by: Shirley Satterfield The Porcelain Painted sky Behold the porcelain painted sky. I’m not to shy to cry for the porcelain painted sky. Tears of joy flowing down For the…

by: Shirley Satterfield My Day by Day Future 🙏 You are my only hope, Oh Lord, for my day by day future. Help me to walk in my integrity. And…

by: Shirley Satterfield I stand helpless In the shadow of my shadow self, Oh, Lord. Save me to the quick of me, And make me resilient in the storm Like…

by: Shirley Satterfield Dirt🥀 I’m old; I’m as plain as dirt. But dirt has a beautiful spirit; Dirt gives life, Blesses everything near it. Dirt gives life to the tree,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Overflow 💦 I am a receptical of reception. Pour out your blessing on me, Oh Lord, For like Father Jacob, I will not let You go until…

by: alexis karpouzos At the dawn of the third decade of the 21st century, the existence of humankind has become highly perilous. We are cutting down our forests, exhausting our…

by: Shirley Satterfield Beyond Afar 💫 ✨ God is God And He stretches beyond An expanding universe. And I am made In His unlimited, limitless image. He is the God…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Chevron of Freedom 🌟 🕊 🕊 🕊 (A Dream) An image grand formed in my mind’s eye. A flock of snow white birds Was flying in…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ireland ☘️ Ireland is A land of mossy mists and ancient myths, Flutes and dance, stringed instruments. The wearing of the green is always seen on St….

by: Samantha Leboeuf THE PERSON I THINK OF HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY. HE SPARKLES AND WRITES IN A MAGICAL WAY. A YONNG MAN WHO SHINES LIKE THE STARS, SMILES WITH…

by: Shirley Satterfield When you mix church and State It makes a bad smell. It’s a witches brew That can frighten a crew. A “Pope” can put you to death,…

by: alexis karpouzos Time is the architect of fate, and our life is the play of love and death, To live a life that matters, make the house, where Gods…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Little Gray Rocks 🪨 I am a gray rock In a quarry full of little stones. We stand together alone, All invisible, for not to be…

by: Shirley Satterfield We Are the Lesser Lights ✨ Special needs adults, We are the lesser lights, The lower lights along the shore Shining faintly more and more. But we…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Blessed Marriage Dance 💍 Romance, Warm kisses on a hot beach, Stars and shimmering moons Shining in the sky That catapult our hearts up high. This…

by: Shirley Satterfield This little poem comes with a disclaimer because it is my naughtiest poem ever. I wrote it one day to amuse myself when my slightly OCD husband…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Objectification of Women 👩🏻 (A Poem) My life is no longer an open book. I am a gray rock now, A dead thing cast away in…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Pearly Gate of Heaven 💎 Jesus is The pearly gate of heaven, The foundation of precious stones, The translucent streets we walk on, The rainbow that…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Space🪐 I like to sit alone In my inner-intuition zone Where my thoughts are wont to roam, And lovely things are home. In that space inside…

by: Shirley Satterfield Earth Place 🌎 Earth place is a bold place With its massive mountains And its dancing trees, Its carved out bowls of endless seas, With rainbows appearing…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ice Storm 🧊 Ice storm, Out of the norm. Slipping and sliding all over the place, Terror of the human race. Ice storm, Out the lights gives…

by: Shirley Satterfield Baltimore 🚢 Baltimore is a historic place Where spices are brought in sailor’s haste, But isn’t it a pity That the city is known for “The Block”,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Been praying tonight and I want the world to know that I have decided to follow Jesus. The cross before me; the world behind me. The cross…

by: alexis karpouzos i’m looking for the face i had before the world was made I was the primordial flaring forth, the gravitational waves, the whirling galaxies, and the exploding…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Modesty of Tombs 🏝 Who can fathom the mystery of the desert Veiled in wind-driven sand With a certain modestly of Tombs. For death is a…

by: Shirley Satterfield What Are Poets? Part II 🌳 Poets aren’t pansies. Poets are Redwood trees That stand the storms And the test of time. Poets will expose a mankind’s…

by: Shirley Satterfield What Are Poets? 🐎 Poets aren’t pottery. Poets are forged In the fires of a blacksmith shop And beaten by the Master Into their unique, organic Horseshoe…

by: Shirley Satterfield Bound All-Around 🗣 Lord God set me free. She’s a fake friend if ever there was one. She’s like Attila the Hun Goose stepping across the landscape…

by: Shirley Satterfield Otherworlds This fountain plant delights my eyes, Makes my spirit man arise. The body is the receptacle of pleasure, And the discerner of much pain While soul…

by: Shirley Satterfield Oh Fort McHenry 🇺🇸 Oh Fort McHenry; Little fort on Baltimore harbor, Color guard of a country tried sore, Little bastion of liberty For yonder young Promised…

