Empty Nest

A mind lonely -

Framed painted picture

Swirl of lost colors

Painted blends become single hue

Design captured from its own grey

Tears moist brush

Brings movement

One completes cycle empty nest

Searches for light on a new path

Visions peek through cracks of life

Maps a direction to take

Search is - complete

- Rhoda Galgiani

Happy Holidays 2014

'Expressions'
 Best Wishes for a

Merry Christmas

and Cheers for a

Happy New Year

Hugs from Rhoda
Purrs from Gracie

Who's You's?

I met a man the other day,

 he said to me, 'Who’s you’s?'

 I said 'Who’s me?'

He said, 'Si, Who’s you’s?'

 I smiled with glee!

His voice was strong

 with an accent so clear

I wondered who he was and

what he was doing here.

His name is Miguel and

he is new in our town

looking for work so he can

hang his hat and settle down.

Says he likes the place

where he now dwells

down the street a ways

 in a boarding house by a

church with loud ringing bells.

So, off he went strolling

 down the crowded street

say’in 'hello' to all he

 would casually meet.

I wish him well in a new

country to which he has come

looking for the American dream

just like everyone!

- Rhoda Galgiani

Get Go'in

Today is the day you may
restart your beginnings -
It is Monday, a new week to
fulfill your awaited dreams

- Rhoda Galgiani

Lost Decades

Love’s strength is my faith’s companion the 
sometimes echo voices of one’s withered dreams 
My golden web of trust was robbed of its security
burning old stages weathered from life’s hand
With breath, I take the sigh as I spin me hopeful 
lost life the decades claim will become mine again

- Rhoda Galgiani

Author's Note:

The words in this poetry that are in bold are Phrases from a poetry website I belong to.
The challenge is to create a poem using the nine phrases...rg

Entwined

Red oaks in golden field
stand firm in north wind
bracing each other
two better than one -
entwined weathering storms 

- Rhoda Galgiani

The Learning Game

Knowledge will light

your way to doors

that open wide

thus, teaching you

interesting facts

that builds blocks of

information

for your future

Study the books

before your eyes

displaying skills

also, listen

to those who teach

for their knowledge

will expand your

abilities

Creative words

come to ones mind

that will be shared

with others who

want to explore

their own ideas

everlasting

on a desktop

 - Rhoda Galgiani

Lord Help Man

  Greed is the damage -
replenish now the past
with rich fertile action
make man aware - rebuild
our Lord’s healing way

- Rhoda Galgiani 

Dena Says I Can't...

 
Dedicated to Dena

I hear Dena’s Challenge a calling

this is hard, but I am up and trying -

Have a creative mind I shan’t be bawling

can’t ask Dena why, cause I can’t be prying

 Writers never think letters and such

they just grab their eager pens and write -

I have a thinking cap I wear and clutch

I’ll accept this challenge - It bet’tr be right

Already at third verse, I’m ready and set

haven’t used that little letter Dena says I can’t -

Hey, this is great - I’m thinking I can’t fret

still haven’t used that silly letter yet - I shan’t

My write is at end - I'll visit the website 'Alliance'

all use’se guys can see I am truly sublime -

It is finished and I am happy smile’in a big grin

Dena my pal, giv’in me an A+ cause I did rhyme

- Rhoda Galgiani

Author's Note:

The Challenge is: Can't use the letter that is between N and P in the Alphabet!!! rg

Love's Ribbon

Loving heart has no bound

for it loves you each day

its true moments are there

for love will never stray

 Loving heart always say

come to me feel my love

with me, there is no fear

a love will help you bare

Loving heart brings a dove

full of flutter and hope

spreads to the saddest world

happiness and good cheer

 Loving heart helps us cope

turn the black world around

bring joy to all our way

love binds like ribbon curled

- Rhoda Galgiani

Words Shared Takes Meaning

'Dedicated to Rick'

Life has a funny way of opening

 her arms when you least expect it

As one walks on their daily path

they find the path has a new curve

The curve seems gentle and kind

as a social moment comes to view

It’s like a new adventure as one

explores the new connection

Friendships surface when least expected

This huge world now become small as

minds join and laughter becomes one

a comment or two becomes a memory

One who values a friend wears a warm heart

words shared between two takes meaning

Over time, the friendship will grow making

the world a bit nicer than she already was

- Rhoda Galgiani

Purity Inhaled

Take a breath

breathe air into the

dry lung that is alive

Consume wholeness

purity inhaled feels the

wellness coming to thrive

Look, see the beauty as

shadows dissipate the ugly rule

light shows one ways to arrive

Again, time conquers ones woes

His hand covers thee gently

teaching one how to survive

  
- Rhoda Galgiani

Sowing Faith

friends reach out
when you're in need
sowing faith is
the planted seed -
to one’s crying soul

- Rhoda Galgiani

Author's Note:

Dedicated to my new acquaintance 'Rick'...rg

Memory's Book

Misty dawn’s light touches the windowsill

awakes the sleepy silent Whippoorwill

calls his heart to sing an early morn song

chants to others, he sings - come along

Take the road that leads to a peaceful walk

stroll together, we remember and talk

special events in our life come and go

nothing to change, happy with what we sow

All that crossed our life’s path was pure delight

as it was intended, life was just right

memories tucked away in the mind’s book

there for one to savor and take a look

The pages worn and torn by fingers touch

looks back fills the heart with love and such

- Rhoda Galgiani

His Glow of Light

Heaven casts a spiritual glow of light

a touch felt at the path of His glory

a mask that shows on one’s face is delight

words heard by all - a continued story

Heaven casts a spiritual glow of light

brings to all mankind sight of His true love

love that brings all new strength to their lost plight

faith grows - heaven’s light fills one from above

Heaven casts a spiritual glow of light

angel’s voices send their songs to below

lifts spiritual life to a renewed height

ridding all the pain from the souls of woe

Heaven casts a spiritual glow of light

falling rain brings blessed taste to ones lips

like a baptism to ones brow - forthright

His word forever written in the scripts

Heaven casts a spiritual glow of light

on a garden with magnitude of smell

flowers rainbow colored ever so bright

sins forgiven in heaven - saved from hell

- Rhoda Galgiani



A Monsoon Kind of Day

Furiously the heat lingers

as the desert sun grasps

holding the drought,

plant growth ordained

to your part of the world

Desert spirits cry to be dampened

yearning for a moments relief,

as the riverbeds of one’s soul

rough from the carving heat,

lie still in their death

Over the rise the storm is coming,

wailing winds of magnitude strength

levels sparse renewed struggling growth,

as fury slams against the tall cactus

whipping the foreseen seasonal path as the…

raging winds of the monsoon come again

- Rhoda Galgiani



He Teaches You

Created instincts empowers you

renewed hope, follow your blessing

conquer your destiny, strong in faith

this lies in your heart

- Rhoda Galgiani