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484 · Oct 2021
Brighter Days Sultry nights
Maddy Oct 2021
Reasons and seasons don’t matter
You can mix and match easily
Turn a deaf ear to what seems false to you
The Cult and it’s followers will learn the hard way
If they ever learn at all
Moving forward.is the only direction now
For as sure as History repeats itself we can’t afford to go backward
Ever again
Tasting,savoring and enjoying life matters so much more than it ever did before
This will lead you towards brighter days and sultry nights
No matter where or when
Where we are today needs to change

C@rainbowchaser2021
Maddy Apr 2023
You're not going to melt
You might get a little wet
You might have to slow your pace
Fight the fear
The ones that keep you from being the very best you can be
The ones that become excuses and get in your way
Now that you have admitted that you are afraid
Get your umbrella and rain gear
The worst that can happen is that you might get splashed or caught in a downpour
The best thing is that the rain brings flowers in May
If you are allergic take your meds and carry a tissue

C@rainbowchaser2023
480 · Nov 2023
Walking
Maddy Nov 2023
Walking has become a healthy means to reframe and enjoy every day or start that way.
No music, no podcasts only nature's sounds and music
It's healthy.
It's calming.
For the last four years of battling diseases of those close to the heart and Dear Friends, pain, hurdles, and sorrow
It has become a great friend
It doesn't read my poetry
It doesn't promise to write book reviews that have yet to come to fruition
Walking for hope, and charitable causes and to see what the world can be
Walking for and with Hope

C@rainbowchaser2023
479 · Mar 2021
The mirror
Maddy Mar 2021
Take a hard look
Turn off the noise of the past
If those toxic creatures messed with your soul
Set yourself and them free
Once they roll off their thrones
Bid them and what they did a long over due farewell
Take along hard look and realize they did a number on you because you didn't know better and you were too sensitive to see for yourself
Beauty is inside and out

C@rainbowchaser2021
To those who were bullied, Been there,
472 · Jan 2023
Writing In General
Maddy Jan 2023
Words flow like waterfalls and sometimes trickle
They call out to you at the strangest times and laugh behind your back when the creativity sparks at an inopportune time
Need I identify it, you know exactly where I am coming from
No matter your genre, the muses have a time and place and then again
They have a great time all at once or nothing at all
Being a writer isn't always understood and then a reader comments about what you wrote here or anywhere
You made them think, cry, laugh or shake their heads in wonder
It is a gift you possess
Writing in general is a treasure so keep that close to your heart the next time the paper laughs back when you don't have words to fill it up or the computer freezes

C@rainbowchaser2023
471 · May 2023
Listen Still Learning
Maddy May 2023
I live in my own words
A different imagination
In Vistas, Discoveries, and Memories
The latter lives in my heart and my dreams
They are part of what was and what is
As well as what is around the corner
You don't miss what you never had but when you find it-
What a treasure
Be carefully taught to understand, accept, and not hate
It there any chance of this happening before its too late?

C@rainbowchaser2023
470 · May 2023
You
Maddy May 2023
You
It's not about you
It's about what you do
So until you find it or it finds you
Get a clue
it's not about you
It's about what you do!
C@rainbowchaser2023
470 · May 2022
Change
Maddy May 2022
Watching a male squirrel with mouthful of grass for a nest reminded me of Mother Nature 's joy and dignity
Her creatures great and small wonder when tbe humans will
accept change as tbe constant that it is
Still fighting it instead of going with the flow
When will we change for the better

C@rainbowchaser2022
466 · Sep 2018
Not above the Law
Maddy Sep 2018
When you hurt somebody
When your acts brake their soul
When loved ones stand by them or walk away because there is nothing left for them to do
Are you listening in DC?
Everywhere and all over the world
Be a loving and caring
Genuine human being
Get help if you need it
Admit your issues and face them

Those,who don't qualify
You are not above the law
Your day will come to face the music The Me too movement is only the beginning
To right so many wrongs
c@Rainbowchaser 2018
466 · May 2022
Walking towards the sun
Maddy May 2022
One door shuts and another opens
Many goodbyes and an unexpected Hello comes out of no where in particular
You were not looking and then you got found
Robins come out of nowhere at your feet
Eagles never usually seen fly over head to greet you and show you the way
After you have dealt with or jumped a hurdle
Perhaps you will be walking towards the sun

C@rainbowchaser2022
458 · Sep 2022
When It Is All Too Great?
Maddy Sep 2022
It's not about them.
It is about you
You can care and share
Be loving and considerate
This time it is not a stranger or a friend
Not a friend of a friend
The ball was tossed to you
You have to play
Before you know the rules of the game
There is a flow and feeling
A control about the cards dealt to you
You are not gambling your life and meaning for what is at stake
You don't go through this alone but when those closest to you feel a million miles away because what you are doing is all too real
You stay the course
You stay positive and win with patience and great but quiet determination
When it is all too real
Live genuinely and when it is all too great.

