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