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296 · Sep 2012
If
Poemasabi Sep 2012
If
If...
we do
think a
bit first
we...?
A Chaycheck Cinquain. 2,4,6,8,2 letters. The form was created by a 2nd grader in 2011. I use it to pose questions mostly and let the reader finish the thought in their head.
293 · Dec 2012
Tree
Poemasabi Dec 2012
The great tree
Leans a bit more
Now that the wind and rain have passed
A few more branches lie beneath it on the ground
Torn by storm from where tree touched sky
But once again tree survives
Yet
The tree knows
That this time
Roots broke under the strain
Of wind and rain
And the likelihood is
It won't survive the next storm
292 · Mar 2017
Ballot
Poemasabi Mar 2017
Is this worth anything anymore?
does it hold the power it once had?
are they real
or imaginary
are they mine
or Vladimir's?
Oneword.com. You get a word and 60 seconds to write about it.
284 · Jul 2013
No Rhyme, No Poem
Poemasabi Jul 2013
It's just not a poem
said an old friend of mine
It can't be a poem
because there's no rhyme*
I tried to explain
sometimes there's a rhyme
or some kind of form
but more often there's not.
284 · Mar 2013
Today
Poemasabi Mar 2013
Today
After forty three years
Of love
Loss
Happiness
Anguish
The family house
Passes to another
To be razed
But remembered forever.
283 · Mar 2022
Cardinal
Poemasabi Mar 2022
The Cardinal bird is quite showy

It really stands out when it's snowy

Though the female's not red

There's a touch on her head

It's really a sight when it's blowy
Showing my students Limerick of St. Patrick's Day.
271 · Jan 2013
Unseen
Poemasabi Jan 2013
It is hard
to forget
to not hurt
when I see your picture
your words on screen
so it's pain for me
as you remain unseen
271 · Mar 2022
Chickadee
Poemasabi Mar 2022
You are not large
you're kind of small
for a hawk you'd be no meal at all
perhaps that's why
when feeder's filled
you're the first
back where the seed has spilled
before the Jay
before the sparrow
before woodpecker
with beak long and narrow
among the birds
you stand quite tall
as it appears
you've no fear at all.
269 · Feb 2013
Winter Wind (10W)
Poemasabi Feb 2013
Winter wind doesn't care
and freezes skin that's left bare
268 · Nov 2012
Done
Poemasabi Nov 2012
What's done is done
and we move on,
apart
for now.
262 · Feb 2017
You and Me
Poemasabi Feb 2017
There is nothing else I see
more tolerant than you of me
we've had our ups
we've had our downs
and I
the silliest of clowns
could spend a lifetime
trying to
think of something else to do
but fact is fact
and this is sweet
and means more than a Donald tweet
the fact is this
you know it's true
there's no one best for me
than you
A Valentine's poem for my wife of 23 years.
252 · Feb 2013
Just the Beginning
Poemasabi Feb 2013
The kid is away.
I miss her when she's not here.
She's gone to see friends in DC.
She comes home today
and it will be good to have her home.
However,
since she's almost 18...
I know
that
this is
just the beginning.
251 · Dec 2012
If I Tell
Poemasabi Dec 2012
If I tell my child
that she is safe at school
am I lying?
are we ever truly safe?
Anywhere?
248 · Jul 2017
Horses
Poemasabi Jul 2017
Horses run and horses play
They sleep at night and eat by day
When a person is riding
they are always rushing
and when they are done
deserve some brushing,
maybe an apple or two, too
248 · Mar 2017
Flower Power
Poemasabi Mar 2017
Spring colors glare
Their strong perfume everywhere
Then I sneeze
Playing with Collum Lune
247 · Jan 2013
Home
Poemasabi Jan 2013
A house is not a home.
A mother can make it so.
But...
when mother is gone
home is house
and so is just a thing
for home is in your heart
so travels where ever you go.
245 · Oct 2012
If You
Poemasabi Oct 2012
If you don't but I do,
where does that leave us?

Do you know?
Because I don't.

Do you even care?
Because I do.

Deeply
242 · Jan 2017
I'm Back
Poemasabi Jan 2017
It's been awhile since I've been here
A lot has changed for sure
For one I've no yellow lightning bolt
and my message box is pure

I plan on writing here again
my sometimes strangish prose
If I do it who's to say
but that's the way it goes
238 · Jan 2013
Tastes Good
Poemasabi Jan 2013
Nothing tastes as good,
***** thin,
as alive feels
212 · Aug 2012
What Now Haiku?
Poemasabi Aug 2012
How many forms of
Haiku are there?
First I learned syllables, now what?

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