Today is Poetry Tuesday and I am certainly in the mood for
poetry for two reasons.
First.The writing prompt for today said to write a poem based on the first thing you see when you read this prompt.
The Second: I would lie to you if I did not think
about sharing some poetry today after hearing the doorbell ring this morning and receiving a
box which had my first published book with my name on it.
It's a book of poetry and I am excited. I have been writing poems since I was in the fifth grade and this has always been a goal of mine. The book is entitled Pulchritudinous: The Poetry Collection by Stephanie Jeannot. I started writing these poems in my final year at college and I said that I would stop when I reached 10000 words. I reached that goal and finally, I got it published.
It's a book of poetry and I am excited. I have been writing poems since I was in the fifth grade and this has always been a goal of mine. The book is entitled Pulchritudinous: The Poetry Collection by Stephanie Jeannot. I started writing these poems in my final year at college and I said that I would stop when I reached 10000 words. I reached that goal and finally, I got it published.
And so, with the heart for poetry in mind and also with the
spirit of Halloween taking over my life today, here are a few poems that I
would like to share. These are not found in the book as I wanted to share something different to get you into the mood of poetry. If you like them, maybe you would like my book too.
The Candy Queen
Halloween
Me the Queen
Trampling Leaves
Orange, brown, green;
Could you please
Candy steam
My basket please
For Candy Queen.
And up my sleeve
You’ve probably seen
My crown, my dream
Heaven’s pennies;
My dynasty
Door to door treats
Halloween Queen
Of the Candies
The Colors of Fall
I love the colors of
the fall season
The beauty around is
my smiling reason
As the trees grow
bold and the streets get cluttered
And the cooler nights
under thick blankets I slumber
I love the fall
fashion long sleeves and boots
I always enjoy the
young folks in Halloween suits
And the days fly by
and Thanksgiving comes along
Black Friday shopping
and malls play Christmas songs
But don’t get me
wrong because this is about the colors
As I march down the
aisles and the leaves start to flutter
So beautiful the
nature of it and my why for loving fall
My heart beats for it
faster than runners in NYC’s marathon
Thriller
Thriller, thriller
night
Monster mash and
orange lights
Haunted houses that
make me feel fright
Nightmares rerunning
in my mind through twilight
Ghost town and the
pumpkin fest
Kids dressed as
ghosts and in their Halloween best
Trick o’ treaters knock the dressed up doors right there
Even the house that looks
abandoned that puts everyone in fear
Here comes the
midnight and Michael Jackson’s song that rings
Zombies take the
streets and start one-two-stepping
And the baskets full
of candy that rot the teeth a plenty
Thriller night and
goblins run the streets a fancy
Time Machine to the 1940s
I took a time machine
back in time to the days
Where Ella took the
stage and sang so unafraid
And I wore the best
of threads with a rose in my hair
And there were
dancers jitterbugging almost everywhere
And the jazz
orchestra played a tune so sweet
That Ella’s scatting
got me onto my feet
And my dress s swayed as I lindy hopped around
And the petals in my
hair just kept tumbling down
And Dizzy played a
mean solo on his trumpet there
And Bird did his
thing as his sound charmed ears
And there I was back
in time enjoying the music
And suddenly in
walked Bud when I got the news that
If I didn’t get to the time machine in the next five minutes
I’d be stuck there
forever and my time was to its limit
And though I didn’t
want to part Ella blowing the crowd away
It was time for me to
walk on out of there back to today
And I took the sound
and let it linger while in the contraption
Back to where I
started but with new satisfaction
I saw them live and
true it felt like a dream
But what a beautiful
culture with mine own eyes to have seen
(Speaking of Time
Machines, I also have a tune entitled “Time Machine” off of my first album
Finally JNote
which I hope you’ll check out.
which I hope you’ll check out.
You can find it on CDbaby here: http://bit.ly/2z1VVVD )
Have a fantastic day!
These poems are amazing. You really are so talented. Happy Halloween!
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DeleteCONGRATULATIONS! That is awesome! I loved writing poetry as a kid too and your love for it really shows in your poems you shared!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Wow! You wrote poetry too. That's awesome. I love to write everything.
DeleteI would love to get a copy of your book. Poems have always been a favorite of mine. You must be so excited to see it in print.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the colors of fall. My 10 year old likes poems.
ReplyDeleteAnd ironically, I have been writing poetry since I was ten years old.
DeletePoetry is so beautiful. I love to read poetry when I need some help in my life. It helps me zone in and really listen to myself.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful and love every word of it. I find it so soothing and calm.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteCongratulations for the book, this is amazing. I love all the poems in this post, specially 'The colors of Fall' - I can feel each word of the poem.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thank you for the compliment. That is awesome. I appreciate your words.
DeleteCongratulations. I would love to get a copy of your book to read your poetry :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That is great to hear. Thank you so much for that.
DeleteIt is like an honour for me to meet a poet like you mam...�� As my Blog posts also deals with poetry on social issues so I am feeling so happy that I got the chance to get your review on one of my six months old poetry exploration..
ReplyDeleteI love these poems. I've only written one poem in my life. My hubby can really write poetry. Congrats on the new book.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteI wish I had the ability to write poetry. Loved the Candy Queen the best :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! I like that one too.
DeleteWow congratulations on publishing your book, that's amazing! I like your take on Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThank you. A good day to come out of yourself and to live as your alter ego for a day.
DeleteWhat an exciting milestone for you!! Congratulations! You certainly have a gift for words. The Halloween poem and of course, Thriller :) are my faves!
ReplyDeleteYour poems are so fun to read. You did a great job on these fall ones that highlight the season. Keep on keeping on!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your book! It must be really great to work on and finish such a project.
ReplyDeleteYes! I was excited to finally see the fruit of my labor.
DeleteWow! You are really Talented woman! I love your poem! Congrats on your book!
ReplyDeleteWow! You are really wonderful lady! I have read your poems and love it! Congrats to launch your book!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much and you are wonderful too. Thank you for blessing me with your words today.
DeleteCongratulations! I use to love poetry a lot when I was in high school, I even wrote some along the line. Growing up, I kind of lost hold of it. This surely reminds me of myself a bit,it was really amazing reading your poem.
ReplyDeleteWow! Well at least it was a way for you to dig deep into yourself. And thank you for the compliments about my poems.
DeleteI enjoyed reading your poems, thanks for sharing your talents. I am also a writer, but I haven't had a chance to write poetry in a while, maybe I'll get inspired soon
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite kind of poems. Your words are just glued to each other, I love it so much.
ReplyDeleteI am so inspired now to writing poems from prompts. I took a great poetry class in school that had us write one poem a day based on a prompt, then there were prompt challenges every so often where we had to create our own and explain why we chose that one. - Alexia
ReplyDeleteYour Thriller poem was my favorite! Really great job, can't wait to read more :)
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