Best Reassuring Poems

She passed away into the veiled sunset;
                     her one-way ticket...stark reality.

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Cuddled in complacency
Assuring herself nothing will change
She is content

Personified oak
Wrapped in warm bark
Warm reassuring branches

Perfect husband
Happy children
Wonderful life

911 happens
To her
Tearing her limb from limb...

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Dreams…
The sea
Fluttering
Across my eyes
Shut tight for the night
Swimming in my own eyes
Moon peaking through the crevice
Humming with a blue liquid voice
Stars are shining, Moon reassuring
That I can swim a little bit longer....

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Purring Occuring and Reassuring

While a pretty kitty kept on purring;
Our God made sure it was occurring;
At Thanksgiving;
Will like living;
Still do see my mother's ghost stirring.

Jim Horn

PS. Some other poets had asked me 
to write a poem about Thanksgiving....

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What is a smile, and why was it made?
How did we grasp that we should be laid?
It returns as soon as we do, and it remains.
A half-grin, a full smile, and a hidden gains

Smiles are visible and may persist for a time.
Sharing one is giving the...

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The candle's faintly flickering flame
          is somehow dim enough to darken
                      the indigo darkness around...

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Smiling at old folks
to reassure them you're
not a teenage thug.

Even though I'm in
my school uniform and look
like Mary Poppins.

I don't like talking
in front of a group of teens
- they're so judgmental....

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If you’re ever a bit down in the mouth, 
Or even feeling just a little bit blue,
 One thing you can rely on is, 
I’ll always be there for you.  

And if you feel in a bit of a hole, 
Even if it’s one...

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Tucked in, good night
	my sweet and lovely light
Sleep deep, sleep tight
	don't let the dragons bite.

Don't let them crunch
	you like a snack
Don't let them crush
	and break your back.

Don't let them pound
	you in the ground
Don't let them eat
	your tiny feet.

Don't let them suck
	your eyeballs out
Don't let them...

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pastel llama you think you are all that
you put on airs in front of the dog and the cat
you feel superior; you are fluffy and phat
we are not fooled by you said my brother Matt.

Ignore him please, I told my beautiful Llama.
When she returned from...

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In my arms you can forget your troubles
Close your eyes and leave them all behind
I’ll sway you tenderly to loving rhythms
I’ll comfort you to sweet musical perfumes
And protect you with all the serenity
Of a thousand starry midnights
Under feathery wispy lakeshore willows
That waver in cool late...

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I’ll watch
over you
my darling
as I prepare your bed
with gentle petals
of rose and peony

Close your eyes
and sleep
my sweetheart
surrounding you
with warmth
and love
I’ll soothe
your aches
and ease
your mind

I’ll watch
over you
my darling
with my heart
my life


AP:  3rd place 2020

Posted on January 29, 2020...

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***A Parenting Tale***

He must’ve been
Just barely fourteen, but still off as
A ninja filling a pillowcase
   with chocolate on Halloween.
Although through all other days 
   his ken was an avocado green,
That is actually a deep 
   nubby, buttery green.

The older...

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under its umbrella 
the weeping willow
calms the mourning



posted on June 27, 2019...

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i close my eyes submerged
i cannot hear a word
and rising for a breath of air
warm moonlight strokes my hair


posted on February 25, 2025...

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