FREEDOM’S SONG Each morning as I peruse my ever-growing list of what I want to do today, where to go, which direction to take, what to see, what I want to accomplish in these precious few hours allotted to me each day, I remember at once how blessed I really am to have the freedom […]
April 13th is Founding Father Thomas Jefferson’s 268th birthday. He wrote the Declaration of Independence and thus became our first official spokesman for freedom from Great Britain in 1776. He was our third President, serving two terms from 1801-1809. During that time he was best known for employing the US Marines against the Tripoli pirates […]
FREELY GIVEN If I could right every wrong; if I could soothe every hurt and make it go away; if I could mend each broken heart and wipe away every tear; if everything I had I could just give away; if I could be all things to all people, I’d glad do […]
Life is our miracle
Don’t let it slip away,
Open your heart to others
Give of yourself each day.
SOFTNESS FADES © Glenn Joyner 2009 Entering the realm of daylight, creeping forth from dark, fitful slumbering; Pressing onward — ever onward into the morning softness. To wake, to toil, to contemplate freedom; the softness fades… But is this freedom sought simply a doorway to shrouded oblivion? The question rolls and rolls, bouncing here and […]
EVENING SONG The sun in the sky, hints of blue and clouds of white; the song in my heart, the birds that sing, the breath of a wind, everything. Where it starts and where it ends, the day once more melting into evening’s muted light, as dancing upon the edge of the day, […]
These are both reposts from my Scotorum MySpace blog from the the summer of 2007. They were posted on the last Creative Poetry Corral blog challenge on MySpace, which was last Wednesday and Thursday March 30-31. The first one may have been my first CPC Saturday Share Collab poem, where poets leave a line in […]
Strangers to this world and out of the time of men They ramble through woods and valleys in bloom With their sacred powers, the heart of beings they fathom Striving to awake sleepy memories Refuted and denied, they run, discreet Visible to those who peer with heart’s eyes Those who search beyond gold and honours […]
This is a Preview Blog. We are so looking forward to moving to friendburst!!!
A tongue twister Bissens gispende gipsbisps gipsgebis gispede Bissen gasping gipsbisps plaster denture gasped A drinking song Hvis Øresund det var et gyldent ølhav, så kunne jeg godt tænke mig at være ål, og ligge der på bunden og få gyldent øl i munden, og ligge der på bunden og sige skål If the Sound […]
