colorful butterfly faerie flew into the garden today
The marigolds, lilies and lilacs all leaned her way
Wanting a favor, a glimpse, a look at her gown
She had a terrific personality, and no kind of frown
She is such a beauty! The elves and dwarfs did agree.
Tomato worm never saw her; he was watching TV
The radishes and carrots tried to get her to come over.
She was adorable! said the cat and an old dog named Rover.
Colorful butterfly faerie told them she would be back soon.
She had promised a relative she would meet them on the moon.
As she flew away, the garden waved and yelled out good-byes.
Within minutes she had entered a large cloud up in the skies.
A sleazy greedy cheating single-minded
lying used car salesman with ambition
had higher aspiration hopes
of a top managerial position
altho' customer trust was a must
as the fast-talking low-life archetype
his focus was on moving their money
into his pocket with one fell swipe
so to move as much merchandise
as a man can possibly do
while on rota to meet his quota
he'd advertise low mileage good as new
yet of the hundred motors or more
parked polished outdoors and on show
when viewers knew not what to purchase
and wanting a coupe which would go
as prospective buyers they'd ask in dismay
the pointed all-important question
'Which car should I buy, of those on display?'
he would reply, 'Try my auto suggestion.'
The clues
Words in the news
Protest
Unrest
Angry people everywhere
Seems nobody does care
Words flung
Stung
Full of dung
Promises made
In time fade
Wanting a better day
Just can't find our way
So here we stay
Good man gone bad
Feeling like he's been had
No difference between right or wrong
Trying just to stand strong
World's tension is about to break
Someones bound to make a mistake
Snap
Crap
Screaming for this or that
While all the time passing the hat
Haters pocket getting fat
Uncertainty fills the air
Life never promised to be fair
Peace by fear
To the future we shed a tear
We fight
No clue who is right
So confusing
Mankind is loosing
Of our own choosing
We are walking
The voices in charge of talking
Lead us in the wrong way
Yet we can't stay
Lost in today
Lost in the riddle
Somewhere in the middle
The answer lies
As time flies
Yesterday now looks so clear
I fear
The answers come to late
To change fate
At any rate
Growing pains is what we feel
With compassion we shall heal
The painful step into tomorrow
A step closer to a time of no sorrow
This is what I see
My opinion of how things be
Mama’s chili pot put out a call
Wanting a variety of beans in the fall
Forty-nine types of beans showed up in all
Auditions were conducted by me and Saul
Lima beans were boring, dull and bland.
Chili beans are always close at hand.
Pork and beans were stuck up and snobby.
Garbanzo beans were hard and knobby.
We finally chose six types of beans.
Together they made the chili fit for queens.
Mama’s chili was better than ever before.
We kicked the limas and garbanzos out the door.
Sometimes the best way to love life is by speaking to others that make you smile and feel love!
As men we are given the task of being the pursuer, well this is not always the case.
What can a person say but think of a Snow White Dove!
Wanting a wife and children has now become a race.
We become tired of being rejected and placing on our mind and heart another burden.
I love you!
Focusing on becoming perfected is a burden.
It is true,
Seeing you smile has given me joy
When you are in pain I feel sad!
I am truthful even if my words sounds coy.
Not being there to prevent your pain makes me mad!
You cause my heart to beat!
I want and love you and even your cute stinky feet!
I’m like a ball of yarn
ready to be knitted
But I’m not sure
If loose or form fitted
Souls would be best
I wrestle with myself
How can I be a better person
When I am so self absorbed
Always wanting to be free
Yet enjoying the fruits of
Union
Wanting a kiss
Yet desiring virgin lips
I’m a walking contradiction
With a multitude of different
Afflictions
Yet I still believe that
There’s someone perfect
For me
That I just have to breathe
And persevere despite fears
That I am really better
Off alone
I’m not really afraid of solitude
But somehow growth
Seems more exciting
And more enticing in twos
I overthink about things
Happy to imagine
I’d likely never be
Satisfied with red reality
So the jokes on me
She walks the streets of this vast city,
looking in alleys and corners gritty.
Hoping to find love's tender smile,
but instead finds loneliness in all the miles.