by: alexis karpouzos Our Universe exists as a unified field or whole. Creative energy swirling as atoms, giving rise to molecules, forming galaxies, stars, planets, mountains, rivers and the bodies…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Cure Treat me softly. Tell me that you love me, Often. Give me a hug when you can, Post pandemic. I have BPD. I have major…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Hard Places Wilderness, I like wilderness With rocks and rugged land, And wide open sky Where the wild-eyed eagle flys. Yes, those wide open spaces Is…

by: Shirley Satterfield It is easy to glide over the Ocean of Good effortlessly. gracefully when the sea is like glass and the path to good is brightly lit by…

by: Shirley Satterfield God breath virtue Deep into my soul, The unconscious kind of virtue That does not boast of itself Because boasting goodness is Just the flip side of…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Sinner’s Now Prayer 🙏 Lord, I have been through the WAR, Refugee of psychological torture. Early childhood was pain’s stem. Workplace sex abuse victim. Home was…

by: Guildford Windley A Christmas Star ___________________________ As Saturn and Jupiter align The Christmas star does shine bright A new Christmas is upon us now A time for love and…

by: Guildford Windley There Is A Virus Going Around _________________________________ There is a virus going around It is taking this Country down There is a virus going around Our lives…

by: Guildford Windley The Never-Ending Election ______________________________ In the wind, the words blow-by Inaction, nothing done Time and energy wasted for what People pouting, people shouting In the streets and…

by: alexis karpouzos Burst from the verdant void before time. the particles of our souls were born, a million stars, Codeless truths blink, to those who seek, meaning en route,…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Human Soul Magnificent! 👨🏽‍🦯 When I see a special needs adult, A homeless person, I get the urge to feed them. To look into their eyes…

by: Guildford Windley But What of The Poor ______________________________ But what of the poor, they should do a lot more But what of the poor all they do is ask…

by: Shirley Satterfield You have to press through To touch the hem of His garment, Through the doubts, the fears, The jeers of a crowd That is telling you, you’re…

by: AndreaL17 Now that the family has explored the stately home, and its lush, verdant garden, the gift shop beckons. So it’s down the stairs, down from where the ground…

by: Guildford Windley The coming of Winter _____________________________ Bend to the wind as it does blow Wet is the rain that does fall Feel the chill of the coldness as…

by: alexis karpouzos He told me a tale of woefulness, one upon a time the heaven woke up and the silence spoke, then came the separation, the agony began, the…

by: neildavidchan Life is not a journey, It is a process that starts in each of your moments. How you respond to the moment creates your path forward. Should you…

by: AndreaL17 As I walk through the park, with the wind tugging at the branches of the trees, and the rain beating down, I see a bare tree, with one…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Dan River After the Storm ☔️ The Bold and Beautiful Dan; High and mighty after the storm, Loftier than the norm. Big water spills over the…

by: Shirley Satterfield Look, It’s Snowing! Sparkling, spanking feathers Falling from the sky. Dervish dancing, dancing down From fragile wings on high. Each one a little different, Each one is…

by: Shirley Satterfield Singing Out the Joy 🦅 🦅 🦅 🎶 Danny dear, Don’t you hear? There’s a whole choir of bird outside Singing out the joy of a new…

by: Guildford Windley Time for A New Day ______________________________ The people cry for a new day The time is ripe for change Time for a new day Things do not…

by: Shirley Satterfield Bread Upon The Waters of the Lord 🥖💦 There’s a dearth in the land, In this soul sucking emotional quicksand Afoot on planet Earth. There’s an encouragement…

by: Shirley Satterfield Sarai’s Dream 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Give me the multitude of hoary stars Abram Lord, For I cannot count the worlds. Give me many children from the faith, This frail…

by: alexis karpouzos Look, for once the face of the earth, look, one life in every seed self sacrificed for us, look the sun, shines in us, look the river,…

by: Shirley Satterfield Unity Bud Thank You, Lord, For the gift of a rosebud in the Fall, Autumn’s bright gift of living silk Marking winter’s briefest stall. Splendid scarlet petals…

by: Guildford Windley Freedom is just a word ———————————– Freedom is just a word Too few people know it is worth They blindly follow other words They live their lives,…

by: Guildford Windley Mountain High ____________________________ On mountains high Of granite walls Sierra rises to the blues sky In deep forest green miles upon miles of trees, mostly pines I…

by: Shirley Satterfield Let’s Be Somebody Too. 👑 Hi. I’m nobody in particular, But somebody too. How about you? Do you reach for a star? Do you walk very far…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Smallest Creature of God 🐿 There’s a chorus of insects and birds Singing at me this morning, As a squirrel does a little whirly dance up…

by: Guildford Windley A High-Country Evening Dinner ______________________ In the high country of the Sierra’s In the early evening light By a Pond is where I sit As the fishes…

by: Shirley Satterfield The War of Art I’m fighting the war of art. Pressing through the weary mind, The spent heart, The tired bones. I’m fighting through the war of…

by: Shirley Satterfield Faded Glory Faded glory of a flower as it dies. Releases her colors to the sky. Fall comes and nips her in the bud. Family holding hands….

