Reread a poem you truly love. I love Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Arrow and the Song.  (Excerpt)

   Long, long afterward, in an oak

   I found the arrow, still unbroke;

   And the song, from beginning to end,

   I found again in the heart of a friend.

Ask yourself what you like about that poem you find very special. E.g.: I find this poem short and sweet. It makes me wonder.  Write down what you experience when you read your favorite poem.

In this case, I am fascinated by the theme of friendship.  I also like the surrealism captured in the poem. The arrow is real, the song is real, but shooting them in the air is surreal.

Find a topic that gets you very excited: maybe a hobby, a sport, love, friendship, religion, your job or the job you would like to have. Let’s choose friendship. Decide if your poem is going to challenge or entertain the reader. Let’s choose to entertain. Write words that come to mind when you get excited. He who finds a friend finds a treasure! Why is it so?

   Friendship is important in life.

   Do you have a special friend?

   What makes someone your friend?

Etcetera.

Write some sentences with those words. E.g.: My friend John makes me laugh.  Sometimes I wonder he acts restarted or is he naturally goofy? We spend time together playing tennis, by having lunch , coffee or drinks. We share jokes, tall tales and laughter. Life seems better when we are together having a happy moment or facing a sad one.

Sort the sentences. Decide what goes in the beginning, tin he middle and at the end. You need an exciting beginning to capture the reader’s attention. Enhance or rewrite that first lines. Note if you start with fireworks, you must end with dynamite. You must also sustain the body of the poem with turns and twists to continue to excite the reader. Draft and redraft until what you get is the desired results. Leave the poem alone for a day or two, then go back and finalize it. Try your poem on family, friends or co-workers. We did it! Here is our sample poem:

   You know, Champ, how to make me laugh.

   Occasionally you get into crazy situations

   So I rescue you doing things on your behalf.

   We’re tested by tough times and expectations.

   Everything is more colorful when you’re around.

   Like you, I probably drive you crazy as often.

   The good times we share always richly abound.

   I’ll be there for you, you there for me. Amen!

On my 60th birthday, it was indeed a joy and an honor for me to share the fruit of my poetic flair with family, friends and clients in the local community. The release of my first book: THE BOOK OF INSPIRATIONAL POEMS® was really special for me.

I have always believed in sharing the insights and the knowledge that I constantly gather from reading books of great minds like Deepak Chopra, Robin Sharma, Ron Kaufman, Tony Buzan, Bob Urichuck, Omar Khan, Steve Lundin, Ernesto Verdugo and Reg Athwal amongst many others.

This collection of inspirational poems has been presented in a GIFT BOOKLET FORMAT with a view to offering this to our corporate clients, for them to invest in and use as a “souvenir” to pass on to their esteemed team members and their valued clients as a token of sincere appreciation.

Please Click Here to View a sample copy, so you can browse through and enjoy reading the poems.

The nett revenue collected from the sale of these books will be passed on to a selection of charitable institutes. A ‘charity’ that you may wish to nominate can also be included in our list.

For more details about this welfare project, please contact me and I will be happy to enlighten your further on this exciting cause.

Your feedback and suggestions about the poems and the ideas I have in mind are my guiding light in this exciting journey. So please write to me directly at ram@rightselection.com

Warm Personal Regards,

Ram Ganglani

Giving romantic poems to the one you love is like delivering heaven’s sense to her/him, a heaven’s sense where blossom roses are eternal, where their fragrant are perpetual.

Dazzling romantic poems recited to your lover could be the most impressing moment in her/his lifetime. They express your truly sense through an intelligent manner. Your words are the healing spell that breaking congealed soul and melting frozen heart.

Would you look at the star tonight?

Could you find a lone red star shining bright?

The lone red star has been passing times to times

It witnessed many reunions and many partings

I wish you gazing at it there

I am too gazing it here

In a distance we are separated

But our hearts won’t be divided

The above romantic poems told us about a reunion of two lovers, a reunion of their sense (by gazing at the same star), even though a distance separated them. By gazing at the same star, they hoped that their hearts are parallelized.

Romantic poems are the best thing that a lover could give, since they are coming from his/her truly sense. They are also reflex the honest attitude of their author. A person having bad temper could not make these kind of poems, since they are made with the highest positive emotion. If one has a sensitive feeling, he usually made romantic poems easily.

Usually, however, a funeral is arranged within a few days of death. Filled with grief, we are not at our most creative. If you are searching for a short poem or two, please feel free to use some of the poetry in this article.

In any of the poems, you may exchange ‘she’, ‘her’, ‘Grandma’ etc. for ‘he’, ‘him’, or ‘Grandpa’ where appropriate. You may even want to add a specific reference to the person’s name in the title and/or text of the poem.

If you publish these poems (or the entire article) on your website, please be sure to include the byline, copyright notice, and links. If you use one of the poems for a memorial service or funeral, please include my byline.Eulogy – Funeral Poem Number 1:Farewell, My Love

Her laugh still echoes in the depths of my brain;

And when I hear it, it causes me pain.

I miss her so much – mere words cannot say,

How this heartache devours me night and day…

But my memories are strong and time heals grief,

So I dream of the future – and quiet relief.

As I browse through my photos with love and pride,

I know that this sorrow will someday subside,

Leaving happy memories in its place -

Memories of her and her smiling face.

A loving farewell, my dear, adieu.

My heart belongs ever and always to you.By Kathy SteinemannEulogy – Funeral Poem Number 2:Death Will Lose

Her body lies breathless, in quiet sleep.

We remember her life; we cry and weep.

Life doesn’t seem fair, and Death even less,

I don’t understand it, I must confess.

We barely exist, in sorrow and pain;

We mourn our loss, we seethe and complain…

But what would she want, if she were alive?

Would she want us to wallow, to merely survive?

Or would she want more? Perhaps our courage -

To reject our grief with its cruel bondage!

Let’s honor her now and look forward – with hope,

Remembering her life and learning to cope,

With loss as a tool to sculpt our goals -

Not as an anchor that burdens our souls.

Celebrate her life – reminisce with a grin!

Then Death will lose – and she will win!By Kathy SteinemannEulogy – Funeral Poem Number 3:How Can I Manage, Now That She’s Gone?

Grandma was there when I needed an ally -

If I wanted to talk – or felt like a cry.

When no one else seemed to understand -

She was there – with a helping hand.

How can I manage now that she’s gone?

Without her advice I can’t carry on!

She was wise and witty and one-of-a-kind;

I feel so lost since she left me behind.

I know she told me she wanted to go -

Her body was tired and hurt her so…

Maybe now is the time for me to resume -

Carry on her tradition and break this gloom -

To impart her wisdom to family and friends,

And face life with a smile while my heart slowly mends.

Grandma, I miss you. You’ll always be near -

In my thoughts, in my heart – I have you right here.By Kathy Steinemann

(c)Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the author’s note below (with active links) are included.