42nd street still has visitors but she weeps
She longs for Wednesday and Saturday matinees with joy and glee
She knows that the curtains will rise again with all the awe and majesty
Praise, Dear Lady
Pause temporarily,until then
Bravo and take a bow,
Until the curtain rises in tbe Spring
C@rainbowchaser2020

When, where, why and how did we lose our focus?
Reframing our focus should be our goal
Are we consistently mistaken?
Gravitas at every step.
Happiness and nostalgia left the room.
Technology and Social Media should not carry all the blame
Something got lost in the translation
Are the masses that ignorant?
What appears to be surreal is real for some?
It is what it is, is getting old.
Power, money and fifteen minutes of fame
So many to blame
Those that need help are cast like aspirations
How about we pause for thought?
Simply find joy in your life
Have we made that too hard to accomplish?

C@rainbowchaser2021

When, where, why,
and how did we lose our focus?
Out of focus more than we realize
Happiness and nostalgia left the room?
The gold old days were all bad?
What was good about them?
Technology and Social Media should not carry all the blame
We don't talk to each other
We don't articulate and communicate thoughts and feelings
We talk about each other and that was long before the Pandemic hit.
Something got lost in the translation
Are the masses inept, subjective, and vacuous?
What appears to be real is surreal?
It's not ignorance
Because it is what it is, move on.
Cast asperations aside?
Simply enjoy life
Accept that all human beings need to be treated with respect and dignity
Learn from differences to find that we are more alike than you realize
Pause for thought

C@rainbowchaser2021

No matter where or when

The good girl or boy will stop me to be petted ot to say Hello
Skippy is saying Hi from the Rainbow bridge
Anybody hurting or abusing them is the worst act
The consequences are dealt with by the charities that we support
So when paws pass you by or if you are lucky enough to call them family
Remember how dear they are
You are lucky enough to call them family or support them as we do

The cold is awful
The human monster that discarded you the worst
Those who care and rescue you are angels on earth
We raise money and do what we can
You cant love buy you can adopt it
You can foster it
Love has paws, hooves, wings, and  tails.

C@rainbowchaser2021

A flock of hungry pigeon's made feast of  some chocolate chip cookies
Not a crumb or speck left
As one happily watched from a distance since this person was their benefactor
Later on from the bus a man held a sign will marry for food
Not only in New York City by Grand Central Station
buy in many other places nationwide
As the Presidential candidates conduct a debate like a school yard spat
Bully and bullied
Pigeon's cookies

C@rainbowchaser2020

Not planned
Not executed with precision exactly
5-6-7-8
You did the ball changes even when your spirit and soul had other plans
You didn't let those dark clouds interrupt sunny days
Cyphering with strangers and friends from a distance but together
Almost syncopated rhythm
The dynamics and focus were new to you
Your pivoting was freestyle with a musicality that you didn't know you possessed
So switching lines and transitions were made to look easy even though they never were
Take a bow and come shining thorough
Pirouette and Pivot no matter life's curve *****

C@rainbowchaser2021

As she rests in peace
She plans her first Spring garden
Her soul and spirit guiding her
Purple gardens
Hues of color between red and blue
Mauve
Violet
Magenta
Lavender
Grape
Periwnkle
Veronica
Thist­le
Heather
Mulberry
Hoping you are walking with Daddy.


C@rainbowchaser2020

Rolling on the ground no visible contents
Searching to be filled or occupied with a task
Almost like a Senior citizen with memories worth repeating but nobody listening
Nobody paid it any mind but it refused to be thrown away
Needed to be useful but there was nothing to do but pass the time
It didn't escape the Sanitation pickup this time like a shelter dog waiting for a visitor to with a forever home

They felt neglected and waited , yet for another day
The bag was filled with yesterday with  no thoughts of today or tomorrow

c@rainbowchaser2019

Not sure if a publisher will come and call again
Open to it but not depending on it
Writing is my craft and sometimes platform
Always trying to polish it and perfect it
Lately, observing and not trying to call in life is where it is right now
Yearning to travel and enjoy the world but not time yet
Patience is wearing thin and tired of people complaining
Yet, Patience surrounds me
We know what has happened, happening, and we are trying to move forward
So, Please don't ask
Trying to enjoy each day as it comes

C@rainbowchaser2021

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

Hideen gems and codes
Suggestions
Ways of examining the world
Different vistas and platforms
Answers with no ending but many questions
Points to ponder
Blue world if sky and sea
Beckoning ebony blanket of lights near and far
Cliches and metaphors mixing new and balancing old
It is our Art and my forever friend
Poetic answers and questions
C@Rainbowchaser2020

One place
One house
With a view
Big kitchens
Lots of bedrooms
To talk
To write
To meet
Ben and Carlo do you read me
Nat and others

The precision is musical and lyrical
You write it and it falls into place
The craft and development can be instantaneous or time consuming
But then you get it right there is nothing quite like it
Heard it compared to an ****** but won't go there
Guess things keep giving differently
Being able to write and create
Nothing quite like it
The words find me and they sing their song
differently every single time until it clicks,
makes sense
That's when it becomes poetry
From this Poet's heart to yours