by: alexis karpouzos When one door opens, another closes. this is the eternity’s circle, mistakes belongs to us, but not all, the fate mapped out for us to follow, but…

by: Guildford Windley An Old man’s Birthday Ramblings ______________________________ It’s been Seventy –five years Since my first breath Of the sweetness of the air Of the life that would take…

by: Guildford Windley An Old man’s Birthday Ramblings ______________________________ It’s been Seventy –five years Since my first breath Of the sweetness of the air Of the life that would take…

by: Guildford Windley The Time We Lost _____________________________ Lost is the time that tore us apart- For a big miss-understanding The time we spent in our own self-inflicted pain not…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Human Soul Magnificent! When I see a special needs adult, A homeless person, I get the urge to feed them. To look into their eyes And…

by: Guildford Windley The Beating Heart ____________________________ Beat, beat the heart Beat, beat the heart The blood runs through the body The pounding of the heart plays on the feelings…

by: Guildford Windley Sleeping (that would Be Great) _________________________________ Laying here in my bed, it’s 3 AM My sweet wife, asleep just as soon as her head hits the pillow…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Song of A Soul in Raptured Wonder I’m a Christian Transcendentalist poet. Can rhyme the words because I know it. I can beat it. I can…

by: Guildford Windley Her Honor _________________________ We lost an icon We lost a Feminist We lost a legal genius A person who would fight for equality for all Not just…

by: Guildford Windley Eternal Love __________________________ There were waterfalls that we saw on trails that we took There were rainbows, of multi colors That followed the storms As we sheltered…

by: Shirley Satterfield A Personal Response to Shelley (England’s Anarchist Poet) 🤒 No, Percy, we cannot do without the State. But the Fate of the State is always up for…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Omnipresent Home There is a sweet smell Residing in the rain, And the sound of music in the rain’s sweet refrain. A lonely bird stretches one…

by: Laurel A. Porter Your apathy toward me is shocking The person I have come to know is now completely unrecognizable I guess the script you wrote for yourself and…

by: Guildford Windley Our heroes are the Military The suckers are loser Trump supports ________________________ In harm’s way, we send the young To fight in a war of old men…

by: alexis karpouzos After time, people will say, in those years, we lost the meaning of we, we lost the sense of universality found ourselves prisoners into ego, in a…

by: alexis karpouzos We know so little, so little, almost nothing and this is only truth, when and from where? from the fissure of infinity and the unreel of time,…

by: Guildford Windley The Illusionary Man _____________________________ Illusionary man, his feet are made of sand Illusionary man has no scruples; his soul is black and cold Illusionary man his words…

by: Guildford Windley The Omen of the Raven ________________________________ The Raven came on a dreary day No peace can come of this The darkness spreads across the land No peace…

by: Shirley Satterfield Keep Me in a Starry Awe 🌟 The sky is big, and I am small, And the worlds will be here when I am gone, No longer…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Good Shepherd 🐑 The Good Shepherd corrals the sheep. Keeps them safe from ferocious teeth. “Makes them lie beside still waters.” Receives them into His inner…

by: Guildford Windley A Love not meant to be _______________________ Sad is the lost alone with this pain She was my heart But our souls could never be Beyond the…

by: Laurel A. Porter Flies the eagle by the dawn Above the dew upon the lawn Whispered prayers that don’t belong Just like me . . . Already gone

by: Guildford Windley The Day That Never Was _______________________________ The day that never was A day of love and joy A day filled with laughter A day with music in…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ugly Plant So Pretty Someone caring clipped the dead in me, watered my dry hungry roots. Now my flowers are opened wide to reveal my purple flutes….

by: Shirley Satterfield You Were So Pretty…What Happened? The storms came and ripped up my leaves, Robbed me of my flowers. But soon I will be pretty again When dawns…

by: Guildford Windley I Am ____________________ I am the wind that brushes your hair I am the rain that touches your lips I am the sun that warms your body…

by: alexis karpouzos We live in a time of cosmic bifurcation, we live in a time of unprecedented existential threats to life on Earth, including climate change, deforestation, food insecurity,…

by: Shirley Satterfield You Were So Pretty…What Happened? The storms came and ripped up my leaves, Robbed me of my flowers. But soon I will be pretty again When dawns…

by: Guildford Windley The Storm is a Coming _______________________________ The storm is a coming Portland under siege Camel green mercenaries Occupy the city streets Causing pain and unrest Peaceful protesters…

by: Guildford Windley A Cat Coffee and a Chair ______________________________ This morning as I woke The first thought that came to me, was coffee Oh yes that’s what I need…

by: Guildford Windley The Present ___________________________ His Perception ________________________ I see her image in the morning fog Through the haze, she floats by me I’m haunted by the sounds I…

by: Shirley Satterfield My Recovery of True Self Dear friends, I know that I have been a big pain in the butt for the past 10 years. But today after…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Naked Shining Morning Night about to disrobe It’s darkness deep. Think I’ll sit here To take a peep. Morning naked in all it’s glory. This is…

by: Guildford Windley Butterfly Hill _____________________ There’s a place that I like best; it’s an enchanted place A little unassuming spot, really just a little dot of a spot on…

