Rhyme Life Poems

19 April 2019  5:54 pm
A short reminder of what is important

Who will miss you when your gone
Who will be glad that you've moved on

In...

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I dreamed of a note
A hollow tone in oak
The bark of a symphony 
And every rest a choke

Brass nails in the timbre
Hummed with lovely hues
It...

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Varied the ways that a father's life gifts his son,
Not till his stroke did I witness Dad's tears.
Dream unimagined! What chance that his weakness
Might welcome...

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I'm Reminded
By: Tom Wright
9/30/98

Toward lightening bolts,
I cast a weary eye.
Hearing Heaven rumble
as they jump, flash,
fork, and race,
across the sky.

In wonderment,
this thought comes to mind.
A symbol...

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The Real Deal
By: Tom Wright
10/2/98
        
Yes, I'm genuine,
this I can honestly say.
I'm the same man this morning,
as I...

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I cradle my stomach, not to keep it safe but to keep me safe from it 
I can feel my womb swelling, smirking that it’s...

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Thank You, Lord, for enriching my spiritual life* thru Your Word!
Such is Your knowledge established by Your immutable record…
…Which strengthens my faith upon Your divine...

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nothing seems to work out
the way i have it planned
when the crowd sits down
that's when i decide to stand

things always seem to go
a tad bit...

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We are so tiny, of no consequence
As single parts we make no sense
So very different yet somehow the same
Each of us just a link in...

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Ambitions oft get put on hold
For there are many strings
By which our freedom is controlled,
A clipping of our wings.

But sometimes we must take the blame
When...

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lying in the stroller waiting for a push
then we go round the mulberry bush
saddling up the rocking horse
getting our jeans all dirty of course!
day one...

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'Are you ok? ' I hear the words
But can't find a reply
'Yes.' At last I answer
I don't mean it, and I cry

I'm not ok. I'm...

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NOT W.I.P.
By: Tom Wright
9/2/98

Jesus of Nazareth, who was a carpenter’s son,
Hung on the cross with His Life on earth done.
The rebuilding business He continues today,
Rebuilding...

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It was just a quick trip to the vet.
They haven't been too bad as yet
Then they told me to nap
Like an idiot sap
I thought, take...

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The last of its door at the end of the road
Will you step through?
Take a breath... take off your coat
Open the door and step into...

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Life of Lonny McBain

Being home by the fire will ease the strain
from being out in this cold miserable rain
the crackling sparks will shed some pain
making...

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After winter's cold drought
Before the summer's bright
Comes the weeks of waking
Diminished shades of night
Each new dew-drop sunrise
Finds lengthening, the light

Greens begin their creep
Hallowed - life's...

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The only news these days I need
Is sung by birds in high top trees
In the middle of the forest deep
That's the only news I need

Tells...

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You can never go back 
That's what they say 
But, you never listen 
And you go anyway 

When I pulled into town 
It was almost the same 
Everything looks smaller 
But, its you...

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He had a reputation for helping the elderly, the poor and the young.
He was killed by the hand of a Judas who was once his...

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