tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46437982187839997452024-02-15T19:28:52.067-08:00Greeting Card PoemsA selection of free verses for cardmakers for every occasionBret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-44480127830234500352023-11-19T12:13:00.000-08:002023-11-19T12:13:41.108-08:00Santa's Mishap<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Santa's Mishap</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa Claus on Christmas Eve,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With reindeer ready, he did believe.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But alas, poor Santa had a bit to drink,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His sleigh swerving, he couldn't think.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's nose, so brighter than Rudolph's,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From what he’d drunk, certainly not the cold.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Santa," the elves warned, "you've had too much cheer,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let Mrs. Claus drive, it's crystal clear!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jetting around on Christmas Eve no good to blow .05</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Surely, Mrs Claus should drive</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because if he gets caught by the RBT</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then he’ll lose his licence indefinitely </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But Santa laughed, "I'm fine, my dear,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just spreading joy, no need for fear."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Down the chimney, he tried to squeeze,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tripped on his boots, caught in a breeze.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The elves were worried, the workshop in a fuss,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's driving skills were clearly a minus.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mrs. Claus took charge, said with a smile,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Santa, my love, you've been naughty for a while."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She hopped in the sleigh, grabbed the reins,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Guiding the team through snow and lanes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa in the back, a bit dazed and confused,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His jolly demeanor now slightly bruised.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To all the houses, Mrs. Claus delivered,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With precision and grace, she slithered.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gifts placed under trees with meticulous care,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While Santa napped, unaware.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The North Pole buzzed, a gossiping spree,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's mishap, the talk of the tree.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But Mrs. Claus, she saved the night,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Driving the sleigh with all her might.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So here's to Mrs. Claus, the unsung hero,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steering the sleigh with grace and zero ego.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Next year, perhaps Santa will learn,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To limit his eggnog and take a sleigh turn.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-50826504580900294882023-11-18T13:20:00.000-08:002023-11-18T13:20:50.865-08:00Santa's Accident<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Santa's Accident</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the North Pole, there arose a clatter,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa slipped on ice, his presents all-a-scatter</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The elves didn’t worry they said it didn’t matter ,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now Mrs. Claus must make Christmas swagger.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With a bandaged knee and not feeling jolly ,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's recovery was tracking so poorly</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His doctor said to venture out would be folly,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mrs. Claus must share the ivy and the holly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She hitches the reindeer, checks her list twice,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No need for worry, she's got this, how nice!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through chimneys she'll squeeze, like a festive spice,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's in bed, sipping cocoa, his knee on ice.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, Merry Christmas to all, don't you fret,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa's healing, but Mrs. Claus is set.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A jolly delivery, there's no need to bet,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She's the new star of this Christmas duet!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-84134371209571923232023-11-18T13:15:00.000-08:002023-11-18T13:15:04.322-08:00Politically Correct Santa<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Politically Correct Santa</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Things had become so difficult up at the North Pole</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The elves had become unionized they’d put everything on hold</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>They said Santa was a bore, he wasn’t politically correct</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>“So we’re shutting you down, there’s work bans in place.” Said the shop steward elect</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And so before he'd had a chance to call his lawyer </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Santa had become an equal opportunity employer </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>So now in the workshop at his North Pole home</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Santa employs dwarves, sprites and gnome</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And now the factory floor will feature</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Every imaginable fairy-tale creature</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>So Santa’s helpers are now of all sorts</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>In the Vertically Challenged Union, VCU for short</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And what of the big man, Santa himself</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Is he a man or just a big elf?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>With a flowing white beard and a jolly old smile</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>He hasn’t seen his toes in quite a while</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>His coat is too small and his suit a bit tight</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>But he’s the right weight for a man twice his height</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>He used to be jolly, he used to be gay.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>But that word has a new meaning these days</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Still times have surely changed he said with a shrug</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Children can’t sit on my lap and I can’t give them a hug</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Not while FACS are out to enforce</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>All these new Child Protection laws</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And as for the book of naughty and nice</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>It seems that Santa will have to think twice</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>‘Cause what can he see behind the closed doors</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Without breaking any privacy laws</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Now we find the naughty are good</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>They’re not really bad, just misunderstood</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Now the toys this year are really terrific</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Without them being gender specific</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>So it’s goodbye Barbie and it’s goodbye Ken</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>I don’t know when we’ll see them again</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Now that the politically correct have had their way</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>All of the toys are now coloured grey</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>No longer will there be chocolates and sweets</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Because they’ve been deemed unhealthy to eat</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And you’ll find if kids eat too much</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>They’ll end up with diabetes and such</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>They’ll turn into a sugar abuser</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Or end up like Santa a lettuce refuser</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>At Christmas this year what has Santa learnt</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Bow down to minority groups, or for Christmas past yearn</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>But here is one thing he can give as a gift</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Something quite meaningful, to make your spirits lift</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>It’s the gift that gives again and again</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodwill to all, and peace among men.</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-33505839303890946572023-11-18T12:57:00.000-08:002023-11-18T12:57:29.276-08:00Christmas Poems<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Christmas Poems</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Then out from the stables there arose such a clatter</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But the RSPCA were there to see what was the matter</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>There in the stables Santa found a sight quite strange</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>NO reindeer to be found, they now were free range</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>This gave them more energy to get the sleigh lifted</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Heaven knows they need it ‘cause Santa’s horizontally gifted</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But what of the reindeer like Doner and Cupid</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>They’re running free, you know they’re not stupid</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Since been released they’re flying much faster</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>All this because of the fresh greener pasture</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But now because of work embargoes</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Santa can’t use Rudolf’s red nose</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>When delivering presents he’ll have to move fast</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Or else get caught and charged with trespass.