Poet's Platform Column | 3 Jan 08 by Janet Nesler | The Scioto Voice | Wheelersburg, Ohio

Happy New Year As the old year slides into oblivion A new year will then take its place Gone is the time but not memories Some happenings we can't replace New year starts like a newborn baby Uncertain but will soon start to grow Events will be that are good and bad It is so hard to tell how things will go My choice would be to dodge Winter Let the Spring start out my New Year But I can't change any of the seasons So I will have to keep my Winter gear I can't make a change in the weather But let me make this one thing clear May joy fill your heart with goodness As I wish everyone a happy New Year Acie Workman Eden Park   Haiku What’s around the bend As calendar numbers bring Tomorrow’s menu Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   Haiku Thankfulness is good Practice each and every day Blessings flow fully Maybell Criswell South Point, OH   Daybreak At every instant, every day, Somewhere on planet earth, Comes the moment of daybreak. Daybreak is that magic segue When “first light” Appears in the black night sky. God has said, “Let there be Light.” Light is hope—light is trust, Light is faith—light is life. Daybreak is the affirmation Of God’s promise—and His Love… And so—there is light! Charles Clevenger New Boston, Ohio