Poems & Poetry

"The Ode of a Natural Life" is a contemporary poem by John Hansen published in April 2021. It was inspired by and alluded to Henry Lawson's classical poem known as "The Song of A Prison." Rich in stylistic devices that make it a worthy read for poetry lovers and students.

For those that have paid attention from Genesis 1 to now being at Exodus 38; congratulations. It is now time to flashback. The flashback makes wanting to read further more desirable and what has been read more interesting. Reading the Bible for a while begins to make me more meticulous as a reader.

"Word Prompts: Raindrops from Heaven  & Waiting out the Storm " is in response to Brenda Alrlege's word prompt / week 13. The prompt is "Raindrops." I've created two poems for this challenge.  "Raindrops from Heaven" and "Waiting out the Storm." Poetry to express thoughts about raindrops.

It's about someone feeling literally and figuratively out of sorts. Just climbing on an endless treadmill with no end in sight. Looking for a change of scenery to shake things up.

A poem about rain.

"Word Prompts Help Creativity  / Week 13 is an article I write each week where I encourage everyone to be creative and write something on a single word prompt. Write whatever you want. A short story, poem, a combination of both, a song.  You are in control. The only requirement is to have fun.

Happy Mother's Day, to all, taking on the most Unconditional and Loving role - A Mom ! Rarely do we say how much we love you, Trust us, you are right inside us !

Between watching daily news, gossiping for hours on the phone, and indulging in foods that make us fat -- creative writing is one of the best ways to waste some time.

I wrote this in January 2015---A love story from eons ago between a handsome warrior and a beautiful Indian girl. When the wilderness spoke of love to this warrior--it set his heart ablaze with such passion he could not stop until Morning Glory was his wife.

Love story of a murderer and the nun. Where the nun is killed by murderer's gang leader in order to take him back into the gang.

This little poem describes about the freedom of human being which has no one in this modern age.

The 29th collection of poems by writer Timothy Whitt.

88Word Prompts Help Creativity is an article I write each week.   I toss out a single word for us to use as a starting place to focus our creativity.  We can write a short story, a poem, a song, or anything your muse comes up with for this word. The important part is to have fun while writing.

As imperfect humans, and even more imperfect writers, no wonder that we've all met at this imperfect Hub Pages Network. But we love it -- and all these years that have passed are attesting to it -- along with friendships, even if virtual, that we have created here.

The best example of our nature being to be explained, if we say that nature is bound by the rules of its habit, all its leaves fall off in the winter season and the leaves grow slowly towards the end of spring. When the leaves turn green, the whole tree slowly flowers and bears fruit.

This poem, "proof of happiness" is my response to Brenda Arledge weekly word prompt.

Welcome to the 60th anthology in this series of poems inspired by my readers and colleagues.

Word Prompts Help Creativity / Week 11 is an article where I try to give Hubbers a small spark to be creative. I choose a word to use as a prompt. We then use this word to write a poem, an article, short story, or whatever journey our muse takes us down. The object is simple. Have fun while writing.

A pleiade poem inspired by Brenda Arledge's word prompt "life"

Like Clint Eastwood said in "Dirty Harry": "Man should know his limitations", and that could also refer to all those who undertake writing something other than a letter.

The 28th compilation of poems written from little home near the Jersey Shore

Life is an amazing journey. A journey worth enjoying. It is too short to be unhappy, or hold grudges, or have regrets. This journey may not be always smooth. But we manage to forge ahead. We meet different people; We make wonderful friends. We laugh, sometimes we are sad but we learn along the way.

"In 2020021 A.D., each person has created universes, and Gaias (the depth of the Gaias depending of the depth of their imagination), and living in each Gaia for amount 15 minutes at a time."

It is a narrative poetry of a damsel who experienced what she least expected from a lover. She gets another lover and was building the naive lover, but she couldn't wait until the full formation of the lover....

I'm not a billionaire yet, whether or not I become one, still Your unmerited abundant love, grace and favour, I'll always remember.

Pray for Rosina Kahn is a poem I tossed together quickly to ask fellow Hubbers to pray for Rosina.  It seems she has Covid and is not doing well.  Please join me in prayer for her healing. I figure I can reach more people here, rather than posting a short note on feed. Praying for other Hubbers too

Word Prompts Help Creativity / Week 10 is an article I write weekly. I pick one word we use to write a poem or short story. Hopefully it gives us a break from our normal routines & lets those creative juices flow. Who knows, maybe our next best seller. The ultimate goal is to simply have fun.

This poem describes about the drawbacks of poet. Which is required to justice.

Maybe we all, at sometime in our lives, know someone like a book.

A collection of three poem are based on nature, love, and silence.

This little poem describes about the freedom of butterfly that how much as compared to the human being.

Golden temple or the golden calf after all those pyramids?- Exodus

A series of nonsensical poems I wrote and decided to put together into a compilation.

It's a challenge, it's fun, but it definitely must feel different than to those whose English is their native language.

The song of a damsel who feels she has not been given her entire love to her spouse despite all he has been doing and has done for her.

Friendship — a piece of writing on Brenda’s prompt week 9. All I can say is "Love can break but friendship never." On the long river of life, When the storm blows And nothing stops it, Friendship is a lifeline.

The birthday of our children is a very important day for us. It is a celebration of the day they came into this world and brought so much joy to us. It is a day to cherish who they are and to remind ourselves and also them how important they are and recognize their achievements and accomplishments.

A poem using some ethereal friends in harmony, to show an ideal in relation to the core of friendship

Word Prompts Help Creativity / Week 9 is an article I write weekly.  It is to encourage Hubbers to write a poem or a short story using the word  prompt provided. Hopefully this word will inspire your next masterpiece, but the goal is to learn to have a bit of fun while writing.

A poem about survival focusing on positive thinking and on spiritual strength, of which nothing else is more powerful. God is my rock!

It is a true saying which is verily believed by all that internet has come to stay...