by: Shirley Satterfield Sky Moods Angel cloud passing over me. Fleetingly. Fleetingly. Mother Nature’s on the move. Nothing ever stays the same. First an angel. Then a dog With a…

by: Guildford Windley Writers Block ______________________________ Writers block, oh my writers block What to say, what to right Oh look there a bird in flight Gee see that bug on…

by: Shirley Satterfield On The Holy Moment of Death 😇 (Dedicated to Samantha and Jenny at the hour of completion.) 💕 The Tide comes in. The Tide goes out, As…

by: Shirley Satterfield An Attitude of Solitude 🌅 I’m going outside to enjoy the wonders of the morning And the company of the fearfully anf wonderfully Made me. Oh what…

by: alexis karpouzos We fall, we fall so fast, so fast to shadow, and the skies of love diminishing, our humanity is not here, there is no humanity here, in…

by: Guildford Windley There Was a Letdown in Tulsa ______________________________ There was a letdown in Tulsa He got Blue seat pneumonia His staff is testing positive But he is lost…

by: Guildford Windley The Wind of Change __________________________ A new day is a dawning A new time is a coming The wind of change is blowing There are people they…

by: Shirley Satterfield Jesus said, “Come unto me all you who labor And I will give you rest,.” Just rest and be blest. But I must think I’m Hercules For…

by: Shirley Satterfield The mighty ocean, An organism in its own rite. Teeming with life, Rife with the nice music of the moon. God’s precision instrument Embracing earth’s sandy sod….

by: Shirley Satterfield Bad lands. Red dirt. Ruddy rocks rising up Like a menacing jerk. The landscape speaks of an angry hand. God is looking down at a sinful Man….

by: Guildford Windley The Next Chapter of Your Life __________________________________ We live in trying times With sadness and some pain We struggle with the past, for now, the winds of…

by: alexis karpouzos To dream with the black man in one eye and the white in the other, a blame for all, we are human beings and ought to be…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ah yes, that’s a picture of me, A lighthouse at top a rocky rock Over looking a stormy sea,. That picture is the real me. Passion, Energy,…

by: Guildford Windley A Memorial Observance ______________________________ As one looks out across the land One sees marble stones of white On fields of green, that stretch out wide to the…

by: Guildford Windley A Look into Us _________________________________ But what of the fireflies caught in a jar The fireflies light will go out and die for our amusement But what…

by: Shirley Satterfield Good to Be Alive I used to think about committing suicide a lot. But now I’m glad that I’m still alive. I am glad to hear the…

by: Guildford Windley The Loss of a Paradise Love ________________________________ In my dreams, it returns to me Love that I lost to the sea, He had come from far away…

by: Guildford Windley The Sneezed __________________________ Di Di, Di Di, Di, Dic Di, Di, Dic, Dicta Di, Di. Dic, Dicta-tor _________________ Gesundheit _____________ Not all harmful viruses are covid-19 But…

by: Guildford Windley Our Front Line Heroes _____________________________________________ Her eyes look tired, she already looks beat The life she fought for over a week Now lies lifeless as if they…

by: Guildford Windley What Is The Price Of Life? _______________________________________ What is the price of life? What is the cost of a soul? Money to be made, no matter what…

by: Shirley Satterfield My Ordinary Rosebush (Birth) I love, love, love My ordinary rosebush With all it’s tender baby buds All wrapped in swaddling clothes Awakening from virgin sleep And…

by: Shirley Satterfield Ordinary verses Extraordinary ???? Life on earth for me is anything but ordinary. Where else can you see A splendid towering tree, Or a bird fly high…

by: Shirley Satterfield A Prayer on Sunday for General Cleansing ???? Remind me of who You are in my life, Oh Lord. Remind me of who You are in the…

by: Guildford Windley The Joy of Life ________________________________ Ah life is of such bittersweet moments The joys of the ups, the sadness of the downs We live a whirlwind life,…

by: alexis karpouzos The fate whispered our names, our future, molding our life, leaving fingrerprints all over a humanity soul, and reminded us our limitations that nothing could seperate us…

by: Shirley Satterfield A Covid Conversation Between Three Micro Poets Shirley: “Virtual world. Friends now come in little boxes. Wow.” Karl: “Virtual world In daydreams and computer reality. The mind…

by: Shirley Satterfield Shirley Satterfield 4 hrs Dear Church, Been giving some deep thought this morning as to who my leaders really are, and it’s all of you. It’s Dennis…

by: Shirley Satterfield Dedicated to Those Who Tell Me How I’m Supposed to Feel My feelings are a gaslight. Up and down at the whim of the lamp lighter. My…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Star King ???? God’s light is brighter than all the collected stars And reflecting moons of the universe. The universe is only a real big thing,…

by: Guildford Windley A Thank You- To All the Heroes ________________________________________________ Like the old weeping willow, all alone in the meadow Alone are we, locked behind doors, with four walls…

