WVPoetrygirl

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"Treasure"

by WVPoetrygirl

I’ve amassed no trove of treasure In this life such as it went a collection of mixed endeavors is how my life was spent. Oh, certainly in days long passed there were dreams just...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 254 views | Poetry | August 9, 2021

"Dear Santa"

by WVPoetrygirl

Dear Santa - I know you’re God’s messenger in a bright red suite So I have a different Christmas list this year for you. Instead of a bunch of packages underneath my tree could you do something different this year for me? See, all...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 298 views | Poetry | November 28, 2020

"Rollercoaster"

by WVPoetrygirl

My emotions are rickety, rollercoastered and flawed. it’s hard to control them, sometimes, because - they’re up, they’re down....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 374 views | Poetry | August 16, 2020

"Words to the Departed"

by WVPoetrygirl

With such kind words we hail the departed, Condolence effused o’re the brokenhearted, but how, in life, those words unsaid flow freely now upon the dead. Words once held and ‘nary spoken ring false upon the heart that’s broken. W...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 382 views | Poetry | July 31, 2020

"Dear Inmate: Mt. Olive Correctional Facility"

by WVPoetrygirl

Dear Inmate at Mt.Olive - I’ve sealed your fate. No, literally, I’ve just sealed the envelope with tape. The Decision of the court is about to be mailed, I’m sorry to say that your Appeal has failed. You don’t know it of course...

3 Likes | 0 comment | 410 views | Poetry | July 31, 2020

"Drama"

by WVPoetrygirl

The best solution for Drama? Don’t get sucked into the fray. People will try to draw you in Egging you with what they say. The more you try to defend the more they suck you in It’s just a game for them one that nobody wins. You k...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 439 views | Poetry | June 18, 2020

"All The World Is Grey"

by WVPoetrygirl

All the world is grey devoid of form and color passing day by day one into the other. Just below the rim the sadness in me dwells, time and time again no one dare I tell. What reason to be sad? casual voices query not all y...

1 Like | 2 comments | 442 views | Poetry | May 18, 2020

"Another chance to get it right"

by WVPoetrygirl

A Virus put the brakes on a world moving much too fast. Now it’s time to wake up again, those dreams from the past. A chance to think about those dreams we dreamed but put on hold. Wishes that we kept...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 399 views | Poetry | April 29, 2020

"The “New Normal”"

by WVPoetrygirl

Social Distance - the new existence Or dare I say, our “New Normal”. Mask our faces in public places Just a taste of our “New Normal”. Sanitize it, neutralize it Identify with the “New Normal”. Upended plans, no shaking han...

1 Like | 0 comment | 651 views | Poetry | April 28, 2020

"Window Visit"

by WVPoetrygirl

Glass holds back the human touch. Someone inside I love so much. Reflected in the glass my tears. Wishing I could hug you dear. Hands pressed tight against the pane. Wishing we could hug again. Fragile you interned inside. Kept away, I...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 450 views | Poetry | April 28, 2020

"COVID-19 Corona Virus"

by WVPoetrygirl

It started in China with COVID-19, the worst pandemic the world’s ever seen. People were dying, though many recovered. The True source of the Virus still undiscovered. Conspiracy Theorists claim the Government is to blame but the wor...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 557 views | Poetry | March 10, 2020

"Promises, Promises"

by WVPoetrygirl

“I’ll be there at 8:00.” Two hours pass and they’re still late. “I’ll be there in 10.” 50 minutes later you’re...

1 Like | 2 comments | 474 views | Poetry | February 6, 2020

"Fishin’ for a Heart"

by WVPoetrygirl

If I went fishin' for a heart, by casting a few lines I could reel one in in no time, with these sentiments of mine....

1 Like | 2 comments | 560 views | Poetry | January 27, 2020

"The Prayer"

by WVPoetrygirl

A little boy’s father was passing away and standing by his bedside the boy plead daddy stay he looked over at his mama and cried maybe he’ll be OK If I get down on my knees and I pray. Mama took the boy’s hand said now you li...

1 Like | 0 comment | 524 views | Poetry | January 21, 2020

"What You Need to Hold On to"

by WVPoetrygirl

What makes your heart swell with pride? What makes you cheerful and giddy inside? What brings tears of joy to your eyes? That’s what you need to hol...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 523 views | Poetry | January 8, 2020

"Our Best Year Ever"

by WVPoetrygirl

As 2019 comes to a close it’s time to reflect and put away those memories of good times and sometimes bad memories of happy and when we were sad. To the future let’s look, to a shiny, New Year, full of hope and potential, of joy and goo...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 729 views | Poetry | December 31, 2019

"Keep Going!"

by WVPoetrygirl

Slow and Steady wins the race even if at a turtle's pace. Keep moving forward and before you know, You'll get to where you want to go. Keep going, whatever it is. You're going to do it. You've got this! Follow: FB, Instagram, Twitter:...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 886 views | Poetry | December 30, 2019

"Missing You at Christmas"

by WVPoetrygirl

quiet snowflakes falling gently covering the ground....

3 Likes | 4 comments | 591 views | Poetry | December 25, 2019

"This Christmas"

by WVPoetrygirl

I sat among boxes and gift wrap and all I could do was cry 'cause the thing I wanted most this Christmas was for someone I loved not to...

1 Like | 2 comments | 609 views | Poetry | December 16, 2019

"The Art of Sparring Gracefully"

by WVPoetrygirl

Some people have mastered the art of sparring gracefully not falling apart, launching cruel words hastily. I aspire to be that one so att...

