Best Saying Poems
When Poetry Soup becomes infested with partisan rubbish,
It will be difficult for liberal, creative poets, like me to flourish
Who seek a safe place away from the maddening ignorance
Of those people who continually despise political difference
For those who are angry and want to say the nastiest things
Do you have any idea what hurt your insatiable blather brings?
For some who don’t consider me a red-blooded American patriot,
I fought for the U.S. of A. in uniform when you were still just a tot!
I would rather die on the altar of honor than continually be castigated
By followers of a “wannabe” dictator who every day prevaricated
And sought to drag our country down into the muck and mire
Continues, to this day, stoking his sycophants’ hatred with fire.
Selecting a political putdown of President Joseph Biden for Poem of the Day
Was surely inappropriate if Poetry Soup administrators wish to say
The site maintains neutrality when it comes to political discourse
It encouraged poets, in their remarks, to choose up sides, of course
Anger and vitriol hurled toward us who are of more left-leaning mind
Will likely now become commonplace for those who are not so inclined.
Frankly, I despise clicking on a poem I think will be worth reading
Only to find, instead, an anti-American tirade of invective leading
To put-downs against our president, the vice-president, and first lady
Half-truths and conspiracy theories that, for the most part, are shady
If you are unhappy with the free and fair election that turned out your man
Then, every chance you get, go vote and change the system, if you can!
Our country is not, I think we’d all agree, a perfect democracy
We have lots of problems and crises – that's plain to see, but,
We now have a leader who cares about doing what is right
A man, who in short-order, is ready, committed, and willing to fight.
I have travelled the world over, north and south, east and west
Freedom to flourish in America is head and shoulders above the rest!
Written: April 4, 2021 (edited)
Awarded Poem of the Day on Poetry Soup
April 5, 2021
#38 on Best New Poems on Poetry Soup
April 6, 2021
It seems we said hello, just yesterday
Do you recall the night you came to town?
You blew in silently, I hoped you'd stay
Time really flies when old friends come around
When you leave here, I guess you'll be southbound
I love the pretty blanket left for me
Those yellows mix so well with red and brown
It will make such a treasured memory
Yet when you've gone, how diff'rent things will be
So cold and bare, your warmth will disappear
It happens ev'ry year so let's agree
We'll plan a longer visit for next year
Sweet autumn it is time to say goodbye
I wish you'd come next year about July
by Daniel Turner
Spenserian sonnet rhyme scheme
ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
When Martians landed from outer space
They requested to meet a world leader
So Donald arrived with a smirk on his face
But soon turned green with an alien fever
The Martians decided to probe his brain
to see if they could cure his malaise
Their readings showed that he was insane
so they zapped him with powerful rays
Donald started to twitter deliriously
but the Martians understood every word
They didn’t believe he’s taken seriously
as his tweeting was totally absurd
The Martians communicated with telepathy
Using thoughts no one could understand
An interpreter was called immediately
and declared that as leader he’s banned
A torrent of tears fell from poor Donald’s eyes
His orange skin turned an odd shade of grey
The Martians usurped Donald and to his surprise
Their first earth words were ‘have a nice day’
The Martians decreed immediate world peace
And that we must all live in perfect harmony
We must love one another, all wars have to cease
No current world leader even dared to disagree
Latest news on Donald is he’s now in a better place
He sits in his rocking chair with a grin on his face
Take me to your leader Contest
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8/6/18
How do you say goodbye
To someone who has shared
So many days so many hopes
So many nights so many dreams
How do you say goodbye
When the love has dwindled
Explanations all been heard
All the tears been shed
How do you go separate ways
Without looking back
Without easing back into one more try
How do you turn and go
How do you start anew
How do you say goodbye
AP: 3rd place 2020
It was early in the morning
Around 9 or 10
When my mom came home
Accompanied by men
It was the look in her eyes
That confirmed my worst fears
And when my stepdad arrived
I still held my tears
He's gone, I know it
They didn't have to say
All I had to ask was
In what way?
Gassed himself...
I was instantly sad
Alone with his thoughts
And I wasn't even there to hold his hand
Why?... was the question
I kept asking myself
Wasn't I enough
To keep this man in good health
He was more than a man,
He was a hero to me
My father was so special
I just wish he could see
I see your face, I see your tears
I feel your heart, I feel your fears....
And then I turn, to hold you tight
Into my arms, into the night ~
I brush your hair, you start to cry
I say I know, you ask me why???
Why, the days they turn
Blue skies they fade....
