Poesy: A Collection of Poems

By Bill Blankenship

From the author's poem "Peruse":

"If entertainment is your desire, one can go lands away for comedy, drama, and pleasure in prose and poetry."

To quote the author, "Poetry is a form of artistic expr

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jun 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781637690338

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Poesy

A collection of Poems

Bill Blankenship

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Copyright © 2021 by Bill Blankenship

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Contents

Dedication ix

Introduction and Acknowledgements xi

Collection of Poems 1

Peruse 1

Nature’s narcotic 2

His Last Recital 3

Bird 4

The Name 5

Pretty Blue Eyes 6

Ready to Fly 7

I once knew a poor man named Sam 8

Emotional Pain 9

Revival 10

How Delicate the Flower 11

Biting, blowing, beast 12

A Desireable Old Home 13

Ophidia 15

Fire ant stings 16

Serpentine 16

Pretty gray squirrel in the tree 17

Workings of Nature 17

Refreshing Rain 18

Another Day 19

Vivacious 19

Little James 20

Help My Fellow Man 21

Misanthrope 23

He Asked 24

Coda: He Asked 26

When so desperate 27

Will They Sing 28

Will I 29

The Man Who Left It All Behind 30

The discombobulated 31

Cold days of winter 31

Procrastinate 32

An Effecacious Smile 33

Lovely concerto 34

All spring foliage 34

Old Chess The Goat Man 35

SNAKE 36

Attraction Lost 37

Like looking into Gorgo’s eyes 39

A quiet visitor 39

Viewed at Night 40

Children will play in the rain 41

No More Cabooses 41

The Box 42

We hung our clothes out to dry 42

Senseless Lamenting 43

The most perfect day 44

Aging 45

Loaded on intoxicants 46

Aging II 46

Days of Spring 47

I Enjoy the Petrichor 48

Sleep I would appreciate 49

A Blessing 49

Seasick 50

The Path 51

Coffee 52

She was beautiful today 53

Such a loansome sound 53

To Baby Girl 54

Sunrise 55

It On’t Git Bettern Nat 56

Surreptitious creep 58

Let It Be That Way 59

Embarrassing Chiggers 60

I grabbed an apple 61

Refrigerator Notes 62

Execrables exhales 63

I held him until he died 63

As I eat this food 64

It Is Possible 64

She Emulates Me 65

The House on Saragossa Street 66

Set very deep roots 67

Lucky 67

Illusionary Friendship 68

When I feel in me the need 68

A Note to My Son 69

An Epitaph 70

Old Mr. Green: A Dream 71

The Symbol of Freedom, Liberty, and Human

Rights 73

Parting: A Tale of Trauma 74

Raining Nostalgia 75

Meeting: A Tale of Trauma 76

Sun sets the last time 77

Doing His Business (Told by a Child) 78

Chilly winds blowing 78

Itching to Go Fishing 79

Osprey had a fish 80

Double eagles perched 80

My Two Furbabies 81

Mirrored Images 82

Indigenous Peoples 83

The Dear Hunter 85

From Baby to Woman 87

Lasting Love 88

Dragonflies 89

Joy of Living 90

Infant 92

My Life’s Story’s End 93

Sentiment of the Aged 94

Lake 96

Pain 96

A tender rose 97

Woman like a rose 97

Fishermen must fish 97

Cottonmouth 98

Morning sun shining 100

Summer Calls 100

My room is a mess 101

A hungry vulture 101

Chenoa’s Poem 102

Huge waves crashing down 104

Little mermaids swim 104

So precious and cute 105

The threat is frightening 105

While riding my horse 106

Little girls playing 106

My Roses Aren’t Red 107

Coffee Time 107

Little kids screaming 108

Heat 108

Grief: A Prayer 109

Loss: An Individual Response 110

Our wonderful flag 111

Venus 111

Beautiful beach day 112

Coffee II 112

Joy of Dragonflies 113

Grown-ups on the beach 114

In His Likeness 115

Repent and Move On 116

Mirage 117

Warrior’s Prayer 118

Storming terribly 119

Free 119

Endeavor for Deliverance: A Prayer 120

Rainy Day Relaxing 121

God Bless the USA 122

Compassion leads to mercy 123

Our National Symbol 124

Eagle undaunted 125

Salute the Flag 126

Listen to the waves 127

Struggling to Perpetuate 128

Terms of art I cannot keep 129

Grandpa’s Old Barn 130

A Mirrored Image 132

Anchored Tercet 133

The Itch 134

Baby Girl 136

Baby Girl II 137

Infatuated 138

Errare Humanum Est 139

Rearing will reflect 140

Purpose 140

Diamond Ring 141

The Crash 142

Rosalee 143

Rain pitter-pattering 144

Understanding Old Phil 145

Little Fireflies 147

Quietude 148

Train rails merge distantly 149

Oh Amy 150

Little Tommy’s Prayer 151

Cherokee Little Tree: Until We Meet Again 152

So Be It 153

Infant Ruler 154

Butterfly 154

Taking the curve much too fast 155

Beach Life 156

Live and love 157

Summertime Play 158

Lost in a Reverie 159

I love every day 160

The digger whistles 160

We Must Do What Is Required 161

Christmas time is here 162

It is My Gift 162

New Puppy 163

Be Content 164

A Universal Song 165

Firefly 166

What If 167

No More Spam Sam 168

Java 169

Chubby little girls 170

Sea oats are waving 170

Comforted 171

Neatly 172

Waking Up 172

Serpent Surprise 173

I Need Coffee 174

Be Thoughtful 175

Beloved 176

When the rain is forming streams 177

Great Call Coach 178

Glandaceous leaves fall 179

Gone 180

Nightly Prayer 181

Camping was his alibi 182

Johnny Brown 182

Folks 183

The Poet Orator 184

Babbling 184

Nearing the End 185

A Toddler 186

Life Is but a Vapor 187

Quietude abounds 188

Zorro, Giggy and Snorlax 189

Masters of death from the sky 190

Love was right with me 190

Sparrows 191

Wandering fellow 192

Dawn’s Early Light 193

Feeling Christmas 194

Watching flowers grow 194

She caught enough fish to share 195

Morning Prayer 195

Memories with Dad 196

Salty ocean air 198

Just Thankful 198

Live to Leave 199

Her quivering lips 200

Maybe throw a rope-a-dope 200

He Sang Softly and Tenderly 201

Planting and Caring 202

A beautiful wife 203

Brooding Her Brood 204

Tell the Tale of the L-shaped Tail 205

Life is so unsure 206

Thankful 207

The Visit 208

Life: A Fleeting Moment 210

Baby to Big Boy 211

Sundown Precedes the Dark 212

Recreating Polluters 213

Maize dries in summer 214

Lucid Dreams 214

Brisk autumn morn 215

Showing much mercy 215

I Saw My Final Rest 216

Abuse 217

Watching children play 218

In soft easy rain 218

Downy Escape 219

The Lesson of the Squirrel 220

Forty-Six Women 221

The flowers I walk among 222

Consider the Children 223

Lesson Learned 225

No Opine Necessary 226

Morning rip currents 227

Read and Expand 227

Storm 228

Yet another hurricane 228

Do Not Stay Out Late 229

When I was a small fellow 230

I watched some women picking through some fruit 230

His Chair 231

Carpe Diem 232

Exiting 233

Bird on the feeder 234

Life 235

A child born today 236

Stiff 236

Windows to the soul 237

Rock-a-bye 237

My Buddy 238

Regarding your life 239

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