Beauty
In the brown and gold
Tears for times
Past when we
Young and verdant without care
Lived the high life
Shadorma
Tag: youth
Lives Of Leaves
Once prominent
A vibrant crown of glory
Rustling and bustling
Sheltering new life on high
And offering shade
Now a colorful blanket
Looked down upon
Trampled without thought, deemed useless
Until wind carries them away
Choka
In a Flash
Youth was here and then
One blink and it was gone
Hummingbird at feeder
Haiku
Cruising McMinnville
Ah
Tonight
In my mind
And in my heart
I was young again
I visited the past
Rode down memory lane
Remembered the days of old
While standing on the streets of now
Reverse Nonet
Tonight our hometown had a classic car show and cruise, and I had the pleasure of not only watching all those beautiful cars that I remember from my past drive around,
but also had the opportunity to ride in one!
I began driving in 1960 and I was blessed to have owned many of those cars that are now called “classic”. (And I wish I still had some of them now!😊)
But it was such fun to not only see them all cruising around but to also be able to do so with my 18 year old grand-daughter who owns a 1985 RX-7.
Fun night! Great old and new memories!
Ever Upward
On Excelsior!
Higher and always upward,
Though shades of night fall,
Your youth shall bring victory!
Though sadness and sorrow
Threaten in the storms of life,
Carry your banner high!
Faint thee not! Excelsior!
Your help comes from above!
Choka
(This poem was inspired by reading “Excelsior” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
To My Younger Self
I once was you before you were me.
If I’d known then, what I know now,
I would have told you this:
Remember your creator
in the days of youth,
And listen to
Your parents
Stories,
For
Times
Will come
When you will
Wish you had done
All of that and more.
I would have told you
To plan well for your future
Since someday you would grow old,
Wish you had, but it would be too late.
Nonet and Reverse Nonet
Who am I?
I am a million thoughts,
Images and feelings,
Held together by hopes,
Dreams and will.
I am a broken heart,
Mending.
A dreamer, chasing.
A child, exploring.
I am youth and old age,
Combined in mind and body,
Held together by God.
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Ephemeral Joy
In the days of my youth
When time was of no essence
No thoughts for the morrow
Entered my lofty world
As I grew vibrantly
In the fresh breezes of life
Enjoying the sun’s kiss
Until touched by Autumn’s breath
I felt the brevity of life
Choka
All Ages
Like Prune or Plum
Yourh snd Aged have value
Both beneficial
Both can share something
That society truly needs
Tanka
Childhood Stravage
Wandering
Aimlessly through my life
Sauntering
Slow Strolling
Seemingly without a care
Ah, to be a youth again
Shadorma
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