WVPoetrygirl

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"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 | 96 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...

1 Like | 0 comment | 72 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 | 111 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 | 113 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 | 97 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 | 87 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...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 103 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...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 88 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 | 116 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 | 94 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...

1 Like | 0 comment | 97 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 | 135 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 | 139 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...

1 Like | 2 comments | 103 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 | 122 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 | 134 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 | 169 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 | 132 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 | 217 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 | 147 views | Poetry | August 15, 2018

"She Said"

by WVPoetrygirl

You can't wear that, she said. You're much too fat. I sighed. Put the dress back on the rack. Well, at least I tried. Might as well stay home, she said. After all, you're used to being alone. I groaned. You said I should go. You lie...

4 Likes | 8 comments | 191 views | Poetry | August 10, 2018

"Agitation"

by WVPoetrygirl

Agitation I hate when people ask, “How is your day?” when they don’t really care to know anyway. They’re already poised with something else to say So I respond with the usual answer “it’s ok”. Empty conversations, polite plat...

2 Likes | 3 comments | 294 views | Poetry | July 26, 2018

"Change"

by WVPoetrygirl

Real change is never easy, especially in the middle. That’s when you’re likely to change your mind run back to the starting line....

0 Likes | 2 comments | 222 views | General | July 18, 2018

"Smoke Free"

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0 Likes | 3 comments | 282 views | Poetry | July 9, 2018

"Night Watch"

by WVPoetrygirl

For all Corrections Officers who keep us safe, we salute you! - Anita Elam

You haven’t seen what I’ve seen heard what I’ve heard, done what I’ve done, On the Night Watch. While you are sleeping, far away and dreaming I listen for the sound of inmates scheming. The rattle of my keys, the clank of the b...

1 Like | 2 comments | 406 views | Poetry | May 4, 2018

"Baggage Claim"

by WVPoetrygirl

There are no 'Do Overs' in life, can't undo what you've done. I guess that's not really something you think about when you're young. When you're young you bring your baggage, the other person does too. Unconsciously, both of you are th...

1 Like | 1 comment | 381 views | Poetry | May 2, 2018

"Love and Hate"

by WVPoetrygirl

It’s best to be cautious with whom you mate for there’s a very thin line between love and hate. Scientist have shown when in emotional states there truly is a thin line between love and hate. The brain’s sub-cortex with its insul...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 463 views | Poetry | April 25, 2018

"Marriage Misconception"

by WVPoetrygirl

I used to dream about my knight in shining armor he would be so tall and handsome and oh, quite the charmer. His blue eyes would shine with love whenever he saw my face, he would hold me close at heart with his warm and strong embrace....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 295 views | Poetry | April 24, 2018

"Instead of Being a Tree"

by WVPoetrygirl

Instead of being a tree rooted in one place watching life as it passes by at an ever increasing pace, I'd rather be a butterfly drifting on the wind, lightly touching down upon a flower now and then. Instead of being a tree whose roots are...

1 Like | 2 comments | 345 views | Poetry | April 23, 2018

"Visualized Thoughts"

by WVPoetrygirl

I visualize thoughts as a constant flow of knowing, yet not knowing the things that i know. a harmonic train of connected words flowing past my brain hoping to be heard. As if I could just reach Into the air and pull those words to me...

1 Like | 2 comments | 341 views | Poetry | April 20, 2018

"Monarch"

by WVPoetrygirl

You, who think you are ugly, unlovable, having no gift to give to this world. Do not fret my girl, for you are a butterfly in the making. Make no mistake, we are all caterpillars in need of metamorphosis. There is no more proof of th...

1 Like | 2 comments | 490 views | Poetry | April 19, 2018

"Entitled Child"

by WVPoetrygirl

Designer clothes that you never had. Cellphones, Video games, the latest fad. You justify giving them their every whim. They didn’t work for it, or appreciate them. They grow up, move out on their own and only call when they need som...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 394 views | Poetry | April 12, 2018

"One of those Mondays"

by WVPoetrygirl

Start my car early to melt of another April snow. Pour my coffee down the sink and in a minute out the door I go. Grab my lunch, check the lights Lock the door, close it tight and I’m wishing my life away ‘Cause it’s just another...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 367 views | Poetry | April 10, 2018

"Greed"

by WVPoetrygirl

People have you running here and there trying to tell you how to achieve. They have you trying this and that, soon you don't know what to believe. "Look at my 100,000 followers, You can have them too!" "Just buy my book of secret tips...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 557 views | Poetry | April 5, 2018

"Values"

by WVPoetrygirl

I grew up in a rural, small town where we played outside until the sun went down. There was no internet and no video games, and every neighbor knew every other neighbor’s name. We played in the river, built forts in the woods, we rod...

1 Like | 0 comment | 421 views | Poetry | April 4, 2018

"Money Won’t Buy You Happiness"

by WVPoetrygirl

If suddenly I had money, much more than I could use, would I hoard it like a miser? What with it would I do? Would I be a different person, having gained this sudden win? Unable to remember how poor I was back then? Would my closest fr...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 307 views | Poetry | April 3, 2018

"Veterans"

by WVPoetrygirl

No one asked them to go. No one required them to serve. No one doubted...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 391 views | Poetry | April 2, 2018

"Where do we go from here?"

by WVPoetrygirl

I miss the days when people could actually engage with each other,...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 377 views | Poetry | April 2, 2018

"Always A Critic"

by WVPoetrygirl

The older you get you’ll realize that some folks are just out to criticize....

1 Like | 0 comment | 420 views | Poetry | April 2, 2018