Why should I write a poem
if one doesn’t come to mind
What would be the point
even though I have the time
Is it like exercise
Building up the brain
Suddenly I realize
I’m feeling zero pain!
I like when that happens
Posted in AGING, Daily Prompt, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Riffs of Retirement, Thinking out loud, thoughts
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photos, Random, Self-indulgent, short poem
Emotions seem to be
It seems to me
On the surface
of my mind
Ready to pounce
Just a matter of time
Not sure how to treat them
less seriously
more often
Thought I’d have worked that out by now
Someway
Somehow
Posted in Depression or Anxiety or What?, Joy, Life, NaPoWriMo, Oggi, RETIREMENT, Soup, thoughts
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Psychological Ponderings, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminations, Self-indulgent, short poem, Water color
Sunshine on Sunday
Soon to be Monday
Look forward to some day
Focus on one day
The one I am in
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Life, NaPoWriMo, Oggi, Poems, RETIREMENT, Water color
Tagged Aspiring to Art, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Poem, RETIREMENT, short poem, Water color, Yer' Art
Trying to notice stuff that affirms
rather than misdirects the mind
to messy matters that move a person
to unnecessary struggles
Posted in A Beautiful Day, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photo, Poem, RETIREMENT, short poem, Today
At a cafe all alone
Without a poem
Imperfectly arranged
to be
a part of living
And looking for the good stuff
And hoping that is enough
Posted in Coffee, Kalamazoo, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Water color
Tagged Flowers, NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Maybe, RETIREMENT RIFFS, short poem, Yer' Art
Poetry eludes me
And so does the prose
Cannot come up
With either of those
Could it mean I have nothing to say?
But it’s quite in my nature
To talk anyway
No matter
I chatter
In order to play
And continue attempts to be art-y today
Posted in Art?, NAPOMO 2024, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Spring, Water color
Tagged Aw nuthin', NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, short poem
Here today
And gone tomorrow
Rather not spend it lost in sorrow
So if it’s a choice of something
peaceful
Why not take it?
Could be happiness
is a lot of what we make it
This world has ALWAYS and ALWAYS
been out of kilter
Some of its noisiest, obnoxious
people have no perceivable filter
Grateful to have been in the middle of
so much good so far
even with all my unanswered questions
and the world will be sublime and bizarre
with or without my many suggestions
Posted in Gratitude, Life, NAPOMO 2024, Photograph, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged Existential Angst, Flowers, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poem, Poetry Maybe, short poem
If you choose right
If you choose wrong
You'll never really know
Can't go back and try again
to see how that would go
So make it work
Whatever you choose
Not that much time
left here to lose
He looked up and said,
Here comes the sun!
It was a day
to be embraced
The bitter cold was done
After the unforgiving wind
After the downpour of rain
It was a day
to bask
in blue skies again
Posted in A Beautiful Day, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, photo, Poems
Tagged Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry, short poem
Clam chowder and key lime pie
A small green salad on the side
A sparking lake and a beautiful sky
Then back home to read and write
Clean the house and take a hike
This is the kind of day I like
Posted in A Beautiful Day, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Photos, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photo, Poem, Poetry, RETIREMENT, short poem
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