by: Shirley Satterfield During this corona virus isolation time my husband and I have been sitting on the porch a lot just bonding and enjoying the peace of nature. And…

by: Guildford Windley The Foolishness of Man __________________________ For the dead, we weep and pray For the dying, we cry and share our prayers For the lost and confused, no…

by: Guildford Windley The Tree of Life _____________________________________ Somewhere in space and time, the tree of life resides Somewhere in the stars and beyond the clouds a tree does grow…

by: alexis karpouzos Darkness at the shut of day, broken hearts and silent tears around me, the words are sad, the clocks stopped, but the light from a dead star…

by: Guildford Windley A Prayer for Angels Everywhere ——————————————– Angels come in all sizes and ages Angels are both female and male Angels are not only in heaven For they…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Flame ???? I forwarded the flame to another. Now pass it on to a very significant other. Someone’s mother. Someone’s brother. Someone’s wife. Pass it on…

by: Shirley Satterfield Hi, friends and followers of the #dailywisdomwords writing community. I am going to be creating a group anthology containing your poetry. All I need to create this…

by: Guildford Windley These Walls are coming for Me! ___________________________________________________ Look, look, look to the ceiling Look to the walls, as they close in on me Look, look, look to…

by: Kirky Trees straining at their roots while plastic bags wrap around their branches. Like stringless kites, lost without tears, discarded without thought. Leaves race with the wind, out paced…

by: Guildford Windley As A Cloud Floats By ___________________________________________ It’s been weeks, maybe months since I have seen the light of day Trap in my room without a chance to…

by: Shirley Satterfield We, Our roots are deeply intertwined Into one tree About to break out in glorious flowers. This is our super power.

by: Shirley Satterfield Corona Virus Hope???????????????? Hope you and yours are doing better. No trial ever lasts forever. There is light at the end of the tunnel, When God makes…

by: Guildford Windley Reflections ___________________________ Oh summer day of yesteryear In my youth, I did play in the forest and the hill In the bright sun, I ran on trails…

by: Guildford Windley The Eyes in the Forest ______________________________________ Behold deep in the forest the fate of mankind Before our eyes she is dying, a once vibrant forest, and a…

by: jaybird My Poem is within the image.

by: alexis karpouzos Our life a dazzling dream and the death a new arrival, there is no end and never was a begginning. Thousand centuries will gone and will leave…

by: Shirley Satterfield Getting Ripe ???? I sit here on the edge of eternity. Let’s toast to the present moment. The Lord shall cut me off And set my spirit…

by: Guildford Windley The Rise of Women _______________________________ When she looks upon the sky, a little girl sees new worlds With her wondrous little eyes She sees a dream of…

by: Guildford Windley A world without Color ________________________ In a world so black and white The sheer cold of one’s life Blind to the beauty that lies beyond the door…

by: Guildford Windley ______________________________________________ As I look at her full of smiles, eyes so bright, as I told her about my day I never knew her pain, I never heard…

by: Guildford Windley Storage for Humanity ____________________________________ In a world loss of feelings A society cold and uncaring The starkness of concrete and metal cold and without thought of beauty…

by: Shirley Satterfield The Meeting Place I love you, Lord, And there is no greater pleasure for me Than to spend time alone with You. Just you, me, and the…

by: Shirley Satterfield On Wings of Words On wings of words We send our thoughts to heal a soul or Rend a heart asunder. So don’t send out crows, Brother…

by: Guildford Windley The Field of My Youth ______________________________________ As I recall, from my youth a time of peace In a place, where summer dreams were kept It was a…

by: Guildford Windley Words! ______________________ Capitalism Socialism Fascism Fundamentalism Utilitarianism Totalitarianism Why not just plain old Humanism Hate Pain Greed Lust Domination What of just loving Talk Scream Cry What…

by: Shirley Satterfield Oh how I love My insect envelope stickers. They make my more unusual thoughts to flicker. I have a zeal for my own bug like brain Which…

by: Guildford Windley A Matter of Constitutional Importance ______________________________________________________ Democracy and freedom were gifts of forefathers paid for in blood! The freedoms that we hold so dear, but take for…

by: Guildford Windley A Cat Is a Cat __________________ In life, we have our ups and downs We have times of happiness and times of sadness Good times bad times…

by: Guildford Windley A Cat Is a Cat __________________ In life we have are ups and downs We have times of happiness and times of sadness Good times bad times…

by: @Tetrametracall1 Desire finds your lips mine struggles catching you kissing our night hello you take mine inside. We move into us singing moans we laugh lips and others come…

by: alexis karpouzos Beyond the heaven there is the country of heart, here dwell the deepest secret nobody knows, here the bud see the bud, the mind can’t hide its…

by: Guildford Windley That Old Devil Moon in the Sky __________________________________________________ As I sit here looking out the window something comes to mind My mind wanders back through time as…

by: Guildford Windley Life does it Matter? _____________________________ In the age of quantum mechanics A life force that we are, of stardust born of energy Brewed thirteen point eight years…