C@rainbowchaser2023
Wishing you all the best game you can play and win!
452 · Oct 2023
New Rainbows
Maddy Oct 2023
Not ROYGIBIV
Deeper and yet more vibrant
Not traditional but incredibly profound and lovely
Harmony and Melody personified
Accepting and Gracious on our khaki coil
May your rainbows be glorious
Of your own making and design
Daddy, ours is special it means you are watching over us

C@rainbowchaser2023
Thanks for Highlighting me and my work on Spolight G and T!
449 · Oct 2021
He is the only one
Maddy Oct 2021
Not what I imagined
Blue eyes were a surprise
You poured your magic over me incredibly kind and true
Unlike some other rascal would do
We have been through roller coasters forward and back
Secret sad dreams as well as happiness shared in the darkest moments
As well as the morning light
Forty one years married my sweet heart what more
Can I say
You and me
Me and you
He is the only one more today than yesterday
He is the only to share my today and tomorrows
My treasure and greatest gift of my life

C@rainbowchaser2021

Happy 41 st Wedding Anniversary,Babe
448 · Dec 2019
beaches
Maddy Dec 2019
Blue-watered lullabies
accompany your eyes
my treasure chest beckons
Rippled memories swirling
Circles near a gulls wing play in the water
Too many shells and seaglass to enjoy and carry
Yet, I do take their memory with me
The ocean carries me
Cliffs call out because they noticed the dolphin gang
trying to get closer earlier on
We've walked on water because the sand never kept us still
You know a greater truth that because keep secret in a place known to those like us
Still falling deeper than a submarine can submerge with you
It's the way of the owl
It's the way of the swan
It's the way beaches make me feel
This love and bond can tumble but not with so many beaches yet to walk on and explore

C@rainbowchaser2019
442 · Jul 2023
Your One and Only
Maddy Jul 2023
Wish it was possible to gift wrap the person you seek.
The only thing to be sure of is that you know the person.
You need to stop looking and then you will find each other.
Saddens me to know that your puzzle is incomplete.
You should not define yourself in that way.
Your friends know you better and too well.
Your only is there.
Just search your heart and follow your path to glorious journeys.
You are that special.

C@rainbowchaser2023
442 · Aug 2023
What The Dog Was Thinking
Maddy Aug 2023
It was a beautiful day with lots of puppies and dogs frolicking around as their human watched them with water and treats if needed and wanted.
That night I dreamt of one dog asking his human Can I take you to the human park and put a leash on you?

C@rainbowchaser2023
436 · Aug 2023
Letting them go for now
Maddy Aug 2023
A noisy crow flew overhead greeting friends, loved
ones, and unsuspecting humans
Sorry I have not written but needed a break from each other
You know that I can’t stay away too long from you
Have to let go temporarily of two people that matter
The Debby downer stuff is getting old but will respect it from a distance
Just as we turn the corner and happier days are hopefully ahead of us
Just have to let them go knowing in the future things will improve and we will enjoy the friendships that have stood the test of time
Letting them go for now.

C@rainbowchaser2023
428 · Aug 2021
Chef palindromes
Maddy Aug 2021
In a chef's shop was a dish towel
It beckoned me twice and finally picked it up
It read stressed spelled backwards is dessert
She was taken to a register and became a souvenir
I had her framed and mounted and she is hanging in my kitchen
Savannah Georgia reminds me daily
Stressed spelled backwards is dessert
Eat it, Create it, digest it and believe it.

