Poetry samples

Pieces
A friend in need is a friend indeed -
A cliche I'll never learn,
For I give and give and give and give
And get nothing in return.

So which pieces would you like today?
Maybe a shoulder for a cry,
Or maybe you need a new perspective
And thus plan to snatch my eyes.

Or perhaps you want hands to hold you,
Or a set of lips that can advise.
Take whatever bit you need, friend,
And leave me cut down to size.

Yet, when I need feet to stand,
No one will lend a pair.
You'll just stare down at me with sad surprise
That there's somehow no one there.

A Day in the Life of the Writer's-Blocked
My cat stares up at me expectantly,
Wondering why my pen's not touched the page.
My focus escapes with her eyes on me,
and she leaves, nose turned up, after an age.
My dog is curled up just beneath my feet.
I ponder, scratch his back with just my toes,
But my project's once more left incomplete;
With touch of fur my inspiration goes.
Thunder rolls deep just past my windowpane,
Echoing with dark, stormy nights to tell,
But all my words wash away with the rain
And lightning puts me 'neath an awestruck spell.
My pen to paper - the world cheers me on!
And, in that cheer...all will to write is gone.

To Us
It seems that time has gone and passed us by -
Two children, lost, now women, loved and wed.
Together we did worry, laugh, and cry,
And battled with the thoughts that filled our heads.
You and I, we have faced it all, it's true,
Knowing that we'd always have each other.
My family would be empty without you -
My sister, though we share not blood nor mother.
So, here's to the past and the years to come;
To husbands, children, moves that we'll discuss.
Distance may weather the friendship of some,
But things like that are different for us.
So, here's to us, to sharing joy and strife -
To the best friend I'll cherish all my life.


I've been gathering all my poetry as of late, as I'm considering putting together a collection in the near future. Any thoughts on this idea would be appreciated.