Poems by MargaretG, by newest first

• Forgiveness

  When a friend kneels, beseeching compassion

  by MargaretG 4 lines, 3 comments, 1 day ago. In Thoughts, Epigram
• A Simple Ukrainian Meal

  There is nothing in this side of heaven
  like the food of Ukraine where I now live.

  by MargaretG 37 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 1 8:46 AM. In Humor, Life, Food
• Death on the Guillotine

  On Sunday came my trial
  with no time for defence;

  by MargaretG 30 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 29 7:13 AM. In History, Last Thoughts
• Radiation

  My body has grown weaker many years,
  though I continued Pierre's work and mine.

  by MargaretG 27 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 27 11:07 AM. In History, Farewell
• There and Here

  My muse is where I'd like to be,
  stretched out beside a coral sea

  by MargaretG 13 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 24 3:55 AM. In Humor, Life
• The Tale of the Fireless Hearth or, The Half-size Flue

  A quiet evening our desire,
  we piled some wood, we lit the fire;

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 20 12:54 PM. In Personal, Life
• Haiku 1 & 2

  chestnut leaves
  brown in summer sun

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 24 comments, on Aug 17 6:22 AM. In Haiku
• We mourn with you

  We mourn with you.
  

  by MargaretG 19 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 17 3:48 AM. In Spiritual, Love, Sad
• William's Request

  O gentle Maiden, move among these shades
  with hesitancy, press toward your quest,

  by MargaretG 26 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 15 8:26 AM. In Nature, Contest
• Let's Speak of Tragedy

  Let's speak of tragedy, and make it plain -
  it's drama, strength and weakness opened wide.

  by MargaretG 15 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 12 12:27 PM. In Thoughts, Contest
• The Message for Today

  Thank you Hugh and dear Maureen,
  for a place to speak my mind;

  by MargaretG 12 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 4 8:27 PM. In Thoughts
• Love in Motion

  The waters flow, and softly flow away,
  clouds and rain, wells and fountains,

  by MargaretG 21 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 25 1:58 AM. In Thoughts, Spiritual
• Asker Wins

  Let's play a game.
  A game! that's fun!

  by MargaretG 22 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 24 1:59 AM
• My Advice (Wyleian sonnet CCXVII)

  I used to listen without giving advice,
  but then people asked what they should do,

  by MargaretG 15 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 16 6:43 AM. In Life, Personal
• Elevating Thoughts

  I have a dozen buttons people press
  that motivate me, first I'm up then down -

  by MargaretG 11 lines, 19 comments, on Jun 13 5:56 AM. In Life
• Inside my shell

  You ask me to come out of my shell,
  when you know why I went in it.

  by MargaretG 20 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 11 9:49 AM. In Personal
• Soft, softer, softest

  Wisps of mist enwreathe the pine and fir
  before the sun bursts over mountain side;

  by MargaretG 18 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 8 7:48 AM. In Love, Personal
• Drifting from stone to cloud

  for Myra Lochner

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 6 9:08 AM. In Hope, Life
• Outlined in Gold

  18. My true love hath my heart, and I have his

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 3 8:27 AM. In Life, Love
• Colouring Book Birdie

  If Mother Nature had a son,
  and gave him pens to play,

  by MargaretG 11 lines, 12 comments, on May 31 8:35 AM. In Humor, Nature
• King of the Frogs

  I stalk along the waterways with eyes alert for prey,
  or pause, a stilted statue in the shallows by the edge.

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 9 comments, on May 29 12:37 PM. In Nature
• More or Less

  Those meddlers who live far away know nothing of the matter;

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 4 comments, on May 29 12:23 PM. In Thoughts, Life
• Heaven's in the Moment

  Say a blessing for me, for I have gone away

  by MargaretG 15 lines, 30 comments, on May 9 12:57 AM. In Thoughts, Spiritual
• The Night Singer

  The legendary singer of the night
  whose songs consoled the lover in his woes,

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 10 comments, on May 3 2:29 AM. In Hope, Love, Nature, Contest
• Give me a skin like a pangolin

  Give me a skin like a pangolin,
  and the strength of a grizzly bear

  by MargaretG 10 lines, 6 comments, on May 1 3:03 PM. In Thoughts, Hope
• After a Tiff

  In this world sane people can be crazy

  by MargaretG 16 lines, 4 comments, on May 1 1:14 PM. In Humor, Life
• Mine House

  I was a perfect straight and lovely house,
  until the mines extended right below

  by MargaretG 15 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 25 2:21 AM. In Life, Memory
• Menu Driven

  by MargaretG 12 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 24 12:55 PM. In Nature
• Lookout

  he's standing, swaying on a dried out rush.
  In open ground beside the beaver's brook

  by MargaretG 11 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 22 8:17 AM. In Nature, Contest
• Quiet

  The silence left by a quiet boy

  by MargaretG 7 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 21 12:59 PM. In Personal, Happy
• Last Winter, a Fox

  18. The fox has slipped away in the dense wood

  by MargaretG 12 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 21 2:37 AM. In Personal, Life, Contest
• The AP Contest Host

  repost, terzanelle

  by MargaretG 29 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 1:02 PM. In Humor
• Questions About Love

  What is love, what is it not?
  The question drove me out of my mind,

  by MargaretG 39 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 17 5:40 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts
• The Hermit's Wit

  How long that I have sat in meditation, hoping for a cease of cogitation!

  by MargaretG 20 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 15 8:41 AM. In Thoughts, Humor
• Addressing the Muse

  by MargaretG 14 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 2:34 PM. In Personal, Thoughts

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