Love

Water

May be the

Elixir of life

But

Love is the

Elixir of Humanity

Winter

Softly through the night
It came so quietly white

Dampening the noise all around
As it slowly covered the ground

Naked trees reached into the sky
Trying to grab snowflakes on high

Their limbs just turned white
As the snow swept into night

And seemingly without reason
Winter became the final season

Holiday Fatigue

Holiday fatigue is your due

If you wrap presents till you're blue

Next year start before Thanksgiving

And life will be more worth living!

Determination

Determination
Fuels success!

Life

Life
Is what it is
Just try to keep up!

Each Day

Each day

Has it's own reward

Be sure to apply for it!

Your Smile

A

Picture

May be worth

A thousand words

But

Your smile

Can be engaging

With results so rewarding!

Solitude

When

Solitude speaks

You need to listen

Time

Time

Is never lost

It's just mis-used

Dandelion

A dandelion

In any other place

Is full of grace!

Snow

Surely
No one
Objects to a
White Christmas!

Never stop!

Never

Stop learning!

It's the sign that

You're still living life

The second childhood

The second childhood is where
We go when we lose those
Skills we learned in the
First childhood

The Shadow

Out of the corner of my eye
I saw something near by

Of quite variable height
It was the absence of light

It was a copy of me
As strange as can be

Redeeming Quality

Every day has a redeeming quality
It may only matter just to me

But it’s there whether I find it or not
I don’t always put the key in the right slot

But look For it I must
Or my mind might rust

The Snows of Fall

The blowing snows of Fall
Are the most colorful of all

Large flakes of red and yellow
Drift through air oh so mellow

Thickly covering the grass so green
Arriving just in time for Halloween

God Put You...

God Put You Where You Are…

God
Put you
Where you are
For His on reasons

Learn
And teach
Till He is satisfied

Simon Stargazer III

One good turn

One good turn
Can change a life

Old

Old is an attitude
Don't you adopt it

Inspired by Steve Wirt

One of many

A

Miracle

Is one of the ways

That God says I care.

One will do it

One good turn

Can change a life

Miracles

A miracle

Can start with one

Simple act of kindness

Passed on and on, multiplying

As it goes from person to person

One Good Turn

One
Good turn
Doesn’t get you
Very far

Loyalty

Loyalty demands worthiness

Life Doesn’t Need…

Life doesn’t need a bookmark
You always know where you are

Life ’09!

Life is what it is…
-----Just try to keep
------------Up with it!

A Shared Compliment

A shared compliment
Sticks like cement

The Star

Seen from afar
It’s just a star

A point of light
Minimally bright

But get too close
And you’ll roast

Being hot as hell
Don’t ring my bell.

It’s not much fun
This close to a sun

Children

Children
Are the teachers
Of patience

Typing and Keyboarding

Communication in the
Key of muscle memory

Soul Is

Surealistic and sometimes
Other-worldly part of
Us that may or may not be
Labile, but which

Is the conscience
Showing us that which is right

(should we choose to listen to it!)

To Err

To err is human

To err big is too.

Love

Love is a heart attack
Some people never get over!

Solitude

If solitude speaks
You'd better listen

Speed

Speed kills
Quality
Too

Singing

Singing in the Rain
Titillates the brain

Time Travel

I'm a time traveler
How else did you think
I'd get here??

Miracles

Miracles happen every day
The trick is to be there when they do

Life

Approach life with
The reverence of laughter

Smiles

Smiles
Multiply!

Any Job

Any job worth doing
Better get done!

Children

Children are
The teachers
Of patience

A Smile

Is the best start

Reality

Reality is relative
And changes with time

Getting There

The most important thing
About getting there is:

Knowing where there is!

Failure

Failure learned from
Becomes success!

Your Best

If your best can't get it done today
There's always tomorrow for another try!

Do You Have Any Funny Friends?

In
Humor
There is
Health

In
friends
There is
Wealth

Keep those
Funny friends!

Worry

This is not

To be debated:

Worry is overrated!

Fleeting though it may be...

That fleeing thought
Is rarely caught!

The Gentle Soul

The gentle soul
Influences without fear

Serenity

In the quiet

At the end of the day

Serenity reigns



Luxuriate in it

To ease your pains

My Thought on Popular Music

I am annoyed
By Pink Floyd

I'm quite expressly
In favor of Presley

I think Roy Orbison
Is nicely done

While I like Pat Boone
He doesn't make me swoon

I'll take Neil Diamond anytime
He sings America! just fine!

