The poems are simple. They are examples of love and life as we see them in this world today. Each one has a message which it is hoped that you can gain something from. Do enjoy them as much as the author did writing them.

Poems of Love and Life

By Charles D. Chambers

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Copyright © 2009 Charles D. Chambers
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-2857-2

Contents

Dooly.................................................1A Little Bird.........................................3Alanna's Registration.................................7A Tree................................................9Your Dog..............................................13Debbie................................................15Friends...............................................17God...................................................19Thoughts of an Immigrant..............................21The Game of Life......................................23Sam...................................................25Old Age...............................................27Changing Life.........................................31Another Friend........................................33Ireland...............................................35Poets.................................................39Chambers' Elegy in America (2008).....................41Fall..................................................47Love Can Be Cruel.....................................51The Game of Chance....................................53Mind Control..........................................55Thanksgiving..........................................57Religion..............................................61We're All Citizens of This World......................65My Friend.............................................67The Basic Needs of Life...............................69Love..................................................73The Rosebud of Love...................................75Dooly.................................................77

Chapter One

DOOLY Try to tell a moonbeam's ray Express the dawn The scent of hay Try to write the look of joy That lights the eye That shows the way Try to tell your love so fair How much she means How much you care Alas there are no words as yet, To tell you sweetheart since we met That ever since that wondrous day You've meant so much in every way How can I tell you, my sweet wife You are my world, my all, my life. A LITTLE BIRD I wandered in the woods one Spring and passed a budding bush. When suddenly a bird flew out Came at me with a rush. It was but just a tiny bird And could do me no harm It only meant to warn me off Which put me on alarm. I knew at once that it was doing Something in that nook And when it flew away again I had to take a look. I saw that it was working hard To build its little nest And so I stopped, sat quietly by I watched her do the rest. She went and came back many times With bits of hay and straw And when I thought that she was done She came back yet with more. She carefully laid each little piece Inside her small domain She knew that each piece must fit right For there'd be wind and rain. She came back then with feathers And the softest down and loam And with such love and tender care She lined her little home. I came back some day later Too see what she had done I found her proudly in her nest I stayed just looking on. Then suddenly a bird appeared Its coloring was the same A worm hung from its little beak I knew not whence it came. It hopped toward its little mate Who sat upon her throne And gently gave the worm to her It knew she was his own. I left and then came back again In just a few more days Although she'd gone, she'd soon be back I'd got to know her ways. For in that nest were hungry mouths Four little ones to feed I knew that little bird would come Back with her babies' needs. So when you think how little birds Do right the way they do Be mindful of that little saying It's "to thine self be true." ALANNA'S REGISTRATION I watched them standing, biding time Waiting anxious, bored, some shy Thumbs in hips, some sprawled on ground Leaning, sitting, all around Standing, talking, punching time A TREE One day while walking in the woods I rested by a tree And as I looked up at its limbs The thought just came to me How a tree in many ways It caters to our needs For with its wood and with its fruit It warms as well as feeds We use its wood to build our homes Some furniture from pine It gives us paper, fruit, and nuts And sap from time to time It warms us in our stoves at night It warms us twice they say For when we first just cut it down It warms us for that day It shades us in the heat of day At night it cools our air Without its leaves there'd not be right Thank oxygen cycles there Its beauty is a year long treat But then just in the fall She changes beauty one more time Her colors tell it all But when you think of humankind And compare them to a tree We say that we all have a soul A tree must soulless be The tree will give without a care With everything its got But humans do not really give They take and do give not So maybe it's just wrong to think Just souls for you and me That maybe there is just a chance A soul is in a tree YOUR DOG Someone who'll be always there No matter what you do Someone who when you come home Will know that it is you They'll get excited just to see you That you're back again They'll run to greet you and to kiss you When you hold them tight To them it was a long long time Since you went out that night But once you're back again with them They'll bark a little too But just to let you know again That they've forgiven you DEBBIE It's simple things that make our life A joyous place to be When someone is just very nice I feel that joy in me So thank you Debbie very much And think of it this way That by your thoughtful kindnesses You always make my day FRIENDS In life it seems that many times We need someone who'll care A person who when we're alone We know that they'll be there. Someone in times of stress and pain We can for solace turn Yet from their gentle loving hands There's such a lot to learn. For when your thoughts turn to your friend Remember also too That someone else could need a friend That friend now could be you. GOD A little bird once said to me It whispered very clear That God was looking down at us So we should have no fear That never should we have a doubt That he would always care For like his presence in heaven above His love is always there. THOUGHTS OF AN IMMIGRANT Nostalgic thoughts of times gone by I dreamed of dreams that should have been Of memories of thoughts I had Of what it was I might have seen How does a man reach an age Of planning things he never does How does he wish for things he's had When actually he never did Why did he ever leave a life When dreams were all he ever left I go on dreaming, making plans I tell myself one day I will And then behold, at last the day I dreamed I died and passed away. THE GAME OF LIFE As I watched some high school kids Play football in a game That was to...