to laugh, put the past in the past. New clouds of joy around me.
Positive thinking is the key and having faith makes me happy.
I have learn to forgive and forget, no more grudges, only God can judge me.
I learnt how to laugh, put the past in the past. New clouds of joy around me.
Form:
WHEN IT COMES
When it comes alive
Oh joy when it comes alive
That which was thought lost
Oh my God!
JOY!
There’s a skit and whirr outdoors
Inside all takes on a new coat of paint
Walls expand
Fall aside
The chest expands
Stature!
Excitement flows
This strange new music
With bold accent
This rhythmic music
Forces one to dance
Dance a gold circle with coronet
Oh joy when I heard it all again!
Oh joy when everything came alive!
All had been thought lost
When it came
Suddenly
As if from nowhere
That which was thought lost
At last to love again
To again BE!
Be ALIVE!
The joy of the Lord
Is my strength
In whatever event
I choose to be content
Because the joy of the Lord
Is my strength.
(9-19-10)
Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who
have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the
LORD is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10