But mostly I'm a 50's and 60s kinda guy
Like the Platters, The Inkspots and even that Jerry Lee Lewis guy

My Thought on Perspective

Perspective
Should be based
On reality

As I've Grown Older

As I've grown older
I have found that my class
of acquaintances has improved

I now know quite a few more
Doctors, Podiatrists, Dermatologists, Nurses
And other practicing professionals

Time

Time is the constant

Our ability to deal with it is the variable

Time is to be...

Time
Is to be
Used not abused

Time Travel

Time
Travels
The same
We just use
It with different
Degrees of efficiency!

Time is...

Time is
On loan from God
It is not ours to keep!

Time

Time is never lost
It's just misused!

Rain Becomes...

To those
Whose imagination is fleet

Rain becomes
Pixies dancing in the street!

Be True

If
You’re
True to yourself

You’ll
Be true
To Others

It’s
Up to us
To make it
Positive

It's a Chilly Spring!

It may slow down the slugs,
But it won't kill the bugs!

Photograph

A frozen glimpse
Of a nitch in time

It's Spring

Redbud’s branches
Of lavender and pink

It’s enough to
Make you think:

Let the bells ring!
Wow! It’s Spring!!

Choice

Regardless
Of how the world
Treats you

You still have
A choice

And a
Responsibility

To the Nations of the World:

Be green
Not mean!

Autopilot

More often than not
We’re on autopilot

Sometimes it takes a
Jolt to pull us out of it

Tho’ we may not be consciously alert
Our brain keeps us from gettin’ hurt

This may be OK when things are routine
But in new circumstances keep it keen!

The Responsible Life

In our life’s travels, either near or far,
We allow ourselves to become what we are.

So remember if you will
The dreams you would fulfill

Require planning and dedication
In order to reach their fruition

The Circle of Your Life

You find you’re in a cocoon
A wonderfully warm womb

Soon your world
Becomes unfurled

All of a sudden it’s bright and shiny
And you get really teary and whiney

You graduate to a small cage
In this, your first year of age

Then as you get a bit older
Mom and Dad get bolder

Now you’re given quite a lot
Of freedom to venture out

A bit later you’re done with school
And go for the gold is now the rule

The world is your oyster
To travel and explore

You find a mate and settle down
The circle starts to come around

When kids start coming out
You relearn what life’s about

Before you know it you retire
Enjoying life seated by the fire

Finally the illnesses of old age
Make your bed your last cage

As you make your final peace
And give your body its release

You join God in the warmness above
Where everything’s full of light and love

Thoughts on Time

Time is both fleeting and forever

I'd follow you to the end of time,
But I don't have time

There is only one time
And that would be now.

So, my somewhere in time is now.

Only God is everywhere in time

Scattered Showers

Scattered showers
With hidden powers:

From a misty drizzle
Which’ll quickly fizzle

To gusty rains
Filling drains

Or hail, not rain
And stinging pain

Such, they say
Is a spring day

Old

Even when you're old
Ya still gotta be bold!

I Think

I think
Therefore, I am…
I think…

And muttering nary a peep
He just went back to sleep

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes
Had the best jobs

Calvin’s was to experience childhood
Hobbes’ to make sure it was really good

Calvin was ever so wild and unkempt
He took Hobbes wherever he went

Calvin was so irrepressibly inventive
And Hobbes was equally expressive

Though they were quite extreme
They were the best kind of team

Keeping their imaginations tightly in place
They’d challenge Physics Time and Space

Till at the end of each adventurous day
Reluctantly exhausted, they’d hit the hay

Was your childhood this much fun?

A Thought For Your Day

Better think things through
Before you do what you do!

Questions for Your Inner You

Are you really at peace
In this body you lease?

Does your face
Reflect
Your inner space?

Do you stop playing hero or clown
And take the time to center down?

Do you spend your time wisely then
To hear the still small voice within?

When you've thought this thought
Then do you do what you ought?

Do you let your conscience be the goad
For when the rubber hits the road?

If you’ll do
This for you

You will find
Peace of mind

A Mime Next Door

Once upon a time
There was a Mime

Who I found would be
A good neighbor to me

He had nothing to say
On each and every day

I’d think “Good morning Mime”
He'd reply in kind each time

Stampede!

