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Christmas is Running towards us (poem)

Christmas is Running towards us

Christmas is running towards us, but I am not ready yet!
I’ve not even started a list of the things I will forget.
It is still autumn! Those rumours of Christmas cannot be true,
But when I wander into shops, Christmas is clearly out on view.

When I look in a magazine, Christmas tips stare back at me,
What to buy, what to wear, and what I should serve for Christmas tea.
How to cook a Turkey, or to provide a tasty nut roast,
I abandon the magazine and eat a boring slice of toast.

The children are getting excited, even though it’s nowhere near,
But trying to explain that to them, will never work, I fear.
I’ll just have to try and get into the Christmas spirit myself,
Buy some Christmas sweets, open them, then hide them on the top shelf.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 19th Oct 2025 in Christmas

Tags: Christmas poem, Christmas poetry, poem, poems, poetry

Time is an Illusion (poem)

05 Oct

Time is an Illusion

Time is an illusion, or so that’s what people say,
But there are days when it is firmly here to stay.
When it refuses to move forward, but just stands there,
Quite content to hang around, without the slightest care.
Sitting quite comfortably, refusing to budge,
Ignoring every effort to give it a nudge.

There are days when time just wants to go at a slow pace,
And will only move if you drag it around the place.
Barely putting one second in front of another,
Watch carefully, and some movement you will discover.
It will creep along, finally reaching the days end,
But sometimes it fools me, as it’s just gone round a bend.

There are days it keeps me company, by my side,
Happy to accompany me, and matching my stride.
Those days become a pleasure, as time just rolls along,
Within that moment of time, I happily belong.
It clearly stays within my view, such a joy to see,
Regardless of what I am doing, it is there with me.

But time can be an illusion, when it goes too fast,
I’m barely in the moment, before it goes racing past.
I can’t see where the time has gone, it left me behind,
Wherever it went to this day, I will never find.
I reach the end of the day, before it got started,
Time did briefly appear, and then quickly departed.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 5th Oct 2025 in Future, humanity, reflection

Tags: finding tomorrow poem, finding yourself poem, living in the world poem, lost within poem, poem, poems, poetry

Between the Changes of Nature (poem)

20 Sep

Between the Changes of Nature

Between the rain and the sun, between the wet and the dry,
So the land is refreshed under a cloudy or clear sky.
Each change brings life to the plants and creatures living below,
Without one or the other, this green world we would not know.

Between winter and summer, nature begins to prepare,
Spreading out its leaves to welcome the warming sun up there.
Between spring and autumn, nature brings flowers for the bees,
Green leaves for the creatures grazing on the land and the trees.

Between summer and winter, nature produces its crop,
When animals gather their food, and fruit from the trees drop.
Between autumn and spring, nature retreats and shuts the door,
Abandoning autumn’s splendour until spring knocks once more.

Between the changes of nature, life on earth finds its way,
Bringing a promise of tomorrow, upon each new day.
All the seasons are needed, plus the changes in weather,
Between them, the wonders of life on earth come together.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 20th Sep 2025 in Autumn, nature, Seasons, Spring, Summer, weather, winter

Tags: animal poem, animal poetry, beautiful world poem, nature poem, poems, poet, poetry, save the world poem, seasons changing poem, Sharing the world poem

I Make Mistakes (poem)

07 Sep

I Make Mistakes

I make mistakes, but then so do we all,
There will be times when we stumble and fall.
There will be times when we say the wrong thing,
And face the anger that those words may bring.
But there will be times when we get it right,
Bring to their faces a look of delight.
Which one today will bring, we may not know,
All we can do is just give it a go.
All we can do in life is try our best,
And when it is done, sit down for a rest.

Mistakes can be teachers, showing us more,
A better understanding than before.
The lessons we learn can help make us strong.
Remembering them, before we go wrong.
Learn to hold back when things go the wrong way,
Or to step forward, if it helps today.
If a mistake is too big to repair,
Then pick up the wisdom found left in there.
Whatever we learn can help tomorrow,
There will be a way to heal the sorrow.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 7th Sep 2025 in Future, hope

Tags: finding hope poem, finding tomorrow poem, finding yourself poem, new hope poem, poem, poems, poet, poetry, recovery poem, tomorrows hope poem, writing

Enjoy every Moment (poem)

23 Aug

Enjoy every Moment

Enjoy every moment,
For it’s in the now, we live.
Work for peace and atonement,
Your heart has love it can give.
Let kindness guide what you do,
Let others know that you care.
Help the world find a way through,
Let others know you are there.

Every moment is real,
Within it you are alive.
Reach out and let yourself feel,
In this world, let your heart thrive.
Look around at who you are,
Let your smile brighten this day.
With your hope you can go far,
Let your heart show you the way.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 23rd Aug 2025 in hope, reflection

Tags: finding a new way poem, finding hope poem, finding tomorrow poem, finding yourself poem, poem, poems, poetry, recovery poem, relax poem, tomorrows hope poem

Kindness, the bedrock of humanity (poem)

10 Aug

Kindness, the bedrock of humanity

When Kindness gets lost amongst harsh words spoken today,
It has merely found a safe shelter where it can stay.
Within the patience of silence, kindness is living,
From within that shelter, kindness carries on giving.

Kindness has a strength that anger will never contain,
Beneath that dark storm of anger, kindness will remain.
For every storm must weaken, it’s words must run dry,
Whilst every act of kindness gives us strength to try.

Kindness is the bedrock of humanities strong heart,
Whenever a storm thunders in, it will soon depart.
Those rains of discord may tumble down, bringing us strife,
But the strength of kindness will bring back a better life.