C@rainbowchaser2021
425 · Nov 2021
Summer dreams
Maddy Nov 2021
Your wind is glorious
Your nearly blew over a ferry to Cape Cod and Nova Scotia
There is more to you than that
Your nights are sultry and velvety with starry blankets
Your lemony sun and turquoise make for great moments
Sunshine and lollipops
There is so much more to you than that
Beaches, vacations, reunions, weddings, and graduations
Milestones and memories
Your days are laid back and carefree
You are more than any other season
You give us a breather
Longer days
Rhymes are cleaner
Rhythms are crisper
Melodies are sharp
You are short and sweet but always remembered
Especially when we turn the clocks back in November

C@rainbowchaser2021
Maddy Sep 2023
It's raining.
It's boring.
Yet the Blue Jay with their hawk-like- like sound
Swooped down from a high branch to take a freshly roasted shelled nut
Thirty seconds later another appeared and grabbed another nut.
Their crests and colors of blue, white, and black were visible in the rain.
Not a bad way to walk on a Holy day where fasting and no driving happen once a year
Before you utter a sound the computer and other modern-day conveniences are essential to my well-being such as walking
So thanks Blue Jays for making this Yom Kippur easier

C@rainbowchaser2023
415 · May 2022
Bullies
Maddy May 2022
The first four letters spell out what needs to echo loudly and clearly
Bull which is what these people are filled with
That said stay clear and get on with it
They have no clue or self edit mechanism
For sensitive souls ,they are not worth the air they breathe

C@rainbowchaser2022
415 · May 2022
HEALING
Maddy May 2022
Mental Health is crying out for help.
Young, Old, and in between
Not our original intention but Poetry and other creative arts help
Read your reviews if you don't concur
Let us start the healing because others need poetry
It helps many including this poet
A great gift that keeps giving in ways unimaginable

C@rainbowchaser2022
This in mind could help HEPO get funding .
News story on HEPO could help but not my call.
412 · Jan 2021
It remains to be seen
Maddy Jan 2021
Where we came from and where we are going
Embracing each day as a gift and finding purpose in joy in it
Somehow and someway
Delighting in no last said goodbyes
Knowing we all have to go one day but leaving is quite a different story
For there are more stories to tell, share , and absorb
Finding the good despite and in spite of the bad
WE are only fragile apart but together there are incredible things to accomplish there size does not matter
Maybe that is what we need to be
It remains to be seen

C@rainbowchaser2021
Dedicated to Norman Lear
On the 50th anniversary of All in the Family
412 · Sep 2022
Open your heart
Maddy Sep 2022
If you open your heart
The rest will follow
Surely as rainbows come after rainy days
Surely as you can wish upon a star
Take good care of yourself first
Guilty as charged because I put others before myself
Open your eyes
Close your mouth
Open your mind
Open your heart.

C@rainbowchaser2022
409 · Jul 2023
Walking
Maddy Jul 2023
Good Morning squirrels
Stay safe and happy today
Dear Sky, You have to rain but can it wait for me to finish today?
You soaked me through a few times already
Trusty umbrella and a bottle of iced diet green tea at the ready
My miles help animals and me with an app that measures my distances.
They help me get on with it by walking

C#rainbowchaser2023
406 · Jul 2022
New Love Song
Maddy Jul 2022
There is no number high enough
And if there were it still would never explain the love we share
So no matter the hurdle
So no matter the delay or interruption
So no matter the storm
We weather it
Stronger
Everlasting
Confident
So incredibly sure
My Love, this is your new love song
with every beat of my heart

C@rainbowchaser2023
You are a pleasure and my treasure!
402 · Oct 2018
Broken
Maddy Oct 2018
Sometimes you have to move on
You clean up the shards
Tread carefully
Cherish yesterday
Sometimes you can't fix what is broken
Life is short but even more so when
arguing and fighting is a priority
More important to live fully
When you are a broken you you learn to play differently even if you do that alone but not lonely
c@Rainbowchaser2018
401 · May 2023
Don't Go Chasing Love
Maddy May 2023
Spoken from experience on all fronts
If it's not there
It's not worth the time, effort, or pain involved
You are so much more and if that isn't enough
Noted or accepted
Don't go chasing love regardless of the source or sources
Either it finds you or its not worth the time or effort
Why should you feel as if you don't matter?
Don't go chasing love

C@rainbowchaser2023
401 · Jul 2021
Just the way it is
Maddy Jul 2021
Loyal
True
Warrior heart
Private and caring
Quiet and introspective
Traveller and explorer
Small groups not loud noisy crowds
Exception concerts and Broadway shows
Just the way it is
Just the way she is
C@rainbowchaser2021
400 · Oct 2018
Now
Maddy Oct 2018
Now
These are shallow times
Lacking depth and gratitude
Love that is pure and true
Scoffed at and dismissed
Dig deeper
Be stronger
Reach to places you have never known
Like asteroids trying to find a place in the galaxy
Many are so lost and just don’t belong
Let’s hope right now will find us brighter days
Left someone up
Do the very best that you can everyday
C@rainbowchaser2018
399 · Sep 2018
Excuses be gone
Maddy Sep 2018
You threw it to the wind
Gusts of regret and unfinished business  
You are good enough to live your life
Muddling through is never satisfying  
The mannequin way of the going with the flow just doesn't suit you  
You are a Maverick and that  is just fine
You fell in love and learned to love yourself as well
It's your mind to change
Aren't you tired of standing still  with shoe prints all over you?
Excuses be gone
Carry on