A

Wild

Centipede

Stampede

Would

Leave

You

Lightly

Trampled

But

Not

Quite

Crumpled;

You

Might

Say

Shaken

But

Not

Stirred!

Young Love

Love’s early phase
With it’s adoring gaze

Hand Sanitizers

The Hand of God

Is the ultimate

Sanitizer

Smile!

Your smile

Helps other people

Have a good day!

Your Honey

When You’re Feeling blue
And you don’t know what to do

Go see your honey
She’ll make it sunny!

Her smile so true
Will uplift you

For she’s a major part
Of your inner heart

Black Cat

How can you tell
When a black cat
Crosses your path
In the middle of
Of a dark foggy night?

Keep it turned on and
Have fresh batteries
In your flashlight!

One Man Team

BEING A
ONE MAN TEAM
RARELY WORKS!

Inspired by a cartoon on page 101 of
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
By Bill Watterson

Share!

A shared compliment
Sticks like cement

Human Relations

Human relations
Are not always
So human

If this
Describes you
Please get some help!

Grandkids

Visiting the grandkids never gets old
Even when they leave you with a cold!

A Tribute to Edgar Alan Poe

It was a dark and foggy night

Complete with surreal light



Slinky shapes were oozing around

Hovering closely above the ground


Approaching sounds whispered eerily

As I hurried through the night stealthily



Turning the next corner, I came face to face

With a familiar door and quickly entered my place



I was finally away from the dark foggy night

Where I'd just about died from the fright!

The Shadow We Cast

The Shadow we cast

May be taller than we know



So be careful the example you set

Is the one you really want them to get!

To Find Your Way

To find your way
Each and every day

Let your inner light

Shine through
To guide you

Important Stuff We Wait On

Toast to pop up

Popcorn to pop

Coffee to brew

5:00

The Waitress

Pay day

Vacation

Election results

Christmas Morning

God to answer our prayers

And God waits to hear whatever we want to say.

But especially…

My Philosophy

A glass half full
Or half empty

Still has enough left
For a good drink!

Aspiring

Aspiring to the heights
May take all yer mights

But it’s worth every bit
When ya makes yer hit!

Always
Set your
Plans to
Include
Realistic and achievable
Ends!

Inspired by a chat with Temeka the twin

Lights

Sky light
Sky bright

Carry me thru
All this blue

Till the delight
Of a peaceful night

Then after the nights
Starlight and moonlight

Earth’s again alight
With bright daylight

A Winterly Message From The Friendly Skies:

The world

Will be white

By tonight!

Choices

We
Make
Our own
Choices

Regardless
Of others voices

And the results are
Our responsibility!

We will ultimately pay
For our actions today

So choose very well
To avoid Hell!

'Cause it's got
To be hot
There!

The first Sign?

Numbness
Invades the mind
Leaving my thoughts blind
Would you be so kind
Please help me find
My way in time

Old Age

That “I’ve got to stop
Thinking about things

As I’m on my way
To do other things”

Syndrome

Gas & O!

I toil, I toil
For gas & oil

Oh, the money I earn
Just to watch it burn

Life '09!

Life is what it is...
Just try to keep
Up with it!!

Volunteer:

Very important person:
One who cares about others
Leaving the comfort of their home
Under all sorts of conditions with
No thought for the time it takes.
This person
Exudes
Excellence in attitude with
Respect for others

Thank you for being one, if you are.
If you’re not, then thank one for me.

Share this thought with others.

Riley, Oh Riley...

Riley, oh Riley, wherefore art thou
Quietly conversing with some cow?

Is that where you got your Farm-Rhymes
About those far and distent olden times?

On that distant day, oh so hot
I am certain that that you were not

Trying to discover the lost Lewis Carroll
Hiding with Jabberwock in a whisky barrel

Pondering Elizabeth Barrett Browning
With quiet romantic thoughts burning

Or perhaps peering into a future's haze
Of some of Ogden Nash's poetic maze

For you are the down to earth
Poetry's 20th century rebirth

Written im memory of James Whitcomb Riley
The revered "Hoosier Poet"

Snoring

The gentle rhythmic
Snore of your spouse

Is a reassuring sound
In a dark quiet house

Timely Thoughts

A watched pot never boils

A watched clock slows down

Lonely nights linger longer

The the spark of love quickens the heart

And... Lovers live longer!


May your New Year be lovely!