Warm your embrace and swathed with love
soft your kiss, from heaven above.
Kind your eyes, freeing adoring smile
capturing attention with finessing style.
Waking hours cradled against breast
soothing voice puts calming to test.
Gentle your touch upon soft head
quiets fear, gently puts to bed.
Firm your hand with words of rebuff
teach disappointment, standing tough.
Love stands beside all lessons learned
knowing your life has her concerned.
Teacher of confidence of fortitude
with respectfulness, lasting gratitude.
Teacher of love for thyself and another
no one in this world is like your mother.
Copyright © 2014 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Three Pennies from Heaven dropped as I opened my bedroom door,
From a loved one who tossed them to the hardwood floor.
They came to tell me how I’m truly missed,
And that Heaven definitely does exist.
They dropped at midnight- taking bathroom break,
Later two glued together- there was no mistake.
If only I could tell them I miss them but I think they know,
I’ll hold those pennies tight and never let them go.
So if you find a penny in your trodden track,
Store it safely away and never give it back.
Hold it close to your heart and memories will flow,
When they once were living not very long ago.
Copyright © 2024 By Caryl S. Muzzey
where did they go - days rusty with recall
segments of memory here and there
vacant at times
youth was on my side - wanting knowledge
like siblings - wanting to grow up
explore independence - to read
so wanted to ride the yellow bus
pot holes filled with snowdrifts
and mud puddles - such a long ride
to get smart and make friends
school seemed so far away
I tired with lack of sleep - making stops
adding friends to ride the distance
I liked that school allowed play time
but also insisted a nap before math
no fussing - the day was long
I welcomed the new curriculum
reading was more difficult - hearing poor
my struggle for sounds to read Dick and Jane
to understand and to grasp
recalling now - it was so hard
Copyright © 2018 By Caryl S. Muzzey
A rainbow is
a prism of seven colors soft to eye
thrown against the sky for surrounding view
in a reversed smile turning your smile upward
arcing from one end of the earth
to the another end of the earth
without a beginning only an end
Copyright © 2018 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Second Place Winner ~ "Word Vision Poetry IV" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Vermillion Scythe
December 12, 2020
Hear me - let me talk, don't silence my voice;
I'm patient - I will wait - for turn to speak.
Each of us have thought that brings about choice;
don't interrupt - shout me down - makes one weak.
I'm patient - I will wait - for turn to speak;
no matter the theme - I have a voice too.
Don't interrupt - shout me down - makes one weak;
I demand respect - cause I respect you.
No matter the theme - I have a voice too;
learn to listen - hearing each statement done.
I demand respect - cause I respect you;
agreeing totally - we both are someone.
Learn to listen - hearing each statement done;
each of us have thought that brings about choice.
Agreeing totally - we both are someone;
hear me - let me talk, don't silence my voice.
Copyright © 2018 By Caryl S. Muzzey
H unger grips my small - empty gut,
O pen to tiny - little - nut.
L ittle or not - I want my fill,
L ong or short - just make it real.
O pting cooked - will take it raw,
W anting to stop this nagging gnaw.
Copyright © 2018 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Come and be my love tomorrow,
We will clutch the days to follow.
Tomorrow yes tomorrow please,
Forget your troubled past for me;
To this alone you must agree...
An always moment we do seize.
My love for you has ever grown,
Forever true for you alone.
I humbly take to bending knees,
Can I depend on words you say?
You'll be my love beyond today...
Confirm and put my mind at ease.
Come and be my love tomorrow,
Propel your doubt into the wind.
I pledge to you to never stray;
Entwine together evermore.
Love alone is long endeavor;
Boundless trust demands to weigh,
On endless vows to seal our fate;
Oh say to me you'll be my mate.
My view of love to have you sway,
I feel for sure the time is right...
I pray unceasing - sparks ignite;
Grant this moment - not slip away.
To you alone I plead my case,
A chance to give to me your heart,
I leave your thoughts with warm embrace.
Copyright © 2018 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Decades crossed our paths with treasured memoirs, with laughter - tears - thrown to heavenly stars.