He roams the streets of this vast town,
staring forlornly at the dirty ground.
Despair has taken its final hold.
The lack of her love has left him cold.
They pass each other on their way,
neither having a single word to say.
Two empty lives drifting aimlessly,
wanting a love that will never be.
Christmas
Celebration of Baby Jesus
A holy time, reminder of Jerusalem
A virgin birth, an understanding husband
Christmas
Family feasts, loud laughter, joyous togetherness
Church for some, restaurant food for others
A time when everyone seems a little kinder
Christmas
Visits to nursing homes
Carols we only hear once a year
Decorated trees with twinkling lights
Christmas
Memories of the past
Some pray for snow, wanting a white Christmas
A day to cuddle up and enjoy each other for another year
The Power of a thousand rising suns
Do I feel the power of a thousand rising suns
Over a blazing sky when the day has just begun
Do I touch the sky on a blue never ending
As I chase the sun wanting a day unending
I wonder if my dreams are still flying free
Whilst others feast on things not important to me
For I’ve had dreams and wishes that collide
Churning and changing into something I can’t abide
Am I drifting on a naked deep blue ocean
As it has forever swayed and been in motion
Do you wander alone on that open sea
As I wait wanting something created for me.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Waiting too long feels eternal,
11 year mind wonders about
Wanting a book or journal,
Impatient without a doubt
At long last its here,
I am filled with joy
New sibling feels so near,
This time its a boy
Finally arriving within the noon,
White walls suddenly with glow
An awe fills the room,
Ready to watch you grow
Big heart in small size,
Your body wrapped in blue
Soft hands and closed eyes,
Finally I can see you
summer birth
lots of crying and whining
wanting a bottle
angry about my allergies
sniffling and snarling
autumn childhood
love for witches, jack-o-lanterns and ghosts
developing fantastical stories about Dracula and Frankenstein
enjoying literature, reading seven books a day
that is all the library will let me have at a time
winter nudges my Achilles’ heel
my asthma is triggered by the cold weather
I live in a climate where I tend to get pneumonia
I have lots of hospital stays, my health is waning
Spring brings me hope
I have retired, my days are all play now
I can do what I want when I want
my cup is full of joy and gratitude for a terrific life.
There once was a dame in New York
Who plugged her hole with a cork
Some thought her insane
For not wanting a wean
But she still got one from a stork
Crown jewels look like paste the boorish president said.
Queen Elizabeth’s eyes rolled back into her head.
He is such a nonsensical person, said everyone there.
How had he gotten elected? Were American's heads full of hot air?
He made some other silly comment about wanting a hamburger instead.
He is not right in the head, the chef said. Not right in the head.
Queen Elizabeth is in heaven now rolling her eyes at the USA refrains.
They might reelect this idiotic idiot; where are their brains?
Three dogs at the groomers, three hours till there done
go out to eat lunch, have Italian tasty and fun
Entrees served, cell phone rings
Kublai's eye bleeding, doggie bags they bring
Get Kublai to the vet, has pulps on his eyelid
surgery to remove them, clean teeth as he's out on meds
Back to the groomers Ghenghis barking up a storm
Sassy nervous growls as trimming her nails performed
Ghenghis happy to see me looks like a puppy all prim
Sassy frighten harder to get her in kennel second time
Home with those two back to the vet
Kublai ready to go home in my lap he sit
His eyelid fixed and had two teeth pulled
Kublai wearing a cone feeling like a fool
He got stuck under a end table wouldn't back up
the cone came off Kublai as Ghenghis sniffed his butt
Kublai in a deep sleep Sassy licks his eye
Ghenghis begging as I eat my Italian wanting a bite to try.
I feel the water
rising which shouldn't
be surprising.
Lately the emotions
they come like waves.
Wanting a kiss, a hug
are among the things
that I crave.
I know it makes it
hard on you when
I'm upset and feeling
blue but don't you
see I'm drowning
and I don't know
what to do.
You're so strong and
beautiful. I'd like
to be like you, calm
controlled and always
knowing just what to do.
If you could please
remember that
I love you when
my head is under
water, and try if you
can to forgive me when
I've become a bother.
©SamHarty
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