I paused by the river in the late afternoon—
how many years have passed!
The plane tree on the bank, towering,
the riverbed unchanged;
what, I wonder, will I find on the other side?
The hollow in the plane tree has widened,
memories stored within its hiding place—
time ferrets them out through nostalgia!
We used to play cops and robbers as children;
dry plane leaves, at the mercy of the wind!
The riverbed, an endless white snakeskin,
stones rolled round like scales—
how often I slipped into its freezing waters!...
my schoolbag a lifebuoy upon my back;
sunken pebbles held hostage in the sand!
On the opposite bank stands my childhood home;
its chimney smoked on a day like this,
the doorway held a sweet scent as Mother passed through,
the courtyard gate creaked at Father’s step;
a robin sang amidst the fresh snow!
Watc a word lose its head
Let’s murde another
Kil with aplomb
Hur yet more
Pa n loses an eye
Look a mom sheds a tear for otherer
Behead Dee and Kate
ipping handfullfs of Aaarrs
lit and crave
Let the captai Neil kneell
I c u hidin
An evenin like this is great
Grate nails to the ski
Cut face from the chi
Fit in my bi
Do I get extra for trip lets continu
Sommeee of them got freeeee
It’s okay your saw the chain i brough with m
I think we might have to renam them tres
See ewe nex Tim.
When I bring home a deer...
to live in our living room, my roommate
won't hear of it. Fear of what? I will ask.
He has no horns. He eats only oats, but
not yours only; I bought him some food.
He's not even hairy. I'm not even sorry
I brought him home. He'll sleep with me
on the floor of the washroom. I'll wash
him down with a hose and a broom.
I suppose you think there's no room
for a deer without antlers (as dear
as he is). What do you want? I should
bring home a goat?
that call, a face
porcelain
pressed against glass
and dead eyes wrought
from an attic room
watching us
her name badge was
irrelevant
“No, those top rooms
are not used, full
of junk and all locked up”
yet the face watched us
leave; into
the further ghosts
of night
Welcome home
And comfort me
Today
Dear Rosanme
Come and join me
Love dose
After prayers of prophets at home
No one will separate you and me
from Monday
You will turn my house rose
Strong parfum to my nose
daily
Visitors will sense it mostly
At our main entrance
Everyday
Happiness will rise superbly
In our family
As...I Say
Well known couple from that Monday
Which will be a blessed day
To you and me
Lesbian and Gay
Will astonish on our marriage day
At home
To see saulmates of the first Monday
Of the year till to the last day
Of life.
March 14/2023
Written for contest sponsored by Kim Rodriguez
Home should be made a place of love
A stable shelter from all storms of life
Within the walls of a happy home, I avow,
There will be no room for spite or strife
Where all live in the spirit of peace as dove
A place to turn to when heavy with care
The love received there is balm to every scar
An abode to which, after tedious toil, we happily retire
A simple dwelling with not even a palace, on par
Where, in joys and sorrows, all have an equal share.
