Kindergarten Poems

They bring me gifts. Leaves, acorns, a flyswatter, mud off their shoes.
With big smiles and a happy attitude, they bring me gifts daily.
Yes, I am talking about the kindergarten students, the happy five’s.
And occasional sixes, who lose their front teeth...Read More

The Good,                                      ...Read More

Our life is made up of milestones,                                 ...Read More

A happy go lucky guy was he,   
until the "thread" of bad health set in.      
As the many years passed by,            ...Read More

Her name was Beautiful and she was.
Her sisters were Diamond and Princess.
They lived in a shelter with their mother
Until she got into another fight
And she always did.

This was their tenth shelter.
They curled up together hoping this was the one.
We were...Read More

This world can be a hard cold place,                                ...Read More

Reality is something you rise above,                                  ...Read More

Oh what a beautiful day                                   ...Read More

Here we sit all cold and wet,                                 ...Read More

Remember when we were young,                                   ...Read More

As I slept a spell fell over me                                ...Read More

(This dog was an angel in a fur coat)


Angels come in all shapes and sizes
this one was full of prizes.
An Easter gift,
oh! so soft and not stiff.
Boys got her at the pound,        ...Read More

When did I learn to walk?
The awkward stance,
a toddler’s uncertain step,
stumbling, falling, 
getting up again until
rhythm of feet and
balance work in sequence, 
was that when I learned
to walk? No.

When did I learn to walk?
Kindergarten marches,
a military parade of sorts
around a...Read More

When I was young,                                    ...Read More

Oh how I want a doggy, 
a bundle of love and fur.                            ...Read More

The music of the clanging from the chilled glass of wine,                             ...Read More

pelican misery steam
epilogue note
wise sheriff pedestal...Read More

MY BROTHER, MY BEST FRIEND, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR John Francis Lyons-


He is and adventurist artist
He is of military admiration
He is from the heart and soul beautiful
He is more than a mere friend
He is poet non vocal favorite singer(s) Johnny...Read More

In a Ferris wheel I feel like I can touch the sky,                            ...Read More

When I grow Up,                                    ...Read More

Is it the last call for lonely hearts?                                ...Read More

A child stood whimsically staring beyond my stately fence of
neighborly convictions, I stoically beckon my approval of his 
eyes invasion of my overly priced tag of the American dream.
I proffered a parents nightmare of wrapped gooey sweetness
towards his outstretched soiled...Read More

Love comes in many shapes, sizes and thoughts,
the love of flowers, things, our best pets.
Love may come as that special gift,
the one gift I have wanted or may have been waiting for.
Love is given and received freely by some,
yet required...Read More

Resolutions each January I feel I must do.                                ...Read More

I navigate my computer,                                    ...Read More