Tell me about.
Something that you hold close.
To your heart.
–
Share with me.
All off the relevant details.
Never hold back.
–
Those are important.
They describe all you share.
With much digression.
–
Be not afraid.
I will not hurt you
With this knowledge…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/17/2024
The first words
My very first lune of
the new year.
–
I contemplate deeply
Before writing down initial words
Stream of consciousness.
–
Slow at first
Like any poem I write
I speed up.
–
Next I know
Something is working here now
Just keep going.
–
Before too long
A lune series is born
First of 2025…
-AAA 01/01/2025
Find the words
That will touch the world
Making it better.
–
Search your feelings
And write them all down
You’ll touch others.
–
Edit then refine
Your work until it’s perfect
Then unleash it.
–
Others will relate
Trust in that every time
You create something…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Step far forward
No past holds you back
Only you do.
–
In the moment
The best way to live
Always be present.
–
Tomorrow doesn’t fear
In actuality, it just is
A future day.
–
Let it happen
It will all come naturally
Flowing to you.
–
Do not worry
About where you are going
You’ll get there.
–
Feel the peace
You know that you deserve
and embrace it…
-AAA 12/18/2024
Just the two
And a warm soft blanket
Sharing to themselves.
–
Creating a fire
Raging all night long, underneath
As passions ignite.
–
They won’t expire
Until dawn’s morning light shows
them to sleep.
–
Then they’ll indulge
In an endless needed slumber
All day long.
–
Sharing that blanket
In a quiet dark room
Ever so close…
-AAA 12/18/2024
Step into Christmas
And The little drummer boy
We three kings.
–
The Christmas Song
Oh little town of Bethlehem
And Silent Night.
–
Wonderful Christmas Time
And joy to the world
Merry Christmas Baby.
–
Merry Christmas Darling
Have yourself a merry Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas.
–
Good King Wenceslas
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Ring Christmas Bells.
–
The first noel
The twelve days of Christmas
And blue Christmas.
–
Jingle bell rock
Rocking around the Christmas tree
And white Christmas
–
Run Rudolph run
Oh come all ye faithful
Frosty the snowman.
–
Old lang syne
Man with all the toys
A Christmas Carol.
–
Oh holy night
And Santa’s got an airplane
Deck the halls.
–
Little Saint Nick
And Christmas all over again
Someday at Christmas.
–
A Christmas song
Man with all the toys
Christmastime is here…
-AAA 12/05/2024
Pause, step forward
Your so much stronger now
You’re more you.
–
With each hurdle
you clear, you will evolve
into better existence.
–
Don’t shy away
Just go for it all
Without any fear.
–
Embrace the changes
They were meant to happen
For your happiness.
–
Old standbys go
While new ones will arrive
For your best.
–
Do not magnify
all of your life’s mistakes
Learn from them.
–
We are human
Missteps, make up our journeys
Enjoy the ride…
-AAA 12/01/2024
Have you seen
Captain Kirk on a bender
Drinking Saurian Brandy.
–
Demanding from McCoy
Acting like a wild man
In Episode five.
–
It’s truly crazy
I recommend checking it out
On Paramount Plus.
–
He gets split
Into two distinct separate personalities
Docile and evil.
–
Classic Star Trek
We saw on Channel thirteen
On Sunday afternoons.
–
At age six
When life was simple then
In my youth….
-AAA 11/12/2024
Creating good lunes
takes some practice, but soon
you’re a pro.
–
Just remember this:
Three words in the first line
Five words next.
–
The third line
Again has only three words
It isn’t complicated.
–
Just takes focus
Remembrance of the rules, then
You’ve got it.
–
You can create
several lunes together in series
Like I do…
-AAA 11/10/2024
The day begins
As the sun rises brightly
Start your day.
–
Morning meetings galore
Then you cook yourself lunch
Which is breakfast.
–
Lots of writing
A myriad of afternoon meetings
Nearly dinner time.
–
Homemade warm dinner
Two, five cheese toasted quesadillas
Then clean up.
–
Next get ready
And go to game night
At my friend’s.
–
Then head home
Rest, and prepare for tomorrow
The day ends…
-AAA 11/06/2024
Trick or treat
Tiny tots ring the doorbell
Looking for candy.
–
At a party
With many your costumed friends
Enjoying the holiday.
–
Watching scary movies
With some warm buttered popcorn
Sets the mood.
–
Before too long
Halloween is once again over
Until next year…
-AAA 10/31/2024
WordPress is broken
It’s not letting us “like”
Hurting our numbers.