A home is more than a roof above our head
But a haven where all dissensions disappear
Where each one is bound by love’s thread
And the river of life runs smooth and clear
Where God is revered, and prayers are said
October.16.2022
Your Choice Again Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Brian Strand
Three Stanza Poem in Quintain (Sicilian)
Sponsor- L. Milton Hankins
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Home is not a house
Home is not a flat
Home is not whatever place
I laid down my hat
Home is not a country
Home is not a town
Home is not the place that I
Put my suitcase down
Home is not a memory
Nor a future hope
Home is not an anchor
That binds you like a rope
Home is not four walls in which
I do the things I do
Home is any time or place
That I share with you
I heard the song “A lovers Lullaby” once
A soulful yearning by Janis Ian
And that’s what you are for me in my life
A lullaby for my heart
With you by my side my days are sweeter
You lift my life’s burdens and pain
And lay down with me without judgement
A lullaby for my heart
Our music is the harmony of two lives smitten
Effervescent notes hugging hearts, singing
Your arms about me, with you I am always home
A lullaby I keep in my heart
So stay with me while you can my love
Sing to awake me as day begins
Our own happy love song of blessings
A lullaby I keep in my heart
written 8-9-2019
My Home Poetry contest 2nd Place
Sponsor: LuLoo
My heart
Was in a slumber so deep
Almost as if poison
Had put me to sleep
But you
You were the one
Just that one special person
Who could change that for me
Because
Your smile
Was so gentle
So kind
Just like a fireplace
With a warm embrace
I would get enlaced every time
Your words were so soft and kind
It made my heart rewind
But with the rewind
It also
Put thoughts in my mind
I felt as if
I wasn’t ready
To know what true love is
Because I was a fool of so many others
games and tricks
It gave me that feeling that was deep in my heart
It felt like a shiver down my spine
But the good kind
The kind that made me want to stay with you forever
Together
I know I’m a lot to fix
Because of the damage that was done
By everyone else
But with you I feel something greater
I feel safe
As if I have finally found my home
So please
Don’t make our love a mistake
The heartbreak
Will just be too much to take
My heart will just fall asleep forever
Never again to be awake
~11/2/2017
By Hannah Rothen & Pailey Gordon
My heart
Was in a slumber so deep
Almost as if poison
Had put me to sleep
But you
You were the one
Just that one special person
Who could change that for me
Because
Your smile
Was so gentle
So kind
Just like a fireplace
With a warm embrace
I would get enlaced every time
Your words were so soft and kind
It made my heart rewind
But with the rewind
It also
Put thoughts in my mind
I felt as if
I wasn’t ready
To know what true love is
Because I was a fool of so many others
games and tricks
It gave me that feeling that was deep in my heart
It felt like a shiver down my spine
But the good kind
The kind that made me want to stay with you forever
Together
I know I’m a lot to fix
Because of the damage that was done
By everyone else
But with you I feel something greater
I feel safe
As if I have finally found my home
So please
Don’t make our love a mistake
The heartbreak
Will just be too much to take
My heart will just fall asleep forever
Never again to be awake
~11/2/2017
The smell of baking bread
A welcome at the door,
That comfortable armchair-
Paintings on the wall,
Gran-kids coming to call,
No ceremony or fuss
Family and us-
Bibles & books abound,
His love to surround,
Loyalty is found
HOME ALONE
The vacation bean for winter,
Alone in home with my diary,
My parent at wedding season,
Being a kin at home ,
Loneliness hugging me too tight.
My dear ones and pal,
At their own world,
Only me the only left,
In their ordinary world,
The room so big,
The being so small,
The things too many,
The mind so fresh,
The T.V seems to be my best pal,
But no longer,
The sound of the thief rat,
Sound so scary.
Smell of the room,
The view of the crying cat,
View so scary.
If some one sending beside me,
My head don’t to turn back,
And my mind totally freak,
The heart beat so fast,
While hearing the bell ring ‘ting tong’’
Can’t wish to go move out from my second pal blanket.
But I have to move so.
Cause Am home alone.
No one seems to open the door.
And when the door was opened,
It was my best pal.
By Nehamiah Theophylus Haokip
On31//3/2014
She eased the dreams of my teens,
For,
An English home,
A Japanese wife,
By stepping into my home as a house-wife,
My home,with a wife,in pease is now like a church!
in metro city
A-PART-MENTS, FLATS, COMPLEXES,
is any house "home"
Dog Free to Good Home
By Elton Camp
I have a dog to give away
One I picked up as a stray
Only good homes need apply
Who Brutus’ needs will supply
Recommendations you must give
And let me come see how you live
Also, Brutus must be kept inside
A fenced yard must be supplied
Pet insurance you must take out
Vet visits supplied without doubt
Table scraps you mustn’t feed
The finest food he does need
Just to take him in is not okay
An adoption is the only way
Your fur child he has to be
In order for you to satisfy me
Also, his territory you must respect
Otherwise, it’s an attack to expect
If all of these things you will supply
Then to adopt him you may apply
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