Marie-Claire

A little girl Was trying to rake up the leaves And make the path all tidy But instead she fell in the pile And got herself all dirty Her little skirt Got all muddy and she ran home And cried to mummy The leaves got swept away In a gust of wind And the little girl Giggled away and skipped All the way... Sign in to see full entry.

Two fish met up a stream On their way to a mermaid party One did not know the other For they were of different color One was red with yellow tail The other pink with pretty bow The pair stared at each other The pretty pink was tickled pink said would you like a drink so they set off down river swam... Sign in to see full entry.

He was a strange man With lopsided hat And striped trousers He wore a torn shirt To match his strange hat And loud jacket He was a strange man With slanted vision Like half shut shutters He was a strange man That spoke to a bird On his right shoulder He bore a parrot That squawked all day long In... Sign in to see full entry.

Prisoner of love I look at you every day Imprisoned in this wooden frame. You smile at me regardless. Immortalized grin, cheeky Full of life still. I smile back at a photograph Of you my son. You are Still with me every day Speaking to my sadness. I see you in the corner Of my eye through the shine... Sign in to see full entry.

I write To make a mark At least on the page Whatever stage I am at I must write Make sense of things Order my feelings Sanity greeting Insanity. I want to share My story Tears laughter Confess a prayer Tame my fears. I write To tell you and you That I am with you And you are with me On paper. I must... Sign in to see full entry.

An ounce of righteousness And a pound of forgiveness Two tons of driven madness Three truckloads of carelessness An ounce of forgiveness To redress human madness To redeem all the sadness Of much destroyed happiness An ounce of forgiveness In the light of hopelessness Grieving for human kindness To... Sign in to see full entry.

Wind run gently Between the trees Do not disturb The well swept path Rush slowly Among the leaves Do not disrupt The well scrubbed past Wind sweep away Bad memories Sweep them clean And make them sweet Wind soften the air With fragrant hope Wreathes of sweet scented Honeydew and lavender Saunter off... Sign in to see full entry.

betrayal The truth is I never meant to Hurt you Lie to you Betray you But the truth is I did… But I never told You Face to face Nor apologized For my wrongdoings But the truth is I prefer to live a lie All those words Spoken in anger Or careless pride I used them To hide Make excuses And lie some... Sign in to see full entry.

Season in the rain Sunless skies Dull to the eye Rain drones on Like humble bees That lost their way plopped little drops Land is drank From too much drink Roads stagger hills spill land bulging eyes of sullen skies indulge the earth with mush and mire people cry for lost season sun’s treason on... Sign in to see full entry.

Unfinished poem Beautifully clumsy Crafted and re-crafted Beyond recognition Yet… Unmistakably mine Waiting on perfection Dream in action Dynamic Free to be... Short and sweet this time, but each word counts. Sign in to see full entry.