As the bells chime out again for New Year,

we'll aim to be with that someone dear

to clink our glasses while we drink a toast,

to all those whose love we value the most.

And as we drink their health and bless,

our friends and families with soft caress,

let us extend our thoughts to the many more,

that we may never come to know or yet adore.

For all around us are those that we see not,

passing figures on the street or in some shop,

of whose lives we know so little it's true,

but still they may have some import to you.

For we speak to many just on the phone or net,

through business or pleasure do we serve them yet,

not knowing if their lives are lived close by or far,

though this world is shrinking by the light of our star.

Send our good blessings out to each and to all,

be they Presidents or the staff in the mall,

all are still our sisters and our brothers,

wish them all as well as we do to our lovers.

©Rhumour

December 31st 2010

Tags: poem New year wishes hope peace

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No time's ever right, for a closed fist fight 
No doll drums the beat, that can be truly neat 
Know this as you wander, out towards that blue yonder 
All around us are brothers, plus some sisters and mothers. 

Life is a challenge, that's best faced together 
Lean on each other, through desperate weather 
Don't wait for some tragic event for you to awake 
Reach out now to give, a little more than you take. 

Profit from giving, it's the key to it all 
Nothing is nothing, no matter how small 
Resist those who tempt us, with gold or with dollar 
Stand up for the weak, who can no longer holler. 

For as we live, so shall we pay when we die 
If you wish to be top dog, you will surely cry 
For longer than any, who can be proud they were meek 
For as others have said, take the pain, turn the cheek. 

This life will pass swiftly, and then you may find 
All too late you regret, that you never were kind 
To the beggars and paupers, who were not blessed like you 
With choices aplenty, and a house with a view. 

©Rhumour 
February 12th 2010

Tags: Philosophy

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Time For Thought

For some its time for Christmas
For others it is not
Some like the cool of winter
While many like it hot

It doesnt matter what you like
Just as long as you play fair
Dont spoil it for the masses
Let them play and laugh and share

The only thing that we all need
Is love and thats the truth
A little understanding helps
Lets try and find the proof

For in a world as crowded
As it has become today
Some care for others you may find
Can go a long long way

Dont presume that all your choices
Will not harm some folk far away
We cant know for sure the dangers
Children come upon in play

A man called John once asked us
To imagine all the people, living for today
The past has left such evils
Isnt it time we blew them all away?

©Rhumour
December 2007

Tags: Caring Christmas love peace

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Santa Rhumour is sending sunbeams

hoping to brighten up your day

I don't know if they'll melt the snow

but keep an eye out for they may.

And if perchance they make it easy

for you all to get safely home

then all will have more joy I'm sure

and far less to make them moan.

And for those who have no snow

may your problems be easy to beat

I wish you have a time of peace and love

with at least enough to drink and eat

All our many sisters and brothers

in every corner of this globe

deserve to feel their needs secure 

as they traverse down this life's road.

It matters not which tongue they speak

to express their care for kith and kin,

nor which faith they adhere to,

only that they come to put aside all sin.

For to be a part of this great family

requires we abandon strife and greed

so we can all coordinate our efforts

to eliminate grief and human need.

Yes for some it is time for Christmas,

while others know little of that

though all can share thanks for food

as around all our tables we are sat...

©Rhumour

December 21st 2010

Tags: Christmas Peace Caring Humanity

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Friends are the colour in our world

The sails upon the yacht unfurled

They catch the many winds of change 

Bringing us sunshine and some rain

Friends take us in when we are cold

Tell us of their lives good and bold

Won't desert us when we're poor or bad

Listen to our tales whether happy or sad

Friends make the days pass with such ease

Give us laughs whenever they tickle or tease

Play us music that they find is very cool

Stay with us from days we all spent at school

Friends are the reason that we have such joy

Be they girl or be they boy

We take their hugs and give them right back

And often drop in to share a drink and snack

We meet up in cyber space much more these days

Reading profiles and blogs is the modern craze 

And friends can now be so near or far

On the web it doesn't matter where they are

©Rhumour

August 18th 2008

Tags: Poem, friends, caring

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 A poem written for the youngsters - and the young at heart...

Sometime after sleep comes

A stealthy figure tries

To slide down lots of chimneys

And leave children their surprise

His coat is red & trimmed in white

His beard is big it's true

How he keeps them so clean

Is a secret from me & you

But early on Christmas morning

You will see the proof he came

When tearing open those parcels

On which he wrote your name...

©Rhumour

August 13th 2008

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As the year moves ever closer to it’s end,

I wish to call out to each and every friend,

to say I wish them all peace and goodwill,

with plenty to eat & even some wine to spill.

The greatest gift I could wish to see for us all,

would be peace and love forever, so that we’d recall,

it started one Christmas and was then always adored,

I believe if we share goodwill we never would be bored.

And if it started this Christmas, what joy for our New Year,

with so many freed from torment, no more cause for fear,

let them listen to joyful songs and share our food and drink,

leaving all bad times to fade while our futures we rethink.

When peace does come to stay and leaves war terrors behind,

everyone will know that it is truly best for us all to just be kind,

for that will make the future better for our children & their friends,

and answer the prayers of many who hope that peace never ends

©Rhumour 

November 14th 2017

Tags: Xmas Friends Peace Sharing Caring

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There's a certain wistful aspect to her gentle grace

A dark haired lovely with elegance embedded in her face

Clear eyed and full lipped with cheekbones well defined

And just to top that outer view is the beauty of her mind

Such a combination must be more than many men can bear

So much for them to live up to - may they hope they can ensnare

A lady filled with passions that are reserved just for that one

Who offers safety for her heart and so can carry her along

With them hand in hand until the night is never gone

Amid the certain knowledge that they will ever look upon

A sight that others cannot, as her views are just for him

The truth is that within their bond there never will be sin

For sin is just for other souls that have yet come to learn

Without deep trust and honesty they just cannot discern

The reality of true love is that we hold the other high

In every way above ourselves and without the need to ply

Our troth with false promises in the hope that those might sway

The other's will towards us without a momentary delay

For time is well invested only when all is quite sincere

Only then we will have earned the right to call the other dear...

©Rhumour

May 2nd 2012

Tags: love, romance, beauty,

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And if that last time was the last to be,

still I carry you ever here with me,

to hold and to cherish as never was known,

you with the laughter and kisses soft blown.

And if the last time is still many years hence,

We will keep that last time in a fadeless scent,

bottled in memories that sit so firm and true,

with warm touches and moist lips never to go blue.

And if the last time stays with just the last one,

that one will hold precious all that has then gone,

keeping their other half from the harshness and cold,

that may have come to trouble them as they grew old.

And if the last time that the last one breathes air,

should happen to be with fresh blooms in their hair,

the scent that they draw in will relieve any last woe,

for then on to the other at last they will go....

©Rhumour

April 14th 2010

Tags: love devotion memories

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