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But there’s still time for cookies, milk and not beer</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Cause the booze buses are out in force this year</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>It’s no good for Santa to blow .05</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Then he’ll have to be a passenger, Mrs Claus will have to drive</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Santa’s sleigh full of gadgets it’s become hi-tech</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>There’ll be no need for the RTA to inspect</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But still it can fly and he speeds round the Earth</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Attracting the tides with his sizeable girth</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>All the while the sleigh sounds like thunder</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Following the stars ‘til he gets down under</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But now down under what will he choose</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>To use trusted reindeer or six kangaroos</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>But this might start a demarcation dispute</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>So he’ll have to travel in an old Holden ute</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Driving around with boardies and shades</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Making deliveries as the night starts to fade</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>And as he makes it home this Christmas morn</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Just as the dawn breaks he starts to yawn.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Another Christmas done and dusted</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Now it’s time for pudding and custard</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Putting the reindeer to pasture and the sleigh in the shed</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>And now it’s time for bed for Big Red.</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-50055650063730442362023-08-23T20:20:00.005-07:002023-08-23T20:20:39.649-07:00Bon Voyage Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Bon Voyage Poems</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend, may you always have a favourable tide<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sailing on the ocean green, that’s oh, so wide<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With the dolphins always as your guide<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Leading to adventures on the other side</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend, in distant lands, may you explore<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But please stay safe, this I implore<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe a glass of wine you will pour<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But you’ll have lots of fun, of that I’m sure</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend, please don’t lose your way<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even if your GPS goes astray<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So please don’t think you have to stay<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just stay the course, this I pray.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend, may there always be wind in your sail<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you find your destination without fail<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope your senses don’t rail<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And laughter always assail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sail away my friend with a joyous heart<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With a suitcase of dreams you’re ready to start<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And a lifetime of wisdom you seek to impart<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, bon voyage from your friends, you depart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage! I hear you’re having a holiday<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Boy Voyage! I hear you’re going away<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage! But don’t go astray<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage! Eventually come back I pray</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy journeys to you<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your days be sunny and blue<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember your hat and sunscreen, too<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For you don’t want cancer too</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend it’s time to sail away<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember your sunscreen it’s your best friend today<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, enjoy your holiday, enjoy the thrill<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your enjoyment be strong, and your SPF be stronger still.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May trees always line the roads<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of your travels abroad<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May you always have adventure<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And never get bored</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May the sun shine on your back<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And a gentle breeze blow in your face<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you journey<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">From place to place</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So it’s happy journeys<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And Bon Voyage, too<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May the days be sunny<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And the skies always blue.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage and safe travels, my friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you journey on your way</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Safe travels to you wherever you roam<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember your suitcase is really your home<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Life is one long adventure, my friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, to you, best wishes, I send.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bon Voyage, my friend, off you go<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where the sun is warm and the breezes blow<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your baggage be light and your sunscreen strong<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And your sense of direction never go wrong</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your destinations be slick<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And your journey there be quick<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May the mountains you climb<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Never leave you tired</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, bon voyage, with a grin and a cheer,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Discover new horizons far and near.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your journey be merry, your memories grand,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you explore this world, so vast and grand!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My travels around the World are infinite<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And all I see is mine<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But this lasts for just a minute<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I step over the borderline.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I go on this odyssey<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like Alice Through the Looking-glass<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">All kowtow to me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But it never, ever lasts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-10649958660609306962023-08-22T22:08:00.003-07:002023-08-22T22:08:33.912-07:00Retirement Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Retirement Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your work life’s over there’s nothing you’ll miss<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In a hammock you’ll swing in bliss<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more morning alarms, no more traffic<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more searching for the ultimate graphic.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more will you go to meetings grim<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just the golf clubs, bowls or gym<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your time is yours to do what you want<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more office for you to haunt</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now your time is up and the day is nearly done<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s time that you took your leave, it’s time that you were gone<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, raise glasses and we wish you good cheer<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now get the heck out of here</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hear that your leaving , you’ll finally be gone<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Retirement’s here, work is over and done<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more office stress, just relaxation real slick,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Golf clubs or fishing rods you can take your pick</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But maybe a grey nomad is more your style<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, you might be gone for quite a while<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Parking your van wherever life takes you<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lost with your partner under the sky so blue</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But it won’t be long for you’re leaving today<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">There’s nothing left for me to say<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Except for good luck and goodbye<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, sever your office ties.