A Life Worth Living, Revisited – A Poem By Walt Page, The Tennessee Poet

I was taught at an early age To live a life of kindness Compassion... Caring... A life of value and worth I'm a Preacher's kid Brought up in the church My Dad was a writer of God's words The best speaker I have ever heard I learned my prayer before bed: Now I lay me...

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A Life Worth Living – A Poem By Walt Page, The Tennessee Poet

It's the little things The simple unexpected things That make life worth living The kindness of a stranger A hug from a child A love song on the radio Favorite poets and poems The kiss of a breeze On a hot summer day Staring at the sunset From a walk on a beach An “I...

Looking For Hope

So many rivers So many roads So many stories Yet to be told Days, weeks and years Have gone by Not many are left So I need to try Places to go People to see Poems to write For you to read I'll swim in those rivers And walk down those roads Looking for the...

Way Beyond Empty

It was a strange feeling One not easy to describe It wasn't a case of Half empty or half full He was way beyond empty He felt nothing He had no words He no longer cared His mind, once so vibrant Was no longer there He had no hope Sadness hung over him Like a...

She

She Is the beauty In my life The smile On my face The twinkle In my eyes The poetry In my soul She Is my life My reason for living My everything She Is the music In my heart My lover My best friend My wife She Is Susan Happy 15th Anniversary My Love! ~The...

’56

The first time I heard rock and roll The music moved my soul I believe that is was '55 But it may have been '56 I'm trying to remember When I was pain free I think that it was '65 Or was it '66 My memory may have dipped a bit As all the years...

Waiting Around To Die

Sometimes I wonder Where this road of life is leading Where it's taking me and why So I'll just keep on writing poetry I refuse to just wait around to die I keep searching for an answer As the days go passing by I feel like I'm a prisoner Of the pills to get me...

Another Try

When you've done all you can You haven't When you think that you should You shouldn't Even if you could You wouldn't When you're past the point Of giving a damn And you've tried to run But the damage is done When all your tears are cried And all you have left Is a cluster...

One Good Day

One good day Is all I ask A pain free day To write my poetry To ride my horses Run with my dogs A walk through the woods With my wife Would sure do me good A chance to play drums With a classic rock band A best selling book Of my poems of romance...