Poetry about Life, Love, Music by Walt Page, The Tennessee Poet
It's in my blood And in my soul In everything I do I am keeping the beat My fingers are always moving Creating a beat On a counter top The kitchen sink The washer and dryer My foot holds the beat Steady... Driving... Relentless... Creating a poetic rhythm A drummer never stops Keeping the beat... Continue Reading →
I am a wandering soul Sadness and sorrow haunt me My veins are filled with ice and fire And I am lost without you Tell me what your heart wants I am here Alone with the alone A stranger among the strange A poet with nothing to offer But myself and my words I am... Continue Reading →
“...don't be like so many thousands of people who call themselves writers. Don't be dull and boring and pretentious. Don't be consumed with self-love. The libraries of the world have yawned themselves to sleep over your kind. Don't add to that. Don't do it.” So You Want To Be A Writer ~ Charles Bukowski The... Continue Reading →
Poetry is medicine for the soul Healing for wounded hearts Vitamins for a hopeful mind Like music, poetry lifts our spirits Brings us peace Quiets our anxiety Takes us on a ride through time Creates images in our minds Images we see based on Our interpretation of the poet's words We realize that our pain... Continue Reading →
I feel it starting again Always around the same time It's a yearning A need deep inside myself I can feel the anger Building to an explosive peak I know it will hurt It always does No treatment exists There is no cure All I can do Is wait and endure As the pain increases... Continue Reading →
As I listen to the news I hear it It starts quietly, growing with each new report People being shot, destruction caused by tornadoes gas prices rising, Rising prescription prices I've heard it before My silent cry And I shed silent tears of sadness ~The Tennessee Poet~ ©Walt Page 2019 All Rights Reserved
I lost a friend last week. Not a Facebook friend, a real life friend. His name was Jack. I met him in 2015. Jack was a volunteer at Best Friends Sanctuary in Jamestown, TN, a local no-kill animal shelter where I was doing community service. Jack taught me a lot about dogs and I respected... Continue Reading →
It will come tomorrow The dawning of the day The sun will rise Like it always does It's a wonderful transition When tomorrow becomes today It was only yesterday That we waiting for the change It was always so intoxicating When tomorrow became today ~The Tennessee Poet~ ©Walt Page 2019 All Rights Reserved
The more you live The more you learn But the more you learn The more you forget The more you live The less you die When you die You cease to love And death will take The life you give ~The Tennessee Poet~ ©Walt Page 2019 All Rights Reserved
