Short Cheerily Poems

A robin awakened me cheerily
   as I sat up in bed
Tweeting his sweet tune
   that now plays in my head

And when I retired
   at the end of the day
To the tune of the robin
   soft to sleep did I lay...

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Window panes cheerily frosted
Insiders huddle to stay warm
Nights start early and end late
Tea blends are honeyed to taste
Early diggers shovel after each storm
Rambunctious boys want to skate

20141004...

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flowers
dancing gaily
on taller slender stalks
wave to us passing cheerily,
planted to color up gray garden walks
remembering how merrily
they'll light up our way  
stately blossom
flowers 

written July 19, 2022...

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With every tap across the lake,
Ripples are shot across.
The waters cheerily wake,
They wait another toss,

- Then another toss is made.
It is seen bouncing further by.
Waves of merriment parade,
And consume the beholder’s eye.

The lake dances in the moonlight,
A sight where felicity bestows.
There isn’t a happier sight -
Than when we are skipping stones....

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A darling with his breast of red,
Spring's symbol, Robin Redbreast, is,
who likes to wake the sleepyhead!
An appetite for worms is his!
Leave fruits for him; he'll be well-fed!

Cheerily cheer up cheerily
is what this sweet bird seems to sing.
Most welcoming at dawn is he!
If first to see him in the spring,
a lucky person you shall be!

Feb. 18, 2019 for Tania Kitchin's Songbirds Poetry Contest...

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Sun shone cheerily when we greeted our new life.
Merriments, not memories lifted lifelong strife.
Immense endearments, as your wife, I bestow.  
Like lavender lilacs laced in loves’ golden glow.
Every kindheartedness liberated pains flow.
Smiles replaced sorrow; together, souls know.

© March 12, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen

Form:  Rhyme written as an acrostic of the word smile with alliteration interspersed....

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Depressed by the heat, even though I
Always say nothing can ever have me beat.

Somber as I took a seat, even though I
Always act cheerily when it is you I greet.

Repressed by a part of you I meet, even though I
Always am believing deep down you're sweet.

Depressed in all this heat, even though I
Always feel strongly, I cannot retreat.

Somber as I was with you, even though I
Always think it's you whose making me happy....

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Fairly sadly song song song
Wearily, cheerily, wrong, wrong, wrong
Sometimes I need to just do one of these 
To get the kinks out
To see if I am alive
To chase away the sadness.
Banana Manana Yamana Hihanna.
Gong write, prong night, long, long, long.
Fairly sadly, song, song song.
I am so glad to get this
Out of my system 
Today especially….
I think I understand Dr. Seuss better 
With every silly keystroke.
Silly lets the sunshine in!...

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