–
Please, fix this
Our blogs are our life
This is unacceptable.
–
I have “liked”
The same posts, five times
They’re not showing.
–
What’s going on
I wish that I knew
It’s very frustrating.
–
I have cleared
All my web browsing cache
But nothing changed.
–
I have tried
On my iPhone and laptop
Still no dice.
–
Are we all
having these same issues, or
am I alone???
-AAA 10/23/2024
Isn’t it great
When you can continue dreams
Throughout the night?
–
Almost akin to
pausing a streaming motion picture
To grab popcorn.
–
Or is it
A form of lucid dream
Under your control…
-AAA 10/18/2024
It’s almost Halloween
Feel it in the air
Children carving pumpkins
–
Adults buying candy
Then eating some of it
Then buying more.
–
Costumes are ready
Special stores pop up everywhere
Selling seasonal goods.
–
Doctors skeletons ghosts
All costumes under the sun
For a price.
–
Parties invitations plans
Dreams soon to be realized
On October 31st…
-AAA 10/13/2024
My last poem
For this warm October Friday
My day complete.
–
Just until Saturday
Then I’ll write some more
So don’t worry.
–
I’ll be back
With many more creative ideas
On Sunday too.
–
On that note
Have a wonderful weekend everyone
Live it up.
-AAA 10/11/2024
Words of old
Are all told by many
With such experience.
–
Great legends unfold
From hero to penny ante
With frequent recurrence.
–
Cowardly or bold
There’s no limit to any
Shallow or dense.
–
Read and sold
These stories are in plenty
Providing a recompense…
-AAA 10/09/2024
Eve of distinction
Tomorrow will be the day
You just see.
–
Day of distinction
Has finally arrived just now
Enjoy it all.
–
It’s your time
You’ve worked so very hard
You deserve it.
–
Bask in accomplishment
Stay you and stay humble
No matter what.
–
Stay within yourself
Don’t get drunk with success
It’ll destroy you…
-AAA 10/01/2024
Soft tender temptation
Heat under a warm blanket
Anything can happen.
–
Endless long kisses
And much much more happening
Almost too much.
–
Riding waves together
Waves of unbridled passions abound
All being realized.
–
Reaching our peak
Then restful tendrils of relief
In interlocked arms.
–
Together we sleep
The deepest satisfying rest possible
With many dreams…
-AAA 09/29/2024
I am good
My words will prove it
Just read them.
–
Life is hard
We’ve all been through much
Making us stronger.
–
With each lesson
Bettering our lives and ourselves
Means living happy.
–
A rhetorical triangle
Really drives my point home
Love, learn, live…
-AAA 09/26/2024
See through eyes
Having seen good and bad
You’re not blind.
–
Hear through ears
Sounds of yesterday and today
Never get old.
–
Feel around you
Full spectrum of all emotions
You’re human, alive.
–
Touch when touched
Embrace the gentleness of everything
And of everyone.
–
Taste many things
Savor the sweet and sour
Enjoy it all…
-AAA 09/16/2024
Springtime everything’s alive
Green teaming with such life
Longer days promised.
–
Summer’s endless adventures
Vacations reunions cruises, time off
Beaches deserts mountains.
–
Falls cooling breezes
Promises of winter goodbye heat
Hello pumpkin spice.
–
Winter had arrived
Rainer cooler days, longer nights
Holidays and birthdays.
–
Four seasons yearly
Each with its own personality
And quite unique…
-AAA 09/12/2024
The first steps
Away from what you’ve known
Are the hardest.
–
Belief in self
Is key to your success
Achieving your dreams.
–
Learning from mistakes
Helps negate the pain experienced
During the lessons.
–
Feeling great peace
In respect to your past
Seals the present…
-AAA 08/27/2024
Is time-travel possible?
If so, I’d go back,
and warn myself
–
When I’m younger
Before I make my mistakes
Saving me time,
–
and much pain
Though my mistakes grant me
endless writing material.
–
So then perhaps,
it was all worth it
in the end…
-AAA 08/14/2024
Fresh sweet berries
Covered in rich whipped cream
Atop sponge cake.
–
Bananas, butter, sugar
Cooked with rum and browned
Placed on ice-cream.
–
Egg cream custard
Cooked and cooled in ramekins
Brûlée sugar topping.
–
Fresh baked apples
Sweet and salty granola crumble
Ice-cream, cinnamon, atop.
