without hope we do not thrive
we do not live, we do not strive
hope is the wherewithal we need to continue
the angels bring it to us in heavy doses
some days we need it more than other days
they shower it upon our souls, but we have power
power to open up our hearts and feel hope
and power to shut it down, and wither away.
Categories:
doses, angel,
Form: Free verse
Have a poet friend, said I'm an unusual poet
Very true, I never know where this old brain is focused
It's a mystery to me
Same as you, as you see
I'm as entertained as you guys, but only in small doses
Categories:
doses, irony,
Form: Limerick
(5 words per line)
Christmas frolic now spreads unwrapped,
all love intended packs unstrapped.
Each gift ribboned emotions rapt
to reveal joy poignantly apt.
Memories have great heart impact
people seek to keep intact.
Christmas doses produce love extract
to sweeten cheers lasting distract.
May love I Christmas exact,
imprint Christmas love as fact.
Categories:
doses, christmas, love,
Form: Rhyme
If nirvana is a void of emptiness
Then I am experiencing nirvana
In increments
The stillness in my thoughts
Lingers within my daydreams
I can taste the bitterness of anxiety
So I breathe in
My chest expands
And now I am full
I am complete
I am at peace
I exhale
To unfold The world around me
within the million stories I tell
Categories:
doses, absence, anxiety, blessing, creation,
Form: Free verse
Family get togethers are so much fun
provided you stick to the rules.
Greet everyone with a smile.
Get them talking about themselves.
Don't compare nor gloat.
Set the timer to 'it will be over soon'.
Keep topics neutral; arguments deflated.
Keep unmentionables hidden away.
Don't say the obvious, keep anger at bay.
Small talk, short talk - in small short doses,
spread evenly around the room.
You can survive, unruffled, uninjured
by keeping it all short and sweet.
Happy........Whatsoever.
Categories:
doses, abuse, celebration, family,
Form: Grook
Living life is like taking poison—ha, you die a little each day.
Monoku #1 contest by Poet Destroyer A
Categories:
doses, life,
Form: Monoku
My friend, Carol Eastman, said I'm an unusual poet
Very true, I never know where this old brain is focused
It's a mystery to me
Same as you, as you see
I'm as entertained as you guys, but only in small doses
© Jack Ellison 2015
Categories:
doses, humorous,
Form: Limerick
God Gives Us
Wisdom In Small Doses
Sad is the People of the lost hope
LIFE is often a long drive nowhere
Golden is the song joy brings
Deep is love that truly lives
Dark are troubles that they ware
Lost are hopes never to see
Young is the ones of youth
God is the stand of truth
They rarely ever yields fruit
Some are waiting for there fate
Death is the heart that hates
Sadness never ever repairs
The heart that hats or judges
As they seek to stop their time
They think their LIFE can turn on a dime
Surrender to Jesus and win
Lies often destroys friends and Family
God helps us mend and live again.
Rev. Samuel Mack, OMS, DD
Copyright 2014
Categories:
doses, bible, care, christian,
Form: Verse
Wisdom In Small Doses
Pale is the color of lost hope
life is often a short rope
Golden is the song joy gives
deep is love that truly lives
Blue are troubles sadly worn
lost are hopes never born
White is the color of youth
bold is the stand of truth
Never rarely ever yields fruits
clubs are guns that don't shoot
Soon is time waiting for fate
dead is the heart that hates
Sorry never really repairs
the heart that it so scares
Later seeks to stop sweet time
life can turn on a dime
Surrender never ever wins
lies oft' destroys friends
Robert Lindley, July 12th, 1982
Another old one from long ago, from another life it seems......
Categories:
doses, life, memory, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
My memories play hide and seek,
Sprinting with all its might from the truth
Categories:
doses, imagination
Form: Crystalline
Comfort comes in small doses
But pain gushes
Fills in those holes
That you thought you covered up
I’ll pat you dry
When the torture rains mercilessly
Categories:
doses, friendship, life, love, sad,
Form: I do not know?