Friendship – Melba Christie at Poemattic

Found Poem # 1

The following is my first found poem where I have used words, phrases, lines or even stanzas from other works including my fellow poets on WordPress. Please see attributions. Hope…

Poetry

Good Old Buddies

4 Nov 20164 Nov 2016

Thinking about friendships that last a lifetime. Dedicated to my dear friend Enid. We have been friends since second grade. The buddies described here are old army buddies. Happy Veteran's…

Poetry

Good Old Buddies

Good Old Buddies Good old buddies: one four score and nine the other entering the ninth decade of his life A friendship that has lasted more than most They can't…

Poetry

May Day Memory of A Friend

Memories galore of the things I adore rush into my mind to remind me to remind you about the things that really matter in life like friendship for example I…

Poems

Today is May

1 May 20121 May 2012

I visited a memory today from many moons ago This very first day of May We sang and danced around the maypole that must have been five stories tall and my…

Poems

Dificil

23 Mar 201212 Apr 2012

why does her heart collide with her own unhappiness? the signs say slow down please you have reached the intersection of love and friendship. But she doesn't know sincere or…

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“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” —Emily Dickinson

Poetry is an act of peace. – Pablo Neruda

Poetry is Life and Life is Poetry

-Melba Christie

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” —T.S. Eliot

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” —Carl Sandburg

“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” —Alice Walker

I Am Strong 19 Jun 2019
This has been my mantra lately I do not really know how strong I am I want to be as strong as the oak tree where squirrels climb and somehow know the tree will hold I want to be as strong as the sea I think about all the ships that it carries toContinue reading "I Am Strong"
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On Father’s Day – A Haiku and A Poem for You 16 Jun 2019
A tall oak hovers high Sun rays slip through its strong limbs I remember Dad! Remembering My Dad My dad was not a very tall man. But he was tall enough to protect us from harm. He was our sunshine, everytime he smiled. His kindness was eternal; He’d always go the extraContinue reading "On Father’s Day – A Haiku and A Poem for You"
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Haiku by Basho 13 Jun 2019
How reluctantly the bee emerges from deep within the peony
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Another Haiku Moment from My Book Haiku Moments 9 Jun 2019
Orchids swinging As children play in the sun, A Cricket sings!
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A Haiku Moment – From Haiku Moments 7 Jun 2019
Hazy morning A butterfly whispers, THE SUN WILL SHINE SOON.
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