WVPoetrygirl

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"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 | 14 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 | 27 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 | 27 views | Poetry | December 30, 2019

"Missing You at Christmas"

by WVPoetrygirl

quiet snowflakes falling gently covering the ground....

3 Likes | 4 comments | 57 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 | 54 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 | 55 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 | 67 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 | 53 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 | 68 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 | 93 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 | 95 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 | 115 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 | 106 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...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 93 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 | 121 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 | 117 views | Poetry | September 9, 2019

"Thoughts and Prayers"

by WVPoetrygirl

Well-meaning people offer thoughts and prayers...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 98 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 | 126 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 | 103 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 | 103 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 | 98 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 | 171 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 | 122 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 | 136 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 | 180 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 | 166 views | Poetry | July 22, 2019

"Superman"

by WVPoetrygirl

The balloon wafting softly on the evening breeze, its string tangled firmly on the limb of a tree, caught my eye as I sat on the bank of the pond catching tadpoles with my brothers as my dad looked on. "Daddy I want" I began to cry, po...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 161 views | Poetry | July 16, 2019

"Inside My Head"

by WVPoetrygirl

In the Spring when I go walking and the leaves are shining new, in the stillness of the mountains my thoughts imagine you. Your laugh a little awkward your hands a little rough, inside kind and tender, but outside strong and tough. In...

1 Like | 2 comments | 157 views | Poetry | June 26, 2019

"Rainbow"

by WVPoetrygirl

Somedays life feels so hopeless. Like there’s no reason to go on. I f...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 205 views | Poetry | May 21, 2019

"True Friends"

by WVPoetrygirl

You cannot please everyone no matter how you try, Just be grateful for...

1 Like | 2 comments | 206 views | Poetry | March 28, 2019

"Thankful"

by WVPoetrygirl

I’m Thankful for my co-workers with whom I share my day even though they taunt and tease me I like them anyway. I’m Thankful for my friends even those who don’t live near, they’re often in my thoughts especially this time of ye...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 274 views | Poetry | November 21, 2018

"Beautiful Christmas"

by WVPoetrygirl

Caught up in the holiday tangle of boxes, ribbons, and bows, in the hustle of the Christmas season seems few people want to know about the tear-stained lady on the balcony who's taking a final leap, or the homeless man in the tattered...

1 Like | 2 comments | 316 views | Poetry | November 2, 2018

"Like-Minded Hate"

by WVPoetrygirl

People aren’t born to hate. Hate is a decision we make. Rational or not, our very thoughts about someone we don’t understand can make us hate, say outrageous things to put someone in their place, gain the upper hand. Striking a sup...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 274 views | Poetry | October 29, 2018

"If I had Wings"

by WVPoetrygirl

If I had wings, I know I’d fly. I wouldn’t be anchored No sir. Not I. In the blink of an eye gone would I be, over mountains so high, soaring o’er the trees. If I had wings, there would be no Stopping me. I would be free. B...

1 Like | 3 comments | 290 views | Poetry | October 23, 2018

"Almost Heaven"

by WVPoetrygirl

Come see West Virginia mountains they’re beautiful in the fall, all dressed in her Autumn finest she’s the fairest of them all. Take a winding road up a mountain top set your soul and spirit free. smell the cool, fresh air, as yo...

0 Likes | 4 comments | 285 views | Poetry | October 21, 2018

"One-legged bird"

by WVPoetrygirl

From a wooden fence on a backyard lawn a one-legged bird sings...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 300 views | Poetry | October 20, 2018

"Supper Time"

by WVPoetrygirl

Orange, brown, yellow, raked, piles of oak leaves made hours of fun for my brothers and me. Field of green and yellow golden rod, resplendent in the sun bent a wake to our feet as through it we would run. Wading barefoot in the creek a...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 263 views | General | October 18, 2018

"Winner"

by WVPoetrygirl

A Winner never cheats, and a Cheater never wins. It matters not how slow you go, but only to begin. Don’t look for ways to skip hard work to make it to the top. For if you’ve done deceptive things your status will soon drop. It m...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 499 views | Poetry | October 16, 2018

"Through Your Eyes"

by WVPoetrygirl

My selfish child, I won’t beg for your love even though, today, you’re all I’m thinking of. Run away, child. It doesn’t matter if you call. No letters in the mail. No contact at all. Grow up child. The Mom shoes fit...

3 Likes | 0 comment | 280 views | Poetry | October 16, 2018

"Mother Nature"

by WVPoetrygirl

So many hurricanes, who can keep track? It's as if Mother Nature is on the attack. For so long she has breathed in the toxins we spew, a permanent haze in the skies once blue. Her rivers of veins are filled with debris as she cries the...

0 Like | 2 comments | 518 views | Poetry | October 15, 2018