by: Guildford Windley Freedom Loss __________________________________ Freedom dies in the dead of night when people fall prey to the lies that politicians tell them. When we don’t stand up to…

by: Guildford Windley The Light Housekeeper _________________________________ On a lonely stretch of land jutting high above the ocean lapping at the shore of jagged rocks awash with foam On a…

by: Shirley Satterfield Here and Now I’m sitting right here right now drinking coffee and soaking up the sounds outside, and I’m present moment satisfied, my sense of self ratified,…

by: Guildford Windley On The Road That I’ll Take _______________________________ On the road, bound to nowhere special Just a walk over the next hill, or round that there bend In…

by: Guildford Windley Who Will You Be in the Mirror? ____________________________________ In the mirror, ones can see their own imperfections those in imperfections that are for all to see On…

by: Guildford Windley A Thirsty Koala Bear _____________________________________ A Koala bear come out of the burnt-out woods on a road it sought out a human on a bike that was…

by: alexis karpouzos We are a short poem in a endless emptiness page, words are lighthouses that ignites and struggle to deliver light to the dark edges of the infinite,…

by: Guildford Windley The winds of War ____________________________ The winds of war blow once more across the plains of our shores As old men shout a patriotic response to build…

by: Shirley Satterfield I sprouted forgiveness wings today Flying me to places of pleasant fantasy. There’s a brighter future at hand When mankind forgives a man. Forgiveness wings Give flight…

by: Guildford Windley An Angel came to me ____________________________________ An angel came to me just before Christmas Eve The angel was in a velvet box The angel was of the…

by: Shirley Satterfield Hum Song Lord, I have hummingbird lips; I like to alight a flower. Sipping, sipping natures health Hour after hour. Yum; hum I got me some. I…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Rumbled through the snow I did, In search of food; my intentions were no good…. Had to protect my family, But no treasure anywhere I could see…….

by: alexis karpouzos i know that i shall meet my shadow, one day, is our fate. I know that, someday, the light ends for us and the deadly gravity will…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Quiet is the fire, quite is the dreams, Quiet is the passion, the laughter and the tears, Quiet is the fire that warms the moment. Quiet is…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Money can buy costumes but not beauty…. Money can buy books but not wisdom…. Money can buy bed but not sleep…. Money can buy medicines but not…

by: Guildford Windley In memory of a beautiful Soul ______________________________________ Somewhere there’s Christmas cheer But not here Somewhere people are laughing and joy fills the air But not here Somewhere…

by: Shirley Satterfield This is a poem about resistance to those who resist positive change and anything they deem to be even a little different than what they have experienced…

by: Guildford Windley She Loves Me So —————————— I feel it in the air I hear it from the trees Each drop of rain that kisses my face tells me…

by: Shirley Satterfield I love you, Lord, And I want to dig deep in my soul Until I strike gold. I want to be the Wise Man That gives You…

by: Guildford Windley The River ________________________ Oh river, sweet river Run your course to the sea From a mountain creek, you were born Run your course to the sea A…

by: Guildford Windley Winter days of life ____________________________ Oh wintery days Bring forth the cold, wet storms Splash the rocky shore with high waves Downpour the rain on the scorched…

by: Guildford Windley Life Cycle _____________________________ One day the rain Falling on the plain Renew the world we once knew Bring forth the life a new The winter is upon…

by: alexis karpouzos Fallen angel! Why are you scared? Why you dwelt alone in shadow? Why you tighten your fists? why threaten the whole life? i know, afraid to love,…

by: Yasir Sulaiman I me and myself! Like every other writer or poet on this platform, I also ventured into this field as there were many stories inside me that…

by: Allan Omamo The Oracle of a Lost Pilgrim I’ve relinquished everything to seek trust, truth and love One humanity couldn’t offer One beyond eternity One beyond everything. I relinquish…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Hi everyone. This post is different. It is a short story or rather or part of a book that I have published. The book is available on…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Water; the soul if nature is a body, Devoid of which there can be no life, no energy. Yet it continues to deplete out of ignorance, as…

by: Yasir Sulaiman As move away from the house, I did, Tears I saw in your eyes. I wondered, why should this be? Why weren’t you sharing your smile with…

by: Guildford Windley She Is All the Love I Need ___________________________ She is the world to me A song that my heart will sing forever Her ways, always hold sway…

by: Guildford Windley The Meaning of Life _____________________________________________________________________ We’re only one breathe from eternity In a blink of eye we’re gone, history. From stardust to stardust, our bodies return to…

by: alexis karpouzos I saw a angel on heaven and he invited me to be neighbors to the stars. ”How can i fly? I don’t have wings”. ”I know you’re…

by: Guildford Windley The Tree and the Waterfall ______________________________________________ Once there was a waterfall, on a little brook It was a pretty little waterfall that would fall twenty feet into…

by: Guildford Windley Betrayal, Black Gold and Blood __________________________________________ As the tanks and planes crossed the border, the people ran from the flames From their homes, they did flee the…

by: alexis karpouzos Last night, in my dream, while i wandering in the wild lands a and crossing silent shadows, i met a word and ask: what’s your name? ”My…

by: Guildford Windley The Heroes that have passed Angles rise from the flames of man’s evil follies. Those that fight for truth, died at the hands of the profiteer Wars…

by: Shirley Satterfield Remove from me, Oh Lord, all the obstacles of unbelief. Let faith flow over me like water over hard rocks. Drill the crusty surface of my life…

by: Shirley Satterfield Living Relics Ruins of an old, old church Still standing against the sinking of the sun; This Bride stands alone in this world, But she’s still here….