-AAA 08/14/2024
When much younger
At my maternal grandma’s house
Was a chandelier.
–
The living room
Allowed sunlight through its crystals
On sunny afternoons.
–
The brilliant sun
Ignited them in multicolor fire
In such beauty.
–
The crystals shown
Their rainbow luminescence on everything
Dancing on walls.
-AAA 08/13/2024
Missing my youth
The unknown was so exciting
It still is.
–
Playing Marco Polo
Is a rite of passage
For us all.
–
I miss childhood
The simplicity of it all
I’m done adulting.
–
Now, I’m older
I am far smarter knowing,
All I want.
–
Rather than what,
I think that I need
Makes a difference.
–
A huge difference
Once we learn our lessons
Wants replace needs…
-AAA 08/12/2024
Scorching hot day
A hot sun bakes everything
Cooking us all.
–
Pool, an oasis
Cool clean crisp waters
Combat the heat.
–
Sweat refreshing beverages
In tall glass’s with umbrellas
Fruit and rum.
–
Soft shady cabanas
Refuge from the hot day
And quite comfortable…
-AAA 08/06/2024
A splendid meal
The best dinners to eat
Along with candles
–
We go home
And relax on the couch
Sharing life together.
–
Music gently plays
Dave Brubeck and his quartet
Never sounded better.
–
We get closer
Holding each other and talking.
Both breathing faster.
–
I kiss her
When the moment is right
She straddles me.
–
Our lips locked
We share a sultry dance
Leading then following.
–
Turning my head
As she turns her head
In perfect synchrony.
–
We lock hands
And head to the bedroom
Discarding ubiquitous shoes.
–
Climbing the bed
We meet at its middle
Continuing our dance.
–
Kissing her neck
She nibbles on my shoulder
Our passions grow.
–
Shedding unneeded clothing
Mutual exploration of each other
Always using kisses.
–
For each leg
Of their sensual hot journey
Must be enjoyed.
–
We finally arrive
At a contented mutual destination
We both fall.
–
Very fast asleep
Sharing many lovely blissful dreams
Throughout the night…
-AAA 08/02/2024
The sun greets
Each and all each morning
It’s a blessing.
-Good Morning-
Noontime we lunch
Warmed by the overhead sun
And sun bathe.
-Good Afternoon-
Sun waves goodbye
As dusk consumes most light
Night sky, beckons.
-Good Evening-
Settle down, gently
Turn out all the lights
And lay down.
-Good Night-
-AAA 07/31/2024
First a trickle
Then the rain picks up
The drops dance
–
In the wind
With the clouds gradually darkening
Low guttural rumble
–
Distant at first
The storm isn’t here yet
But it’s close
–
I feel it
With all its potential energy
Thunder’s closer now.
–
Heavy rain now
Shrouded world in water’s fog
Hard to see.
–
A bright flash
And deafening crack of thunder
It had arrived
–
All rain gutters
Pour like mad with rainwater
The street floods
–
Small bits of
Everything wash down the avenue
As they meet
–
Their final destination
Down the deep storm drain
To the ocean
–
Wind whips violently
Tree branches snap, falling everywhere
Creating ground forests
–
The rain subsides
The winds die down gradually
The thunder quiets
–
Far brighter sky
Just as the sun reappears
The waters recede
–
I venture out
To clear the broken branches
Into a barrel
–
Clear sky now
Butterflies and birds fly by
Enjoying the warmth…
-AAA 07/25/2024
Turn on music
Then let the world stop
This is bliss.
–
Pick a playlist
Let the endless tunes flow
Fulfilling sonic dreams.
–
Happiness in song
Is my kind of happiness
With headphones on music 🎼 🎶 🎵
-AAA 07/24/2024
Gentle rain falls
Soft mist refreshes everything, alive
With cool water.
–
Grass, trees, plants
Drink the fresh crystalline waters
Quenching all thirsts.
–
A distant flash
I can’t hear thunder yet
But it’s coming.
–
Storm clouds gather
The sky now looks orange
More lightning flashes.
–
The storm arrives
As the rain picks up
Now a downpour.
–
Taps away steadily
Against my bedroom window pane
Which relaxes me.
–
A sudden flash
Followed by crashes of thunder
And rushing wind.
–
Steady rain continues
The storm then eases up
Much softer now.
–
Closing my eyes
The gentle rain coaxes me
To needed rest.
–
Soft gentle blackness
Raindrops accompany me to bliss
Sleep and dreams…
-AAA 07/22/2024
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