
Strangers meet
Smile and greet
Never again to see
One another
In this life
We know and be.
No remorse
No sadness
Nor gladness
Just strangers smiling
When they meet.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012


Strangers meet
Smile and greet
Never again to see
One another
In this life
We know and be.
No remorse
No sadness
Nor gladness
Just strangers smiling
When they meet.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012


To cry is human.
It shows you care.
To laugh is human.
It shows you have joy.
To anger is human.
It shows you feel.
To remember is human.
It shows you have been.
To die is human.
It shows you have lived.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

Blessed we be
Blessed we’re not
Hold on or you may
Lose that thought.
Brilliant yes
Certainly bold
Smile a lot never frown
The world is here
And it is round.
See the gleam on
A sharp edged sword
Slicing hatred
And spreading love
We’ve been told.
With the Lord
Blessed we be
And certainly not
All alone in
This our sacred lot.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012


Small and quiet
Liberal and free
I’d like to think
This is me.
Smile a lot
Exercise and be
Part of the world
That likes to be me.
No one can do things
Just like me
So celebrate, rejoice
In being me.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012


Your book will be written
Your poems submitted
And your art will soar.
Smile, laugh
This is your time
To roar.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

Here we are in all our glory.
Feeling the warmth of our universe.
Smile, rejoice for everything you’ve been given.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

Make it better, make it the best
Absolutely better than the rest
Your heart will soar
You’ll make a smile on your lips
Stand straight, stand tall
Make it better than them all.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2012

Christmas comes but once a year
As does Easter and New Years
Celebrate, have some cake
Eat the treat Christmas makes.
Travel round
See the smile on the child
That believes in Santa Claus.
Feel the joy
Feel the cheer
Wrap a present for someone dear.
Christmas comes but once a year
So we should raise a glass
Of hearty cheer
And bless this day throughout the year!
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2011

Many know the reason.
Let me be one of them.
Smile.
Secure in the knowledge of knowing.
~ Patrice
© Patrice Clarkson – 2011