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I heard you’re leaving us today<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">There’s nothing left for me to say<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As there’s no reason for you to stay<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So goodbye and be on your way</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time has come, you’re retiring at last<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Time to think about the times of the past<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But not too long let’s look ahead<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the times to come when you stay in bed</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, we wish you a long, healthy life to come<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Live at leisure, forever in the sun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">At long last we’ll give you a wave<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And pray there’s many years before the grave.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Work is finite but retirement’s forever<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you achieve all that you endeavour<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And our relationships ties you don’t sever<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And seeing you again, never.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As we pause and gather ‘round the water fountain<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can see the days ‘til your retirement you’re counting<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, it won’t be long you say as a must<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When you’re gone, we won’t see you for dust</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’re busy planning all your trips and travels<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nights at the club with endless meat raffles<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Everything’s done there’s nothing left to do<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Except say goodbye and good luck to you.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Retirement’s here, it’s your time at last<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Time to retire your thoughts to the past<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more nine to five, no deadlines to meet<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your work is all over, your time is complete.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Time to savour life’s moments together<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope that your days are always sunny weather<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Retirement’s a chapter, a new one to write<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And after work’s finished it’s bound to excite</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, here’s to days of leisure and ease<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Retirement’s a gift that you can seize<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spending your days in endless sun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now that your busy work days are done.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here’s to endless coffee breaks my friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your retirement’s here may it never end<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No more boss' voice or alarm clock to heed<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just sunny skies and a glass of wine’s all you will need</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And as you sail into serenity bay<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’ll find you’ll have so much more time to play<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Out on the golf tee I’ll find you’re reserved<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enjoy your time for it’s so well deserved</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, when the dust has settled and you’re finally gone<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Will we find you in the “Great Outdoors “, the endless sun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For retirement’s like a permanent vacation<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Acquired bliss and well-earned relaxation</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your nap times be legendary<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And a golf bag the ultimate accessory<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enjoy your days out in the sun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I will see you ever and anon.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-85050431484012902962023-08-22T13:40:00.008-07:002023-08-22T13:40:59.362-07:00Wedding Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Wedding Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the happy couple so joyous, so bold<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your love never tire, never grow old<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now that you’re married, you’ve a ring on your finger<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We wish that your lover never wanders, but always lingers</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your love be as sturdy as your cake’s bottom tier<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Growing in strength to strength, year after year.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But if you find that with time your love starts to tire<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Trust in each other to rekindle the fire</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And as you go through life, hand in hand<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have faith and try to understand<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That when life throws up challenges, as surely it will<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let your love for each other help you up the hill</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now the ceremony's over, it's time for some fun,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eat, drink, and be merry, 'til the setting of the sun.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With family and friends, you'll celebrate right,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So here's to a wedding that's pure dynamite!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">“In sickness and in health, for richer or poor"<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">These are the oaths, today, you swore<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Forsaking all others never wanting more<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And when arguments ensue never keeping score<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your love story be one of many a lore<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So as you go on your path be excited by what’s in store</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Congratulations and some advice I’ll impart<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Don’t shop at IKEA if you are real smart<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because building furniture often leads to arguments<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When all you have is an allen key and Swedish documents.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the Bride and Groom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Be clear, don’t mumble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stand tall, don’t crumble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now that you’re married be ready to rumble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Be surebooted in life, never stumble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hold tight to each other never tumble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Don’t be too proud, be always humble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Accept your lot in life never humble<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Keep your eyes on the prize, never fumble</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your marriage be filled with love and laughter<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And may you both have a “Happy ever after “</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the happy couple</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">May your love always reflect in your eyes<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And permanently be fixed on the prize</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-91578497940872653002023-08-22T13:33:00.003-07:002023-08-22T13:33:10.113-07:00Valentine Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Valentine Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you will find the time<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To come and wine and dine<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And gradually realign your mind<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And be my Valentine</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In February, prepare for a special day,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then your know just what to say<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With hearts and roses, chocolates, too,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's a poem, just for you!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Roses red and violets blue,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cupid's arrow, it flew askew!<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hit the cat, not my crush,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now the cat’s on heat and such!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh, so sweet, Chocolate hearts,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But they caused my pants to part<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And my valentine's date should’ve been my deliverance<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But to a troll she had a strange resemblance.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So here's to love, both sweet and cheesy,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Valentine's Day can be quite easy.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just remember, it's all in fun,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Laugh and love, until the day is done!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">On Valentine’s day you always spread good cheer<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I hope you find your valentine this year</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every year, this holiday , you observe it<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you find your valentine, you deserve it.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Roses are red, violets are blue<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cinderella is limping since she lost a shoe<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">All around the village it caused quite a stir<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now that Prince Charming is searching for her</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Without a love your days can be blue<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So there’s only one thing that you can do<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That’s to help Prince Charming, for you, to find<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then you’ll have a new Valentine.