Time Iambic Pentameter Poems

I didn't have a chance to say goodbye,
to let you know how dear you are to me
and though my chance is gone, I still will...

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At times life may seem soooo complicated,
But life can continue unabated.
Whilst the solution overlooked, the key,
Which often resides in simplicity.

For each, there is a path...

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We were once the eye of the universe,
And thinking otherwise was just perverse.
Many times in the past, wrong we have been,
And history proves we shall...

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My mind is boggled down
My chest feels wrapped too tight,
Just wanna curl up in a ball
Sure as hell don't wanna fight.

I wanna lean back in...

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There's no free lunch in this mean town, my friend.
You have to play the game, and learn to bend.
It's quid pro quo, or shiver in...

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An early outing for my friend and I
We walked the winding path down to the springs
The uncut winter hay is now waist high 
And in...

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Long ago in the short-time lively spring
In the grassy plains of a small island
Came from nonexistence a young sapling 
Nurtured by the love of her...

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How much of fate is shaped for us at birth;
   how much is figured to be circumstance?
A story now I share with you...

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When I was young, my weekends started with
an after-supper bonus Friday nights—
soft drinks and candy bars. We watched one of
three channels while we relished these...

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	At twenty-one, I knew I had to leave
	the little one-HORSE town where I was born.
	I well REMEMBER BUILDING up the nerve
	to tell my folks goodbye....

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A Realization

Once upon a time, a baby was born
In a small town near the green mountains. 
He was living life off from thorn.
Blessed! But he’s...

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Lake, Pond, and Kettle

The lake is glistening beneath the sun,
and paddle boats leave ripples in the light. 
The sky above, a lovely turquoise blue
with fluffy...

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		I was just ten or twelve when I first saw
		him standing in the doorway of my room.
		I was awake--or so I thought. Each time
		he paralyzed...

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You say a word and set the world aflame
No thought to what the nations think or feel
The turmoil that we're in is not a game
I...

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Healing From Music

Dim so dim was the light that lead the way
Not a reflection but a shadow of what was;
Feeling resonating vibrations I may,
Because music...

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Love is simple, but you must let it be.
Enjoy its form, let it dance wildly. 
Love rests not on a page so idly
as described by...

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    TO LOVE TOO LATE
Some time ago, when I was hot and young
and being older than my meager years,
the know it all,...

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I smiled at you as you sang Christmas song
you stood enthronged by others, bringing cheer
my heart was sad; it thought of all that's wrong
and why...

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Blood and Envy - A Cautionary Christmas Poem
By Jude S. Walko 

Twas some time after All Hallows Eve.
The roof started to leak like a sieve.
But...

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Remember when you are old and grey
And your hands and legs tremble a bit,
Forlorn beside a fire-place lit
You'd sit with your fingers clasped in pray.

An...

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