C@rainbowchaser2021

Words sometimes flow and the yellow legal pad or computer keyboard cant keep up
Other times Henry David won"t work with me
Hate to call on my Muse but still need him
No religion or politics in my work
Read between the lines if you wish
Writing for me is life sustaining and helpful
If others get joy or get the words than I am happy
We all write for different reasons

C@rainbowchaser2019

You choose the conundrum and one of us will write about it
If writing is inherently lonely, and funny it has been my friend and companion for as long as I can remember.
Never judges me and lets me speak my truth.
Being a loner has been easier because I write.
Can't deal with gossip and Princesses or Princes
Not amused at all and run from them every chance that is possible.
So it is easy to write one a day or more.
Polish and perfect it
Stay well.
Keep writing.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Have I heard the music with tbe words
Were there always lyrics there?
Did I know the words were there?
See they were always there
Nobody around to listen
Nobody to talk to or with
I talked to blank pages
Sometimes I still do
That became volumes thst befriended me
They helped me belong
My poetry song

Vincent how I wish I had sat in the garden
With a Starry Night, Cypresses, and Orchids.
That was long ago
So many creative artists of every genre are as beautiful and genuine as you
In the Poet's Garden, we see things as you do
Or as we wish them to be

c@rainbowchaser2023

Where are you my muses?
You woke me again at 2am
The words dance in my head
Missing choreography, rhyme, rhythm ,or beat
Cant deny they are there and every where
Once I find it
Once I get it
Profound
Stick around
Headed for delete button or circular basket
Where is the how and the feeling?
A rainbow with colors and shades bright and new
Poet's Lament
My head is in cement
waiting for your vibe to come through

C@rainbowchaser2021

Empty yellow legal lad lines
Computer screen blinking
Begging for a word
Better still a line
Your muse left town destination unknown
Yet the words flow like wine
Sometimes miserable
Other ones sublime
You hit delete
Play waste paper basketball
Then it falls into place
It’s grace
It moves the reader
Poet’s lament

C@rainbowchaser2019

What word would be best?
You polish and rewrite
Break pens and bang on keyboards
Wake up in the wee hours with the phrasing
With those of us with circles under our eyes
Pen marks on our fingers
The joy of getting it just right
Thanking your muse privately in your mind
Just to be given the honor and distinction of writing
This Poet’s life

C@rainbowchaser2019

You want to know how we write
Lines and words befriended us long ago
Sometimes what you feel inside
Can drive you out of your Mind
Especially when the world seems to cast you aside
You do find your place when you let your heart heal
Good and bad
Joy and scars
Once you open your heart and let the pen do the talking
Old school legal pad or with your keyboard
It is all there if you let it out and let it go
Sharing is up to you but first take care of yourself
Little girl lost became woman found
What good are you to those you love and the world if you don't.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Muscovy ducks swimming in a pond
Others sunning themselves under the bushes so they are protected from the sun's rays
Pomeranian and  Swedish blues enjoying the breezes
Squirrels of many colors and shades competing for talller
branches and edible delights
All on a Poet's Walk

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Cleansing and therapeutic
A Butterfly and three ducks for company
Two black and white marbled
The other marbled with a touch of red near her head
My spirit animals a bear and swan always with me
The very best company
The golden Butterfly landed near me on a water break
All on a Poet's Walk

C@rainbowchaser2022

The face
That sweet and honest face
Makes me happy still long after I was three
He is always around me
No matter where I go or what I do
Pooh I will always love you
Then and now until this khaki coil isn’t under my feet.
Pooh,it is you,my sweet

C@rainbowchaser2020

Walking and enjoying squirrels eat their nuts and stare at me
Almost as if we greeted each other and I guess we did
Then I saw the poor little bird on the street lifeless
Not knowing why or how the bird was there
With no tissues or safe way to lift the bird
Hoping Mother Nature would take the little bird back to the bird version of the Rainbow Bridge
Poor Sparrow

C@rainbowchaser2022

Traffic slowed
The turtle was either injured or a Senior having trouble getting back to his pond
Drivers were waving others on because they cared enough and noticed
Getting out to help or assist the poor turtle might have done more harm than good
I am praying and hoping the turtle gets back safely

C@rainbowchaser2023

Look at song lyrics
Broadway musicals to Rock and Roll
Gain
Pain
Sorrow
Tomorrow
Some are sound alikes
Others spot on
So we carry on
Thinking about what is
What was
What will be
Power of the rhyme
Sublime

Action speaks louder than words
I beg to differ
Ideas start out as words
They work in tandem
For every old and new cliche
Words have been my friends my entire life
A great comfort and a redirection
An amazing friend even now
We create and craft with them
They have taken me to heights I never imagined
Yet,The Power of Words
Eternally grateful of time and understanding
An overly sensitive and sometimes creative me
With the Power of Words