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Valentines come and valentines go<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Leaving gifts of chocolates and rose<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both being more reliable than the giver<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another year to seek out Cupid and his quiver</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A new love is waiting just around the bend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One you can love ‘til the very end<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">What’s that you say,now, don’t be stupid<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You know you can’t f,all in love with Cupid</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-90029989934781210082023-08-21T15:42:00.001-07:002023-08-21T15:42:05.267-07:00Thank You Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Thank You Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this world so dark, I must confess<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That life with you is a laugh not a test<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You really know how to bring out my best<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Loving you only, forsaking the rest</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I thank you my dear for loving only me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you my dear for setting me free<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you my dear helping me see<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">No longer you and I, but now only we.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, so, as we walk through this journey hand in hand<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Facing challenges, both planned and unplanned<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for helping me understand<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That you lover for your love so grand</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, as we settle into a lover’s embrace<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not a sprint, but the long-distance race<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’ve always helped me to face<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, thank you for your unbounded grace.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you dear fridge<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For your icy calm<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For keeping our food from spoiling<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To keep it fresh from the farm<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To save us from poisoning<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To keep us from harm.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you dear toilet<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For always being there<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For flushing life’s troubles<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Without a single care.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh, porcelain throne<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’re a friend, oh, so rare</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you dear washer<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For washing my clothes<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For taking life’s grind<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That’s often on the nose<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Going through the spin cycle<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And rinsing away life’s woes</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So thank you dear appliances<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You really make life easy<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">From keeping our food fresh<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To washing clothes so greasy<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For flushing away our waste<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And leaving it so breezy</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-53635635726754768272023-08-21T14:13:00.004-07:002023-08-21T14:13:24.638-07:00Teacher Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Teacher Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In our classroom, shining bright<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You were always our guiding light<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For your wisdom, patience and other stuff<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The words, “Thank you" don’t seem to be enough</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now this year has passed all too soon<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You were always the ‘Queen’ of our classroom<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Helping us to understand<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With teaching lessons all so grand</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though the chalkboards have gone, they’ve been replaced<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">By computers, laptops and other interface<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You were always on top of your game<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even though your jokes were oft lame</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, so, it’s finally time to say goodbye<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I breathe an audible sigh<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I pass out of your ranks,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I say a well deserved thanks</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In preschool rooms with smiles and frowns<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You wore the essential creativity crown<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this world of craft and finger paints<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You always had the patience of Saints</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You always told us to have a healthy lunch<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To stop us from being a surly bunch<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, at lunch after we’d open our box<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We’d get in the sand pit without shoes and socks</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this room of alphabet songs and endless laughter<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where us kids you’d always look after<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’d find the time to wipe our butts and wipe our nose<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You really must have loved us, I suppose.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You shaped our dreams, both big and small<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When it came to caring you gave it all<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So in this land of crayons, where dreams take flight<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for always shining bright</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To our Teacher we say with glee<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for helping us understand that knowledge is free.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you teacher for settling us in school<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For helping us learn the rules<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yet, giving us time to act like fools<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even when we fell off stools</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-90226660416152369942023-08-20T15:17:00.004-07:002023-08-20T15:17:33.837-07:00Sympathy Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sympathy Poems</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In sympathy for loss, we weep and sigh,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With heavy hearts and tearful eye,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But sometimes humour’s the best reply,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To cope with loss, we'll give it a try.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">At funerals, we wear our black attire,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And speak in hushed tones, to quell the mire,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But once the eulogies start to tire,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Someone's stomach growls, like a hungry choir!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We reminisce about the days gone by,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sharing tales of the one who said goodbye,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yet sometimes, it's laughter, not a cry,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That eases pain and helps hearts to fly.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In sympathy for loss, we may feel blue,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But humour helps us see it through,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For life's a mix of joy and rue,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And laughter can heal, that much is true.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I sit upon my cloud and look down on the world<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I see how my friends and family have all my goods unfurled<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m not perturbed but overjoyed, letting out a laugh so hearty<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I hear them exclaim quite loud, “The bugger’s dead, let’s have a party"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My best friend has gone away,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And all we wanted, one more day,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To say the things we had to say,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like it’s your round, or you can pay!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My best friend was always there<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With a very unassuming air<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">He always knew how to care<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">From the tip of his toe to his mullet hair</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My best friend was like no other,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like a winy, pesky little brother,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And at times just like my protective mother,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But one who always gave me cover.