50+ Lifestyles

A Pause for Poetry

By Gary Heath
Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.

 

 

 

 

Homes of Strong Bones

The best grow up in homes

Of strong bones, strong bones

For beams, strong bones for

Rafters, strong bones for joists

And stairs, strong bones

Throughout, upholding and

Bonding. These strong bones

Support young lives to grow

Strong bones nurtured by the

Strong bones throughout and

All about. Their strong bones

Carry them out and forward

Into lives where strong bones

Count, to master the heavy

Challenges bones must bear.

Homes of strong bones march

A multitude of strong bones

Into every phase of life, to

Make our nation strong.

 

Sun and Glory

The moon and stars array

For you, they array for me,

And now they array for all

This day of sun and glory.

The portents of the night

Blaze bright at the dawn,

Beckon the best in you, me,

All of us to step out under

Azure sky to chase shadows

From trees and buildings, to

Chase them from everything

And everywhere. We shall

Clarify whatever, what-all,

All matter of things, on this

Day of sun and glory. The

Glory we will craft, all of us,

And the sun will abide, the

Light in each of us.