Do you remember your first love? Your high school sweetheart? How did it end? If your story is anything like mine I feel for you and the pain you had to go through. Even more so for the guilt you must feel for the pain you caused. When it comes to the poems I have…
Author: Rob Snyder
Poems of Love – National Poetry Month
So, here we are. It’s April again, which means it is National Poetry Month. Last year I said for National Poetry Month I was going to post poems that I have written over the years but due to my laziness and continuous lack of follow through I failed to do so. Thus, we are here…
Little Toys Everywhere
“Toys are children’s words and play is their language.” ~ Garry L. Landreth My wife and I recently binged the show “Little Fires Everywhere,” and though I spent most every episode loathing almost every character I thoroughly enjoyed the show. But I did walk away with a few questions, one of which being: When did…
That Would Be Enough
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ~ Plato Walk into my home at any moment throughout the day and there is a 98.7% chance there will be music playing somewhere in the house. Depending on the day, and on the listener, it…
How Do You Support Another While You Yourself Are Crumbling?
Back in April I was going to share some posts for National Poetry Month, but as you can see, I failed. As the world was turned upside down as we dealt with a pandemic, stay-at-home orders should have made it easy for me to find the time to write as much as I was compelled…
April = National Poetry Month
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~ Robert Frost Put pen to paper, Turn words to lines. Your thoughts, your feelings. It’s your moment in time. Say what you have to say. Let the words set you free. Use each poem as an outlet. Use each…
10 Things I Learned From You
“You can’t just give up on someone because the situation’s not ideal. Great relationships aren’t great because they have no problems. They’re great because both people care enough about the other person to find a way to make it work.” Wow, 10 years goes by quickly! So much changes in 10 years, yet so much…
ABCs for My Boys
“Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.” ~ Vera Nazarian One of the first things we learn as children are the ABCs. They are the foundation of our language. Individually they are just letters….
I Hear You, I’m With You
“You’re not a victim for sharing your story. You are a survivor setting the world on fire with your truth. And you never know who needs your light, your warmth, and raging courage.” ~ Alex Elle Cue the music. Dim the lights. Set free the lions. No we have not come to the Big Top….
This Life Of Balance 