POETRY

I LOVE TO READ POETRY. IT BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY.I LOVE TO WRITE IT AS WELL.IT IS A GREAT WAY TO EXPRESS HOW WE TRULY FEEL. A POEM CAN BE WRITTEN ABOUT SO MANY THINGS AND INSPIRATION COMES FROM ALL AROUND US.MOST OF MY TIME IS SPENT WORKING ON MY POETRY. WHEN SOMEONE READS YOUR POETRY AND IT HELPS THEM THROUGH DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN THEIR LIVES,IT BRINGS YOU A PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE HELPED THEM.

 SOME OF MY FAVORITE POEMS INCLUDE "DREAMS BY LANGSTON HUGHES, "A BOOK" BY EMILY DICKINSON, AND "DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT" BY DYLAN  THOMAS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A POEM BY A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME DO SO. IT IS ALL ABOUT HER LATE GRANDFATHER AND IS SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.SHE IS SUCH A WONDERFULLY TALENTED AUTHOR.


 "MY SUNSHINE"

SPECIAL
I WAS TO YOU.
YOU'D INCLUDED ME
IN ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU'D DO.


TIME FOR ME,
YOU'D ALWAYS MADE.
ATTENTION TO YOU,
I'D ALWAYS PAID.

YOU'D BEEN WISE
BEYOND YOUR YEARS.
AND YOU'D CALMED ME,
WHEN I'D HAD TEARS.


YOU'D REASSURED ME
THAT THINGS WOULD BE O.K.
AND IN YOUR HOME FROM ABUSERS,
I'D HID AWAY.


YOU'D SHOWN SUPPORT
AND HAD KEPT ME SAFE.
KNOWING THAT I WAS NOT OKAY,
AND THAT KEPT MY TERROR,AWAY.


YOUR HUMOUR AND KINDNESS
MADE ME SMILE.
YOU'D KNOWN JUST WHAT TO DO
TO GIVE ME PEACE FOR A WHILE.


AND WE COULD TALK,EASILY,
YOU AND ME.
WHICH HAD HELPED USTO ESCAPE THE ABUSE WE HAD
BY OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES.


YOU'D SEEMED TO SENSE MY THOUGHTS,
AND I COULD,YOU.
MY FEELINGS,YOU'D ALWAYS KNOWN,
AND YOURS,I DID,TOO.


THAT CONNECTION AS THOUGH BEST FRIENDS.
WE UNDERSTOOD AND SUPPORTED EACH OTHER
BECAUSE WE BOTH KNEW
THAT WE'D HAD NO OTHER [TO HELP].


YOU'D BEEN THAT SHINING LIGHT
IN MY LIFE FULL OF SADNESS -
A KIND SPIRIT SENT FROM HEAVEN.
ABOUT WHICH I'D HAD GLADNESS.


YOU'D BEEN MY BEST FRIEND,
MY SHINING LIGHT.
MY SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS,
WHO'D HELPED ME IN MY FIGHT IN LIFE.


BUT NOW,YOU'RE IN HEAVEN,
FROM ME, GONE.
AND IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR ME
TO CONTINUE ON.



I MISS YOU,
MY GRANDFATHER


AUTHOR: APRIL MORONE





 SUCH AN AMAZING,BEAUTIFUL POEM WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE WHOM SHE CARED SO DEEPLY FOR.IT BROUGHT ME JOY AND INSPIRATION AND I HOPE IT CAN DO THE SAME FOR EVERYONE.

 A SPECIAL THANKS TO APRIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS SPECIAL PIECE WITH EVERYONE. :)

Anyone enjoy reading the classics?

I love to read pretty much anything,from novels to the back of the cereal box,as long as it sparks my interest.(And let's face it...because I get bored!) I enjoy finding books by new and upcoming authors,as well as my favorite authors.But what I am really a sucker for is the classics. I just love the smell of old books!


I would like to take the time to share a few of my favorite classics...


White Fang  by Jack London


The Pearl by John Steinbeck


Charlotte's Web by E.B. White


A Seperate Peace by John Knowles


The Neverending Story by Michael Ende


A Christmas Carol by  Charles Dickens


Old Yeller by Fred Gipson




 There are so many great authors who have left behind their legacy through writing. Not just through novels such as Dickens or Knowles,but also through poetry like Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes.No matter how old I get or how many new authors I enjoy...I will never tire of the classics!