Some of my Favorite Poems

[Lady-Loki]

I want to share with everyone one of my favorite poems.


"If I Could Catch a Rainbow"

If I could catch a rainbow, I would do it, just for you,
And, share with you, its beauty, on the days you're feeling blue.

If I could, I would build a mountain, you could call your very own.
A place to find serenity, a place just to be alone.

If I could, I would take your troubles, and toss them into the sea.
But, all these things, I'm finding, are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain, or catch a rainbow fair;
but, let me be, what I know best,
A Friend, who's always there.

I promise to defend you, should the occasion ever rise,
And, I promise to wipe away the tears,
which might stream from your weeping eyes.

Let me be the trusted Friend, the one that you know best.
I will never leave you, on that, you can surely rest.

© Sandra Lewis Pringle

[Lady-Loki]

Help Yourself To Happiness

Everybody, everywhere
seeks happiness, it's true,
But finding it and keeping it
seem difficult to do.
Difficult because we think
that happiness is found
Only in the places where
wealth and fame abound.
And so we go on searching
in palaces of pleasure
Seeking recognition
and monetary treasure,
Unaware that happiness
is just a state of mind
Within the reach of everyone
who takes time to be kind.
For in making others happy
we will be happy, too.
For the happiness you give away
returns to shine on you.

© Helen Steiner Rice

[viasta]

Oh noez! more poems after I almost finished my poem project! AHH! *explodes*
And Loki, how do I write a Explicating poem?

[Lady-Loki]

Oh noez! more poems after I almost finished my poem project! AHH! *explodes*
And Loki, how do I write a Explicating poem?

WTH? Don't clutter my poem thread with intelligence! This is for reading & enjoying, not figuring out WTH a Lit teacher expects!

Ummm. . . get the feeling I don't have an answer to your question? ah-ah, smart boy!

Ok, I sorry, that was mean. See if this helps:

Poetry Explications

Guidelines for Explicating a Poem

How to Write an Explication

Understanding and Explicating Poetry

Google is my friend!

[viasta]

Ok, thanks Loki

[Lady-Loki]

I added some links for references since I can't be mean on purpose for long.