Write Walt Poems

If they do not acknowledge you? 
Go hard.

When they don’t have a chair for you? 
Build one;

If you’re seen as a natural disaster ? 
Clean...

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Maid

My maid of honor, 
my best friend, (smile)
help me in the moment, 
help me in the hour, 
help me make it down... 
the great white...

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Rules

In life, it is a give and take. 
However, for some it is just take and take. 
For others, it is only fulfilling to know
that...

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Written by Gail R DeBole
on March 16, 2022
Updated on March 21, 2022

What would Walt Whitman do?
Would he tweet poem after poem
If today was part of...

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As I throw open the curtains what do I see,               ...

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Independent,                        ...

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Father

Father, 
I wish I could sing. 
I would sing about anything, 
... everything...!

Father,
I wish I could write, 
I would pen beautiful...
... words... to You... ...

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Take a glass and fill it half full of water.
We have often heard by some the glass is half full,
by others the glass is half...

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The Pirate

This is an ongoing story, 
about the limits of the library. 
It can take you as far as you can go, 
but it is...

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Commenting on the Weather

My coffee is hot, 
the cream was cold, 
the outcome... just right. 
The screen, 
the window out and into the world...
awaits my...

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One More

Raise the curtain, 
I am ready. 
Let's write and read together, 
for hours without end. 
Dressing up in costumes, 
singing crazy shanties, 
or Round...

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I navigate my computer,                     ...

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The Contest

I would like to enter, 
and sometimes I do. 
Occasionally I even win, 
to my surprise. 
How cool!

The true rule, 
to every fool,
or pirate...

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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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Seasons of Abundance 
and Regret

Grandma was a farm cook, 
never wasted a thing. 
We ate good...
plain food. 
She taught:
Never say words, 
you will not eat,...

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