The Friday Poem: A Love Note to the World
February 5, 2021 at 6:00 am (Poetry)
Tags: joy, love, loving kindness, poetry
I don’t know who I was “channeling” but this is one of those poems that just popped into my head. I heard Nat King Cole singing “It’s Almost Like Being in Love” in my head, picked up the beat, and out poured this poem. If you like it, please share it.
The Friday Poem: Misplaced Ambition
January 29, 2021 at 6:00 am (Poetry)
Misplaced Ambition
Isn’t it strange how you wake up one day
with all these memories inside, and behind, you?
People who’ve influenced your storyline
inhabit space in your mind and take part
in all the stories you tell yourself each day
about what happened and what it means.
Though I’ve a richness of experience
to draw upon, I seem to have misplaced
my forward moving ambition of late.
I’d still like to write literary stories,
marry fantastical plots and prose
that goes with fast-paced action and moments
that thrill, and beauty that can be described.
Draw it all back out, in a silver stream
like a movie film beamed at a screen,
but right now, I just seem to be holding still.
© 2021 Melora Johnson
The Friday Poem: Inauguration 1.20.2021
January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am (Poetry)
Tags: Biden Administration, Inauguration