by: Guildford Windley The Damn is going to Break ___________________________________ The time is near, for you can see the message that was sent Down the rabbit hole, we go, as…

by: alexis karpouzos MY LOVE, I know it seems like the whole earth is in flames, that everything is destroyed and the end of the world is coming, BUT CALM…

by: alexis karpouzos I come from the depths of infinity and from all directions of space-time. I traveled through dark tunnels, went through solar storms. I went straight, circled, parallel,…

by: Guildford Windley Oh A Lazy Sunday Afternoon ______________________________________ On a lazy Sunday afternoon Bright sun in an October sky Oh it’s hot; the air is still, no breeze at…

by: Guildford Windley A message to a hero _________________________________________ Moonbeams pour from the darkening night They break upon the gentle waves that roll on a quiet sea under a blanket…

by: Guildford Windley Look into the eyes _________________________________________ In your eyes, I see the truth For your soul does not hide the charade that you live I know those insecure…

by: Guildford Windley We Are Crossing the Rubicon ____________________________________________ We are at a defining point in our history We are a country divided; this division was nurtured by the Russian…

by: Shirley Satterfield Big Bird I see a big-Daddy bird With his wings outstretched Flying free, free, free over me. I want to fly away too To the top of…

by: Guildford Windley A Little Swedish Girl Spoke —————————————————————— What does it take to teach the world? Is it a president full of his own manure? Standing before the world…

by: Guildford Windley Sunflowers Contemplation ————————————————————— Sunflowers all bright with yellow delight Blue Irises calling out to you on this lazy afternoon Red rose so deep is their love, the…

by: Guildford Windley Life on the Lily Pad ___________________________________________ Just sitting here on my lily pad in the warmth of the high noon sun Life is good for this old…

by: Guildford Windley Changing season ______________________________________ Ah, I can sense it in the air Days are getting shorter and the air a little cooler Yes it’s definitely getting near, it’s…

by: alexis karpouzos I love a flower, i stretch my hand and touch his soft leaves and it sends me a sweet smell. it’s a tacit love, in the sense…

by: Guildford Windley Robert A baby comes on the whispers of October bringing forth a new sweet morning. A child with bright blue eyes and a sheepish grin, that won…

by: Guildford Windley What have we done? ______________________________________ The wind is a blown The trees hear the words not spoken The birds fly above the mess that is man You…

by: Shirley Satterfield The devil can’t derail me Just because he speaks a word, For there is no defeating a genuine Christian Word-nerd. The muscles in my mind Are well…

by: Guildford Windley Where is Isabel _____________________________ Where is Isabel, where did she go? Where is that girl with a beautiful smile? Maria, you spoke so eloquently in defense of…

by: Guildford Windley Lost Love ___________________________________ Here I ponder life Lying under this weeping willow tree By a babbling brook that’s crying out to me Oh, is my troubled soul,…

by: Guildford Windley Political Speak __________________________ In a world full of bull Where the truth does not matter anymore A place where freedom of the mind to think is replaced…

by: Guildford Windley The Watchman, watch _______________________________________ The Watchman, watch The clock as it tolls, its seconds as they go The Watchman sees the damage done As humans have been…

by: Shirley Satterfield I’m just a sittin here right now watching the clock As time ticks by And hearing the second hand Go click-clack in a forward clockwise And just…

by: Shirley Satterfield As an older person I only have three simple priorities in my life that you may not agree with, but please bare with me as you will…

by: Guildford Windley What is the Sense of it All? ______________________________________ Oh what is the sense of it all? We are born into a world that has so much beauty…

by: Guildford Windley .A poem for Maria _____________________________________ A child lost in a world that does not care A world of greed, hate, and deceit wrap up in phony Christianity…

by: Shirley Satterfield Animal Envy My it must be nice Just to be a cat, Eating and drinking and getting real fat, No past, no future, only the present moment…

by: Guildford Windley We need to take a stand _______________________________ We turn our heads, we look away We close our hearts and minds to the truth Our eyes do not…

by: Shirley Satterfield I’ve got something profound in my heart today to share and that is that I am so glad that I have lived a long life and have…

by: alexis karpouzos Where is the magic? We all start out knowing magic. We are born with hurricanes and whirlwinds, oceans and galaxies inside us. We are able to sing…

by: alexis karpouzos Dust to dust by the broken dreams of the humanity, you ain’t got a lot to say, the words are sad, now, our companion, the pains of…

by: Guildford Windley The Runner ___________________________________ The Runner runs, run runner run Don’t look back at what has been done What was, will always be, but in the past is…

