Love from the heart Love cannot be forced or cajoled The use of skulduggery or trickery to win the heart Never results in returned love of the soul We abuse, we lose; But like the dew on the lawn That gathers at dawn Under a rising sun’s mischievous grin If we love from the heart,…
Tag: Faith
The morning everything changed
The Morning Everything Changed An Easter poem by Dave A. Gardener And suddenly In one glorious morn A stone was rolled away Ice yielded to warmth Winter to spring Love’s freedom ring Death flipped to life And everything That is everything Changed Forever. Awakened in the morning, Everything brand new; It was love that won…
Once and only once
Once and only once – lyrics by Vic Damone Once and only once I’ll walk through this troubled world So if a good deed I may do Some tearful face bring laughter to I will be contented then For I’ll not walk this way again Once and only once I’ll live with my fellow man…
Countryside dreams
Countryside dreams Speak to me not of the city streets Or the honking of horns and the noise that lifts to smoggy skies, But speak to me rather of countryside dreams Of the clopping of hooves on a flower-lined road And miles and miles of farmland and fields. Never mention to me the hustle and…
From rain come flowers
From rain come flowers Oh my love, have I fallen like Rain upon mud-sodden ground That turns your love away From the sun I’ve always found April-soaked puddles Are where May flowers abound See how the one relates to the other Both in spring’s forest Where forgiveness and love Are the sweetest sounds
I will awaken as the spring
I will awaken as the spring Come and live Hoots the owl on the bough Echoing spring’s pulchritudinous vow To drink at the river like the loving deer All the forest begins to cheer Awaken bears from your winter’s rest Provision is here of all the year’s best An abundance to eat Come and be…
My poetry with translations in Greek
Today I’d like to share two of my nature poems with you that have been translated into Greek by my fellow poet and friend on Twitter, Vasiliki Petroudi. I was so touched and extremely grateful that she did that! She even made little videos that included nature music with each poem. Unfortunately, I can’t share…
The Romantic Gardener 