C@Rainbowchaser2018
398 · Sep 2018
Takes your breath away
Maddy Sep 2018
Monarch butterflies landing on flowers
Just the right look coming your way
Swans appearing in unexpected places
Children being real and genuine
Rainbows gracing us with their presence after a storm
An ebony velvet sky with twinkling diamond stars
Rainy day walks that never end
Long Summer nights
Moments that stay with us forever
People, places and things beyond compare
The feeling that you’ve got it right when naysayers tell you that you’re wrong
What captures your heart
Caresses your soul
Knocks you into the next star system
The Song you hear on the radio forever but must stop to sing
Just like you do to me
You always take my breath away

Dedicated to Howie Steinhart
C@rainbowchaser2018
397 · Jan 2021
Pockets
Maddy Jan 2021
Swagger and Style
Quiet attention and impact
Power in the step and soul
Direction of the heart
Completely together
Strike the pose and completely in
command everyday
When you walk the catwalk in your life
You dance, dream, and always wearing pockets
The designers may not agree but your are your own stylist
When you are styling with pockets

C@rainbowchaser2021
Inspired by CBS Sunday morning show
393 · Aug 2021
Spain in Spanish
Maddy Aug 2021
Gigante oso bailarin en el muelle me sopia beso en Valencia
Los turistas se detienes no me emociocan
Pero hay momentos entre congelado en vigor e inteligente
Mi espanol fue apreciado y aplaudido
Sevilla fue impersonante
Granada y Toledo asombras
Luego vinieron disturbios in Barcelona y  una vida Francesa quitado
Espana me tienes El Prado y Valencia
Mi corazon siempre esta contigo y con Cervantes

C@rainbowchaser2021
My keyboard left off accent marks
I taught Cervantes and when I was actually there was speechless.
391 · Feb 2021
Give
Maddy Feb 2021
They are suspect
If you don’t take
Givers need not apply
Sorry folks takers are not my speed
They are an accident waiting to happen
Narcissistic beings need not apply
Giving feels right
We need to do so much more
Taking feels like a lie

C@rainbowchaser2021
Maddy Oct 2023
Insecure and partially secure
Sensitive but use it for it has magical powers to heal and create
Do what makes you happy and say no
No doesn't mean you won't care or love someone.
You just make a choice and go with it
Been there and done that
Stop disappointing yourself.
You learn to deal with what comes your way
Be the genuine, considerate, caring, and amazing person that you are
Some will verbally try to knock you down, insult you, and discourage you such as I love you but...
How you choose to ignore, listen, or forget is your call even if they think they mean well ?
Prescription for a Happier life is a work in progress

C@rainbowchaser2023
382 · Mar 5
Tori
Maddy Mar 5
She will be loyal
She will always be true
She will always be loving and kind
That smile of hers that melts your heart
Even when you know her a short while she stays with you
Joy and kindness personified
She will be greeted at the Rainbowbridge by a handsone Golden Retriever naned Skippy
I can hear him calling her name
Tori  accompanies him and watches over us
We love her forever and always

C@rainbowchaser2024
Tori passed away in February.
Our cousins had to put her down
Her photo is on poetbear.net under blog section
380 · Dec 2022
Being a loner
Maddy Dec 2022
Not alone
Have family and friends
They are busy with their own lives especially this time of year
Thankful for being a poet and a writer
Bless December Bluebirds
Bless ducks, geese, and turkeys roaming free in the most unexpected places
Squirrels seriously overfed with bananas smeared with almond butter
Along with a variety of shelled unsalted nuts
Rain circles and raindrops
Sunny days
Walking twenty five miles a week for the ASPCA on Charity miles app
Being a loner is fine for me

C@rainbowchaser2023
Charity miles is a great app for walkers and runners many charit7ies!
379 · Jul 2022
Moments To Cherish
Maddy Jul 2022
Bird fluttering by my window
Squirrel stopping to look my way after feasting on nuts and treats left by the tree
Our Two year old niece being kissed by a nine week old puppy to her delight
Walking hand and hand with our nieces grown and small
Awe, Sigh, and Grateful moments