by: Guildford Windley A tragedy of Love _________________________________ A journey starts with one step An idea takes just one thought A story begins with the first word So with love,…

by: Guildford Windley It’s a Dog Gone Dog Day ________________________________ It’s a doggone dog day The sky is so gray Ah to my dismay It’s a doggone dog day Here…

by: Shirley Satterfield I have a plant that’s jumping up to the sky To spy on the heavenlies as I lift my eyes up to the sun And feelin’ a…

by: Guildford Windley The Profits of War ___________________________________________ Cling, Cling is the sound you hear when the golden coins hit the table Boom, Boom the sound you hear as the…

by: Guildford Windley Rainbows and Unicorns ____________________________________ Rainbows, doves and unicorns, dreams that I have On a sea of Sunflowers as far as one can see In a field that…

by: Guildford Windley I am who I am ____________________________________ What of the light on break of dawn? What of the stars we see when the sun goes down Where in…

by: Shirley Satterfield Bipolar disorder may make me a bit different and perhaps even a bit odd. But I rejoice in my affliction because it is my strength, for my…

by: Shirley Satterfield Drinking, smoking, gambling And cussing out your hated driver; The raceway is a den of iniquity. But it’s fun though. Cars careening screaming down the track crashing…

by: Shirley Satterfield There’s something special Going on in my house, And it’s called love. For when God sent me Danny dear, He sent out a dove. He rubs my…

by: Shirley Satterfield Book Review: 3 Stories of Love by Yasir Sulaiman Yasir’s book “3 Stories of Love” is one of the best new reads I’ve enjoyed this year. It…

by: Guildford Windley The Mirrors of our Mind ___________________________________ We live in a house of mirrors A place where what you see may not be We told to listen up,…

by: Guildford Windley A Violence of Our Own Making ____________________________________ Where has the Sun gone, behind the clouds of gray? Why do I sit here, no longer do I have…

by: Guildford Windley A State of Mind ___________________________________ Once there was a weeping willow high on a hill A wide tree with long branches that reach out for the ground,…

by: Guildford Windley A Strong and Stubborn Love _____________________________________ As I see beyond the pain, for all the love we’ve gained The things we have said and done while angered…

by: Lori Cooper So great to be here!

by: Shirley Satterfield Can you paint the stars? I think so, if you let the Spirit flow You can reach right up and touch the planet, Mars. Can you paint…

by: Guildford Windley Lost is the Soul ________________________________________ Lost, is the soul that no one wants Lost is the person that is there, but no one sees Lost is the…

by: Guildford Windley The fall from Grace _________________________________________ Where has the world gone, the one I knew so well A place of comfort, one that with pride my chest would…

by: Guildford Windley Life Travels _________________________________________ The footpath that I travel has so many stories to tell. The hills that I have to climb the valleys I have walked. The…

by: alexis karpouzos When the birds take back their language, and the trees unloose their tenderly hands from around you, when the air doesn’t breathe and the fish are sad,…

by: Shirley Satterfield What is old? Old is only a perception, A down and dirty Worldly-wise deception. No one that trods this sod Is old compared to Moses or dirt,…

by: Mar’Kata Rhaimes “I still mourn bitterly for my far-lost childhood innocence. Shall I yet again crave the mystic return of only the harmless parts of ignorance, Or shall I…

by: Guildford Windley The Seasons for Lovers ________________________________________ Summertime love, a kiss in the mist, of the old mist trail, or hiking hand in hand on a Redwood trail Laughing…

by: Guildford Windley Heartbeat _____________________ Heartbeat, Heartbeat The sound of new life Heartbeat, Heartbeat Hold you close to hear Heartbeat, Heartbeat A baby in my arms Two heartbeats as one…

by: alexis karpouzos Don’t tell me the stars stopped to dream. Don’t tell me the birds don’t fly. Don’t tell me the kids stopped crying. Don’t tell me the lovers…

by: Mar’Kata Rhaimes I’d never thought it’d be this hard for me to let you go, Forgetting that when I let you in, I never really took time to show…

by: Guildford Windley A Tribute to a Friend _________________________________ He came to me way back then A cute little guy was he with big brown eyes and yes even with…

by: Yasir Sulaiman Seen I had many beautiful stars, Seen I had many benevolent smiles, Thought I had, that I had seen paradise too, But then I saw you…. Heard…

by: Shirley Satterfield Happy birthday, self, everything ‘s okay now. You are making it. You’ll be just fine Until the day of of your competition. At 67 years young Life…

by: Guildford Windley A Father’s Day Remembrance ___________________________________ Ripples in the fabric of my mind bring forth another time In a place, we left long ago, a rustic image of…

by: Guildford Windley The Truth of who we are ___________________________ Tender is the night Tender is the lips I kiss The thought of you I miss In the haze of…

by: Yasir Sulaiman This is the back-cover of up-coming novel; Fire. It is thriller that speaks about sensitive issues in the Indian sub-continent. Religion, politics and corruption are the main…