Best Welcoming Poems
pumpkins sit and smile
scarecrows wave from empty fields
welcoming winter
Heidi Sands
11/6/19
Placed 6th in.. A late fall or early winter Haiku Poetry Contest.
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In the absence of complication,
trials and tribulations become distant memories.
Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes -
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind.
While a tiny thread weaves daydreams
among tulips and chinaberry,
creating comfort along a beckoning horizon
as footsteps are soft and freedom a gift.
Birthing a simpler life singing, whistling and
smiling as a weight has been lifted
like an acorn to a nest where hunger
is merely a fading illusion.
Borderless curves of a winding way
meander without consequence
when nature forms a calming view and
confusion is a season somewhere in the past.
Where wide eyes see the future as a ray of light,
a beacon illuminating every hope,
signaling that this is your time and place
and you rejoice in the feeling.
And as peace becomes common
along avenues of cobblestone stories,
welcoming gestures bloom throughout all…
in the absence of complication.
11/20/19
For the: In the absence of complication Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One
she welcomed death
peacefully, in her sleep...
her flowers
don't seem to know
inviting guests to the yard
For Andrea's Tanka 2 contest
3/16/15
On
lucent
gossamer
wings fulgent in
my precious garden
nymphs spin golden trumpets
welcoming spring. Gentian bells
sway blithely beneath jubilant
incantations arousing cupids
ardent desire blossoming cherry pink.
A bouquet of red roses for you PD
In appreciation for all you do
And a box of chocolates too
Thank you for being a member of the welcoming committee
A bouquet of pink roses for you Anne Lise
For being the wonderful person that you are
Spreading your kind words of love and peace
As you welcome the new poetic stars
A bouquet of yellow roses for you Skat
For being so kind and sweet
As with encouraging words you greet
the new poets, I'm sure they appreciate that
To all three lovely ladies, so fine
Here's wishing you a Happy Valentine
Thank you for making the Soup a better place
With your warm welcoming embrace
*We had our first mild day the other day :)
The mild air came upon frozen snow
Melting with water dripping streams
Beech tree leaves kept rustling
In the wind that moved ice
Winter is changing
Within a day
For now it
Welcomes
Spring
Heidi Sands
2/26/21
Frosty takes his leave
melting snow on the hillside
Spring has her warm ways
A breath of air bodes of sweet spring
And urges winter on its way.
A red breast robin on the wing
Is looking for a place to stay
To build a nest without delay.
The signs of spring are all around
Answering to nature's set alarms.
Snowbells are pushing from the ground,
While bees steal from a blossom's charms
In daffodil fields on vast bulb farms.
In spring the world is young again
With new life sprouting everywhere.
As winter leaves without fanfare.
We rush to meet spring in midair.
October eyes welcoming
seasons charming exchange
Greens for the golden,
of trees, as they rearrange
Crimson twirls
from limb to ground
Circles completing
as nature astounds
October eyes gleaning
whirling color revolutions
observing the dance
with pleasing devotions
Crackling leaves
crunching under my feet
another Autumn
I’m blessed to meet
©Debra Squyres
WELCOMING WINTER
In mid-winter we will be wed:
Oh, that the cool whiteness could be sped !
How my heart waits for her cool embrace
And the feel of snow flakes on my face,
Running warm through her frosted trees,
Watching the river’s fastness slow to freeze,
And the warmth that follows a ski-run,
And the snowshoe races full of fun.
Waiting so long is a weary task,
Till I’m crumping her white damask
Into pearl-grey hollows ,
And shaping shallow billows.
Then our hands touch in warmth and we know
There’s only a few weeks to go :
A smile from each diamond encrusted branch
Shows my face all a-blanch.
As my love walks close by me in a hush
My heart overflows at her special blush.
On sunlit silver snow no cold-eyed tear.
Oh my heart yearns for wintry land soon this year !
Welcoming Our Little Ty
We welcome in a baby boy named Ty
blessed we are, asking not why
Life precious and so very sweet
another grandson I'll soon greet
Life sends blessings as it flows
we thank God and it surely shows
A future with this child's joys
daughter now has two beautiful boys
Old age brings in surprising gifts
this blessing stands and uplifts
More time I now desperately seek
with these children so mild and meek
Praying for a life much, much longer
to see my family grow so much stronger!