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now she’s gone and up to God<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But He’ll say, “My, that’s very odd<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because you’re not due here yet.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I suppose my quotas must be met.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For every death, I always give a life<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And if I want to keep out of trouble and strife<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ll open the gates and let you in,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because I can see you’re free of sin"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so the story goes, she’s in heaven now<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not somewhere down below<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So raise your glass, let’s salute our friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">On her way, her soul we’ll send</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-44897890126249518472023-08-20T14:00:00.006-07:002023-08-20T14:00:51.474-07:00Mother's Day Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Mother's Day Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">On Mother’s Day I’m filled with dread<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Should I buy a gift or let her stay in bed<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though with cold coffee and burnt toast too<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope she’ll still say “I love you “.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But on this, her special day<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We have to try and find a way<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">To show her just how we feel<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And make her know that she’s unreal</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">She’s a superhero though she tries to hide<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even when she wears her undies on the outside<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A superhero without a cape, that’s true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And yet she always has time for me and you</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So just for you on this, Mothers Day<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ll just take the time and have to say<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A special wish for my superhero, true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">All my hugs and kisses and “I love you"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy Mother’s Day</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A mother’s love is never ending<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And surpasses all other love<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That is unless you count<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The love from up Above</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You taught me how to care<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You taught me how to pray<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You taught me all about respect<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You really showed me the way</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I learned how to love<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I learned how to care<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I learned how to treat each other<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With respectful air</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy Mother’s Day</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy Mother’s Day to mothers far and wide<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But in particular to the mother by my side<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You were always there for me, you had my back<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You helped me up when I went off track.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You loved me unconditionally, you really cared for me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You helped navigate the world, you taught me how to see<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So for all the things you do for me I’ve just got to say<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you sincerely and Happy Mother’s Day</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-46755246097516216062023-08-19T14:12:00.003-07:002023-08-19T14:12:14.597-07:00Missing You Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Missing You Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since you’ve been gone</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I miss you like a night without dawn<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or waking to no coffee in the morn.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My heart’s silent, my mind so unclear<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m just so lonely, Lord I wish you were here.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your absence is like Wi-Fi in a remote town,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm disconnected, feeling quite down.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I trawl your Facebook page trying to get some hint of you<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come back soon, my friend, I'm feeling so blue!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like an SMS without a meme or a millennial without a phone,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm incomplete when I'm all alone.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Without your jokes and your smile so bright,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Life's a bit dull, day and night.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So hurry back, my dear, please come back<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My life's a misery, I’m on the wrong track<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I miss you more than words can construe,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let's reunite soon, and help me to mend too.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You couldn’t live with me, I couldn’t live without<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Somehow we had to compromise<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">How was I to know the solution<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Would bring tears to my eyes.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You went away, you wanted to begin again<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I stayed here trying to pick up the pieces of my life<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A life so fickle and torn<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">That life a double edged knife</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since you’ve been gone, without you in my world<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My life’s been difficult, it’s been so absurd<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like a lost sock in the laundry’s great fray<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I wish you’d find your way back to me today</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’re the Yang to my Yin, you know it’s true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My life’s like a circus without a clown or two<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I miss your laughter and contagious smile<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now that you haven’t been here in quite a while.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So hurry back, dear friend, don’t delay<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because I couldn’t stand another day<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Without you in my life, it’s true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My life’s so empty without you.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like the moon affecting the tides of the sea<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You gaze on down and draw you near to me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But since you’ve been gone it’s nothing but a distant memory<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like a song from the past, you can’t remember the words or the melody</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-33725098195530777402023-08-18T16:27:00.002-07:002023-08-18T16:27:09.191-07:00Love Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Love Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our love is like a rollercoaster ride<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One day we’re up, the next we’re down<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But we take it all in our stride<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Always smiling, never a frown</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love is so delicate it’s true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Giving us butterflies in the belly<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I talk to you<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the phone over late night telly</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love is an adventure<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So wild and free<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And it hasn’t been the same<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since you hitched yourself to me</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When you came<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You came to me unbidden<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I just didn’t see<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The love that was hidden</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now together<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The joy bells are ringing<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Deep in our hearts<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love’s choirs are singing</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">They say that love is forever<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And love is often blind<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I went in eyes wide open<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though I didn’t expect to find</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A love so all encompassing<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It took my breath away<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It didn’t need much effort<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For my heart to sway</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now we’ve found each other<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And we’re finally together<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We’re stuck with each other<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our love will last forever.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In love's wild dance,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our hearts take flight,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A symphony of laughter,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Day and night!