For those who marched today.
Poem 29
100
By Michelle Garren Flye
One hundred long days.
Forty-five ignores the facts.
A nation revolts.
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National Poetry Month: Poem 28
Poem 28
Alarm
By Michelle Garren Flye
Wake up!
Because the birds are singing.
Wake up!
And see the flowers bloom.
Wake up!
Because it’s fading away…
Endangered becomes extinct,
Ices melt and seas rise,
The air turns poison,
And there is nothing left to prize—
Wake up!
Do something. Listen and learn.
Wake up!
The alarm has sounded…
Wake up!
You can’t afford to sleep.
National Poetry Month: Poem 24
I had some fun with this one. 🙂
Poem 24
Headline Design
By Michelle Garren Flye
Little bits, pieces.
Unimportant on the floor.
Haircuts for the news.
Is that the story?
Which words are most trustworthy?
What makes the whole truth?
Bits and pieces lie.
Truth lies in between the cracks.
Don’t believe one source.
National Poetry Month: Poem 23
Poem 23
On Leaving the Beach
By Michelle Garren Flye
Beds are made, towels and sheets washed.
One more walk.
One more chance for sandy feet.
Watch the waves lap the shore,
Foam curls around toes.
Then home to unpack the clothes.
National Poetry Month: Poem 22
Poem 22
Earth Day
By Michelle Garren Flye
Environmental
Awareness. Please face
Reality about our
Terra firma
Haven.
Don’t destroy it.
Always guard
Your home.
National Poetry Month: Poem 21
Poem 21
Living in Eden
By Michelle Garren Flye
What if
God didn’t cast Adam and Eve
Out of the garden of Eden?
What if
He just stretched it
To make room for their family?
What if
The beach you walk on,
The sunsets you watch,
The flowers that bloom,
The oceans we sail,
The mountains we admire…
What if
This is what is left of the garden?
What if
You already live in Eden?
National Poetry Month: Poem 20
Poem 20
Human Rights
By Michelle Garren Flye
Defend their rights
As if they were your own,
Because they are.
Stand up for their beliefs
As if you believed the same,
Because you do.
Embrace the people they love
As if you lived with them
Because their love is your life.
They are not they when you
Remember how close they are
To your human heart.
National Poetry Month: Poem 19
Poem 19
Pent Up
By Michelle Garren Flye
Like a freight train
Running inside my chest.
Like rain falling into my eyeballs.
Gritted teeth and short of breath,
I struggle to recall
The calm
Of the sea.
National Poetry Month: Poem 18
Poem 18
Smile
By Michelle Garren Flye
A smile
Is a small thing.
Nothing really.
Not important.
Doesn’t cost.
But what it’s worth!
Oh, everything.
For someone,
Your smile
Lights up the day.
For someone,
Your smile
Means the world.
Just a smile.
National Poetry Month: Poem 17
Poem 17
Old Photos
By Michelle Garren Flye
Looking through old photographs
Can take a melancholy turn.
Where did the days of your youth go?
The years fly by, sometimes so fast
They leave my edges old and worn.
I wish I could hit the brakes to slow
The speed of the days as they pass.
To grab one more minute, to earn
Another moment in that ethereal glow.
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