Higgs: Favorites

Jul 2013 Higgs

Mike Hauser

I was strolling through the forest of fairies
In the valley of all hopes and dreams
When I came to the pool of poetic wonder
Flowing freely from a magical stream

On the far side sat a mystical figure
Surrounded by the finest of dust
A little Missy on the other side of the water
As the day was drawing down to nights dusk

She spread her wings as light shown around her
The child like wonder in my eyes did adjust
It was then I knew I had the great fortune
To gaze upon the true beauty of fairydust

With a wink and a nod and a smile
She sang these sweet words unto me
In this pool I will swim for all time my friend
For the rhymes in it they set me free

As she dove into the crystal blue waters
The poems below splashed above her head
Giving new life to their very wanting
Love me, love you, love poetry
Were the last magical words that she said

I wrote this about a friend of mine on another poet site I'm on...
She is a true lover of poetry and encourager to us all...

Jul 2013 Higgs

The Old Smithy

Jul 2013 Higgs

martin

The Old Smithy

Ginger hit a great old flint
Split in two his *****
Took it to the smithy
Had it back inside a day

In the twenty acres
Kenny bust the plough
Let the smithy have a look
He'll fix it up somehow

Big old mare she cast a shoe
Better do all four
Hinge has broken on the gate
Latch needs mending on the door

Show him what needs fixing
He can sort it out
Heat it up in the fire
Give it a good old clout

The smithy's long been dead of course
The forge has long been closed
Just the house name on a slate
To tell of days of old

Nearly every village had a blacksmith, a skilled man who would not only be a farrier but also a maker and repairer of all sorts of ironwork, from nails to cartwheel rims. If something broke, it got mended.

Jul 2013 Higgs

Ladies who lunch

Jul 2013 Higgs

martin

Ladies who lunch

We're ladies who lunch, we have a good time
We appreciate art, we sip fine wine
Watching our weight so no more than a nibble
But believe you me - we're fond of a giggle :)

We're ladies who lunch, we thrive on variety
We run the local history society
We move some chairs around in the hall
And invite a nice man to talk to us all

We're ladies who lunch, we support one another
Devouring books from cover to cover
We always discuss the topics we've read
Our husbands are hard at work or dead

We're ladies who lunch, we're busy but free
No one does luncheon better than we
Society's backbone, we stick together
And fully intend to go on for ever

I met a young girl from the country
Who didn't do rumpy pumpy
Until one night
To my delight
She acquired a taste for scrumpy

Jul 2013 Higgs

Clean Slate

Jul 2013 Higgs

Mike Hauser

Clean Slate

Thought I'd start off with a clean slate today
Completely clear my mind
Sit in a darkened room
Give it a little time

See what there is inside of me
Digging deep what I will find
Grab a hold the poet soul
Spend the extra dime

I found I like it better here
Without the fuddle of mankind
Just me, the darkness, and my mind
In the deeper meaning of the rhyme

Jul 2013 Higgs

Bucket list

Jul 2013 Higgs

Micheal Wolf

Bucket list

When does one write a bucket list
Before the need? Well you can't after it!
Places to go people to see
A work of many possible things
For a world of most you have never seen
A thousand things you said maybe?
Or is the list a cathartic chore?
To make amends to those you scorned
Whatever it is, you must write yours
Before you shed this mortal coil