Smiles Poems…Thoughts to Ponder

By Stephen Paul Tolmie

The Tree of Life
The tree of life is so like man, ever stretching to the skies
Its branches ever reaching upwards, as though to heaven above
Like mans quest here on earth, to reach for that high unknown
The tree requires the staples of life, for its very existence here
But man in his slight wisdom, knows these details all too clear
The tree roots, securely planted, are not allowed to roam
But mans feet here on earth. Have mobility all their own
Unlike the tree, man does possess a single separate entity
A brain you see, though seldom used, a total shame indeed
The tree of life depends on man, for its daily lifes survival
Man depends on his own lifes skills to hopefully see his tomorrow
Which is a sad virtue, for his thinking process is not always clear
He makes good and bad decisions, its effects are not yet known
Man should take his lifes lessons, from the tree of life pursuit
As our single lifes true purpose, to reach for heaven above
As the tree stretches forth its limbs, ever skyward, in its growth
We should heed this very lesson, and praise the Lord above
For all that He has done for mankind and this our earth as well

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468553789

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Smiles

Poems

…Thoughts to Ponder

By Stephen Paul Tolmie

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Contents

Dedication

In Appreciation

Acknowledgement

Smiles

. . . to help lighten

your day

Smiles

Fine Wine

My Job Search

Smile For The Day!!!

How To Tell The Sex Of A Fly

Wisdom Down Through The Ages

Wisdom From Our Peers

This Sums Up Life Pretty Well

The Most Functional English Word

Can You Believe It ?

They Returned My Census Form~

For All Those Who Enjoy

Blonde Jokes

. . . For Your

Reading Pleasure…

A Mother’s Love

A Husband’s Eulogy to his Wife

We Still Cherish You

My Special Lady

In Memory of Her

My Love is Forever

If Only a Few Words

One Last

A Simple Wish For You

Thinking of You

We Still Cherish You

Will You Remember Me

If I Could Only Have

My Spirit is on High

My Connection to You

Missing You in My Life

You Always Pull Me Through

The Empty Hole of Existence

The Tree of Life

My Perfect Boy

My Special Friend

A Friend Who’s Always There

A Friendly Smile

Friendship

A Strong Friendship

My Personal Goal

My Life Compared to the Four Seasons

A Daily Prayer

My Heart-filled Prayer

Poetry . . .

that may inspire

When A Woman Loves

Two Hearts As One

You Must Not Quit

Love Is So Important

In Memory

An Irish Friendship Wish

At Death

A Peaceful Prayer to Comfort You

Eskimo Love Song

From This Day Forward

I Wish…

Peace

I Said a Prayer for You Today

Train of Life

I May Never See Tomorrow

If I knew

God Said No

Dove Poem

You Are My Friend

Thoughts

. . . to Ponder

A Retiree’s Thought

Untitled Verse

Five Things You Cannot

Recover in Life

Desiderata

Thoughts to Ponder

Say Nice Things and

Learn to Listen

Stand Up

People Come Into Our Lives

For a Reason

Inspirational Thoughts

About The Author

Dedication

I wish to dedicate this book to my new love and hopefully my soul-mate for life. I now have true happiness and a connection to life once again, with Virginia Carol Polowick. She has given me the one thing in life I wanted most and that is a sense of belonging to someone who cares as much about me as I care for her. Because we now share our winter season, we have the chance to build some special memories together.

Life has a way of stripping away the non-essentials

until we are left with our real selves . . .

unashamed before the world.

Redefined by experience; shaped by the things we’ve learned

and the passion we pursued and finally

we know what we know.

We love what we love

and we still have the precious thing called time . . .

and it’s enough. It’s more than enough.

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In Appreciation

I express a heartfelt and personal thank you to Yoram Snir. His knowledge,