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lovers of the world unite<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come out and dance<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come out and fight<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Come take a chance</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-63650465444166166652023-08-18T15:35:00.005-07:002023-08-18T15:35:47.263-07:00Lost love Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Lost Love Poems</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought I’d die when you left<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A heart so broken, so bereft<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My faith in you, so misplaced<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A love like ours can’t be replaced</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought our love was strong and true<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">How was I to know you didn’t feel it too<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So when you left it caught me by surprise<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cried so much I couldn’t dry my eyes</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I know somehow it won’t be the end<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I just need time for my broken heart to mend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And then one day deep in the future<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A new love, my broken heart sutured</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I once did roam in love's pure realm<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand in hand, two hearts at the helm<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought our love would last forever<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And that you would leave me never</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But then we turned that corner in life<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In my heart you stabbed me with a knife<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thrusting it deep and breaking it in two<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I knew we were over through and through</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Leaving me, paying no mind to the present<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Leaving me with just our love to resent<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seeing no future, dwelling on the past<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unsure of how long this feeling will last.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now you’re gone<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The clouds block out the sun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I wish I’d been more alert<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now you’ve left me alone and hurt</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">My heart is dead, in two it’s broke<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Been that way, since the words you spoke<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thought it a dream, from a nightmare I woke<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">All my night clothes to the skin I soak<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">From me, your new love, you did cloak<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I thought I would die, I thought I’d croak</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s over at last you’re out of my life<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our life together a two-edged knife<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some of the time, wonderful fun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But too much of late, it blocked out the sun</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now that you’re gone I feel relieved<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s better this way you better believe<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And as for you, I wish you the best<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Starting again on life’s quest</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-4737814182277061202023-08-17T22:12:00.005-07:002023-08-17T22:12:53.381-07:00Get Well Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Get Well Poems</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In bed you lie, a cold has caught hold of you,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But is it the dreaded lurgi, or winter flu<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So rest, my friend, for soon you'll find,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your health restored, your spirits aligned.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With tissues stacked and thermometer high,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You're tackling germs, you said with a sigh.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But remember, rest and fluid’s the best cure,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So stay in bed and rest, that's for sure!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Chicken soup and meds in a row,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your recovery’s all down to a swallow<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In no time, you'll be back on your feet,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dancing to a healthy heartbeat!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So relax, drink , and take it slow,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Soon you'll be laughing, don’t you know<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get well soon, and you’ll find within,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We'll celebrate your victory over the germ's sin!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I heard you’re laid up, not feeling well<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">What can I do and how can I help<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m always happy to help your recovery, too<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">There are many practical things I can do</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like chicken noodle soup and refreshing teas.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Handing you your puffer if you start to wheeze<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can be very handy sorting out your meds<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or helping to refresh your bed.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So relax and take it slow<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Soon you’ll be better, let your patience flow<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And as a result of my giving<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’ll soon return to the land of the living.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sniffles, coughs, temperatures and sneezes<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When training it can be really tough<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But at least you’re not pooping when you run<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because that would be really rough.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Well Soon</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Well soon,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three little words don’t seem to say enough<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Especially when things get rough<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When you’re unwell and doing it tough<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you’re going through all kinds of stuff</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Well soon<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You say it and you mean it, sincerely<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you point it out quite clearly<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Because you love him dearly<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And he’s suffering severely</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Well soon<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And soon you’ll be right on track<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’ll get off of your back<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Right out of the sack<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your cue back in the rack</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Get Well soon</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-72738363480531473802023-08-17T17:55:00.007-07:002023-08-17T17:55:53.303-07:00Funny Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Funny Poems</b></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My mother can’t bake cookies<br />She also can’t cook cakes<br />And every time she does<br />She always makes mistakes<br /><br />She tried to cook a chocolate cake<br />And she thought it was a hit<br />But when she put the frosting on<br />The cake just up and split<br /><br />She tried to cook some cookies<br />And filled it with chocolate bits<br />But she set the temp. too high<br />And ended up like charcoal pits.<br /><br />You know I love my mother<br />Though she sure can’t cook cake<br />I am just so grateful<br />She takes me out for chocolate shake<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />I went to see the moon today<br />I also swam the sea<br />Stopping for lunch I shared with God<br />And the Holy Trinity<br /><br />After a long and provoking lunch<br />They finally said to me<br />You know my boy you're wasting your life<br />Just put your trust in me<br /><br />But my counsellor said that I was high<br />No matter how I feel<br />But I don't care what she said<br />Because I know it was real<br /><br />Since that day I've picked up my cross<br />And followed the Christian walk<br />Preaching to all who care to listen<br />I follow with deeds and talk<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />In a house of laughter of pranks and jokes,<br />Where quirks and antics from a dream awoke.<br />Funny family, hearts entwined,<br />Practical jokes of every kind.<br /><br />Dad's silly hats, a goofy flair,<br />Mum's witty jokes, beyond compare.<br />Children’s pranks keep you on your toes<br />In this circus of fun, where love just grows<br /><br />Grandma's tales, with humour spun,<br />Uncle's impressions, second to none.<br />A tapestry of humour, woven strong,<br />Funny family, where we all belong.<br /></span><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-57387386962143293872023-08-17T16:08:00.008-07:002023-08-17T16:08:53.418-07:00Friendship Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Friendship Poems</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In this world of chaos, world of sorrows,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two friends united, laughter flows<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jokes and pranks our constant mete,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">An hilarious flow, no mean feat.