Joan Rivers who lived her life
She used humor and laughter being her advice
Joan Rivers was more than a comedian with jokes
It was the words in which she spoke
My laughter has become a tear
This is Joan Rivers final year
A curtain down for the last time
Joan Rivers was an actress who brought the feeling of laughter alive
Perhaps to some people it was a lot of jive
Yet, she was the indication being her own creation
Thank you Joan Rivers for making me smile
Through the years, this was always your style
I remember when you appeared on the Lucy Show
Your comedy spirit added humor and you let it flow
You will still be remembered while you are home in Heaven
You were a woman of wealth, but talent more than anybody else
To laugh only being a moment, but to live in making the creed in continuing on living and encouragement to others in giving.

Rereading my poems makes me sad, how could I ever have been happy enough to write that?

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I want to write again
I want to feel
Like I did back then
When my day depended
On the words I had chosen
-- The life I put
In my poems

I want to write again
I want to feel
The thrill of the pen
The delight that rushes through my veins
When the right words blend
The pain I endure
Once my thoughts
No longer make sense

I am exhilarated
When I start
Scribbling on paper
My heart at peace
As soon as I polish it
On my typewriter

I write again
I write
Like nothing ever happened
Like not a thing prevented me
Months at an end

I write again

I write
Because it is who I am
Because in time,
I always return
To my essence
-- That in the end,
Nothing feels quite right
Unless I am writing.