So when life becomes muddy, with no peace anywhere,
Just dig into your heart, your kindness will be found there.
Sharing just a small piece of your kindness, makes it grow,
To join with others, bringing a better world to know.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 10th Aug 2025 in forgiving, Helping Others, humanity, kindness, reflection

Tags: fighting anger poem, kindness poem, letting anger go poem, mankind poem, poem, poems, poetry, release anger poem

Life’s new dawn (poem)

27 Jul

Life’s new dawn

A new dawn has arrived,
On this path you survived,
Through every trail you have found a way.
You can sit back and rest,
You passed every test,
Just watch the sunrise upon this new day.

Your backpack you can drop,
Your walking you can stop,
Put your feet up, for you can rest at last.
Forget about life’s woes,
Just wiggle all your toes,
Let all the tension fade into your past.

Your load you can unpack,
Ease the stress from your back,
Archive all those bits that matter to you.
Toss out what’s left in there,
Seek out a comfy chair,
Then just relax and enjoy life’s new view.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 27th Jul 2025 in hope, reflection

Tags: finding a new way poem, finding tomorrow poem, finding yourself poem, poem, poems, poetry, recovery poem, relax poem

Am I Lonely or Not? (poem)

13 Jul

Am I lonley or not?

Am I lonely or not? I just cannot decide,
Is loneliness a lack of people at my side?
Or does loneliness exist standing in a crowd,
With people talking and music playing too loud?
Sometimes I find that I am content on my own,
But then there are times I don’t want to be alone.
Sometimes I could enjoy meeting up with a friend,
Other times that a meeting would come to an end.

As the years have passed, I have come to discover,
That loneliness is neither one nor the other.
That loneliness is no more than a point of view,
What is lonely to me, is not lonely to you.
That what I found as loneliness just yesterday,
Is exactly what I want to do with today.
Maybe I will just let life be what it will be,
For true loneliness is when I cannot be me.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 13th Jul 2025 in hope, reflection

Tags: being alone poem, poem, poems, poetry, time alone poem

The Strength of Peace (poem)

29 Jun

The Strength of Peace

Peace may be a whisper, barely even heard,
Maybe just appearing as a single word.
Lost amongst so many others flying around,
But somewhere within them, peace can still be found.
Somewhere amidst those harsh words being spoken,
Is that precious word of peace being woken

Peace may be lost for now, somewhere far behind,
Amongst those words of anger, it’s hard to find.
But still that word keeps appearing here and there,
Creeping gently over the edge of despair.
Moving away from those dark words that bring pain,
Nudging words of light into the world again.

Peace may be forgotten by all those who hate,
But within our hearts, peace has the strength to wait.
Those words of hate will end, burned by their own heat,
Then from those chards, peace will stand on its own feet.
Peace will march forward as it becomes a call,
For always, peace is the strongest word of all.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

Donation: If you have enjoyed my poetry, a donation towards my work would be welcomed (maybe for a cup of coffee). My PayPal ID is: Jenny_maryl@yahoo.com.

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 29th Jun 2025 in Future, hope, humanity

Tags: finding peace poem, inner peace poem, Making peace poem, peace poem, poem, poems, poetry, World peace poem

Stockroom Disorganiser (lighthearted poem)

22 Jun

Stockroom Disorganiser

The stockroom’s almost overflowing and needs a good sort out,
But I will need some guidance to help me move it all about.
I have been given the perfect schedule, laid out nice and neat.
My actions ordered for me, starting from the top of the sheet.
They should have been easy to follow, or so that’s what I thought,
But instead of calm simplicity, my confusion got caught.

I knew things may be moved more than once, to give me working space.
But as soon as I started, things already seemed out of place.
I had to fill up the brown box, except it wasn’t empty,
It said we should find nothing in there, but no! There was plenty.
Next it tried to tell me to move a box that wasn’t there,
No matter how hard I looked, the third shelf was completely bare.

I looked carefully around me, and everything seemed wrong,
According to my guidance sheets, things were not where they belong
I bump into some items that were sitting next to the door,
But I was sure that nothing was meant to be there on the floor.
I could see it stated clearly that that was how it should be,
So by now this perfect schedule, was making no sense to me.

Standing there in confusion, my suspicion started to grow,
A spreadsheet had been used, to work out what I needed to know.
They are so helpful, letting you order which column you choose,
That if you ordered the wrong one, then you were bound to lose.
What was step one, so I found out, should have been step twenty four,
Now that it’s correctly ordered, I will attempt it once more.

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Some poems have been grouped into themes on their own pages:
Hope and Inspiration – Encouragement and hope in those moments of searching
Inner reflection – Inner reflection of emotions and forgiveness.
Love and Joy – The love in our hearts and the joy of living.
The Natural World – Nature and its seasons, and of rivers and raindrops.
Time alone with God – Reflections with God, regardless of what you believe.
Christian Poetry – The Gospels and their stories.
Remembrance and Grief – Poems of remembrance and grief for those we have lost

Donation: If you have enjoyed my poetry, a donation towards my work would be welcomed (maybe for a cup of coffee). My PayPal ID is: Jenny_maryl@yahoo.com.

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Posted by Jenny Maryl on 22nd Jun 2025 in humanity, Humour

Tags: humorous poem, humour poem, poem, poems, poetry

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Christmas is Running towards us (poem)

Time is an Illusion (poem)

I Make Mistakes (poem)

Enjoy every Moment (poem)

Kindness, the bedrock of humanity (poem)

Life’s new dawn (poem)

Am I Lonely or Not? (poem)

The Strength of Peace (poem)

Stockroom Disorganiser (lighthearted poem)

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