Best Staton Poems

By Valerie D. Staton


I love you…
More than Elmer loves glue
More than Bruce loves Kung Fu
More than Sara loves pie
You’re the apple of my eye

More than Samson loves Delilah
More than smoke loves fire
More than Adam loves Eve
You're the only one I need

More than needle loves thread
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CHICKADEE
By Valerie D. Staton

Outside my window in a maple tree,
I saw the most beautiful Chickadee;
Seated on a bough, the little songbird,
Sang the sweetest song I’d ever heard;
The tiny bird’s song drew other birds near,
Creepers and Kinglets I could clearly hear;
When I grabbed my flute and...

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A Curtain of Rain
By Valerie D. Staton

A curtain of rain
Fell from graphite colored sky…
Cars are floating by...

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Who Would Have Thought
By Valerie D. Staton


The first time we met I was a bit scared
To be in a union unequally paired

You smoked cigarettes, I did not
You liked the cold weather, I liked it hot

You drank alcohol, I drank decaf tea
Who would have thought you’d...

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By Valerie D. Staton


Down a long winding road there lived Old Betty Ann
In an old wooden house, the color of sand

Her home was surrounded by gardens and trees
And wind chimes that sung with the stir of a breeze

Most days Betty Ann could be found on...

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By Valerie D. Staton

Whenever circumstances go awry,
And it seems like you cannot catch a break;
Cast your cares on the One who sits on high,
Who's incapable of making mistakes;

There is purpose for all of life’s events,
Be they joyous or encumbered in sorrow;
The same God that hovered...

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By Valerie D. Staton

My mind swims with thoughts of yesterday...
a day of unrelenting anguish and fist pounding sorrow
a day never to be forgotten
a day never to be relived again...

a day my heart, like a vase hurled against a granite wall,
shattered into a million pieces...

the day...

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Stone Washed
By Valerie D. Staton

stiff denim fabric
attacked by gang of pumice - 
heavily distressed...

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By Valerie D. Staton

It pains me my memories are fading 
My parent’s memories were sharp as tacks
It is their recollections I am invading
I wish I could have my memories back
I preserve moments with paper and pen 
Photos crammed onto adhesive pages
Diary depicts who, what, where...

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Sounds in Everglades
By Valerie D. Staton

Across Everglades
A cacophony of sounds
Natural soundscape...

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Transform me Oh Lord into a new creation. 
Cover me with grace and mercy each day and night. 
Lead me Lord into Thy hands.

Valerie D. Staton...

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Crimson Maple Leaf
by Valerie D. Staton

Crimson Maple leaf
lackadaisically swirled
amidst a backdrop of blue...

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God Created Me For A Reason
By Valerie D. Staton


My mother did not initially want me
Tried to spontaneously abort me
But the God who sits on high would not let me die
He created me for a reason

My father never wanted me
Never provided for nor inquired about me
But...

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Nature’s Regiment
By Valerie D. Staton


Nature’s regiment
Adorned in camouflaged suits
Brown and android green
Bravely battle brazen winds  
Defeated by acid rain...

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Between A Crevice
By Valerie D. Staton


Between a crevice
I spy a city that thrives;
Trucks meander North
Pedestrians move, along
sidewalks the color of sand...

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