tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30357693451771816712024-11-01T01:59:30.933-07:00jdhkindlepoetrybookblogMy blog to show off my Kindle book of Poetry and have a place for people to meet and discuss book contents. A cool place to view all the widgets on site as well. God Bless you all. -Joel D. Harris October 2011Joel Denver Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968396126783539427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035769345177181671.post-28830517826925357592011-10-25T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-25T11:59:18.444-07:00LONELY? -NEW POETRY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LONELY?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you lonely?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Needing a Friend?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you hurting?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wanting someone to listen?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wondering if anyone out there cares<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hoping that when you need it someone will be there<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life’s too short to walk this road alone<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the company of another<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life can become so much more<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We all could benefit from a listening ear, a caring heart, an encouraging word<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or simply the touch of another<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many times I long for a hug from a friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not a quick one, but one where I can hold on for a bit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The hardest part of giving a hug is letting go<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems these days we are all caught up in our stuff<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our selfish gadgets stealing us away from what is really important<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What about relationships?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What about love?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What about compassion?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does anyone care?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Make it a point to put down your stuff<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Go out and meet someone new<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Talk to the person riding the bus or train next to you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you always drive your car, take some time and take public transit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Be out with the masses and who knows you may make a new friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Host a party and just talk or play games and begin to have fun again<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is it that we all grow old and stop doing some of the things that used to bring us so much joy?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring back the good things in life<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What are you going to do when life gets rough and you don’t even have one friend to call on?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You may feel you don’t have much to offer to a friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All you really need is a smile, a listening ear, and kind words of encouragement and a hug<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Put yourself out there, there is not excuse to be lonely<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stretch your hand out<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reach out of your heart<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Open your mouth, just try<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh, what the rewards will be<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Share about your experiences<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Write about them and do something creative with them<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You may be scared at first to venture out socially and if you fail, don’t quit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Keep pursuing <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It will make your life so much fuller<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once I became unselfish and I looked beyond my problems and insecurities <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I found a world full of wonderful people and experiences I would have never seen had I not looked past my own boundaries<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am learning to be open to whatever I can be taught from my daily experiences<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Especially the tough, uncomfortable stuff<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If I can just stay teachable and be used in my life I will benefit so much<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You know that for years I was lonely <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet I was surrounded by people, but I was not open to them<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now I am not lonely<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I meet new friends sometimes daily<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Such an exciting life I live, some may call me crazy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It has been said even your food tastes better <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When shared with a friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I truly believe that!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have met so many great people by simply placing ads on the online classifieds <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It still leaves me in awe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no excuse for loneliness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By: Joel D. Harris 10-25-2011 11am<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Joel Denver Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968396126783539427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035769345177181671.post-39858575805793979792011-10-15T10:09:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:09:33.517-07:00Joel Dener Harris Kindle Book Of Poetry Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscsAByTFkYbdwXbDMzVPPnnYOVMpFyWxZO964s-koYLXKh43jov4DhQ0SjcUafLTh6BkJwje79zfo2qxF2PTX7sireb__fujjE5e77Bb3kSvCDJ_wA6k9UdvoYqSrgbVRXZjK2o1H8e4/s1600/poetry+cvr.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscsAByTFkYbdwXbDMzVPPnnYOVMpFyWxZO964s-koYLXKh43jov4DhQ0SjcUafLTh6BkJwje79zfo2qxF2PTX7sireb__fujjE5e77Bb3kSvCDJ_wA6k9UdvoYqSrgbVRXZjK2o1H8e4/s320/poetry+cvr.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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