Happy Sunday, everyone! This is the first month in which I’ve decided to have a theme to my poems that I post daily on Twitter. Since it’s May and the month of spring flowers, I decided to share a new flower each day with the prompt word from our hashtag poetry group. The result is…
Tag: Romantic poetry
Upon these waves true and tried
Happy Sunday, fellow poets of life! Sometimes my poems reflect my heart and feelings transferred into words on the page. At other times, as in the poem that I’d like to share with you today, they tell a story. As a fiction writer, I naturally gravitate towards writing stories and I’ve enjoyed slipping them into…
From rain come flowers
Happy Sunday, everyone! I’ve been writing a lot of poetry related to spring recently because you know ‘tis the season, and it’s my favorite. 🌺 So I wanted to share one this week that reflects the proverb “April showers bring May flowers.” Growing up in New England, we lived out this proverb, where it is…
I will awaken as the spring
Happy Sunday, everyone! Today I’d like to present a poem I wrote about the awakening of spring from its winter’s rest. In a broader sense, this poem represents an optimistic trust in the provision of the future that as yet cannot be seen. I go to sleep in want, but I rest contentedly knowing that…
Poems of Nature – with translations in Greek
Hello, everyone! Gentleman Dave is back! I’m sorry that I’ve been MIA for so long. Do you even remember me? I’ve been spending most of my online time on Twitter, writing poems with the amazing poetry group called #vss365. These are some of the most talented writers I’ve ever met, aside from you, of course!…
The bridge from me to you
I love how the bridge of life arches from here to there Firmly fixed and connected to you, that’s where The heart is not naturally a lonely soul at all But seeks its connection, whether large or small A delicate breeze ripples the river A coldness across the valley brings a shiver But the warmth…
The love-sent message of the stars
I want to imagine the two of us You and me Gazing upon the night sky to see Its vast array of lights Welcoming us to come and believe The stars do more than just twinkle, you know They whisper love Again and again Three messages they speak Love-sent from the heavens One: the beauty…
You are immensely loved
In a summer meadow, sunflowers bask in the open air Under cerulean skies wave the golden heads of joy A light breeze tickles the grassy hill about them Bright yellow dandelions shudder and dance In fields of wild green grass Burgundy poppies dot the landscape nearby in fields of red Emerald hills go on forever…
You are meant for more
Hear me perennial in the night You are meant for more of the day You are meant for us To share your fragrance Your lovely leaves Your stalwart stems Your flourishing flowers You are not a forgotten wallflower You survived the winter You will bloom again
Rosalie
There once was a vast field of tulips How beautiful they made the world Pinks and yellows Flushes and blushes An arraignment of beauty all through the valley But among the tulips There was one who was rare One of the prettiest pinks Unparalleled among the rest Proud and lovely Rosalie Thin green stem and…
The Poet's Love Letter 