Holiday and Seasonal Poems
Winter Poems With Snow Applets
AcrosticPoems : Some poems written in the Acrostic style as well as a short explanation and history of the style. as well as a short history about calligrams.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Poems written in shapes.
This page was last updated on: November 19, 2006
John's Poems
I plan to add more of his poems later
An inspirational poem with the graphic of a sunset
An inspirational poem
with the graphic of a Japanese Garden
A Love Poem with a graphic of a tree
A marriage poem with a graphic of trees
Poem about Love like a waterfall with graphic of a waterfall.
A Love poem with a Victorian heart graphic
Poem about how life is richer because of friends. Graphic of a couple
A Tanka love poem overlay on a ocean graphic
Poem with no title about a butterfly flying with no cares. Overlay of a flying butterfly
Poem which has been read at funerals.
Graphic of flowers against background of sky with a rainbow
Angel in forest with a butterfly overlay fluttering in her hand.
A Love poem illustrated with a graphic I put together and a midi that I wrote for my husband.
Poem about rain illustrated with a couple under an umbrella
Poem illustrated with a woman on a Merry Go Round in a park
Two short poems about Autumn
Poem about Autumn illustrated with a couple sillouetted in a leaf
A list poem about the things I would do if I was a child again
Allow Me : Poem dealing with intimacy. Illustrated with a graphic of a couple in the moon Poem about my life being under construction
Poems written in the haiku style as well as a short history
Poem written when my son was a toddler for him
and other poems for and about my son
A couple of poems written about drinking coffee and morning reflections
A poem written as if it is the ocean speaking
Poems written to the stars or the moon
and most likely unfinished poems discovered in an old notebook
Poems written in the tanka style. As well as a short history
and other love poems. As well as a short essay on love and romance
Snow applet with poem as a text overlay
An adult remembers Halloween as a child and tells what they like about the holiday
Poem about November and being thankful for those we love
Poem about the first Thanksgiving
A poem my son wrote for an English assignment. He helped design this page. It is illustrated with a lake applet
.Poem about how September seduces us with her sunny weather and hope for new beginnings for students
A collection of light verse rhyming quatrain poems
A few poems including a Sestina written 9/11/01 which are in remembrance of the tragedies that day.
Poem about the flag flying in the debris, etc. Illustrated with lake applet of rubble of the trade center
Poems With Misc. Java Applets
Butterflies A Symbol of Hope : Short poems which the ballwriter applet writes. Ball replaced with a butterfly. Word pictures about 9/11/01 with a message of hope as healing begins.(Applet doesn't appear to be supported in NetScape) Also this page has links to other pages with poetry written from that incident.
A bubble java applet with mouseover. Picture of angel with two bunnies. Acrostic poem and original midi.
(Mouseover does not work in NetScape)
A Calligram duck poem. With a mouseover water applet with a photo that I took of ducks. Also, the option of hearing the poem read.
Page of poems written in different styles about Autumn.
A lake like applet with geese flying. Background changes as they fly. A poem addressed to a loved one asking them to stay...not to fly away like the geese.
Cloud text scroller with the quote by Jessica Powers that inspired the writing of the poem.
A diagonal poem about angels protecting and supporting.
Fog Java Applet with the text scrolling down. Option of hearing poem read
Fade between images including one of Jessie's tapestry which hangs in my living room. The poem is about the tapestry.
A coloring page for adults with a short affirmation poem.
A "Cento" love poem. Written using lines in poems by Leonard Nimoy. Illustrated with a sphere applet.
Did you hear really what you thought you heard?
Illustrated with a "leaf" globe.
Poems With Java Script Transitional Effects
(Requires the IE browser and may not work with older versions. I don't know if it works with version 6)
If you have a teenager you can
probably relate to this poem
Mother..A Woman of worth!.
A deceased person present at a gravesite wishing they could tell the mourners about death
A poem about all a girl in a Children's Home wants is a blue dress with silver threads
Acrostic,calligram,and alphabet poem as well as links to other Christmas pages
Winter poems...calligram,acrostic,etc.
While rereading a journal entry I realized there was a poem if I just changed some words and added line-breaks. About always waiting for tomorrow instead of living now.
Poems written in the cinquain styles invented by Adelaide Crapsey and adapted by Raymond Luber
Short poem about walking in the sun and lilacs purfuming the air
Page of poems written in different styles about Spring
A cento poem using the lines from poems of Rumi
The poem "The Senseless Fight". Also, written by John as an English assisgnment. Illustrated with a photo album.
Same poem & page layout as the one with the transitional effects but without effects so can be viewed by Netscape Browsers
Mosaic applet illustrates the poem
Mosaic applet illustrates the poem with impressionist paintings (takes awhile to load)
(Not all poems may be listed here and some pages have been recently redone. Some now have Java Applets. I tried to make the pages NetScape friendly. So unless otherwise noted they should work in NetScape)
6/09/02
Poem inspired by quote by Robert Frost
Inspired by reading about vases broken and put together as works of art
