JULY SEARING SWELTERING--
...JULY SEARING SWELTERING
Heated hot placement boils torrid;
Desert a blazed atomic fire;
Summer hot breath balmy pungent;
Searing aromatic spiced boils;
~
Summery canicular toa...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, analogy, anxiety, engagement, environment,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Proverbs Shmaverbs
...
Cast your bread upon the water
if you like it soaky
As for mine it’s in the oven
‘cos I prefer it toasty
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, bible, food, humor, word
Form: Rhyme
If MY Heart was a House
...If my heart was a house
You would feel warm and safe
I would cuddle you and cherish you
We would be toasty in winter
Cool and calm in summer and spring
The daffodils would delight us
We wou...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, heart,
Form: Free verse
Frozen Shiver Shakes
...
Icebergs floated all around me –
frozen is no place to safely flee.
I fell down on an ice crystal,
then I heard you whistle
and felt myself turn towards bold
so I could leave this place so c...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, betrayal, break up, character,
Form: Rhyme
It is all about the Pups
...My feet are toasty
Sun has warmed porch to biscuit baking hotness
I consider going in for my shoes
But pups are lying in front of the door sleeping...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, dog,
Form: Free verse
Rather than crank up the heat
...Rather than crank up the heat...
and ratchet up global warming
like bubbling vegetable stew
with tsk... tsk... heard
courtesy Greta Thunberg,
who would utter "how dare you..."
I bundle with...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, adventure, angel, appreciation, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Forevermore
...
It’s winter here, almost a painful grasp
grey dread, falling like melancholy
over the mountain peaks, gusts
flavored in sips of toasty coffee
lasting all afternoon
speaking to the twilig...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, appreciation, blessing, forgiveness, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Dear Soulmate
...Some days, I sit and imagine what you look like
I can almost feel your energy
I know you brighten each room you enter
You are the type to be felt before you are seen
Someone everyone adores and...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, soulmate, true love,
Form: Rhyme
New Year
...It's a New Year again,
Time to turn another
page -- though I am
far from new~
closer to Old Sage.
Time to forgive...and let
go... -- as seasons flow
the cold of January
will leave our Nor...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, character, community, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Ah methinks I could sleep forever
...Ah... methinks I could sleep forever
Basking in a supine position
with eyes wide shut
while the space heater churns out
fast moving molecules of heat
solitudinarian drowsy thinker fêted
by mi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, adventure, appreciation, atheist, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Love, From Santa's Girl
...
What the Dickens! Santa ain't wearing knickers
well his pants got caught inside the chimney
now here's the kicker...
Little Joe woke up in the middle of the night
and gave Santa such a jol...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, analogy, christmas, home, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Icy Thoughts
...I wish I could prevent frostbite.
But sometimes that’s impossible.
Ice that is rugged and sleek.
Tapping my knuckles on it.
Brand new ice.
That came from nowhere.
The avalanche.
Almos...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, dark,
Form: Free verse
Sense of Home
...Pic's of friend's grandkids,
my son, his girlfriend
A wooden mallard
A wooden mustang
My grandpa's paintings
My game keyboard
December chill
An itchy back
A cold, wet nose
Neighbor's ch...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, home, senses,
Form: Other
When
...I'll wrap you in my loving arms
?
Tonight my love, tonight
'Neath my old blanket, toasty warm
?
Tonight my love, tonight
I'll kiss you while soft music plays
?
Tonight my love, tonight
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
warm autumn sparkles with shiny colors
...autumn sparkles with shiny colors
her leaves twinkling and winking in the breeze
the forest is full of golds and reds today
walnuts are piling under my tall leafless tree
there should be a cool...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
toasty, autumn,
Form: Blank verse
Related Poems