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through thick and thin we stand obsessed<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With laughter and fun, we often jest<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A friendship like ours, a comedy show,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where punchlines and giggles forever grow.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">We were always one to challenge the rules<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But to all outside we just seemed like fools<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bond that’s built on laughter’s strong wire<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bond from which we never tire</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So here's to us, the dynamic pair,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">With laughter as our constant affair.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spending each day from the moment we woke<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Searching and dreaming of the ultimate joke</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two friends united we stand as one<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seeking out the friendship, seeking out the fun<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Always close, though we’re apart<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends forever, friends from the start</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for being my friend.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends are the family you wished you had.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Building you up when you feel sad.<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Scolding you often, but only in jest<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Filling your life with a little bit of zest.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you, my friend,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For being there for me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For opening up my eyes<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And helping me to see.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you, my friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For helping me to steel<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Me away from all life’s difficulties<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And helping me to feel</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you my friend<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">For always being there<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through all life’s difficulties<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And helping me to care</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you my friend.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends come and friends go<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">But you were always there for me in the end<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Throughout these past forty years<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You’re more of a sister than a friend</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And when we found<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The World united and against me conspired<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You fought along side me<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You never tired.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank You My Friend</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-7929871312529957352023-08-17T13:24:00.001-07:002023-08-17T13:24:10.860-07:00Engagement Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Engagement Poems</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>In love’s wild adventure they’re making a stand<br />Facing the future together, hand in hand<br />He’d popped the question, she’d answered with a tear<br />Now for their wedding she’d planned for many a year<br /><br />With a ring on her finger and a spring in his step<br />Into the great unknown they had leapt<br />Deep in their hearts the joybells were ringing<br />And everywhere they went, it seemed choirs were singing.<br /><br />The families all gathered to express their joy<br />Sharing the love of this girl and boy.<br />Soon they’ll be joined, becoming one<br />Into the future, hand in hand they will run<br /><br />So here's to the couple, so full of delight,<br />Embarking on this journey, with all of their might.<br />May laughter and love be their lifelong refrain,<br />As they step into marriage, like sunshine after rain.<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />There are two types of couples.<br />The first type is the couple who fights and argues after getting engaged.<br />The second type… is yet to be discovered.<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Congratulations to the happy couple<br />We hope you will always find<br />The love you have right now<br />Will always be on your mind<br /><br />The love you share<br />Is an extra special bond<br />As for each other<br />You are especially fond.<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />A woman takes a husband<br />And a man takes a wife<br />Together they agree to be<br />Sentenced for life.<br /><br />They put on matching ball and chain<br />And share an isolation cell<br />It won’t be long before they’re joined<br />By a mob of little gangsters as well<br /><br />So may God bless the bride and groom<br />May the punishment fit the crime<br />May you always remain happy together<br />As you’re busy doing your time.<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br /></span><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-9332708206844655362023-08-16T20:44:00.004-07:002023-08-16T20:44:53.237-07:00Easter Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Easter Poems</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>In fields of green, where bunnies play, <br />The Easter Bunny plies his trade,<br />But unlike Santa who puts his toys in a sack, <br />These chocolate treats are hard to track.<br /><br />The Easter bunny, with a sneaky grin, <br />Hides eggs outside and within, <br />But, even if the rules we bend <br />We’ll find those eggs before the end.<br /><br />A colourful delight, jellybean trails,<br />Lead us on, a sweet fragrance assails, <br />Rocky Road choc with peppermint taste, <br />Bring pleasure to all who gather with haste.<br /><br />So crack those eggs, with glee and glee, <br />A laughter-filled Easter, for you and me, <br />With baskets brimming, and hearts so light, <br />May your day be joyful, from morning to night!<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Easter comes around each year<br />Based on the phases of the moon<br />And so it won’t be long<br />You’ll be eating chocolate soon<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Christ has died, <br />Alone on the cross, he did it for you and me<br />Christ is risen,<br />Your sins absolved, he’s set you free<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Look out for the Easter Bunny<br />For he’s coming your way<br />And in his wicked mind<br />He has some crazy games to play<br /><br /> A basket full of eggs<br />Not a sack full of toys<br />For all the good.<br />Girls and boys<br /><br />But how will he hand them out<br />How will he distribute<br />These chocolate eggs<br />With colourful attributes <br /><br />Will he do it willingly <br />Or will they be hidden<br />For the children to seek<br />Unrequested and unbidden<br /><br />Either way, I’m sure they'll have fun<br />Eating bunnies and chick<br />For as everyone knows<br />Easter chocolate won’t make you sick. <br /><br /></span><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-77031953119682656722023-08-16T16:26:00.004-07:002023-08-16T16:26:52.531-07:00Divorce Poems<div style="line-height: 15pt; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Divorce Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Divorce proceedings take their part,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">In a courtroom, laughter starts,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Once joined in love, now asunder,</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"> With witty quips, they mend their blunder.</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lawyers' banter, sharp and sly,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Divorce decree, a final high,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Assets split, they both share</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">A twist on heartbreak a comical flair.</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Friends and family gather 'round,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Smiles and chuckles, love unbound,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">For though their paths now diverge,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Laughter heals the pain they purge.</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">In jest they part, a final jest,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Divorce as comedy, they attest,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Through humour’s lens, they find release,</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">A tale of split hearts, told with peace</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">~~~###~~~</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Not as it once was</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But it is as it should</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">They couldn’t get on</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">So they’ve split up for good</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing to do</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But their assets to split</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Who gets the house</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">What about the kids</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">They’ll find they’ll get on better</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">When they’re apart</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">One beginning over</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">And a new one about to start</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">~~~###~~~</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">‘Love' lasts forever</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But divorce is so final</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yet there is no point carrying on</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">When that love becomes a trial</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">~~~###~~~</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">You got married</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">For better or worse</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But how were you to know</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">It would become a curse</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">You got married</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">For sickness and health</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But the doubts crept up</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">With unbound stealth</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">You got married</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">For good and bad</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">But the feelings of latter days</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Has just left you sad</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">So now it’s difficult</div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">And so you must part</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Seeking a new beginning</div></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">Seeking a new start</div></span><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div></o:p></div><p style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-36232010737050899832023-08-13T15:00:00.005-07:002023-08-13T15:00:45.673-07:00Depression Poems<div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Depression Poems</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />In shadows deep, where sunlight hides,<br />A gloomy cloud within abides,<br />But fear not, friend, for laughter's cure,<br />Shall bring the sun to hearts demure.