Lighter Poems | Examples

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Premium Member I am admitting '

I am involved in hate crime people..'
Well I hate that type of crime you see.? I am willing
If tbings get hot.' Though? To plead
Guilty on ( hating grime !) As i hear the
Legal system is two teired.' And due to
The epstien luminarys status.? I think I could
Have a chance to get an Oscar.' You know
The one' He was big on Sesame street.)

Premium Member The Lighter Side of Light

Light...
Light Wakes this World from its Slumber

Light...
Light Shakes this World by the Number

Light...
Light Bakes this World every Summer

Light...
Light Takes this World...What a Bummer!

Premium Member The Lighter Side of Faith

     The sun provides me light from without
        My faith provides it from within

     On days when no light shines on my skin
        What’s within dispels any doubt


Premium Member Lighter side of things


The road is long,
unexpected happenings
I found the perfect place to live,
not knowing the crisis I would endure
The waves rolled in,
The world spun around me
As I literally fought for my life
While I recover, I have many thoughts
I don't focus on the disruption to my new peaceful place
I am grateful for the timing, the lighter side of things
     - that this didn't happen where I was before -

Heidi Sands

6/13/25

Premium Member The Lighter Side of Antisemitism


     For those who want to ‘kill all the Jews’
        Here’s some food for thought

     Get a rabbi to extend Passover one more week
        You’ll love what will have been wrought

     For another week of ‘matzo only’
        Jews’ stomachs will do somersaults

     And that way it won’t be antisemitism’s fault
        ~ that our bowel functions came to a halt

Premium Member On the Lighter Side

I don’t like the da, da da, da dark 
Keep the nightlight on, please! 
I would rather sit in the park 
With the Sun always on, you see 
I for real really don’t like the dark 
Especially when evil lurking shadows 
Leep out at me, sneak up on me 
I would really rather be 
Kneading some luminescent Play Do 
Eating some glowing (s)lime green Jello 
Skipping silver dollars in the pool 
Being a downright good fellow 
I will not goof around like a fool 
Just sipping da margaritas 
And being really really mellow and cool 

That’s me, mellow and cool


Have any of you seen the YouTube clip where you can darken labels on Amazon packages with a lighter


….
Not of importance
But Amazon now have a new department
dealing with customers who set fire to their own packages

Blood vs Water

A heavenly mix,
that gives a perfect fix.
They say blood is thicker than water,
a reverberating old proverb.

But, I object!!!
Course in the world I am living,
water is magic.
In the world I am living,
water is no different.

It can be lighter, but it is an anchor,
And blood can be thicker, but predominantly bitter.
Hence, the concept is invalid
to me, if not to anyone else.
Course in the world I am living,
Both hás volume.

Lighter Side Of Me

Nice to be alone
With nature, it's welcoming
It's lighter, secure.

Premium Member The Lighter Side of Tragedy

   Where were you when JFK was shot
      Who were you suing

   A lawyer who can't remember that
      ~ his amygdala needs re-cuing

Premium Member My Cigarette Lighter

Vicky my poor widow and maid
I had to pause
and write you this page
A passing though my love has made
to mention you and the love I caged
My sight was your prisoner
when ever you were around
Desire well known deceptive clown
I fought the worlds reality
and defeat it with eternity
My love will out live time itself
A piece of my heart 
sits on your shelf
Reminding me there's 
no marriage in heaven
And with this 
revive hope it's given
Confess to souls
before I leave this earth
A cigarette lighter 
had given you birth
Known only to us
this secret code
The end of that night
this story unfolds
Wizards, witches and fairies
stake hold in their existence 
and the hand of god offer no resistance
It is not decrepit and never grew old
The love I kept for you
will never grow cold
Many times I saw you
with deepest regret
not a year goes by 
without your respect
I endure the suffering 
my desire distains
And if I were rich
Love wouldn't wait to claim
Laugh at others while 
they say it's a shame
Satisfy happiness while 
wearing your name
No, It never goes out 
this wanting claim
through time it's known as
this everlasting flame

Lighter Than a Cloud

Would not my eyes express delight
to see the flash upon the water bright
As porpoise play on mornings dawning day
I follow them and dance along the way

Could not my heart be lighter then a cloud
as rise the sun to lift my sleepy shroud
then greet some friends and smile in unison
we weave our days with love that is finespun

Should now this be my last to walk the Earth
I hope to leave some good that shines my birth
how precious you became in life to me
may memories lift hearts in absentee

An Empty Lighter

I found fire 
in the house
without a spark.
A whisper
snapping through flint.

I found fire
in me.
I looked up
and the blue orange evening sky
was there, and so was everything.
And the silent movement 
of my face smiling
made me a flame

Premium Member The Lighter Side

The lighter side, always the best
Laughter dissolves all pain
Acting not at ego’s behest
 Worries to rest are lain

Learn from laughing Buddha 
Pure life, free from stigma
Alpha and Omega

Joy throbs inside
The lighter side

15-September-2021
Quietus

Give Me the Lighter

Give me the lighter 
The days are dark 
And cold 
The egoistic evildoers
 from the top
Controls the switchs of 
Our Freedom in Africa 
And beyond
In our world today 
No wonder truth are 
Hard to found on the lips 
Of many 
Is obvious how 
Freedom is deep 
Yet expensive in this era 
And before now 

Give me the lighter 
The days are dark and grey 
Everyone still fighting 
Despite the change of time 
The world is still far from unity 
What else can we see 
To realise what the time speaks 
So I chose to life in the dark 
Yes I refuse to be teasty 
While standing in the clean rivers
Of water 
please permit me to light up 
The life  I know
Permit me to inhale wisdoms 
to exhale knowledge
Permit me please
 while I chill and breath 
With the trees of life 
 so  please 
Give me the  lighter

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