A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR BLUNTS THE SHARP BLADES OF REALITY
..."Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing." –Allen Klein
A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR BLUNTS THE SHARP BLADES OF REALITY
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Categories:
scragg, 12th grade, humor,
Form: Free verse
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades Of Reality
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Written: July 28, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Natasha L Scragg
Quote: "Be full of sorrow, that you may become a hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter. The core o...
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Categories:
scragg, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Find me
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Think not that I am just a sock;
I follow you all through your walk.
How reckless you are?
You throw me afar!
With you, I walked many a mile;
You haven’t washed me once in a while.
Your tr...
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Categories:
scragg, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
TRIUMPHANT SHEEP
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“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…”*
Such is true to me, His sheep triumphant.
As ewe led to pasture for great nurture
I feast on divine nourishment’s gesture.
Refreshed...
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Categories:
scragg, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Couplet
A Symphony of Sunset
...Written: September 08, 2023
Sunsets Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Natasha L Scragg
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In September golden ...
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Categories:
scragg, analogy, appreciation, beauty, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
It Happened On a Rainy Night- Multi-Collaboration
...Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark,
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park
Soaked wet through with glistening s...
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Categories:
scragg, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Tea Sipping Pleasure
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Join me in my wondrous tea-sipping spree
Along scent of chamomile, wafting free
To celebrate health of wellness degree.
Let’s have green tea of therapeutic reign
Offering calmness ...
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Categories:
scragg, appreciation, blessing, cheer up,
Form: Tristich
I Wandered Lonely As a Boat
..."I wandered lonely as a cloud." William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a boat
a shallow dingy left behind,
alone in marsh of reeds remote
my paint now faint so unrefined,
my only h...
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Categories:
scragg, age, boat, fate, lonely,
Form: Lyric
I Wandered Lonely As a Teardrop
...9-21-22
Contest: I Wandered Lonely as a…Challenge
Sponsor: Natasha Scragg
11-4-22
Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 19
Sponsor: Mark Toney
"I wandered lonely as cloud." Daffodil by Willia...
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Categories:
scragg, angst, grief, journey, sea,
Form: Rhyme
I Wandered Lonely As a Puppet Thru Reno
..."I wandered lonely as a cloud"
William Wordsworth.
I wandered lonely as a puppet thru Reno
Like a weathered kite without it's tail
My feet take in a casino
As I followed tha...
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Categories:
scragg, lonely, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
I Wandered Lonely As a Wave
..."I wandered lonely as a cloud"
William Wordsworth.
I wandered lonely as a wave.
slowly, upon the ocean's tide.
O'er depths of a watery grave
alone, in current's wake I ride...
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Categories:
scragg, ocean, water,
Form: Rhyme
I Wandered Lonely As a Geek
..."I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a geek
Through silent woods and rustling leaves
Down the hill to the flowing creek
Away from life's s...
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Categories:
scragg, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
I Wandered Lonely As a Sailboat
...I wandered lonely as a sailboat in the sea,
the sky was blue above me, the land was far,
I felt the soothing breeze, my mind was free
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Categories:
scragg, boat, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
I Wandered Lonely As An Autumn Leaf
..." I wandered lonely as a cloud "
~William Wordsworth ~
Shook away by solemn persuasive wind,
I felt as though fallen from my splendor;
Leaves of red, yellow, green and every...
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Categories:
scragg, autumn, nature, poets,
Form: Lyric
I Wandered Lonely As a Tramp
..."I wandered lonely as a cloud"--- By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a tramp,
Far, far away from all human habitats
Away from all prying eyes
Following the bent
Of my vagr...
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Categories:
scragg, happiness, journey, lonely, nature,
Form: Free verse
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