Poem Index

I often share original poems at Live Your Poem. Here's a Poem Index of selected works organized by subject and title to make it easier for you to sample my work. Thank you for reading!

ANIMALS

Armadillo
Bear

Birds

Butterfly Fireworks

"Three Black Cats" by Maud Lewis
Cat
cat on windowsill (haiku)

Chameleon


Deer

Dog
That Darn Dog
Beach Dog
Sailor to Dog
To the Artist
The New Puppy Promise
Girl and Dog
Dog

Donkey

Fish

Fox

Frog

Goat

Lion

Moose

Mouse

Zebra
Indecision

ARS POETICA
"Girls Dancing" by James Van Der Zee
(inspired "The Last Poem")

Writing Down a Dream
This Poem is Practically Perfect
Summer Poem Swap
The Last Poem
Let There be Poetry
Poems Come Lately
This Poem is a Dream
This Poem is Green
When a Horse Writes a Poem
Window



ART POEMS (aka ARTSPEAK! -- this link takes you to a page containing Padlet galleries for each year of this annual National Poetry Month project)

BOOKS/READING
"Mrs. Cassatt Reading" by Mary Cassatt
(inspired "When Grandma Reads")

Dear Reader
Mary in the Garden
Man, Reading
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
When Grandma Reads
Storytime
Sometimes Books are the Only Playground I Need
A Girl Who Reads

EMOTION

Empathy

Grumpy
If You Put Light in a Box

Love
Weather Report
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Gratitude
Mona Lisa in Love
When We Meet in the Garden
Courtship (According to the Cat)
A Dream of Yellow
Bedtime Love Song
When I Write to You, I Put on My Red Shoes
And This is Where We Shall Meet

Patience

Once (missing a loved one)

Weary
Still Life with Lemons (table, teacup)
If the Sun Had Shoes

Outdoor Items
"Watering Can" by
George Seurat
Gardener's Companion (watering can)
This Wheelbarrow
A Song for Old Glory (flag)
Garden Rabbit's Dream
Still Life with Lemons
September (apples)

Summer Foods
A Taste of Summer
Barbeque
Cheesy Summer Days (macaroni and cheese)
Still Life with Summer (tomatoes)
Watermelon Time
There Can Be No Sorrow (strawberries)

Fall/Winter Foods
Soup Season
Marshmallow haiku



FORM POEMS

Found
Look
Dear Martin

Golden Shovel

Haiku


Rispetto

Tricube

Triolet

Flowers
Yellow Irises
To a Sunflower
"The Flower Seller"
by Diego Rivera
The Weight of Happiness (calla lilies)
Boy in Poppy Field
Call Me Zinnia
A Summertime Story (apple tree)
Birthday Poem
Valentine's Day
Election Day
Dear Martin (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
Let's Celebrate the Elephant (Elephant Appreciation Day, Sept. 22)
Manger (Christmas)
How to Make Merry
October Dreams (Halloween)
Thankful Poem (Thanksgiving)
Sharing Table (Thanksgiving)

IDENTITY

Poem for Lydia
MINDFULNESS/SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

Prayer

"Valley of Yosemite"
 by Albert Bierstadt
MORNING
Morning Pages
Yosemite Morning
Everyday
Night 2

PEOPLE
Fictional People
Babysitter
Girl to Mama
To a Water Boy
Papa with a Pipe
Trio
Music Teacher
Prayer for the Berrypickers
The Postman in Spring
The Toiler
The Guitarist
Portrait of a Writer
Miss Mary's Crimson Life

State


House

Meadow
Meadow May I

Neighborhood
Walking in Zeeland

Lake Life 

Summer
A Summertime Story (tree climbing)


Sewing/Textile Arts

Ode to the Sun


WOMEN
"The Fiddler"
by Marc Chagall
She


WRITING

Writing in Fall
Writing in Winter