1 Like | 2 comments | 576 views | Poetry | December 10, 2019

"This is West Virginia"

by WVPoetrygirl

We have many curvy roads and beautiful mountains high porch-swinging grandmas who will wave and tell you hi. we may not have the fix, but we certainly will try ‘Cause this is West Virginia. We have small town values like saying Thank...

1 Like | 4 comments | 548 views | Poetry | December 10, 2019

"What Will You Do?"

by WVPoetrygirl

There are folks out there with loved ones dying. There are moms out there, hungry babies crying. There are old folks stuck in nursing homes whom no one visits and are all alone. There are Vets committing suicide. Someone's only friend...

1 Like | 2 comments | 508 views | General | December 5, 2019

"Sorry For Your Loss"

by WVPoetrygirl

This may sound ungrateful though I don’t mean it to but I’m tired of hearing “Sorry for your loss” platitudes. When someone you know passes away...

1 Like | 2 comments | 613 views | Poetry | November 14, 2019

"Into the Arms of Death"

by WVPoetrygirl

We go about our daily lives with death a random thought. oh sure, sometimes we ponder it but mostly we do not. Until the day we’re shaken by its knocking at our door and rudely we’re awakened denial can be...

1 Like | 2 comments | 597 views | Poetry | October 29, 2019

"One Life"

by WVPoetrygirl

You only get one life that’s all you’ll ever get in the crazy day t...

3 Likes | 4 comments | 793 views | Poetry | October 22, 2019

"Grandma’s House"

by WVPoetrygirl

I drive by the empty lot now where Grandma’s house used to be....

1 Like | 2 comments | 701 views | Poetry | September 27, 2019

"Fate"

by WVPoetrygirl

Fast the clock hands turn and yet, day on day with no regret, I watch t...

3 Likes | 2 comments | 749 views | Poetry | September 23, 2019

"A Hug to Last a Lifetime"

by WVPoetrygirl

Give me a hug to last a lifetime ‘cause I don’t want to let you go. If I had a hug to last a lifetime, I’d always feel you close. Even when you’ve left this world, and I’m feeling all alone, if I had a hug to last a lifetime...

3 Likes | 4 comments | 657 views | Poetry | September 19, 2019

"Mama, I finally Understand"

by WVPoetrygirl

I remember too well, when daddy died I was too scared to do anything but cry. I was young and didn’t understand how to be strong and hold his hand....

2 Likes | 2 comments | 644 views | Poetry | September 16, 2019

"Ghosts"

by WVPoetrygirl

I don't want to live with a ghost. I know it was her you loved the most. I'd just be someone to dry your tears but it's her in your dreams as I'm lying here. I wouldn't want to feel when you hold me close, arms around me but embracing...

1 Like | 2 comments | 623 views | Poetry | September 9, 2019

"Thoughts and Prayers"

by WVPoetrygirl

Well-meaning people offer thoughts and prayers...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 639 views | Poetry | September 6, 2019

"The Freshwater Spring"

by WVPoetrygirl

The breeze blew warm across the meadow, bending goldenrods to cast away butterfly and bee, as the man made his way purposefully down the well-worn path to the spring in the valley below. Silver bucket in hand, it swung rhythmically by his s...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 616 views | General | September 4, 2019

"Dying Leaves"

by WVPoetrygirl

There's a beauty, you see, in dying leaves. They never cry. They never grieve. Once young and vibrant now summer has passed. Fall has come and they're dying at last. Aged and worn, their work is done. Time to lay down make way for the...

3 Likes | 2 comments | 674 views | Poetry | September 4, 2019

"Be You"

by WVPoetrygirl

Be who you are there is only one you, nobody can do you quite like you do. Whether you're a Nerd, a Jock or a Queen be the best you this world's ever seen. We are all different and happily so, a tapestry of colors, a living rainbow....

1 Like | 2 comments | 718 views | Poetry | September 4, 2019

"Remembering Us"

by WVPoetrygirl

Sitting on the park bench my fingers trace the cracks of our initials you carved. Children's play echoes yesterday's laughter and I remember the first day that I saw your smile. Through faces passing, racing, fearfully searching then l...

1 Like | 2 comments | 599 views | Poetry | September 3, 2019

"Fall"

by WVPoetrygirl

Some people are summer folks and that's ok, I for one prefer a fall day. I love it in autumn when the heat is subdued and the trees wear their colors in earth-tone hues. The breeze is warm but the bees have gone home, busy making hon...

3 Likes | 2 comments | 856 views | Poetry | August 23, 2019

"My Preamble to the United States Constitution"

by WVPoetrygirl

An Updated Preamble to the United States Constitution

We The People Not just those whose skin is white Not just those who are on the Right Not just those whom we invite Of the United States of America Not just those in MAGA states ...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 857 views | Poetry | August 7, 2019

"Weapons Ban"

by WVPoetrygirl

When a Mall becomes a battlefield because a person with a gun decides t...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 759 views | General | August 6, 2019

"Hey God"

by WVPoetrygirl

Hey, God if you're not busy I could use a little help. I have a favor to ask of you 'cause I can't do it by myself. See God, I didn't get to say Goodbye to my brother who passed away. I didn't know you'd come so soon or that he would b...

8 Likes | 0 comment | 746 views | Poetry | August 2, 2019

"Plant Together"

by WVPoetrygirl

Be someone who plants things that add to the greenery, not someone who blows up mountains and destroys the scenery. Fill the air with the smell of lavender and lemon don't pollute my streams so that I can't swim in 'em. Leave the tree...

1 Like | 2 comments | 703 views | Poetry | July 22, 2019