For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
NOT AS MUCH AS YOU
Listening to the birds awhile,
Looking at a baby’s smile,
They have much beauty, this I know,
But not as much as you show.
The blossoms of a cherry tree,
And mighty waves of the sea,
Sunsets with beauty all aglow,
But not as much as you show.
Robins singing with lovely note,
Butterflies that seem to float,
Flowers with beauty as they grow,
But not as much as you show.
Towering mountains reaching high,
The calming blue of the sky,
Lush beauty in the vale below,
But not as much as you show.
The eagle flying in the air,
Flying high without a care,
All of nature has beauty, though
Not as much as you show.
Β© 2019 Steve McLeod.
nice poem steve
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Thank you so much Obaid!!
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Very nice!
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Thank you so much Lydia!!π
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You’re very welcome!
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Sounds wonderful Steve. Beautifully penned, so much nature all around
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Thank you so much for reading this Yonnie!! Much appreciated.ππΊ
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You are quite welcome, it was enjoyable, Steve . Tell Muffin hello! ππΈ
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I will let her know when she wakes up!πΈ
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Thanks Steve
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Aww… Muffin you are certainly welcome. Thanks Steveππ
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Very nice! π
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Thank you so much Laura!!ππΈ
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beautifully delivered Steve β¨π So good to read β¨π€ Have a good day β¨βοΈ
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Thank you very much Simon, I appreciate your encouraging words for my poem!!ππ
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Beautifully written poem steve!πΈπ
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Thank you so very much, I appreciate your words of encouragement!!ππΈ
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This is so beautiful Steve π a new kind of poetry, very romantic and vert thoughtful! Great words and great share π
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Thank you so very much Huguette for your wonderful words!!πππΈ
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My pleasure Steve ππ
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Very nice !π€π€π€
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Thank you so very much!!ππ
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I’m so sorry. I don’t want to click only like because you deserve more than that. But I also can’t say more than this is a love poem. Like always.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jessica, much appreciated!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!πππΈ
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Beautiful poem, Steve! Well worth a round of applause. π
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Thank you so very much for that Eugenia!!ππΊMuch appreciated!
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Steve this poem is so wonderful! You should do a book of poems. And maybe even a book on the Musings of Muffin and Steve, with your photography! Lorraine at Blind Wilderness is working on her own. Have you considered this? I really hope you do! πΈπΈπΈ
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Several people have told me this now, even doing a book of just my photos. But I really don’t have many poems right now. I did have over 400 at one time and I let several people see them, people who I greatly respected and they all said the poems were terrible and I should toss them, so I did, most anyway. The ones I kept were washed away when my apartment flooded, I had them out to put onto my computer but only got 4 of them done. So I only have some more recent ones, not many. I have also been told I should write about Muffin and I and my dad and I, so many adventures we had together. I’m just not sure if it would be popular enough to do it. Maybe i should do a survey!ππΈI do like the thought though, thanks for mentioning it!ππΊ
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I think most on here would agree that you wonβt need a survey Steve! I think people that know you on WP would definitely buy anything you got published! I would! Seriously! I think you should do it, even if it was just for youβbut something tells me that it wouldnβt be just you reading it! I am so sorry someone did that to you! Thatβs a shame. π’ You could even do short stories of the ones of your dad and of Muffin. I think you are going to fill a book full soon!…Iβve got poems Iβve kept from a teen put up somewhere in storage. I wouldnβt show those…alot of them are too dark for even my taste now!
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Hmm, might be a good winter project or two. I will definitely have to think about this one.ππΈ
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My youngest daughter lost all her writing from her teen years, too. π’
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It’s too bad when that happens, you always want it later too.π
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Beautiful Steve. Thank you for sharing your words, it is so easy to make a movie in my mind.
Take careπΊ
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Thank you so much Lilllian!! I was thinking this poem wasn’t very good so I held off posting it, but then decided to try it. Glad you liked it, thanks for your encouragement!ππΊπ
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Awww, I can feel that feeling Steve, but I am like you… I post it in the end…
I wish you a wonderful day.
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Thanks Lillian, Hope your weekend is great!!πππΈ
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Thank you. Yes, it is. I am on a little vacation again- and I have a great time.
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That’s good, I hope you continue to enjoy your vacation Lillian!!πππΊ
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Keep posting…π
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Do you think it’s good?π€
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Steve, I think this would make a super sweet greeting card. You express such tenderness in your poems. Keep writing and posting. Ok? π
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Thank you so much Nina!! I truly appreciate your opinions. I’m always a little nervous about posting some of my poems. Have a great weekend! Get some more pictures of butterflies!πππΊπ¦
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Ha! I totally understand. I think about my first postsβwanting to throw up when Iβd hit publish. And poetry is justβwell itβs just different isnβt it….
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That is beautiful! π
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Thank you so very much!!π
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My pleasure!! π
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Very awesome Steve!!
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Thank you very much Jyoti!!! I really appreciate that!πππΈ
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My pleasure dear Steve π
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
THE POET HAS—IS— (A) CHARACTER! π
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Thanks again Jonathan, glad you liked it!ππΊ
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YESSIR!
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