Paula Patterson-Stevenson Marienville, Pennsylvania

I have been writing since I was a teenager but only have been writing poetry extensively for the past few years. I grew up in Troy, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1969. I went on to business school in Pittsburgh, and now am a typist with a five-county job training consortium. I am also a part-time waitress. I've had my poems published by the National Library of Poetry with recognition in local newspapers, and from our congressman. I am married and have three daughters. My husband and I enjoy golf. Writing poetry helps me focus on centering myself to tranquillity and harmony, well-being, and inner peace.

The Gift of Friends I had a pleasant chat, With a friend, It helps to make my day, Good vibrations send, I feel good like a fat cat, So for today I will enjoy and stay! A lot better than yesterday! It’s nice to remember friends that you miss, Some of them you want to hug and kiss, In life many people that your paths cross, With different destinies, some friends are at a loss! Friends come and go, With life though, So with friends cherish the moment, So you are never without any, Because things change so fast, and friends are sent, Away -- to fill their destiny! In our lives, friends are gifts, To boost our morale and lift!

Needed Verses Serving and Caring It’s nice to feel appreciated and needed, Instead of being taken for granted! It helps to plant inside and growing; a seed, You feel like trying to blossom and spread your goodness from This seed that is planted! But when you are taken for granted, The seed within you dies that has been planted! You just don’t care, With people no longer do you want to share, You just don’t dare. In order for growth for that seed, You have to feel that within you is need! That with people you have to interact, Instead of being mean and wanting to attack! Even at times when you don’t want to; do serve, Even if you don’t want to; somehow get the nerve, You end up with a good feeling; and to you is thrown a curve, For you don’t expect to feel good, Before you know it; guess what, you care, You wonder if you should, Whether you know it or not, it’s only fair! So in our complicated lives, we should slow down, And take the time to care, It helps to get rid of our frowns, And it does so much good to the other person that we share!

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All poems Copyright © 1996 Paula Patterson-Stevenson. All rights reserved.