The lives you've known, that fade away
They fade away, fade away, away ~
I touch your cheek to wipe your tears
Caress your heart to calm your fears....
And then I turn to hold you tight
Within my arms throughout the night ~
I kiss your cheek, you close your eyes
I kiss your tears, you say goodbye
The one you loved, another life
The one you loved, a precious light *
I hold you close, you ask me why ~
I hold you close; we say goodbye, goodbye....
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....“Saying Goodbye???”
Note: Smile ~ “A Repo of `Love, Always & Forever,`” John!:) ~
Saying Goodbye by Dawne Zacharias
1
I once knew how to taste
I once knew how to smell
I once knew what intimacy was
2
I miss the taste of rain on my lips
I miss the smells of being close with my partner
I miss the smell of the pines and the ocean
I miss the act of being with my partner
3
I said goodbye to these things because
They were taken away from me by just
Living in this world.
4
Surgery took my smell and taste,
The war’s accident to the closeness of my partner
So what do I do
5
I said hello to sacredness to the wonderful
newness of life ahead and hello to
When one door closes the Lord opens another
6
I find I need the Lord more
I read the scriptures more
I say hello to Jesus Christ and
Ask Him to walk with me now.
7
He shows me a new way in my life
Can I ever be blessed with more than this?
I have learned to cherish all these things
They are choice before the Lord and of His Making
on the 7th day, he rested.
"A fallen leaf is nothing more than
summer's wave goodbye."
Quote by _ Unknown
the end of summer is not far away whispers my flowers
yet they still bloom so pretty each day
though while bright colors are blooming there is some decay
and the calendar does not lie as I mark off the days
I am sad and will hold onto summer for as long as possible
with walks in the park to my favorite bench
where I watch the swans and ducks drifting by in tranquility
and a thousand birds singing a symphony just for me
but, I am also looking forward to autumn's colorful days
with the red, orange and yellow leaves dancing
though, trees will weep, groan and moan their sad loss
I will walk the paths with a gentle wind blowing my hair
oh, goodbye sweet summer, gosh, you rained a lot this year
but, gave me some truly beautiful days
I loved when the sun shone through the raindrops like a dream
and the heat soaked into every pour of my body
I adore my small porch garden with the vines and flowers
my table hidden in the plants where I watch
watch, the world go by in a place of quiet serene peace
I will miss you summer, but am ready to welcome autumn
It’s time to part
you cannot stay
though we may have
another day
Hold my hand
I’ll stay awake
whatever happens
love remains
Knowing this
I am able to let go
We feel angels
at our side
soothing us
through day and night
There’s so much spirit
in your eyes
Now I know
how heaven smiles
Knowing this
I am able to let go
Knowing this
I am able
to let
you
go
While love is totally blind, the body behaves as voyeur in mind
Sitting There Saying a Prayer
While I had been sitting there,
Started suddenly to say a prayer,
When I would,
And also could;
God is always with many to spare.
Jim Horn
Getting a head start for Sunday.
I don’t know what to feel
What to assume
Things just don’t feel right
I don’t know
If I can continue to go on this way
Continue to pretend that everything is okay
Pretend that my heart isn’t breaking more and more
As each day passes
I feel like you want to break free
And disappear from me
As hard as that fact is to take
I have
I have accepted it
Just tell me that it’s over
I will be the first to go
I just don’t want to be the last to know
How you feel
You claim that you love me
But the words have lost their luster
Your actions tell me something else
They tell me that the time to say goodbye
Has arrived
It is inevitable
I have tried to fight it
Ignore it
Yet it still lingers over my head
Like a gloomy cloud
They say saying goodbye is never easy
But can someone tell me why does it have to be so hard?
The say its a myth
How can that be
They say its a norm
Who said that
Its what the say
Never open your mouth
Unless you are required to do so
Never make a decision
Unless you are willing to endure the consequences
Never underestimate anyone
Unless you are making a full of yourself
They said it was written
Who wrote it
They said it was known
Who could have known
It what they said
Eyes convey in their breaths,
energy emanations from the soul.
To listen to the eyes requires
ears of the soul; listen mode.
Each day at twilight, it seems to be so quiet
Maybe the sun wants to leave some silence behind
A peaceful time to cherish at the end of the day
The air is also still as if the descending sun slows time
To clear the mind, no rushing , no chaos
Often no wind at all to stir things around the land
At twilight take a look, you may find more than changes in the sky
Or the color at the horizon reflecting in the clouds
You may just find this quiet stillness, not much moving
Just the sun saying goodbye, leaving for today
With an impression making silence seem loud
Heidi Sands
10/22/22