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…

by: David Breakspear The chocolate boxed view of the house by the stream with rod and line dangling, waiting for the unsuspecting Bream______or Trout. Today is spontaneous, the sun warming…

by: David Breakspear Within the tome, amongst the pages you’ll find, emotive words, from hearts & souls, of a younger kind. Unable to vote, yet parents they lose, Is something…

by: Shirley Satterfield Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Man Who Elevated Rap Rap music, it seems that one either loves it or hates it, And I think that one is more apt…

by: Guildford Windley The Report _____________________________ The winds they’re a blowing The fog is a clearing The truth will be known You may hide behind the lies But the time…

by: Shirley Satterfield .The Paper The scholar and the printer Work to put the Paper out; One strains every fiber in his brain While the other his sinewy arms maintain…

by: ArteLeonida Secret island in the shadow ???????????? like destiny like the end of a journey or a promise under the touch of a golden sky of heaven the pure…

by: Shirley Satterfield Edgar Allen Poe, born in January 1849, liked to weave tales of mystery and macabre. And he often delved into the inner workings of a sick man’s…

by: alexis karpouzos We are the gleam of infinite, the breath of light, the spark of life, the chain of being, the circle of the sheres, the scales of creation,…

by: Steve Cross #crossbyte When you have doubts about the way your life has gone, instead of asking yourself “what if,” ask yourself “what now?”

by: Guildford Windley A Lost Soul __________________________ Oh, mother, I call to you My words are silent, my tears cannot flow It’s your lost daughter; I went missing two years…

by: Shirley Satterfield Earth is a gift. Life is a gift. Art and Nature together are yet another gift. But all these gifts we so enjoy Will give way to…

by: Guildford Windley A look at Mother’s Day ______________________________ The sun peeping through the curtains hanging from the window The warm beams of light seeping into the sleepy bedroom Yes,…

by: alexis karpouzos You were born with dreams and ideals, you were born with love and trust, you were born with potential and greatness. You were born with wings. Don’t…

by: Guildford Windley The Truth will come out ________________________ The days are of gray Long are they The nights are cold The silence last so long One day is just…

by: Guildford Windley Thoughts of the Fisherman ________________________________ Tis morning first light As we make way through the swells The boat is rocking as the water breaks over the bow…

Show love to nature around you so that it can give you more life…