Donald Ray Mashburn

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Donald has been writing poetry since a teenager. School, Capitol Hill Senior High, Subjects, studied woodwork, metal work, radio and TV repair. Pen name Don Juan (not used yet on poems). Awards, Editors Choice Award, Certificate of Fame for singing with a music group. 12th grade high school grad. "Aim for the top and never stop. Then you'll succeed, not be a flop."

Your Talent

Use your talent,
Make it strong.
Keep right on going,
You can't go wrong.
Cause it's your life,
That's going on.
Not someone else
That hangs around.
So show the world,
Things can be done.
With the talent
With which you are born.
To make a better
Place to live.
Not fuss and fight,
Have peace and harmony.

Peace

We must stand together,
With peace in mind.
Or it's to no avail,
Then it's gone behind.
So as we all hold hands,
And understand
What the word called peace,
Does really mean.
It don't mean fight,
Take the upper hand.
It's to live together,
In a harmony blend.
To work together,
hand in hand
To help each other,
Whenever we can.

Perfection

Perfection is,
A person's goal.
In no matter what
Field he does go.
To obtain a goal,
That he has set.
To be the best,
In the field he gets.
To be at top,
In what he does.
Don't accept second best,
But be first rate.
A perfect poem.
Or a song.
Now that's my goal
That I do want.
So I keep on trying,
As days go by.
To improve my poems
As my life moves on.