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 is available on Amazon here:
Amazon.com
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.
Have a fantastic day!
