Finish Line The light at the endof the tunnelcomes into view under a guiding starAn end anda beginningI now knowwhere we are Unwaveringand resolutewith an open eyeon the prizeThe finish line nearsA fugacious year endsLeaving us more wise Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:Star – Word of the DayFugacious – RDPOpen – FOWCImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Author Archives: Christine Bolton
Song Lyric Sunday – Crazy
Our last prompt of 2019 for Song Lyric Sunday, hosted by Jim Adams, is “Crazy“. There are a lot of crazy songs out there but I have chosen a favorite of mine called Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. I have selected two videos of this song. One is the official music video and the other aContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Crazy”
Enough Already
Enough Already A year wishedto be forgottenfrom the firstJanuary dayTesting strengthand perseveranceLove and hateAn existence puton hiatus whilehidden horrorsplayed Russian roulettewith hearts and mindsSlaves to medicinesand opinions Mixed feelings hauntingand undermining Toying and trickingTripping and tauntingwith theoretical tripePraying for thisyear to end Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:Year – Stream of ConsciousnessHiatus – Word of theContinue reading “Enough Already”
Love is More
Love is More As surely as a brookwill babbleor an eagle soaror a candle blows in the windLove for youremains certain,unwavering It is sometimesfraught with tensionor filled with angeras we wrestleexistential pressuresYet it is strongPerpetual and everlastingin its uniqueness Often misunderstoodand disregardedas blindnessby those whostand in judgementand cast doubton its worthiness What do they know? They perceive loveas only tenderContinue reading “Love is More”
Touch – Poem of the Month – January, 2020
Touch The power of touchOne stroke of a handinfusing energyinto a worn-down bodyShooting through veinsA much neededeuphoria producing drugThe simplicityof the actyielding resultsImpossible to gaugethe enormityof the actionYet infrequently usedAs if too personalInvading another’s spaceWhen sometimesthe silent cry from withinmust be heard The humanity of actionto supersede the insanityof what we have become Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Touch – Poem of the Month – January, 2020”
Song Lyric Sunday – Don’t They Know It’s Christmas
This week Jim Adams has prompted us with Christmas, Holiday or Snowman for Song Lyric Sunday. My immediate choice was “Don’t They Know It’s Christmastime by Band Aid. It’s fun to pick out the artists from 1984. They all look so young! Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is a song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and MidgeContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Don’t They Know It’s Christmas”
A Backbone for Republicans
A Backbone for Republicans This gift for youis much neededI knowYou have beenneeding onesince long agoWobbling like Jellyand leaning sofar to the rightI am hopingwith my giftyou would find the fightIt should straightenyour back andstick out your chestand give you the nerveso you cando your bestIt will remind youof what matters mostOur republic not forContinue reading “A Backbone for Republicans”
One Liner Wednesday
Good morning! It’s time for another One Liner for Linda G. Hill’s weekly challenges. I hope you’ll enjoy this from The Far Side. Have a great day!
Feeling a lot like Christmas – a Quadrille
Feeling a lot like Christmas Freshly hewn logsstacked in neat pilesdusted with a light layerof soft snow Christmas treeslined up ready for saleExcited childrenwith hearts aglow Melodic carols being sungChestnuts on a fireJack Frost in the airMemories from long ago Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Lillian is hosting Monday Quadrilleat D’Verse Poets and has promptedus with theContinue reading “Feeling a lot like Christmas – a Quadrille”
Bad Memories
Bad Memories Light shines through cracksAnother daily torture hereUnwelcome, disturbingKnowing I will be takendown memory laneThoughts are perturbing Some too painful to faceWishing I was not awakeMy heart has become soreI close my eyes to madnesspraying for darknessto consume me once moreChristine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word PromptsMemory Lane – RDPDark – Word of the DayDailyContinue reading “Bad Memories”
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