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Thursday, April 25, 2024
V is for Vibrant
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
U is for Undaunted
Good Words Alphabetically: U is for Undaunted
This poem is something that happened to us traveling with a toddler. Traveling home from Minnesota to Maine for Christmas. We spent Christmas eve in the train station in Chicago. And although we weren't in the best situation, neither were the hundreds of other folks waiting there with us for trains that were stopped because of the snow. We ended up getting to Maine the day AFTER Christmas. It was a long trip with a 2 year old. But a wonderful angel shared her homemade Christmas cookies with our son, and suddenly out of the blue, a gentleman pulled out his French horn and began playing Christmas carols. It was magical as it echoed through the high-ceilinged station. It was my most memorable Christmas ever, and I bet everyone in there remembers it, just as I do.
Christmas Eve in Union Station Chicago
The snow was snowing
From dark clouds
The wind was roaring in
The moon was hidden
overhead
Bad weather for the win
The train was cancelled
There were no rooms
To rest a weary head
You’ll have to wait
For hours and hours
Is what was grimly said.
But waiting in the station
undaunted
Came a song
Lone French horn notes
Announced a king and
right had conquered wrong
And all the world was hushed
that night when thousands
Paused their plans
A silent, holy night
Was filled with hopes
And dreams of man.
By Donna JT Smith ©2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
T is for Table
Good Words Alphabetically: T is for Table
A part of the A to Z Challenge
I don't know why I couldn't get started with "tender" or "tapestry" or "thoughtful" last night. And nothing was coming this morning...then "table" arrived. And table it is. I love my table.
Table
Tables are great places to meet
Places we can tuck our feet
Where lovingly the food is served
Where all that’s given is well-deserved
Tables give a spot for tea
A place to whisper - two or three,
A site to sit and read a book
A cozy quiet between-meal nook
They’re a haven for a long lost friend,
A place to patch things up and mend,
A slate, a surface to begin again,
A place to smile and remember when.
Card games, puzzles, crafts and soup,
Medicines for kid’s with croup,
Bags of groceries, stacks of mail
Something heavy, something frail
Pie crust rolling, bread dough rising
Computers, papers, enterprising,
All supported by this able,
Talented, tasteful kitchen table.
By Donna JT Smith ©2024
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Monday, April 22, 2024
S is for Salubrious
Good Words Alphabetically: S is for Salubrious
I KNOW you didn’t see this one coming, did you?
Salubrious means favorable to or promoting good health, healthful.
Lagubrious has a much different meaning: melancholy, sad, mournful.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
R is for Rocking
Good Words Alphabetically: R is for Rocking
Words from a Rocking Chair
I rock in chair on days of sun
And rock until the day is done
I rock in peace as evening calls
And rock with thoughts through salty squalls
I pick up pen and pen complies
I write in truth forbidding lies
I do not know why thoughts are spilled
some may be loved, some reek unskilled
But either way they lie on page
Fulfilling peace, instilling rage
I have to write, I write to speak
My rocking chair and I must squeak
By Donna JT Smith ©2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Q is for Quiet
Good Words Alphabetically: Q is for Quiet
Quiet
Quiet now the day is closing
Quieter the chipmunks’ mirth
Quieted the fox is denning
Quietness descends to earth
Quietest of all the moon
Shines quietly goodnight
It will stay on guard awake
A quieting nightlight.
By Donna JT Smith ©️2024
It is also Poetry Friday. Visit My Juicy Little Universe, hosted this week by Heidi Mordhorst, to read more poetry today!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
P is for Peace
Good Words Alphabetically: P is for Peace
This WAS "oasis" and then changed my mind. I wasn't going to post it at all. But I did.
Peaceful Oasis
Peacefully I sit by the sea
Peacefully you sit next to me
Peaceful these oasis years
Peacefully dispelling fears
Together we oft walk as bound
Where is one the other’s found
Our refuge comes with the belief
There will come a sweet relief
A new oasis awaits in arms
Where there’s shelter from all harm.
Peacefully we persevere
for greater peace is very near.
By Donna JT Smith
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
O is for Optimistic
Good Words Alphabetically: O is for Optimistic
Optimistic
When you are optimistic, you are not prone to moan.
You live your life in sunny light, not dwelling in dull tone.
You think of what might be instead, if given one more try;
and all the while you're pretty sure you have hidden wings to fly!
And even though things don't turn out the way you think they should
you're optimistic attitude says you it can make it good.
With a little bit of "head held high", with just a hint of smile,
with paint and glue you make it new, it's changed in just a while
It's not the end of good to have a time that's badly tangled,
just look past beyond the mass and know it can be wrangled.
Tomorrow is another day, you can smile and just look back,
help someone else conquer their day with an optimistic attack.
By Donna JT Smith ©2022
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
N is for Nestle
Good Words Alphabetically: N is for Nestle
I cannot spend lots of time on these. So some are as good as they get in 30 min and under.
BTW, the word is “nestle”, not the candy company name. This is more of a children's poem than some.
Safe and Sound
A puppy snuggles in your lap.
A kitten in your arms.
A horse will nuzzle to show love
and say it’s safe from harm.
Like baby robins nestle in
their warm and feathered nest,
we cuddle as we read a book
before it’s time for rest.
Snuggle, nuzzle, nestle —
it’s time to go to sleep.
Close your eyes and say a prayer,
then count the cuddly sheep.
By Donna JT Smith ©️2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
M is for Meditate
Good Words Alphabetically: M is for Meditate
This post is a part of the AtoZ Challenge. The link to posts from this challenge is below. Click on that image.
I know I did at least three poems for this word. I am posting the first one I came up with. I don't know why it took so much thought...maybe the word "meditate" started me overthinking!
Meditate
You have a thought you think is good
you wonder if you really should
give it just a bit of time
marinate it in a rhyme
let it mellow
let it merge
check it
is it on the verge
of being right
and not gone wrong
don’t meditate on it too long
before you think another thought;
gazillions more are still uncaught.
By Donna JT Smith ©2024
V is for Vibrant
Good Words Alphabetically: V is for Vibrant I wasn't as taken with the picture. Wanted an instrument in it, too. But I liked his eye...
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