Listen to the silence
You can still hear the tears falling
The cries that go unanswered
The selfishness that is killing Mother Nature and her children
Softly but way too quickly
The majesty and the harmony is slowly fading
Precious time is slipping away
Help Mother Nature and her children before they become a memory
What was isn't going to be much longer


C@rainbowchaser2021

Improving is far more important and valuable that proving yourself
They work in tandem eventually
In the meantime, don't say been there done that because everybody deserves respect and gratefulness

C@rainbowchaser2022

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

Your way or the highway
Hitch or call a ride
Step a side
River deep or wide
The ocean and mountain lied
Counting the tears you cried
You yelled and fought with the heavens
Then you swallowed your pride
You didn't look inside
Anxiety let you hide
C@rainbowchaser2022

Raised in unity and solidarity
Some soft and gentle and others loud and clear
Changes long overdue but not acted upon or met like long ago and far away
Fairytales need not apply now
Tears falling and not understood like liked feelings wiped away and locked suspended in time
Believe what you need too but care completely
Respect others differences and rights
Religion and Politics are left at the door when you take your shoes off to enter
Make sure you read and ask pertinent questions
Really listen
Look very carefully at the prisms
Colors are subtle,bright,bold,and beautiful
When you open your heart and your eyes

C@rainbowchaser2020

Raised in solidarity
Changes long overdue
But not acted upon or met
Tears falling and not understood like feelings wiped away
and locked in time
Believe what you need to care about
Respect others differences and rights
Religion and politics are left and checked at the door
When you take your shoes off
Make sure that you read and ask pertinent questions
Listen and think before you speak so you are understood
Look very carefully at the prisms
Colors are bright,bold,subtle and beautiful
When you open your eyes and your heart
Prisms of voices appear

C@rainbowchaser2021

Rules are meant to be adapted and broken
Pain leaves scars and you must find a way to heal even though that is insurmountable at times
This is a challenging and heart breaking time when people are killed because of their beliefs and lifestyle
Instead of hiding under a rock or waging a war
Learning  from History and not allowing it to repeat itself would be a start
Neat trick if you can accomplish it
We can forgive but never forget
Reading books would be a start
Keep learning because nobody knows it all
Protecting your heart and nurturing your mind requires yiu to tune in and tune out
Sometimes I wonder what direction we will go in if we just allow the status quo to continue?
My guess is that we will be better than we thought possible
Just remember that nobody is above the law even in the court of public opinion

C@rainbowchaser2023

The last four years have been beyond comprehension but no matter what I have heard and experienced the words stay positive.
Many things have changed but having heart and calm saves the day.
Some things stay the same and for others, you adapt to the times and issues as best you can.
There is so much to see and do.
If you have given up, please don't think of taking me with you.
I will remain protectively positive.

C@rainbowchaser2023

The dream is coming true on 12/2.
Part of proceeds going to paws for purple hearts which raises and trains support dogs for first responders and veteran dealing with ptsd and Depression.
Amazon.com on 12/2.
Put on your boots and dance in the rain got its start when I joined Hello Poetry so the website is listed in the book acknowledgements.
I will keep writing here. Thanks to my fellow poets and Elliott.

He looks like many winter white or beige big dogs
Many nights that seemed like they would
never end he was there
Listening to.my sobs and watch the shaking
He comforted me
He is a toy but to me no dog is more endearing and loving
He is real in my eyes
My beloved is severely allergic
Even so called hypo allergenic dogs give him hives
Sad because he loves dogs
So Pups Doggy is loved and adored
Sometimes in the middle of the night he seems to turn into the real thing
In my eyes he is
Pups

He seems to know when it is being prepared by the aroma.
The human guy enjoys it and he waits for a slice or two
that he will share
His human mom hates meatloaf and doesn't tell her it's a hamburger because it is not.
For her husband and Pups, she will acquiesce.
Now and then
Pups eat meatloaf.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Life as we know it is currently on hold
Share your loves and likes
Help others by picking up a grocery item or a take out meal to those shuttered by the Virus
It takes very little to make the day of
someone
Put a little love in your heart
I never  think twice,why don’t you?
C@rainbowchaser2020

I love the support and thrilled some of my fellow poets are buying my book.
I beg you please don’t put a one star review.
If you don’t care fir the book,leave no review because Paws for Purple Hearts get a portion of my royalties and one star reviews hurts sales.

Thanks

It is on amazon and it helps charities so please consider buying it and leave a review.
We need poetry more than ever.

Maddy

Phenomenal
Poetic
Positive
Precious
Passionate
Proper
Piquant
Pur­pose
Puzzling
319 adjectives start with the letter P
Do you have a favorite?

C@Rainbowchaser2022

Tiger swallowtail butterfly accompanied me on my walk
Trying to live a positive and happy life
As of late, I find these words dancing and stomping in my head
Unprecendented
Illegal
Incredulous
Ignorance
Immoral
Chaos
Cruelty
Selfish
Insensitive
Rhymes with Dump
Rhymes with Dusk
Quid
Pro
Quo
Impeach