Robert J. Lindley, 01-08-2015
Dedicated to my new grandson ,Ty Brooks Atkinson
may God bless he and all his family..
Ty was born Jan. 7th 2015 at 9 pounds 2 ounces at 23 inches and with a full head of long blonde hair.
All are doing fine . Scheduled to leave hospital tomorrow afternoon.
We are so blessed to have this new addition to our family!
God blesses ......
Bloom of morn's welcome unfurls when pained goodbye acts as a teacher.
Silent One's One Liner--Hello and Goodbye
12/21/2018
Hello!
Hello in there?
Can you feel me yet?...
Welcome to the United States of America!
The U-nited States began as an incubation site
for humane freedom and justice,
although our elders were a bit ahead of
non-violent communication therapy,
mind/body communion therapy,
so we have run into some long-term monoculturing problems
with linking up our justice walk
with our multicultural peace talk.
You have chosen to seed in what was our global hope
for incubating ecological economics.
I so hope you develop neither surprised nor disappointed
in the U.S. rebranding project,
now providing global laundry and enculturation services
for other would-be sub-optimizers
perpetually fascinated,
and distractedly entertained,
with anthro-centric adolescence,
devoid of sufficient ecological heart
to assure healthy root systems
for EarthTribe's potential grandchildren.
This U-benighted States of perpetual anthroprivileged greed
and monolithic egohubris,
now aspires to become Earth's monopolistic
Monocultural Laundry Service,
divesting of polycultural natural enrichment
to thoroughly trash the exciting high risk market
in anthro-centric extract-and-burn entitlements.
If you thought you had landed
within smooth warm womb
of old school not Zero-Sum
Win-Win Golden Rule Skin
in a Permacultural Game Theory
of regenerative life outcomes...
well,
good luck being born a polypathic alien
in this Oppositional Disordered political and racing-apart economic monoculture,
this DisUniting whitewashed policing State
of fear we could never have or become enough,
out to save the globe with arms of might
now that we have proven
how great we are with shooting down each other,
in our homes and on our streets.
Welcome, baby,
it's a not-so-brave old world
in our UBeNighted State.
" They're Welcoming GOD's Children Home ... "
( Rev. 21: 3 - 7 )
The Harps of Heaven Are Playing
The Holy Angels Are Saying
In Voices of Melodious Song ...
They're Welcoming GOD's Children Home
The Cymbals of Heaven Are Ringing
The King and The kings Are Now Singing
In Loyal and Most Loving Tones ...
They're Welcoming GOD's Children Home
_______________
(changed chorus:)
We Heard and Obeyed Jesus Christ
He Leads Us To Eternal Life
He's Bringing Back - Loved Ones That Had Been Gone
He's Calling All GOD's Children Home
All The Castaways That Were Lost At Sea
All The Ones That Longed To Be Free
They're Preparing A Place For You and For Me
In Mansions For GOD's Families ...
(John 14: 2)
________________
The Garden of Eden Is Growing
The Glory of GOD - We're Beholding
To Jehovah God and To Christ, We Belong ...
Hallelujah! ... JAH's Children Are Home
Hallelujah! ... I'm One of HIS Own
He's Lifting & Breaking Grave Stones
Come To The Greatest Celebration We've Ever Known
Where HE's Welcoming HIS Children Home
Written & Copyrighted ©: 1/15/2014
by: MoonBee Canady
There’s an aged Eastern cedar tree
not far from the steps of my back door.
Enormous and quite old it harbors
a full range of flora and fauna
that have sought refuge amid its arms.
I reckon it soars 60 feet high
with an amazing 30-foot girth.
In winter, frosty mist on needles–
faux snow covers its verdant branches–
although it remains green winter-long
Welcoming woody fragrance in Spring
attracts curious creatures of trees–
working tirelessly to build their homes
in the evergreen’s burgeoning boughs–
a comfortable coniferous cool residence.
The cardinals staking my feeders,
fluffed and braced against the chilling cold–
medallions, red on silvery green–
Christmas’ reverberant Friendship Tree
reminds me of friends and family.
My enduring evergreen shares its
sheltering arms and embraces all
who come, as a nurturing mother
providing food, comfort, and kindness
to any seeking safety within her.