The English professor assigned,“For next Monday, write a poem on infinity.”Me! Infinity?Whatever could I write?Generating ideas, my mind was as tightAs a miser withholding […]
Category: Poems by Readers
Our readers have shared with us beautiful words and profound thoughts resulting in quality poetry which we are pleased to be able to share.
Lines to a Summer Cottage
Submitted by her daughters. Our mother, Eloise Wayne Jones, was a resident at Marquette for four years in the Health Center after breaking […]
The Performance of Spring
The daffodils are bloomingprofusely ‘neath the trees.Their Golden heads are held erectall swaying in the breeze.Forsythias abundant bloomsdance lively as a lassLike ballerinas dressed in […]
Where Has He Gone?
A lament. WHERE HAS HE GONE?The man who swept me off my feet.The man who made me feel secure.The man who listened to […]
What Do You Know?
What do you know old girl?I know times are hard, but I can always choose hope. What do you know?I know in this isolation bubble […]
Listen World!
I’ve got stuff I need to tellSince this COVID-19 started,Marquette isn’t doing very well.The Legacy’s closed for diningFireside Grill is shut down tooCan’t go […]
Isolation
Closets have been tidiedI have cleaned out all the drawers,Rearranged the kitchen cupboardsEven scrubbed the bathrooms floors. Read all the books I care toSewed on […]
Morning
There you are again,beloved Lord,being beautiful in the SkyThe trees,In the faces of yourCreated ones.My heart swells with a joyThat spills out.Into the world I […]
COVID-19 Virus Curve*
The COVID-19Virus curve evokes an imageOf a roller coaster ride ascending ever upwardWith unwilling passengers wishing they were elsewhereWhile grasping the bar tightly, not wanting […]
Still of the Night
In the still of the nightWhen all, except cat-burglars and nurses, are sleeping,I lie awake.My mind is a parade ground …..Unsummoned, unrelated, unwanted thoughts,Fears […]
Yesterday
From my perch on the fence,I watched the little lambs at play.Curly coats clean and pearly white,In the warm sunshine.I watched the little lambs…Yesterday…when […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 came a-callingDr. Fauci called the score’U S Mailman wouldn’t enterTwo staff members did his chore. We are called to isolationNo more bus-trips to […]
Hide and Seek
A child’s game of hide and seekWe often played. Seeking to know the others’ thoughtsWhile holding back our own.I often asked “Lay bare your […]
Isolation
Good I like myselfFor I have been called to isolationJust me and me I pray I may emerge a better personWhile all aloneJust a […]
The Pilot’s Gift
Gazing heavenward,A cross appeared in the blue.Prayer filled my heart.Thank you, PilotsFor this beautiful gift.Never will you knowYou sent God’s loveFrom above. Mary […]
The Virus
FearfulAnxiousWhere am II do not know Our fences are uselessThe unseen enemySlips byWhen we hold hands IsolateThe world itself is coldIt grates against meI […]
Mom Met Dad
The girl from Valeene rode sidesaddleWith style and with graceIn a black riding habitAnd a smile on her face. She rode like the windOn […]
Hall Haven
My Mom named our house “Hall Haven”.When the Hall kids grew up and went out into the world,she wanted us to know we could […]
Again?
If you could repeat your years of marriage, would you? Again? Time has dimmed your sight, my love, That I might always […]
Haiku: Spring
Snow people once stoodWhere green spikes pierce thru damp soilSand shifts endlessly Spring paints with blossomsBursting forth on stem and treeGrief remains inside By […]
A Lion on my Street
My friend yelled at me “There’s a lion on our street”!Best we kill it now ere we become its’ meat.Grabbed my gun and joined […]
Ode to Dandelions
Dandelions! Harbingers of spring!Delight to the eye, warmth to the soul!Promise of sunny days , they bringHappy thoughts with golden glow.Childlike, hold them to […]
Lord Byron
I first met Lord ByronIn Miss Moore’s Literature classWhen in High School I was in love with loveAnd may still beLord Byron Touched my […]
Golden Wedding Anniversary
This poem was written in 2005 as my gift to my husband after fifty years of marriage. Perhaps I had better start working on a […]
The End of Awe
Yesterday I saw a little girl hold a puppy for the first time.Her eyes sparkled as it’s tiny tongue tasted her cheek.As I watched, I […]
Faces at the Airport
The people are everywhere. They have color, shape, clothes, but mostly they have disposition. Anger, fear, anxiety, dread, depression, Enthusiasm, confusion, hurry, impatience, Arrogance, […]