Posted in My Poems, Religious, tagged carpe diem, Dennis Lange, poems, poetry, prized commodity, seize the day, the bard on the hill, The Present, Today on October 3, 2013| 3 Comments »
The Present
‘Tis morning, and the dogs push out
The door into the yard.
The sun’s still soft upon the hill;
The day is fresh, not scarred.
The deer stream down the sylvan slope;
A dove sings to his mate.
The world is stretching, now awake;
The day’s become its date.
The hill is not aware of this,
But I should fully be –
That I’ve been given yet again
This prized commodity.
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photo by John Boyer at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nkv8xwm/Sunrise+Trees
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2013.
Posted in Poems of Other Poets, W-Z, tagged bard on the hill, carpe diem, future, live for to-day, Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, past, poems, poetry, Today on February 7, 2013| 2 Comments »
To-Day
Why fear to-morrow, timid heart?
Why tread the future’s way?
We only need to do our pat
To-day, dear child, to-day.
The past is written! Close the book
On pages sad and gay;
Within the future do not look,
But live to-day — to-day.
‘Tis this one hour that God has given;
His Now we must obey;
And it will make our earth his heaven
To live to-day — to-day.
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photo by Photonut at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/2dQMYHn/Golden+Sunrise
The Bard on the Hill 