This is my fifth book of poetry published now in print,from my ever growing poetry collection over the years.Here you will find all kind of poetry,so many written about so many different subjects and penned in a lot of poetry styles and forms, all of which I've written with all my heart.My sincere wish among many is that some of my poetry may touch your heart and inspire you in your own life too, to make changes everyday for the best and to reach for the stars above.The sky is the limit.Make your own dreams everyday a reality.Enjoy my book!
We spend every passing day yearning for our moment, waiting for our turn. We cheer on others when they shine their brightest. We pace back and forth as we anxiously anticipate our breakthrough to arrive, but only to find out that the path is not straight; there are bumps and diversions that can only be rectified by time. This is a collection of poems about the wait, the hurt, and eventually, the alignment of our fates. The game of life is all about patience and hope. These poems are for all of us who have spent sleepless nights and lived mundane routine days - knowing that when the clock is finally in our favor, everything will finally make sense. There is a time for waiting. There is a time for hurting. But after every detours and delays, destiny persists and everything will align. All we have to do is wait.
I have led my life in a constant state of poetry. Since the age of about eight I saw and felt everything important in rhyme time. Hence I have gathered my life story in a book of poems that will mean nothing to you except from an entertainment aspect. I was born in the small coal mining town of Shamokin, PA on July 6th, 1925 . Yes, I’m 92 so I have a lot to write about, but I chose to capture only the events of importance to me, like having twins in 1946 when it was still a miracle. Then having a son only sixteen month later, which made me consider thoughts of suicide. Eighteen years later, when I was about to become a free spirit, I found myself pregnant.(thoughts of suicide returning to the fore again) But life held another surprise when I discovered my first born twin was expecting too, leading then to thoughts of murder. Being accustom by now to the travails of life we forged forward and delivered our bundles of joy within 6 months of each other, making my new daughter an aunt to my new grandchild and I became my own grandma. The poems I have included in my book will make notice to the times they happened and the reason of importance. I must add, at this time, that I have gone through two husbands and have been involved with a great guy a year older than myself, for the last ten years, so if you only get one thing out of my book it should be enjoy life, it’s never too late to start over. For your additional enjoyment I have added some of my art work . ENJOY !
“Rhymes and times of Rippling Phonons” are inspirational poems with humour concerning bird and animal behaviour, about plants and vegetation, about extraterrestrial life, about space, about climate change, about sea creatures, about cyclones and avalanche, realistic depictions of rural life, complex social and philosophical themes, artistic institutional depictions, fundamental questions of existence, depicting the loneliness of the individual in an indifferent universe, showing the human reaction to nature’s processes, description of character-based poems with satirical, sympathetic humour, truth of imagination and it’s depth, language of heart’s perception, sublime rhymes, creative glitter with humour and critical intelligence, poetry as the work of indulgence and fancy offers the reader, poetic apprenticeship and maturity, written about nature, about gardens, adventure, about school life, about old age, about home makers, about human nutrition and career paths, about soldiers life, of human values, of true friends, about trauma, about infant life, extreme sport, about farmers and fishermen, about leaders and leadership, about love, about music, about festivals, about hygiene, about evolution, about retirement, about lighter side of life, about prayer, about Green revolution, about entrepreneurship, about parental love and grandparents, about space programs, about stars and Galaxies. It depicts life of farmers, children, grandparents, soldiers, sea men, pilots, of teacher, and students. It teaches entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, faith, and adventure of flying, and emotion recollected in blissfulness.
Rhymes x pictures = times tables made easy! Nine year old Harry Moraghan never found maths easy. Then he discovered he REALLY hated it when it came to learning multiplication tables So Harry's mum invented an ingenious way of remembering his tables by using rhymes and pictures. In two weeks Harry had all his multiplication tables down pat. Soon after, Harry's teacher gave the class a test. Harry finished it in five minutes and got every question right! News of Harry's Magic Tables spread like wildfire in his school. In no time, the book was shared with some lucky classmates, friends, cousins, and eventually complete strangers too! Now many happy children know their tables inside out – and so can you!
Signs of the Times is good clean-or not so clean-fun in two ways. It's a joy to be reintroduced to so many dearly loved and justly renowned nursery rhymes, long after their sparkle and pungency may have faded from adult memory. It's also fun to see what an informed and somewhat sardonic modern sensibility makes of them anew in the context of these times we are all now living through. -Bruce Bennett, Emeritus Professor of English, Wells College Colin McNairn is clearly having fun as he rewrites nursery rhymes to comment on the wider world. With jabs and plentiful jokes ("hickory, dickory, daiquiri"), he happily draws readers into his imaginative wordsmithery. -Warren Clements, Author, The Nestlings Press Book of Fairy Tales in Verse If Mother Goose were writing her nursery rhymes to-day, she would no doubt burnish her MeToo credentials by condemning Georgie Porgie for kissing the girls and making them cry, have Billy Boy, a.k.a. Charming Billy, look for a wife online rather than by pursuing a ground game; warn us against catching a tiger by the toe, given the dangers of nail fungus; and recognize a twinkle, twinkle in the night sky as more likely to evidence a drone rather than a star. These are among the revisionist scenarios portrayed in the 70 plus mature verses in this collection, all of which have been inspired, to some extent, by traditional nursery rhymes. The subject matter of the verses ranges widely and includes, politics, language, the law, dating and mating, social behavior, food and drink, health, sports, commerce, technology, travel, and the natural environment.
Living the way we do, in search of financial success and material gain, we lose sight of the true value of life and begin to live limited and uncreative lives. We forgo the benefits of spiritual growth to the planet and don't mind if our young people choose materialism over spirituality. Effectively, we become lost souls, tending to revert to belief as we get older. 'Rhymes for the Times' is born of a heartfelt need for change within society, and has been long awaited by some. We need an observance of the unseen from the start. It does, I can assure you, exist.
Ranting has almost become a national pastime in Canada during the last few years, but not too many rants are served up as poetry. Now imagine that the poet is 97 years old, with the perspective of nearly a century of living on this planet. This will give you a hint of the experience awaiting you when you read this book. Barry Cotton takes his outrage and his sense of humour to the printed page in this timely collection of poems, which highlights and questions some of the most recent issues in Stephen Harper's reign as Canada's Prime Minister. Described by the author as a light-hearted way to deal with his distaste for the shenanigans of current parliamentarians, these poems nonetheless do carry serious undertones. Mr. Cotton draws on his long-held love and appreciation for the natural beauty of British Columbia, combining this with wit and humour to draw his readers into questioning the decisions of our governments. Many of these poems have appeared previously in the Gulf Islands Driftwood and the Island Tides newspapers. This book is sure to be an engaging and appropriate read for this federal election year.
Rhymes for the Times The more things change The more they stay the same This is about what things are Not what things are not It’s about whom I’ve loved; still love Not those who have loved me not It’s about remembering Not that which is forgotten It’s either I love or I love not What I love and hold Not what I have forgot Or that which is cold and dark It’s about those who stay Not for those who run For persons born, yet unseen And those who dare follow their dreams Followers of the course of winners Beware of the pretenders Enjoy the rainbow whether young or old Never chase the pot of gold By Carl Woodson Written this 30th day of May 2013
