Best Posey Poems

It seems that all my life I’ve seen some darker times
Now and then the times I knew were more than I could stand.
But, learn we...

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It’s always a good practice when living on a farm,
To have a family of cats living in the barn
They always keep the rats and mice...

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Well, it has been one year since I joined Poetry Soup.
I smile now, because I have met this wonderfully diverse group.

August 7th, 2013 was a...

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Follow Your Heart

Father Time has brought us safely thus far
And our future is not tied to some distant star.
We’ve always had each other’s arms
That kept...

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You Can't Remove The Glitter From Silver And Gold

Our love’s been bathed in sunlight and in the moonlight’s glow.
It comes close to being eternal and...

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Trees

Trees, trees, everywhere, and no one stops to think
What we may lose as all mankind nears a crucial brink. 
When oaks and elms and other...

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How A Poet Was Born

Jacob Payne aka John Posey sat alone by the fire
When it came the time he would normally retire.

But his eyes would...

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Until I see them
Frame me as a doubting Tom.
Once will be enough.

Until they see me
Friends I’ll never claim they are.
Otherwise, you’re nuts

Written By John Posey
04/17/13...

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Sleepless Nights - Limerick Insomnia Revisited 

Limericks are so hard to write.
Sometimes, keep me up half the night
Spending way too much time
Just trying to rhyme
A...

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Time Does Not Stand Still

Yesterday is remembered
And tomorrow we have not seen 
Uncertainty and memories
Surround us in today.

The cycle never changes
And time does not stand...

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Simple Poverty

I think that I was maybe three
When memories started following me
They called us poor and, I guess, we were -
These things will tell if...

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I look up from the valley and I see the mountaintop.
Up where the air is clearer and gentle breezes never stop.
Where the eagle’s nest can...

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More Than A  Memory

I see her clearly, in the sunset’s last glow,
And she speaks to me in a voice soft and low.
There’s no doubt...

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I can hear them in the distance when the air is bright and clear
They bring back bitter memories of a long ago yesteryear
The whining of...

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 (In memory of those lost in Newtown, CT)

We may not know the answers to all the questions asked
We cannot control how great the pain...

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