Poems for Hearts of All Ages

By Amy Eways

A book of poems, some of which are meditative, and some are tongue-in-cheek.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638817772

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Contents

1. I Know

2. I Sleep No More

3. If We Could Eat Flowers

4. Mommy Bought a Christmas Wreath

5. Mother Would Talk to Me

6. Trees or A Gardener’s Creed

7. What Miss Molly Ate!

8. The Stream and I

9. Tight Spot

10. The Daffodils That Bloom in Spring

11. Fish, Fishy, Fish

12. We

13. George, King of Whales

14. Tango

15. Who Is This Knight?

16. Dee Dee Lamoore, Dinosaur

17. Goose Down

18. He’s Gone and Invited Auntie to Tea

19. The Right Pet

20. Temples of Lahore

21. Allergy

22. Chicken Soup

23. There’s a Mouse in Our House

24. One Octopus

25. Kathy

26. Little Billie Greyfoot

27. Polly Lolly Greenfeathers

28. Domingo the Flamingo

29. Mother Grey Squirrel

30. The Wit and Wisdom

31. Mighty Mountain Tall

32. Bag of Bones

33. Cookie Time

34. This Place

35. God Made Farmers

36. Easter Flower

I Know

I know what I think I know.

Hold firm to what you know.

Don’t let doubt weaken your stroke.

Smile and step boldly into this world.

Do not hesitate or miss a beat.

Make your decisions quick, drink your medicine neat.

The thrill of the chase is the thing.

Catch the joy! Joy is life’s golden ring.

I Sleep No More

I sleep no more since I awoke

For centuries I have slept

Nodding, dozing, life after life

And in each life have wept

You have been with me all this time

Unknown, the vigil that you kept

While I, seduced by sense desires

Headlong into disaster lept

Yet thou with patience absolute

And true devotion tended

Each tiny grain and sprout of truth

Which to this clay descended

The lives I have lived beyond recall

You strengthened me, in one and all

With grateful resolve I sit, I wait

For you are master of my fate

If We Could Eat Flowers

If we could eat flowers,

I’d start with violets for breakfast.

I’d spread them on toast like jam,

I wouldn’t need any ham.

I’d have roses for lunch,

Then I’d munch on daffodils and daisies for tea.

That combination would be a winner,

With pink sweet pea salad for dinner!