Optimist or Pessimist?

orchidee

You know the saying:

'Is your glass half full or half empty?'

It might be both!

 

But with the seasons

After the Shortest Day - 

The nights are drawing out again

After the Longest Day - 

The nights are drawing in again

 

Just after Christmas - 

That's that done for another 12 months

Or in mid-June - 

Only 6 months to go until Christmas

 

In January - 

Spring will follow in about a couple of months

In October - 

Winter's soon on it's way

 

Take these which ways you will

And - Can you please all the people all of the time?

Or will you have to make do with

Pleasing some of the people some of the time?

 

Two men in a prison - one looks down, the other looks up

One saw mud, the other saw stars

(This rhymes somehow - not a verbatim quote here)

 

'There's nowt so queer as folk', the saying goes

And I'm rambling on again

'No change there then' you say?

'Still waffling, spouting, proclaiming

In your daft times

Things of no importance at all!'

LOL

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 13th, 2024 03:35
  • Comment from author about the poem: More ramblings! lol.
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 18
  • Users favorite of this poem: Tristan Robert Lange
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  • Neville



    You sometime show remarkable insight for a rodent .. 🐧🐭

    • orchidee

      Thanks N. lol.

    • sorenbarrett

      Words of wisdom spill like water from an overfilled glass. Lovely write "one saw mud the other saw stars" So true.

      • orchidee

        Thanks SB. That's not an original saying by me. It's by Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955).

        • sorenbarrett

          It applies well and fits here

        • Tristan Robert Lange

          You know, for a poem about nothing at all, this was rather wise, my friend! Great insight! Enjoyed it much and faved this wise daftness too! 🌹👏

          • orchidee

            ThanksT. lol.

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              You’re welcome, my friend!

              • orchidee

                You favouring this nonsense?! heehee, thanks. I never know which poems to 'favour'. And I tend to muck up 'fusioned' poems with inappropriate, and unappreciated, daft lines, so I usually steer clear of them.

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  Well, if I ever do a fusion poem, know I am specifically looking for your daftness friend! 😂 As long as you’re down with that, you can skip all the others! 🤣

                • Tony36

                  BRAVO

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks T.

                    • Tony36

                      You're welcome

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Time will be forever with us Orchi.

                      Andy

                      • orchidee

                        If I fill anyone's glass, of course, it will be half full (50% in total), but 25% wine and 25% water! heehee.

                      • Cassie58

                        Why look in the mud when the heavens and the stars are above you? Well penned Orchi.

                        • orchidee

                          Thanks Cassie. KP has mud-packs. I say to here 'You're looking better, dear!' lol.

                        • arqios

                          Coming or going? Inside or out? Here or there? Neither the why nor where...

                          • orchidee

                            Thanks A.



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