SING A SONG OF JOY (c) By Polly Guerin

The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano

Start off with a refrain
There’s wisdom to gain

Take life easy and grow
Sing a song pianissimo

Build up your courage and go
Keep upbeat time in fortissimo

When joy arrives you’ll know
Shout loud sing in crescendo

There’s more joy in life
So sing a new song

As joy bubbles up in laughter
It’s diminuendo you’re after

Sing, sing for the joy of living
Musical scales are so forgiving

They lift your spirits beyond the pale
Staccato notes never fail

Reveling in a sense of well being
Let me hear you singing.

GIVE ALL to LOVE (c) By Polly Guerin

Love by Pop Artist Robert Indiana

GIVE ALL to LOVE ©

Valentine’s Day 2/14/2011

Do not awake to find

That Love is gone

Other loves await us

You can right a wrong

Plant love’s forgiveness

Heartbreak abates

Never give up on love

It’s never too late

Mysterious and beautiful

Kiss a stranger’s lips

Take the hand of wanting

A world full of riffs

A lonely child awaits us

Famished and forlorn

A mother yearns to kiss

Cold lips just born

So many brave men gone

Deaf to a lover’s song

I am old with wondering

Why the reason Why

The world is full of weeping

Must love be denied?

Kiss the child take the hand

Send love across the land

Say ‘Yes’ to your hopes and dreams

Life is never what it seems

Open your heart to happiness

Spread the Gift

Eternal Love remains.

RE-ENCHANTMENT (c) By Polly Guerin

“Chanter” (French) sing out loud beyond measure
Follow your instincts give everyone pleasure

It’s time to fall in love with the simplicity of life again
Forget routine, the daily grind every itty bitty sin

Be enchanted as you never did before
Daydream and travel to distant shores

See the world let your imagination take flight
Gaze at the multitude of dazzling stars at night

Remember to make a wish upon a star
Answers granted are on their way, not too far

Count your blessing, taste life a little
Soften a disappointed heart that’s brittle

Suspend disbelief say, “Yes” help yourself
To abundant joys waiting on the shelf

Allow a deep sense of beauty to be your plan
Do it now!!! Just because you can

Seize the moment, let your hair down
Go barefoot on the grass wear a fairy crown

Forgive your shortcomings, clear your mind
Laugh until you cry happy, the joyful kind

Create time and space, go there and find joy
Become re-enchanted like a little girl or boy

Discover the secret dreams you let slip away
Thrill to the moment with delight, be gay

There’s no point in wearing a disappointed frown
Live life to the fullest and wear a magical gown

Dare yourself each day to be re-enchanted
Get carried away, a beautiful life is granted.

Inspired by the writing of Father Paul A. Keenan

YOU ARE CREATIVE, YOU HAVE IDEAS (c) By Polly Guerin

So you’re not the artsy type

Beware my dear of all the hype

So what…

You can’t write a poem, paint or potter
You’re probably doing something even hotter

Don’t give up cause you’re not a gourmet chef
And think there’s probably nothing left

It isn’t true…

You turn the ordinary into something special
You’ve got brains, imagination and metal

Creativity goes beyond the arts and crafts
You make the day fun and everyone laugh

You don’t have to be artistic to infuse
Your home and career with creative muse

Don’t lock your creativity deep inside
Release apprehension go for a wild ride

Re-invent yourself from the inside out
Let everyone know your creative, shout

“I am creative” and “I have divine ideas”
Let them spring forth freely through the years.

*Art by Gail/Shabby Cottage Studio

YOU'RE RICHER THAN YOU THINK (c) By Polly Guerin

Did you know that you are richer than you think?

Don’t just count up your assets in a wink

Count instead your talents and strengths

Go to your inner value, to all lengths

No matter how poor you feel
That evaluation is not really real

Discover the gift of family and friends
Your talent is abundant never ends

It outnumbers any obstacles in your path
Disappointments, I tell you, do not last

Whatever difficulties exist they are minute
They’re no match for someone creative and astute

No, my friend, intrinsic value is not the case
Nor a fortune, riches, real estate or place

So re-evaluate the cash value of your worth
You’re a unique talent placed on earth.

Image: Illinois Association for Gifted Children

GRATITUDE NEW YEAR 2011 (c) By Polly Guerin

What have I to be grateful for-
Shall I tally up the gainful score?

And count my successes 'n failures as won
Acknowledging accomplishments and fun

Letting the past year pass with gratitude
For cherished memories, the positive attitude

Cherishing the bounty of family and friends Pure love given freely but it never ends

Grateful for safe haven and peaceful shore
Blessed are we who know the score

Release, free yourself, let go of the past
Disappointments, prayers unanswered do not last

Let your heart be lighter and smile encore
Be amazing, dance in the rain and laugh more

Be your best self-assured, a wiser You
It’s a chance to assess talent and renew

Vow to fulfill each day with joyful enthusiasm
Don’t let naysayers curb your passion

Move forward courageous without fear
Welcome in the Blessings of a Happy New Year

Expect surprises, the wondrous gift of the future
And a brand new chance to make your dreams come true!

SNOWFLAKE REVERIE (c) By Polly Guerin

Must the snowflake be so fleeting,

In its wintry frozen greeting?

Melting our hearts with intricate memories

What story would each snowflake freeze?

In time to unlock our hearts in global love

As the silent, frosty gift descends from above

Swirling and dancing before the windowpane

A zillion snowflakes no two alike in the frame

Lacy and fragile each snowflake in frozen glory

Diverse complexity tells myriad lifetime stories

There’s great beauty in this master plan

Treasure the infinite design because you can

Each snowflake new, six sided on view

Frozen snow crystal lets us renew

Our childlike marvel and joyful heart

Re-capture each moment before you part

Like life’s short lived past

Must the snowflake melt so fast?