Long Sight for sore eyes Poems

The old fart (alter cocker) shuffle

as one fairly long run on sentence
unwittingly made locally famous 
courtesy residents here at 
Highland Manor Apartments
as first one foot and then the other
painstakingly, and agonizingly dragged 
across the cement...

Read More

With a voice as soft as a warm breeze on a cold night.
Her brown big eyes glitter like pearls straight from an oyster’s shell.
I felt my senses tingle in excitement as she reached for my...

Read More

Walking.....
I was walking...
Like I have done every morning
since we moved into this neighborhood.

I stepped back and my sight caught a radiant monarch butterfly...
It had four broad colorful wings, and very 
distinguishable from other butterflies I...

Read More

Vacation Contest
Sponsor: Lin Lane


The sweet fragrance of tall palms swaying in the breeze, 
brought  continuous harmony into our hearts,
The smell of contentment spread as far as the eye can see,
This was our anticipated honeymoon,...

Read More

What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey

~Different beliefs can be a blessing~

He was born on a chilly Saturday afternoon, sweet boy with lots of love,
we all knew he'd be very special because he had...

Read More

Tom Sharing Aphorisms
(old adages)
Composed: by Miracle Man
11-9-2019

I’ve been told, when younger,
”I could start a fight in an empty House.”
Because often “I would cloud up and rain knuckles,”
and later “was a sight for sore eyes”
Sometimes “I...

Read More

Across the sea in a far off land,
Hunkered down in a bombed out farmhouse, a soldier makes his final stand.
Seriously wounded, but no fear does he show,
As the enemy approaches, he’s locked and loaded and...

Read More

                                  ...

Read More

A collaboration by Sara Etgen-Baker and Constance LaFrance
For the International Contest, A Poet's Crush Collaboration
Sponsor, A Poet Destroyer 5/18/2024
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, to be loved by a poet
To be the poem that ignited their pride
To be the one...

Read More

She was the nadir of affection
like a scorned lover, hell-bent on revenge.
She was still like a fresh flower, a sight for sore eyes.
David was told she was once jilted
by the beau of the town,
now hell-bent...

Read More

"A House In New Orleans" Contest
Sponsor: Lin Lane

Walking down Bourbon Street I stopped at the 1850 house to see it for myself. The French Quarter is rich with historic homes...homes with fully furnished decorations and...

Read More

 

Oh, to be loved by a poet
To be the poem that ignited their pride
To be the one who offers no end to inspiration
To be seen, not only by eyes but by heart and soul
Oh,...

Read More

Never the never


If all was to disappear in front of your eyes, 
Would you still reach out for me?  
In an echo chamber I am only ever, 
Calling out for you to hear the...

Read More

Ah tis a glorious morn in Old Penryn Town
A chill in the air, sparkling frost on the ground
The Sun rising o're the mountains and trees to the East
What a beautiful sight .. for these old...

Read More

Well, aren’t you a sight for sore EYES 
Off the top of my HEAD its been nearly two years

Yes ,I have been keeping busy
A FINGER in every pie that’s me
It has been a bit of...

Read More

Dark shadows in the Gothic hall

The Gothic Queen has us in her thrall

I somehow am not fearful at all

But dank wet atmosphere makes everything unclear.

Humid as it is the water runs down the walls

Like tiny...

Read More

Did you know that you possessed an inner glow ? 
or that you are a wonderful sight for sore eyes to see 
but you cover it up so the true you doesn't show 
when you...

Read More

My favourite dream.


Even in a daze, I can still picture your face;
Every day, I know I am moving the right way.
Without a doubt, I will never just walk away;
You make my Monday blues, turn into...

Read More

Change


We all try to cling onto a memory in time,
That we do not wish to let go;
But in the end all our memories change.
They evolve or fade as does their face 
And if we wish...

Read More

I look in the mirror
There I see the prettiest girl in the world
For all her curves and edges
She sure is a sight for sore eyes

She knows her beauty is a weapon
The sharpest she could ever...

Read More

Walking in the moonlight, on a distant shore.Black magic, black mother let me pain no more.For the time has come for me to be alone.I must be this way for you have hit me with...

Read More

Beauty Beyond The Skin



Beauty in the ancient past must have been far more than skin deep and a sight for sore eyes

Every person, place, and thing in the entire universe was unmarred, unscarred, and undisturbed

Animals...

Read More

It was a sight for sore eyes;
This nightmare of the Gulf made us cry. 
Katrina destroyed Mississippi and Louisiana.
They were ripped to shreds.
From a biblical perspective America made God mad.
My people swam to freedom.
The Madri...

Read More

Sporting blue jean overalls and crimson pigtail braids
She wizzed right through apple bobbing and flashy arcades

Making absolute certain, she was the first in line
Only to be disappointed by a “height to enter” sign

As mad as...

Read More

Sad sad goodbyes
Tears in the rain;
TV drama

~~~~~~~~~


Old man writes
Amusing musings;
Laughs madly aloud

~~~~~~~~~


Memory recites
Changes lyrics;
Good old daze

~~~~~~~~~


Morning mist
Cold chilly wind;
Sun on vacation

~~~~~~~~~


Limping man
Walks his dog;
Sight for sore eyes

~~~~~~~~~


Old heritage tree
Ancient times linger;
Living relic

~~~~~~~~


News highlight
Men killing men;
Wars...

Read More