Psychedelia

Psychedelia

Psychedelic pictures

Screaming spacy

You yield

Calming cerebral

Habits

And add

Disciplined

Emotions

Leading

Into

Abstract art

© Phil Renaud 2017

Artist: Bekkie Sanchez

www.capriciouspoet.wordpress.com/

Spring

Spring

Spring is in the air

Robins are everywhere

Flowers are blooming

Perfuming

The air

Sitting in my chair

Enjoying the sun

Praising the holy one

For the rebirth of his creation

And our salvation

Through Jesus Christ, his only son

© Phil Renaud 2017

Picture © Patricia Renaud 2017

I Wish

I Wish

I wish I were a quicker wit

Then I might not feel like a twit

                    Sometimes

I wish I were rich

Then life might not be a bitch

                    It would be a life of riley

I wish everything was easy

Life would be so breezy

                    But that would be no fun

I wish wishes came true

Then I would not be so blue

                    Most of the time

But if wishes were true

Then that would skew

Our view

Of the zoo

                    Called life

© Phil Renaud 2017

Painted Houses

Painted Houses

Small pretty houses

All lined up row upon row

Painted so they glow

© Phil Renaud 2017

Photographer: Gary Lo

Death

Death

Was thinking about death today

In this peculiar way

Not of friends or family

Of those I would know

The passing of my cyber friends

Was the thought

That perturbed me

I would be sad

To lose my poetry buds

Their beautiful words

Would be no more

It would be a sad day

Indeed

The world would be deprived

Of one who brought joy

With words

To so many

My thought was

How would I know

Of their demise

When our connection

Is through poetries eyes

On the Gplus site

So all of you

Poetry cyber friends

Please take care

For it’s sad to say

That one day

You will not be here

To bring joy

To us all

And I for one

Will rue that day

With great sorrow

© Phil Renaud 2017

Brigid

Brigid

Saint, miracle worker

Beloved by all Ireland

Never one to be a shirker

She inspired and

Was a server

To all, even those who shunned

Her, never dulling her fervour

For our Lord Jesus Christ, the ultimate server

All praise and glory To St. Brigid

© Phil Renaud 2017

Picture from Pinterest

Mom

Mom

Mom you were

My rock

My inspiration

My first love

A deeply loving caring soul

There is not a day that goes by

That I do not miss you

That I do not think of you

You

Adopted a baby boy

Gave him a family life

Taught me how to love

Taught me right from wrong

Taught me about God

Helped make me the

Man I am today

Were the love of my life

Until I met my wife

There is not a day that goes by

That I do not miss you

That I do not think of you

You were the kindest

Most gentle person

I have ever known

Man I never knew

How much I would miss you

Until you were gone

I love you Mom

Always have

Always will

There is not a day that goes by

That I do not miss you

That I do not think of you

May the Lord

Welcome you into

His eternal glory

And ease all your

Pain and suffering

Rest in peace Mom

Until we meet again

Someday

♥♥♥♥♥

© Phil Renaud 2017

Roping

Roping

Rodeo roping

On a summers eve

Pearly white moon

Imprisoned in the lariat

Nowhere to go

Groaning I pull in my catch

© Phil Renaud 2017

Artist: by korinrochelle on Deviant Art

Rainbow

Rainbow

Ranging across the sky

Arching

In vivid colors

Nary a cloud in sight

Brought by the rain

Over the earth

Wondrous beauty

© Phil Renaud 2017

Photo by Rueters

Faceless

Faceless

Took a trip

On the hallucinogenic highway

Riding in a spaceship

My eyes were blind

Depriving me of my sight

Yet my mind

Wandered all thru the night

Butterflies flit

Into the unlit

Recesses of the brain

A rowboat appeared

Then disappeared

Going down the drain

Then from the deepest pit

Death was seen

Outlined in the light

The highway ended

With a bump

As it bended

Towards the dump

I woke from

My trip

On the spaceship

Vowing never to succumb

To the hallucinogenic highway

Nonetheless I looked

In the mirror

Overcome by fear

I had become faceless

© Phil Renaud 2017

Photo: Artist unknown

Disclaimer ~ I make no claim of ownership to this image and always seek to credit the original artist ~