<br /><br />With coffee mugs and sleepy eyes,<br />Depression's spell, we'll swiftly guise,<br />We'll dance like penguins, all askew,<br />And chase away those shades of blue.<br /><br />A merry band, we'll form a pact,<br />To battle blues with jokes intact,<br />We'll tickle troubles, make them flee,<br />With puns and jests, we shall be free!<br /><br />So when the weight of life's a frown,<br />Let's flip it upside, shake it down,<br />With humour as our steadfast guide,<br />Depression's power, we'll deride!<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />I awaken early to another day<br />Stealing myself to a coffee haze<br />Another day seeking intercession<br />Another day of deep depression<br /><br />All around it seems so grey<br />And I can’t seem to find my way<br />But yet when all seems lost and blue<br />I know I can rely on you<br /><br />You’re always there to lend a hand<br />You always seem to understand<br />In the darkness I can’t hide<br />You’re always there to be my guide<br /><br />Thank you doesn’t begin to explain<br />How you’ve saved me from the rain<br />And yet that’s the only words I can summon<br />So I open the door and let you come in.<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />A life is long and a day so short<br />A new one can’t be bought<br /><br />Remember this when life’s bereft<br />Of feeling and you need a lift<br />It won’t always be this grey<br />Steal yourself for another day<br /><br />Depression doesn’t last forever and must have a finite end<br />While your love will last forever when you’re broken soul will mend<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-41628089117405062202023-08-12T17:18:00.005-07:002023-08-12T17:18:30.174-07:00Christmas Poems<div style="height: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> Christmas Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas is here again and it’s time to remember</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That 25th day of December</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It’s not just about jolly old Santa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or any snappy banter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But about kindness and love</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not presents and similar stuff</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, this Christmas remember to send</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your love and best wishes hoping to mend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The broken, downtrodden and lost</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With Christmas cheer, whatever the cost</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In a North Pole cottage snug,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa sipped his cocoa from a mug.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">His belly wobbled like a bowl full of jelly,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As he laughed at the elves acting quite silly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One tripped on tinsel, oh what a sight,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another got tangled in twinkling lights.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Imin and Tata did a silly dance,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While still, two more did a reindeer prance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rudolph was flashing his nose with glee,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But got tangled in tape, as you can see.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mrs. Claus was baking up a feast,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Her Christmas cookies were such a treat!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So as the North Pole bustled with holiday cheer,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Santa chuckled, "It's the funniest time of year!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With laughter ringing, spirits so bright,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Merry Christmas to all, and to all a silly night!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We have been helping with the cake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(By licking out the pan)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We’ve also wrapped our presents up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As neatly as we can</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We’ve hung our Christmas stockings up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Over by the mantle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, there’s nothing left to do</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Except to wait for Santa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~~~###~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If Santa comes but once a year</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What does he do with his time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If he only works one day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is it really such a crime</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After all delivering presents to everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Really takes it out of you, you see</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you need some time to rest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So hibernation is what is left for he.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">x</span></div></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-16895456363914846872023-08-12T16:13:00.005-07:002023-08-22T04:33:15.252-07:00Christian Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Christian Poems</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div>God never said, as far as I’m aware</div><div>You have to be a Christian or a Jew</div><div>If you want to go to heaven</div><div>There’s one thing you’ve got to do</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Believe in Christ asking for forgiveness</div><div>For in heaven you have an advocate</div><div>And with sincere prayer</div><div>You’ll have a holy appellate.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~~~###~~~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes Christians become too insular</div><div>Forgetting their life’s mission</div><div>Preaching only to the converted</div><div>And to the others only wishing</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Wishing that they would convert</div><div>But they don’t need conversion</div><div>And sometimes because of this</div><div>They are their version</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So in everything you do</div><div>In thought, word and deed</div><div>Seek the Lord’s will through prayer</div><div>And he will deliver everything you need</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So work among the many</div><div>And always show God’s love</div><div>And there will be a place for you at God’s table</div><div>In heaven above.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~~~###~~~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love the Lord with all your heart and soul</div><div>Seeking his forgiveness and when the bell tolls</div><div>And he will redeem your life from whence it was stolen.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~~~###~~~</div><div><br /></div><div>Love the Lord your God with all your will</div><div>And in the end he will wipe clean your bill</div><div>For he is your advocate and redeemer still.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>~~~###~~~</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Many years I’ve lied</div><div>And many years I’ve denied</div><div>Many years I’ve deserved to die</div><div>And yet many years I felt you cry</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Many years I’ve gone astray</div><div>And many years I’ve lost my way</div><div>Many years I’ve deserved to pay</div><div>And yet many years you wiped my slate away</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now, I’ve finally come to my senses</div><div>Now, there’ll be no more pretences</div><div>Now, there’ll be no more final sentences</div><div>Now, you’ve broken down all the deceitful fences.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643798218783999745.post-81057688114033948742023-08-12T14:50:00.006-07:002023-08-12T14:50:38.349-07:00Birthday Poems<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Birthday Poems<br /></span></b><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don’t want to burst your bubble<br />But it’s time you heard the truth<br />You may have all your own teeth<br />But you’re getting long in the tooth<br /><br />You’ll never win a gold medal<br />Your athleticism falls short<br />You’ll never make the six o’clock news<br />Unless internet surfing becomes a sport<br /><br />Happy Birthday<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Happy Birthday dear friend<br />I toast your lost youth<br />Another year older, another year wiser,<br />Another year closer to the Truth<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />You look a little older,<br />And you’re in trouble, deep<br />You can’t afford boots injections<br />So you need your beauty sleep<br /><br />I know you’re not a millionairess<br />But you look as good as gold<br />So you won’t need boots<br />To gracefully grow old<br /><br />Happy Birthday<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />On your birthday it’s time to reflect<br />How much your life has changed<br />Time to reset your goals<br />And your priorities rearrange<br /><br />And now your birthday is done<br />Presents opened, you’ve had your cake<br />No time for frivolity<br />Don’t go off half-baked<br /><br />But still you can have some fun<br />Enjoy your day to the fullest<br />Cause after everything is said and done<br />You really are the coolest<br /><br />~~~###~~~<br /><br />Another day, another grey<br />But you look so distinguished<br />Yet you’ll need assistance<br />To get those candles extinguished<br /><br />Happy Birthday<br /></span><br /></div>Bret Overtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02050067539455936206noreply@blogger.com0