Long Spring in your step Poems

Being Bob

Bob, is just an ordinary guy in every sense of the word. Five ft eight inches tall, a little on the chubby side and has lost most of his hair. No one pays much...

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After winning a sweepstakes, I determined to go on a lengthy trip;
And I wanted to tour the mainland, after I had disembarked the ship.

The countryside was quite beautiful, and had myriad charming towns,
Some with the...

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Time continues to slip past.
Like a river, a never-ending stream of micro seconds passing by.
You can't slow it down.
You can't halt it.
No matter how much you try to hold it back
It is still slipping past...

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it had indeed become the autumn of his life and he had harshly lost

every spring in his step when his wife began to abuse his good faith

abandoned him by the way side and the side...

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*To fully appreciate this a person would have to be at least somewhat familiar with the movie: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

"Dude, here's a heads up - ENTROPY BITES!" said Bill as he limped up...

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Observer,
Though impartial, I can never be as
I try to see you through others eyes.
Today you will be just a man—
Past his youth, not yet elderly,
Though you show signs of aging.
Your dark hair, now sports silver,
Or...

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Edith had been suffering from shoulder pain
She'd developed a stoop and only her left shoulder would sag
When she went to see her doctor
He put all the blame on her weighty handbag

One afternoon she had time...

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Boyfriend dumped you I gave you a hug,
made an effort to help you cope,
the reasons for dumping showed he’s no mug,
still I helped showing you hope.

We talked a lot when you first started 
though it...

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He walked down Goverment Road West
With a white cane, in shaking hand
Wearing Stevie wonder glasses
People called him the pop bottle man

With a white cane, in shaking hand
At the time he seemed old to me
People called...

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IV.
But come the next day he saw no Cammy,
and could do nothing but sigh mournfully,
then say to himself,”I guess we're all done.
Even broken she'll stay here in the sun.”

Norm returned home, to his calm, rustic...

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We have been in lockdown now for several weeks,
And finally, it seems Corona Virus is at its peak.
To begin with there were plenty of chores
But now I've had enough of sorting through the drawers.
I just...

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The red in us is our fierce, tenacious high energy
Passion like a fire, 
a real warmth to our personality
The green is the spring in our step
and our coolest composure under pressure
We are remarkable at holding...

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Yesterday as the air brushed my face I was reminded of a time when laughter 
was the sound I longed to here from sun raise to sunset, from here to there,
Laughter made all the pain...

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FIXATION	

There was music    of course
Not the usual sort of girl    at least in my fixated estimation
Jump rope
“Winnie the Pooh”
Teddy bear
These survivors unto high school and through
Rather a “flower child’...

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As they end their search
for fireflies with only 3 in the jar
I realize summer is nearing its end.
The signs are all around me.
How did I miss them creeping up? 

The tiger lilies that proudly 
lined...

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oh, Spring glad you are here...
    I have been waiting all Winter for you
      glorious will be this month of awakening ...
     ...

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What is Love
By
Kevin L Fairbrother
Love is a word expressed in so many ways
It’s meaning known to those who reach out
With-out fear or favor, sharing body and soul
Their body language enhancing the feeling
…
Love can be like...

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Falling in love starts out crazy, saturates your life, permeates your soul, and creates a new you.
It gloriously envelopes you which is terrific, when the object of your desire loves you too.
True love is capable...

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Five thousand years or more ago
A man, in peace, lived with his wife
But then, her father passed away
And thus began the days of strife.

They built a room and moved her in;
She quickly overran their space.
He,...

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Musical Pantoum

  I woke up in wonderful Universe to fulfil my ambition
  In great wonder my song was composed and sung.
  I felt proud to be a member of Nature’s creation.
 ...

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This Blessing, Angel That Was Sent

Past bridges he burned to the sky
past trails he wanted no more
She, the angel was the reason why
he wanted to close every past door

Never intending to get this deep
found he...

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New leafs when talking leaves

She leaves talking her words are full of razor sharp vitriol
                    ...

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The familiar callused hands of my father reminded me of when we were seven. A time when she wasn't afraid to dance or tell her parents about boys. She would follow trails of ants back...

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Nothing warms the cockles of the heart like a cheery, "Hello!"
'Twill put a spring in your step and set your face aglow!
'Tis nice to hear a southern lass say, "Hi, shuga, how y'all!"
Or be greeted...

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Ever been infatuated
You just can't explain it
Words won't do
You'll never contain it
And you know what it leads to
Oh my, oooh oooh
I'm falling in love

Crazy excited
I think I'm floating on air
Take time to smell the roses
Love's...

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