About the author

Raymond Nichols is an author, artist, family historian, and blogger previously published in THE AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, BEST NEW POETS OF 1986, HEARTS ON FIRE(A TREASURY OF POEMS ON LOVE), and THE COLORS OF LIFE.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

You said I do but you don't

You said I do
But it turns out you don't
All the things you said you would
It turns out you won't    
The lies keep multiplying  
As I hold on faithfully  
Its time to face the truth  
There is no future with thee  


Monday, December 23, 2013

Stronger Everyday

Thought it would be hard to lose you 
Thought it would be hard to walk away 
Thought it would be hard to live without you 
But it gets easier everyday  
The old me is gone now   
The new me is here to stay 
Aint no turning back now 
Getting stronger everyday   

Thursday, April 25, 2013

THE RACE TO FAME

I came I saw I was conquered
Life got in the way
Art took a back seat
As hopes and dreams faded away
Only the strongest survive
As the economy takes its toll
And the dreamer forgets to dream
As worry consumes his soul
Its survival of the fittest
And it is a young mans game
And time is the enemy
In this race to fame   

Sunday, February 17, 2013

What is love?

What is love?
A beautiful girl
a starry night
two eyes meet
in moonlit night
and know at first sight
the time is right

Monday, February 4, 2013

Poetry rhymes with me

Poetry rhymes with me
 poetry all around me
 in everything i see
 it is a part of me
 it surrounds me
enlightens me
 and when i am sad
it uplifts me
and sets me free.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hello Blue Eyes

Hello Blue Eyes
Good bye heart  
I knew I loved you
Right from the start  
When you looked at me
I could barely breathe  
Hello Blue Eyes  
Good bye heart  


Saturday, January 26, 2013

Time swiftly passes

Time swiftly passes
and betrays us as it goes
it steals from us our memories 
and our health soon follows
life is short and precious
and time is not our friend
its the enemy that stalks us
and destroys us in the end

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

you never hurt the one you love

you never hurt the one you love
because you love them so
and you would do anything
to never see them go

so if you are not sure about
whether you love them or not
just ask yourself could you hurt them
and if not its love you've got

you and me

i think about you all the time
but you never think of me
that's how i know that you and i
could never be a we.

we a word
a pronoun
the union of you and me
but you will never love me
so there will never be a we

there is no we or us or them
a dream that will never be
the reality is
you and i
are only you and me