Poetry soothes the soul, so take a quick break from work and enjoy four of my poems

1. TIME FOR POETRY
Take time to rest from your work while I share with you four of
my poems to soothe your soul.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a
rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at
least once every week.”
Charles Darwin

2. * GIVE ME BUT A ROSE
Stepping Stones to Love Honor and
Respect, a collection of poetry by DM Yates
You ask what you can give to
me
to show your love divine.
Give me but a rose, my dear,
and this will be your sign.
It must have grown in earth’s
rich loam;
sweet essence so refined.
Cleansed several times by
rain’s nectar,
a red grail that doth shine.
You with said flower, freshly
picked,
towards Elysium will climb.
Up to the gods you must
They’ll notice your enamored
heart,
the solemn vow of thine.
Weeping, they’ll pour their
precious draught
around our hearts to bind.
—Eternal tears which trusses us
for now thru all earth’s time—
And so, my fair, it will become
a thorn-less rose enshrined.
You asked what gift I’d take from
thee.
I’ll take such bloom entwined.
Oh, give me but a simple prize,
a gem as I’ve defined:
A humble choice the gods have

3. *Drinking Spree
Stepping Stones to Love, Honor, and Respect by DM Yates
Amaretto in the summer,
hot buttered rum in the
cold.
Hot Damn works for
autumn.

4. * The Last Leaf ’s Abscission
Stepping Stones to Love, Honor, and Respect by
DM Yates
Autumn shifts to winter.
The last shoots clutch the
ground.
Upon the barren tree
abides one leaf turned
brown.
Cold and bitter winds
blow.
Alone it fights the breeze.
Stubbornly it clings still.
Above the field, fallen
leaves.
It can’t stay much longer,
the gusts are stronger

5. *SAN FRANCISCO
Stepping Stones to Love, Honor, and Respect by DM Yates
Ask of me romantic.
I’ll mention a city.
I’d confidently say San Francisco.
Dubbed the Bay Area.
Modern, yet eccentric.
Parking garages, clanging cable cars.
Roads that weave up and down.
The ferries on the bay.
Aromatic delis and restaurants.
Streets crowded with tourists.
Busy Ghirardelli.
Diverse attractions at Fisherman’s
wharf.
The red Golden Gate Bridge.
Fetching Golden Gate Park.
Across the bay, charming Sausalito.
The Marina District.
Bustling Pacific port.
The peninsula crossed by 3 bridges.
The prison Alcatraz.
Pier 39 sea lions.
Rising mists from the Pacific Ocean.
Eclectic and diverse.
City of Seven Hills.
Romantically defined - San Francisco.