C@rainbowchaser2023
378 · Aug 2022
Tears From Heaven
Maddy Aug 2022
We cry for those we have lost and will forever love
The next time the rain falls no matter the pace
No matter where you might be
Take it as a sign ,feeling, or reminder
Knowing in your heart
That they too are crying for you
So look for that rainbow that they send to make it a better day

C@rainbowchaser2023
377 · Feb 2022
Even more
Maddy Feb 2022
The world is splitting
How painful and scary
History repeats itself and they don't accept or acknowledge it
One country,one people,people,
In my heart United forever dropping politics and religion
Least this writer believes that
Losing two great friends and a parent
STANDING taller and stronger in their memories and for myself
I love  you baby even more
MY greatest treasure and gift that keeps sharing
Even more

C@rainbowchaser2022
Maddy May 2023
Not for lack of words
Not for lack of ideas and fresh takes
The Muse is around when he or she wants to be
I think there are two in my life
When I touched Henry David's desk at Walden
It was an epiphany and yet I wished he could speak with me
That is what happens when the words stay with the muse at least this one

C@rainbowchaser2023
371 · Mar 2019
Nightmare
Maddy Mar 2019
When we awaken
This reality show is defunct
Cancelled
The victims Americans not born with a silver spoon
Those who earned everything by working hard
Some who were not born here
Immigrants just like our grandparents and Great grandparents
Congress will be bi-partisan
Archie Bunker will be remembered as a beloved character
Not those who refuse to understand that yesterday is a memory and tomorrow matters
Today is to be enjoyed and put into prospective
Cherish and respect human beings despite our differences
There will always be bad dreams but the nightmare should never have been elected in the first place

C@rainbowchaser2019
369 · Feb 2023
Enjoy Your Day
Maddy Feb 2023
In the quiet
In the stillness
Sun rising and shining
Being grateful and appreciative
Sometimes even that is not enough
But if you are thankful for another day to try again
Another chance to love your family and friends
Another chance to contribute to the world making it better
and brighter
Enjoy your day because you earned it

C@Rainbowchaser2023
369 · Jan 2022
Just that look
Maddy Jan 2022
She closed her eyes but felt that look
Across a crowded train
Too many people
Not enough moments
No head shakes
No hellos
No capture of a smile
Just that look
That haunts him still
Wonder if he ever found you
Wonder if you found him
Just that look

C@rainbowchaser2022
Maddy Feb 2023
Onyx trees viewing the shades gently exploding and aligning above them as if reaching out.
Crepe, Flamingo, Lemonade, Rose, Taffy
and Watermelon pinks headed towards a star
Admiral, Azure, Lapus, Navy and Sky blues with touches of Diamond and Lightning dancing in the sky

C@rainbowchaser 2023
366 · Dec 2022
Beech Trees
Maddy Dec 2022
Watch the rain glisten on the yellow leaves as the sun tries to come out
Even on the windiest and colder days in December her leaves are full of sunshine
Every shade of yellow but lemony and lovely
As you watch the rain circles near the ducks in the pond
The warmer days of December come back to your memories
As the cities come back to life with visitors
As Christmas, Kwanza, and Chanukah celebrations take their shape
The Beech tree kept me company and happy on a lonely December day
Reminding me of better days to come

C@rainbowchaser2023
363 · May 2021
First week in May
Maddy May 2021
Watched rain ripples in syncopation with the ducks quacking
It is raining like April
Tears falling everyday
Wasn't that long ago or far away
Strangest weather in April
But it is first week of May

C@rainbowchaser2021
361 · Apr 2021
Schism
Maddy Apr 2021
History and Herstory
So much to learn from and revisit
It is behind us and past
Too many stories there told and untold
We are broken
We are imbalanced
Yesterday once more just doesn't cut it
What are they saying behind closed doors?
Behind backs
It's a schism
You have to be carefully taught to understand and accept not hate
Is there any chance of this happening before it's very past too late?

C@rainbowchaser2021
361 · Mar 2023
Please Stop Thanking Me
Maddy Mar 2023
You placed a band of gold on my finger
Your ring matches exactly
We share our lives together
I love you beyond measure and if ever they measure that it wouldn't be large enough or high enough
Please stop Thanking me
Thank you

C@rainbowchaser 2023
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