Poet Nola Haikus A summer rainbow. Monsoon rains blanket the earth. A season changing. Beauty’s awareness. The essence of a woman. Loving Kindness shared. Divine uniqueness. Never ending compassion. Love forevermore. Seeking fulfillment. A pathway for the living. Camaraderie. Never ending joy. Recognizing a friendship. Bliss eternally. A loving child. Life’s most important being. Man’s…
A Friend In Heaven
A Friend in Heaven The Very Best I have a friend in Heaven, Who’s with me every day. No matter when I call to him, He’s always on display. My source of endless energy, Of joy and happiness. And every moment neath the sun, He does my heart caress. He shares with me a universe,…
Truly Sensitive
Truly SensitiveFor Today, 06/18Bonding, Acceptance and AwarenessPatience reveals solutionsFriendship’s develop through healing and recoveryThought: Encouraging and understanding my friends and familySensitivityI share a sensitivity,A connectedness, a strength.My challenge, to participateNo matter what life’s length.Touched by wisdom’s angels,I grasp and taste and feel.That inner worth which others share,With passion and true zeal.I listen with real kindness,As…
Love’s Contrasts
Love’s ContrastsWithout love there’s an emptiness,And hopes that disappear.But with it close, the confidence,There’s nothing more to fear.And with love, strength and energyWith dreams beyond compare.Yet then without, a loneliness,Frustration and despair.And every day, it touches us,In heart and mind and soul.Yet when from love, too long apart,Life does exact a toll.But still, beyond this…
Sharing A Bit Of Me
Sharing A Bit Of DavidPoetry from 2012 and BeyondHeaven SenseBefore the Dawn I listened to my spirit callawakened to its songWondered why I had been lostthough now I do belong I touched the essence of my soulwith starlight from the skyThere found a bit of Heaven SenseOn which I can rely I saw there too…
Sedona Arizona A Poet’s Guide
Sedona ArizonaA Poet’s GuideIt’s Essence and Its BeautyDavid L. Devaneypoetnola.com©01-10-2010EditorAnnabel SchleifsteinDedicated toThe Children in My LifeAmanda, Adam, David, Michael,Annabel, Bailey, Gage, Harry, PandoraAnd to VanessaThe Child in My HeartSedonaA prisms palette on displayFrom dawn till dark of nightGod’s resting place that seventh dayTo heaven our first linkSnoopy and his BrewI shared my chocolate brimming hotFrom…
A Year Of Musings
A Year of Musingsso mote it be…by David Devaney2006edited by Annabel Schleifstein2025Dedicated to time and love, family and friends, and life.TABLE OF CONTENTSAs It Begins 01-01-2006The Love you Bring04-11-2004Heaven’s Silhouette07-30-2006Popsicle Days04-17-1998Timeless and Eternal01-12-2006The Reason Why07-23-2006In The Twilight11-26-20061 Am Becoming07-05-2006Do Fade07-30-2006The Ebb and Flow08-05-2006A Surfside Christmas Morn11-27-2006May This SeasonDecember 2006As It BeginsLove is the inspiration to…
Reflections With The Dawn
Today, 05/28Supportive friends and neighbors A loving communityCourage through awarenessThought: Self Awareness brings a new beginningReflections With The DawnWhen looking in my mirrored glass,At times I never see.That person who I really am,The one I choose to be.For images reflected there,Were formed without my choice,A composite of life’s endless schemes,The I, it had no voice.And though…
Where Happiness Prevails
City Park In New OrleansWhere Happiness PrevailsJust like a cornucopia,Most plentiful, yet rare.This forest glen in New Orleans,Does, each day beauty, share.It is that place most mystical,And magically unique.That visitors from round the world,Do here, life’s treasures seek.Creatively imagined,Like rainbows in the sun.A place of pure serenity.As life’s each day, begun.Great oak trees, most magnificent,Reveal…
Move’s Wisdom
MOVE’S WISDOMKnowledge Versus GuiltThrough Move, I’m everyday aware,Of how to, health, achieve.Their message is a simple one,To, in myself, believe.With patience, they have guided me,To always be aware.Perfection is impossible,When for myself, I care.I must each day be diligent,As I pursue each goal.Yet being of a human ilk.Success, becomes the toll,There is no judge nor…