Monthly Archives: November 2017

The Gods Are Happy

The many gods have many men to worship now, And for their joy of this are dancing in our feet. Our shoulders firm, our heads that do not bow, Lift to our eyes their praising roses sweet. Argue they in … Continue reading

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Riches

Kind, thoughtful, oh, so thoughtful, Your love warms me through. Calm, practical, that is you. I give something to you, too: Love, and poems of love. Let us read them together. Let us feel them together; They speak of us … Continue reading

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No Boy

You tell me, “Dear, Please don’t get excited; You’re not a little boy.” “Yes ma’am,” I say, ignited Into fireball of joy. “Look at me,” you say real sweet, “I’m steady as a stone.” But you’ll be jumping in your … Continue reading

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Light

An hour or so we share Almost every day. We give us spirit-power. We don’t run on batteries; We are self-charging. I charge you and you charge me. We are plugged, fused together; Love’s energy flows. Charging, re-charging, charging! You … Continue reading

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Pessimism

Pessimism is the emphasizing of adverse aspects, conditions and possibilities; it expects the worst possible endings; it regards reality as essentially evil. If person A makes a positive statement about hope for the future, person B, the pessimist, is sure … Continue reading

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On Steepest Hill

On steepest hill I climb up to your throne; You sit there, regal, in blithe beauty dight. The sky and all beneath you is your own And I am ‘stonished at such royal sight. You glance a-down the slope whereon … Continue reading

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Profit

What is profit? Profit is what you gain after an exertion of effort, this gain being of more value to you than what the effort was worth to you. When I rise from sleep and do 30 pushups, I can … Continue reading

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Pessimism

Pessimism, held too long inside, Can kill the will to fight for truth, Destroy all vestiges of youth, And leave you with your life denied. Pessimism gives no cheer, Rallies not good men from fear, Looks not for that one … Continue reading

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To My Queen (who knows who she is)

Oh, life’s heavenly Art of Harmony, Now finalized in loveliest face of all, Hath granted me Love’s joy, whereby I see You’re not mere painting glancing from a wall, Nor faint fair dream of looking-off ideal, But are the whole, … Continue reading

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Lines Of Love

Lay upon me, love; Press your body into mine. Lay on me, lay. Oh, this is so divine! __________________________________ Whisper that you love me, dear. Whisper soft and sweet. No. “Love you” ‘s not a sentence, dear; Make it “I” … Continue reading

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This Life Of We

My luffy-duffy, lovey-dove, It’s you I love and love and love! Could I devise a thousand ways To in your ears sing loving praise, I would be Lord of living rhymes Re-stating love so many times! But I don’t need … Continue reading

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Names

My lovey-dovey Nancy-Nance, Your new name gives another chance For me to play in rhyming style And send you words that make you smile. Then for your gift of names that change I gift you, too, I hope, before You … Continue reading

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Back To Bed

It rained all night; …we both slept sound. I woke at dawn; …the sun came round. I kissed you, light, …right on your lips, And you kissed me …with fingertips. Then clouds came back, …it rained some more. And we … Continue reading

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We Know

Oh, when we meet I’ll take your hand And hold in mine a while, Squeeze it gently, where we stand, And then, I hope, you’ll smile. I’ll look into your twinkling eyes, And you’ll look into mine, And I’ll know … Continue reading

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Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was the greatest and most thoroughly honest philosophical thinker the world has known. She was fiercely independent and possessed an unbreached integrity. She never shied away from difficult problems, but faced them head-on. She identified the axiom that … Continue reading

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High Tide

I am an isle, You are the ocean, Always around me, Ever in motion. Waves of your loving Rush me with passion; Crash! You are giving Kisses in motion. I was an isle, Now I am sinking Into your smile … Continue reading

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Haiku Love

You’re the only light for me; The sun I need not. You are my unfailing ray. In darkened shade I wandered. I saw but little. Then, you beamed upon my soul. The world opened up wide, strange. All was beautiful. … Continue reading

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A Story Of Kindness

Alice was walking to work in her brand new shoes. The shoes were a shiny black with low heels. She swung along happily and confidently. She turned a corner and there on a small bench off the sidewalk, sitting, was … Continue reading

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My Lady Clarinda

My Lady Clarinda, my Lady Love, Is sweet as any flower. Her soul is pure as sun above, And I am in her power. She orders me about all day And makes me lay in resting. I can’t go out … Continue reading

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Haiku, Dear

Dear, you tell me lovely things. “I’m puling your leg.” “Ha Ha” and Hee Hee”. Oh you!!! Dear, I tell you lovely things. “My fingers went wild.” “I gained two minutes!” Oh, me!!!

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Love As Deep

Love as deep as ours is, dear, No time can tick away. Stopped, we have, the moving year; Our clock is made of May. Dawn is up and stays on up, The shades of night don’t fall. Full to brim … Continue reading

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A Birthday Poem

A birthday boy of seventy-one, I sing my praise for everyone Who loves their life as I, And to us all I raise a toast And sing this Cyranoic boast, That will all fates defy: Our love of life is … Continue reading

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Your Beauty

Oh, so much good, strong life is in your face That joyous truth alone finds out his place. Beauty-Of-Soul, admiring, sees what’s real In artists’ recreations of ideal. Comes Honesty to kneel him down before, Integrity steps forward to adore; … Continue reading

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Too Sweet!

My luffy-duff is sweet, As sweet as pie with sugary hips. I know it cause I ate her lips. No, I did not chew or swallow, Just touched with wobbly tooth. Her sweetness killed it off then; It’s hollow now—the … Continue reading

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No Camera

I have a passport to my lover’s heart; It is my soul, that loves her totally. And when see her my light arms will part That she may leap and put her stamp on me. (Oh, stamp me with your … Continue reading

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