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Nesters Poems - Poems about Nesters

Premium Member The Fine Art of Keeping Distance
...Into the deep- green hearted forest far removed from man's raucous tangle the many tacky hues of self-centeredness. There's only herbivores and carnivores doing their thing in primal time harmony......

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Categories: nesters, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Natural Emptiness
... The closet, once crammed with the styles of youth, holds not so much as a coat hanger. Dents in the carpet are the only evidence that a bed, dresser, and nightstand filled the room. The frilly ......

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Categories: nesters, growing up, home,
Form: Verse



Empty Nesters
... Children leaving home Starting a life without us time to turn the page A fresh coat of paint brings fresh opportunities making things brighter Each stroke of the brush Unleashes a memory......

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Categories: nesters, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member SILENTLY AWAY
... SILENTLY AWAY (LORRIE) AS I LIE HERE IN THE DARKNESS IN MY YEARS THEY CALL DECEMBER, I SEE HER FACE BEFORE ME, HEAR THE LAUGHTER I REMEMBER. FEEL THE PAIN DEEP IN MY HEAR......

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Categories: nesters, bereavement, death, depression, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Empty Nester
...I never thought that I would be a mom, you were an unexpected surprise. I fell in love with you instantly my child, My nurturing womb was your first home. You alone were my absolute everything,......

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Categories: nesters, child, i miss you,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 969 a Thousand Years of Ticking Time
...969 A Thousand Years of Ticking Time David J Walker Mr. Methuselah A word please It’s about time To reveal what you know and When you knew that you knew it What you remember and When t......

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Categories: nesters, allegory, allusion, father son,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unwelcome Nesters
...swifts are chattering pilot burns in my fireplace interrupts nesting written May 31, 2021......

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Categories: nesters, bird, fire, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Empty Nesters
...empty nests aside sparrows are happier now fledglings flew away May 29, 2021......

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Categories: nesters, bird, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member As Love Matures
...Couples coming into prime exhibit an exact prognosis; passions working overtime while seeking love in heavy doses. Never being quite enough to satisfy their youthful yearning; time spent lying ......

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Categories: nesters, age, love, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sweet Birds of Spring
...“In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, when birds do sing . . . sweet lovers love the spring.” -William Shakespeare In early spring they reappear - the shorebirds and the swa......

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Categories: nesters, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stretching Health Care
...My oldest friend, and older, too, has a daily yoga practice of self-care, which I would healthier emulate. But, when I mentioned this as rich in comparison with my own brief leg stretches w......

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Categories: nesters, caregiving, creation, friendship, health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Empty Nests
...empty nesters watch leaves skating on frozen ponds… a soft sun beckons ©12/15/2019 Writing Challenge, December – Winter Haiku or Senryu Sponsor, Dear Heart – Wiishkobi Ode......

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Categories: nesters, seasons, winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Empty Nesters
...The Blue Jays of early Spring bring wondrous wonderings to my eyes with a determined flight of perpetual motion carrying one twig at a time clutched tight in their beak to build a nest far from p......

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Categories: nesters, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Zero To 69
...Zero to five. Can't say that I remember anything. Five to seventeen. School, work, play; see you later. Seventeen to twenty-two. Working and going to college. Twenty-two to forty-four found me ge......

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Categories: nesters, age, life, retirement,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Finding You
...Finding You ( to my wife Barbara, just because) by Franklin Price 6/8/2018 Finding you has been the best thing That ever happened in my life Beginning when I met you Better since you've been......

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Categories: nesters, friendship, love, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

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