Together we shared inner thoughts - feelings... we alone had binding - lasting dealings.
We know not when our lives will end or part, but always know we share love of the heart.
Woven together with family ties - tethered, handled in interest and never weathered.
Jointly we have supported inner strives, held each other closer throughout our lives.
Wiped away incessant tears pouring down, knowing assuredly we would be around.
Blood of same runs deep through each flowing vein, forming bond between sisters - proper and plain.
No time or tragedy can separate, not even through existence’s final fate.
As we grow and learn from our chosen course, I have learned to accept - have no remorse.
Although in miles we live so far away, in my poignant heart you forever stay.
I know for certain we will meet again, lacking all heartaches and enormous pain.
Will I know you, oh yes indeed I will, you will be the sister - from Fayetteville.
Copyright © 2017 By Caryl S. Muzzey
I loved walking in daddy’s boots,
just to trample where he had been;
to track the path of prior roots
and then return them once again.
Some boots were old and some were new;
I loved walking in daddy’s boots.
I could have used any old shoe
but wasn’t fond of substitutes…
Grimy ones had great attributes,
they worked real hard to get that way.
I loved walking in daddy’s boots;
used for battlefield - bailing hay.
Daddy didn’t mind me wearing
if he could use them for commutes
and I didn’t at all mind sharing;
I loved walking in daddy’s boots…
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
1/24/16
Fifth Place Winner ~ "Show Me Quatern Poetry" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Feb.22, 2016
S pacious formation from top to bottom,
P ulses a harvest moon in late autumn.
E lectric Milky Way explodes in space,
C hanging hue spray a blackened canvas face.
T witching stars ignite celestial realm,
A dmitting dazzling gold to overwhelm.
C omets combust across eternal sky,
U nleashing brilliance eyes can’t clarify.
L unar beauty as far as scopes can see,
A llowing man to unlock with magic key;
R eveals vague marvels in our galaxy.
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
You entered my life when yours seemed grim,
affected lonesome heart on a chancy whim.
Weak and sick, you fought to justly live,
knowing indeed, you had loads of loyalty to give.
Wiry - thick- gray mane crowned your debonair grace,
accenting strength and slenderness to your youthful face.
Fourteen years you honored our humble abode,
strutting whole backyard, showing off what you owned.
Age griped your lean physique, riddled your body and soul,
deep down inside, I knew it was your moment to go.
One night you slipped away in the moon-less dark,
took my love - my first feline - but left your mark.
My sweet Simon - my Sam Bo, appeared by either name,
when you adorned my home, my life has not been the same…
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Second Place Winner ~ "I Love My Pets” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo
Feb. 18, 2016
1/20/16
Nose pressed against winter’s window - leaves a lasting impression - to remember…
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Third Place Winner ~ "Monoku or One Line Poem” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Poet Destroyer A
Feb. 18, 2016
1/19/16
W hen twilight lingers over grassy hill,
O n shimmering blue waters grand and still.
N othing as lovely as a quiet haze,
D ancing among an evergreen tree maze.
E vening stars begin to emit their shine,
R ed the firmament, clouds of purple wine.
F ind a tranquil rest to solemnly breathe,
U nder heaven’s canopy on cool eve;
L oving all the beauty God did so leave.
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
1/5/16
Third Place Winner ~ "Wonderful-Acrostic" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: John Hamilton
Feb.03, 2016
Flaxen stars splash
coal colored heavens
with luxurious
luster that captured
eyes from all lands
of darkness,
embracing love
under a blue moon
radiating-
luring embodied
souls to ignite
passion and romance
abundantly
with old and young hearts
throughout ageless time
regardless of
ethnic background or
sexual penchant
of human
relationships
for the duration
of existing life-
for eternity-
judging not
but accepting-
for love of God…
Copyright © 2016 By Caryl S. Muzzey
1/3/2016
Fourth Place Winner ~ " Anacreontic Verse 2" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ebb
Feb.06, 2016
Autumn
crunches under foot
blowing wind emerges
sending ground rodents scurrying
new fall.
Copyright © 2015 By Caryl S. Muzzey
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