WVPoetrygirl

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"Grandma’s House"

by WVPoetrygirl

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

1 Like | 2 comments | 43 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 | 37 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 | 38 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 | 53 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 | 58 views | Poetry | September 9, 2019

"Thoughts and Prayers"

by WVPoetrygirl

Well-meaning people offer thoughts and prayers...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 45 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 | 67 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...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 44 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....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 53 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 | 51 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 | 85 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 | 59 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 | 69 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 | 102 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 | 106 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 | 92 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 | 105 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 | 127 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 | 137 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 | 205 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 | 239 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 | 205 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 | 217 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 | 217 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 | 221 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 | 206 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 | 367 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 | 211 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 Likes | 2 comments | 389 views | Poetry | October 15, 2018

"Nature Song"

by WVPoetrygirl

An oak tree pitching nuts outside to the squirrels down below while a warm breeze blows through the leaves on the trees. A background accompaniment to the birds that sing, next door to the steeple where the church bell rings. The rush...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 222 views | Poetry | October 10, 2018

"The Ink won’t dry if you just cry on it"

by WVPoetrygirl

The Ink Will Never Dry if You Just Cry on It

Write the same story again and again. Different days, different words, paper and pen. Ruminate the past illuminate the soul, tear-stained diaries full of stories untold. Mark out a line, rearrange some words cry a thousand tears, never...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 203 views | Poetry | October 1, 2018

"Artistic I"

by WVPoetrygirl

I've learned I have to look at things with a more artistic eye. Not just to know the 'What' it is but wonder about the 'Why'. All that's beautiful in this world, underneath a blanket sky, falling down, surrounding me, a pallet for ar...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 190 views | Poetry | October 1, 2018

"Sidewalk Serenade"

by WVPoetrygirl

Cool, gentle breeze rustles my hair Damp city street, the smell of rain in the air. Walking past the shops before the world awakes Listening to a sidewalk serenade. Shadows move in unlit rooms, a new day begins Before the hustle...

1 Like | 5 comments | 203 views | Poetry | September 25, 2018

"No Means No"

by WVPoetrygirl

No Means No No means No Regardless what her body shows. No means No. Not yes, not maybe Not you know you want it baby. No means No. She’s not undecided No matter how you’ve tried it. No means No. I’ll say it again. Hopefully thi...

2 Likes | 3 comments | 212 views | Poetry | September 23, 2018

"r a i n"

by WVPoetrygirl

r a I n indifferent in the sunshine, I prefer the rain. Something about clouds crying makes me feel the same. Look up to the sky not a speck of blue. Swirls of white and gray mirroring my mood. Feeling of affinity,...

1 Like | 2 comments | 190 views | Poetry | September 23, 2018

"“Red, White and Blonde”"

by WVPoetrygirl

Red, White and Blue WV Lottery Scratch off tickets

I normally consider myself an intelligent person. After all, I AM a Computer Programmer, have excellent writing skills, so I normally don’t subscribe to or entertain the ‘blonde’ moments jokes. I find them generally insulting and...

0 Likes | 3 comments | 152 views | Humor | September 21, 2018

"Broken Home"

by WVPoetrygirl

Rather than leave you and get on with my life Where I could find someone better for me, I die a million slow deaths daily with you waiting for your attention, but you just never see. It’s like I enjoy the pain, being cut to the core...

1 Like | 4 comments | 426 views | Poetry | September 17, 2018

"Time"

by WVPoetrygirl

Minute by minute, hour by hour the days keep marching on. Day by day, week by week, another year has gone. Year by year the clock hands...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 235 views | Poetry | September 4, 2018

"Vietnam Vet"

by WVPoetrygirl

Young and idealistic, off to save the world donned in uniform, an American hero born. Strong beyond his years, exuberant to fight, no one told the soldier this battle was not right. Returning home unwelcome, his hero medals tossed, tw...

1 Like | 4 comments | 342 views | Poetry | August 27, 2018

"Mirrors"

by WVPoetrygirl

Tales of someone’s woe, escaped your lips in tell. Attempts to make headway with another’s tattered sail. A foot upon the chest of the downtrodden prone, hands across your breast on your judgmental throne. Mirrors don’t exist i...

1 Like | 2 comments | 215 views | Poetry | August 15, 2018