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Father’s Day | Picture Perfect
Father’s Day | Picture Perfect
I share this sonnet and photos to my own father for Father’s Day. Feel free to use the sonnet as a gift to your Dad as well (just change the last name in line eleven and gather your own snapshots)…
For a formal portrait of you and me
I looked through many photographs
The perfect picture I did not see
but it seems we’ve had lots of laughs
For so many things, I thank you Dad
with a gratitude beyond measure
Of all the advice you ever had
the “sense of humor” one I treasure
It helps me to go that extra mile
Even when I’m in a lousy mood
A simple flash of the Assunto smile
and my disposition is renewed
Enjoy these snapshots from along the way
and have a TERRIFIC Father’s Day!
Life Celebration | Aunt Karen
Life Celebration | Aunt Karen
On a visit to my Uncle Rick and Aunt Karen’s, we have found ourselves attending memorial services…
Though to a Doctor of English
these rhymes may be drivel
Karen has always inspired me
and spared me literary snivel
When I blasted an e-mail
about living in a red state
Karen’s was the first response
because she could commiserate
I looked [...]
Conflict | Peace
Conflict | Peace
My favorite prayer is “Help”
I often ask more specifically
with “Help me to see this differently”
and then I am reminded
about where I was amiss
Surely instead of conflict
I can see Peace instead of this…
For the one who likes to argue…
Do not cloud our light
with your need to be right
just an ego retreat
For there is no [...]
Custom Poetry | Why Write?
Custom Poetry | Why Write?
Years ago, when I began my custom poetry business, someone asked me why I write poetry. So, to get the answer, I wrote this poem.
I never really asked the question
it’s something I just do
not understanding it myself
I’m hoping this gives me an answer too
Well, there are some reasons;
to gain a greater [...]
New Year | New US
New Year | New US
We hoped for change
and now it is here
a new administration
to begin this new year
will our energies shift
to love from fear?
Will the belief in suffering
come to an end?
will we stop naming enemies
and call others friend?
Most of us voted for it
the change we desire
we elected a leader
someone we can admire
but can we count [...]
Notecards | A Great Verse Buy
Notecards | A Great Verse Buy
Personal Verse is now offering notecards. Each card has its own unique verse. All cards are blank inside to add your own personal message. Cards may be purchased one at a time or in quantities of 5 and 20. The price gets better the more you buy, so get an [...]
Featured Poet | Kim Kuerbis
Featured Poet | Kim Kuerbis
I just learned that my friend Kim writes poetry, and she agreed to share this poem about her cats…
They were my companions who died and I felt their sudden flight
One night my friend and I took a stroll
right up the street we call skid row
up the road I saw an angelic [...]
Marvelous Makeover | Minimalist Look
Marvelous Makeover | Minimalist Look
Today I had the opportunity to have a Mary Kay Makeover, compliments of my friend Joanne Sauter. I tend to resist anything that may require more effort on my part (just wearing make-up), but the process was so fun and simple that I purchased my own “starter” kit. The basics were [...]
PERSONALity | UniVERSE
PERSONALity | UniVERSE
Here are the musings of a professional poet playing on the words of her business name. Is there something to the addition of just a few letters that expand the meaning of a word, add an extra syllable to a rhythm, create a new and different rhyme or completely transform the meaning of a [...]
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Discover your gift of poetry…
I believe there is a poet in all of us. Yet, we have this critic within us as well, not to mention all the critics out there, who can not allow us our poetic bliss. I believe that any form of expression is poetry. For me, it is tapping into my source- [...]
