New Contributor Poems

We have two new Contributor Poems on our Village Verse page. William Kamen presents us with "A Blessing." Mike Devita is "Pondering Christmas." Check these out and other Contributor Poems on the Village Verse and Village Verse Vault pages.

The Puppy's Poem

The old dog is barking out of control,
The big one yelps for my toys.
The cats are mewing and hissing at me.
There’s an awful lot of noise.

I’ve got a pink bed that’s lined with fleece
and a Martha Stewart sweater.
The people who love me are friendly and kind,
so my life couldn’t be any better.

Puzzling

Sometimes,
the poem writes itself,
and I am merely the typist.

Other times,
the steady flow of words
plows right into an unforgiving roadblock.

At no time,
in the puzzling of words,
is the process as easy as it should be.

When is it time
to abandon a cherished idea,
leaving it to rot with other literary rubbish?

In a future time,
I may want to revive the thoughts
that led me down the road to discontent.

But not at this time.