¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ the rain, the sun
Shines on ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
Fly into the garden, ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ indeed.
¦¦¦ the days have been ¦¦¦ dull,
Oh, so ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ dark ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ "Mr. Sun
Has forgotten ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Dew upon the ¦¦¦¦ lawn,
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ the garden beds;
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ from all the leaves
¦¦¦ the little primrose heads.
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ violets ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
With ¦¦¦¦¦ parasols of green
Take a ¦¦¦¦¦¦ peek ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
They're the bluest ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ a bird
Singing ¦¦¦¦¦ a little ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ burst of happy song
Bubbles in his ¦¦¦¦¦¦ throat.
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ the ¦¦¦¦¦ sun!
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ must sing,
¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ for the birds, the flowers,
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ for everything."
(Blackout of A Fine Day by Katherine Mansfield)
I see you coming, old age.
Approaching, at an ever-accelerating pace,
Your face grim
Your expression austere
Your look menacing.
A frightening sight you are
Yet,
I welcome you with open arms.
I yearn to embrace you
To be at your side
To celebrate the twilight of my life with you
To enjoy your company,
The company that so many at my age,
Had never had the chance to relish.
Innumerable battles I have fought in my life,
With vigor and youth at my side,
Thus
Victorious, I emerged,
But
Now, that my youth's allies are slowly abandoning me,
One after the other,
I am left alone to fight the last battle.
A battle, I know beforehand I am bound to lose.
However,
At this moment of trials
When all seems to get tougher by the day,
A new ally I have found, willing to help me,
All my courage to amass to confront you, with
Equanimity, oh, merciless old age:
The wisdom I have acquired all these years,
Roaming the planes of experience and
Learning!
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Demetrios Trifiatis
17 August 2026
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* This poem was written to celebrate my 82nd Birthday on the 15th of August 2026
The wind blew through my hair
I felt like you were there
I could distinctively hear your voice
As I remembered your moral choice
I could clearly see your face
Something no-one can replace
No longer did I stand alone
In this empty field, wind blown
I welcomed you with love and smiles
While your grave is far away in miles
Heidi Sands
4/4/26
(C)opyrighg
When there’s darkness all around you
And your own thoughts your worst foe
Hold onto what’s right and true
Be still, breathe and you will know.
You’ll feel there is no point going on
But you mustn’t let the darkness win
Unseen helpers keep you strong
Showing you the light within.
You’re living in constant fight or flight
And your heart asunder is torn
Only when we have known the darkest night
Can we truly welcome a new dawn.
May you rise gentle in your morning,
nothing needed, nothing forced,
just the grace of your arriving
in the place prepared for you
for a thousand, thousand years,
by the light that's always present
in your heart and in your life
there to greet your secret sweetness,
there to hold you,
there to love.
Christopher M. Swan 2011
a teeny breeze
white linen napkins
Grecian vineyard
welcoming patio
I write my poetry
in between bites of chicken
no one could be more content
The deeper you care
the more remote you become
What the present reveals
no clock can outrun
The past and the future
for others to know
This journey one-way
where detached you must go
Those voices who call
pull you deeper within
Not lost but alone
taking flight back to Him
As Jesus, The Buddha
and Crazy Horse knew
The path to true knowledge
doubt ridden and strewn
With the old voices silenced
new voices begin
As your eyes slowly close
— to their welcoming hymn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
A.J has rainbow hair
a pierced nose
tattoos on her forehead and forearms
her clothes are outrageously strange
she looks madder than the mad hatter from Wonderland
Her grandmother welcomes A.J. with a huge smile.
Come sit in my pew! She urges her.
Glad to see her in church
Loving that she came.
We all search
for prescience
the future
on hold
As each
dying moment
forever
unfolds
We all crave
the silence
preparing
for death
Its welcoming
stillness
a last
— final breath
(The New Room: July, 2025)
Oh sweet month of April,
You bring the air of spring,
In the minds of young poets,
Who flies with your Golden Wings?
You give pen the power over knife,
And teach us how to move on in life,
You let the flowers of our hearts bloom,
And to express ourselves- give us a room.
I cannot wait for you to come,
The joy you give us - I do not know from where it comes from,
But then - Oh pleasant month of Poetry,
Kindly come soon and give us the arrows-
-To pierce the readers' hearts in this field of archery....
- THIS IS A POEM WELCOMING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS IT IS THE MONTH OF POETRY, A SOURCE OF JOY TO ALL THE POETS...
Warming sun pulled me out onto the porch today
Gave my shoulders a bath in a joyful way
Thoroughly grateful, I decided to sit and stay
Sun welcome in November as she is in May
My heart feels happy, does a merry sashay
My spirit is uplifted by this loving sunny day
Winter is on its way
With long nights and short day
With chilled winds of fragrant clay
On lovely cold nights, stay in the fireplace way
With the joy of being around pets and their nay-nay!
Winning winter in all hot way
Hot coffee, hot toast, or a hot soup
Vapours pour out in whatever we say
Wearing thermals, gloves, and what may
Cold and chilled are the days on the way.
Working in winter is a tight way to say
Sitting comfy with a coffee and a book
Enjoying through the winter window
A well-wished way to witness Nature Play
Welcoming winter with a wish and a pray
Welcoming winter with a bouquet & a song
Wild cold immerses us in wine & white snow
With the oven smelling too good colours of cakes
Watching all the stack of pantry with cool eyes
Welcoming winter with both nay and yay!
My favorite part about music is not only how in life it plays a part
but how certain songs have the ability to attach themselves to our heart.
How once a song attaches…it’s like that song will never end….
and every time it visits…it’s like welcoming an old friend.
New day beckons light
In God everything is all right
New day from the darkness
We awakened in His strong arms
Open eyes heart and mind
Thanking God Elohim
Father on this side of the Earth
Omnipresent omnipotent everywhere
He's so shines greater a new day dawns
Our Father He is our light
New day back in the light
In God everything's all right
May your Awakening
Be reverence holy secure and bright
May you have a blessed time
This day children of God welcome His new daylight
8/6/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024
New Year approaches
Man's anticipation mounts--
Dreams' resurrection!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
29 December 2023
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