I made some sort of suggestion on my blog the other day that I’d look for something a bit more cheerful since I declared this poetry week and posted a couple dark poems in a row. I don’t know what I was thinking when I said that. Apparently I had forgotten that in my poetry writing days, I wasn’t a very cheerful person. Well, that’s not completely true either. I just needed poetry writing therapy more when I was sad.
Oh, but I found one. If I remember correctly, I wrote this one almost mockingly because a few of my family members told me all I ever wrote was depressing. That means this is pretty cheesy, but I’m posting it because I am a woman of my word. Please don’t hold the poem against me, and come back again.
Hippie Poem
World peace starts here
within your heart and mind
Each individual person
can change a life
Put down your verbal weapons
and physical ones too
Give someone a hug
and a great big smile
Plant a tree outside
within the world’s back yard
Show how you care
and the love that you possess
Don’t pick a flower
but let it grow forever
Stretch out your arms
and express your love
-Terree L. Klaes-
1994
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Ok, it isn’t that bad. I have read worse. I may have even written worse, and then crumpled it up into a ball and thrown it away or burned it. But I’m sure some people will like it. Back to the angsty teen stuff tomorrow. I guess I just feel there is more substance in those poems of mine.
caverns of my mind 