Best Peoplefamily Poems
Part I
Three TV shows stick in my mind.
Specific memories are hard to find.
There once was a series, long ago.
I would always cry at the end of the show.
“I Remember Mama” was the program's name.
Their family stories set my heart aflame.
Love's influence stays strong in my soul.
Family ties remain love's precious goal.
Part II
Jack La Lane was a “family name.”
It was not a drama or a prize-winning game.
After school each day for many years,
Mother and I exercised to his cheers.
Healthy eating and exercise,
He daily did enthusiastically advise.
Scrunching the face and tensing the mouth
Would keep the sags from going south.
Daily healthful lessons and time with mom,
Soothed my fears; I felt safe and calm.
Those pleasant memories remain to this day.
Jack La Lane helped my family play.
Part III
“Today's Show” co-anchored by Barbara Walters,
Before “Women's Libbers’ and bra-less halters.
Set a successful example for all to see.
Reporting with kindness and harmony.
Her interviews were thoughtful; guests at ease.
I would run home from school, the moments to seize.
She modeled womanhood by success.
Serenely she brought me through personal distress.
My life is quite different than hers ever would be.
She remains a part of my childhood history.
Thoughtful of others, from her, example,
I learned to be strong in a world that is hostile.
Three favorites each different, somehow, the same,
All made an impact upon my life's game.
Sincerity of heart was the common thread.
Caring for others, like them, did in my heart embed.
© July 20, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Favorite Television Show/Episode Remembered
Sponsored by: Shani Fassbender
If you really love some-one
Then it shouldn't be so hard
You just put him on an leash
And simply walk him
Across the yard,
The heck with all the implication's
What are the chances'
They would reject him right away
Fore it takes' raw courage
To bring them home one day
A family bond is strong that way
- And -
To meet the family right away
The re concussion can be great
Though it take's much skill
To articulate
Or may be,
It could be just a big mistake
-
Then if it is a dog
Then they barely know him
As you see, what come what may be
-
Sure they may know of his nature
Maybe just a couple of fleas'
But, what then can they really say
Fore he is the lesser of God's creatures'
And you have already given
Him a name,
And most of all,
He is yours',
-
He is your's to claim
Some how or another
Surely, he should be easier
To tame,
A dog will all ways' have his day
In a manner of speaking
You just have to keep him eating
And not let him run astray
And he surely will be worth keeping
Every dog shall have his way
But people are so much harder
To display
GF
Yesterday I thought I try
to help some strangers, I thought I would cry
So we drove an hour and half to meet
The rain was so torrential we could hardly see
But our mission was true and hopefully we strove
All along the road a beautiful green land cove
I was hard to believe that nature had struck
So we pulled up the station and unloaded our truck
We bought them water and batteries to
And a bag full of clothes to cheer up there blues
Here a woman had lost her life
The baby in her arms lived through the strife
She was unlucky God called her home
So sadly down the street we decided to roam
We came upon some broken limbs of trees
Further down that road we did squeeze
My heart fell down my hands to my knees
There along the road for were broken off tops of pine trees
The twisted heaps lined family yards
And to each one of them I send you my regards
It looked like a war zone
I had never seen anything like this at my home
Nature had unleashed her wrath
Distorted people lives in a wink of her path
Animals ran loose wires were down
After it was over
came the shock and tears abound
I am sure they will never come to forget
the moments of terror and that awful upset
For all those people I wish you the best
And I hope your friends; family and neighbors help clean up the mess
I hope we as humans can pull together and help
And those with more money please share your wealth