Poems

Alphabetical

100 Hula Hoops

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/100-hula-hoops-the-tender-corner-of-his-heart

AAA

A Bigger Presence

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/a-bigger-presence

A Good Space

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/a-good-space

A Kitten Sneezed

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/a-kitten-sneezed

About That Time

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/about-that-time

Accident or Fate?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/accident-or-fate

Acrostics

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/acrostics

Adieu Fall

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/adieu-fall

Adjusting

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/adjusting

After She Left

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/after-she-left

All the Lonely People

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/all-the-lonely-people

Artwork

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/artwork

Autumn Snippets

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/autumn-snippets

Ay?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ay

BBB

Baby’s Navel

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/babys-navel

Because

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/because

Been Here Before

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/been-here-before

Betty’s Hands

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/bettys-hands

Both of You

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/both-of-you

Brighter Than Money

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/brighter-than-money

But He Never Left Me

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/but-he-never-left-me

CCC

Canoe Divides Water

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/canoe-divides-water

Catching Clouds

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/catching-clouds

Choices

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/choices

Circle Dance

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/circle-dance

Closing Doors

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/closing-doors

Cluttered Homes Such As Mine

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/cluttered-homes-such-as-mine

Colors and Vegetables

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/colors-and-vegetables

Coming Home

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/coming-home

Commuter Train Trolling

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/commuter-train-trolling

Crazy Quilt

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/crazy-quilt

DDD

Depression Is…

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/depression-is

Diary Patterns

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/diary-patterns

Did You Ever Wonder

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/did-you-ever-wonder

Dispatch Darlings

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/dispatch-darlings

Distillation Exercise

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/distillation-exercise

Do Not Memorialize My Death

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/do-not-memorialize-my-death

Don’t Look Back

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/dont-look-back

Dresser Top

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/dresser-top

EEE

Enough Bottle Caps

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/enough-bottle-caps

Every Tuesday

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/every-tuesday

Exercise In Futility

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/exercise-in-futility

Ezra

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ezra

F F F

Fall Rain

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/fall-rain

Fearless Me

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/9k3eyfl81ene5svbkbsbimmb8tgbca

Feigning

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/feigning

Fickle Fad

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/fickle-fad

Finding My Place

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/finding-my-place

Floodgates

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/for-laura

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/floodgates

For Laura

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/for-laura

Funeral For An Asshole

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/funeral-for-an-asshole

Funny

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/funny

GGG

The Geezer Leader

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-geezer-leader

Green Beans and Yellow Bikinis

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/green-beans-and-yellow-bikinis

Golden Shovels

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/golden-shovels-a-collection

Ground Cover

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ground-cover

HHH

Haiku Collection

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/haiku-collection

Haiku Contest

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/haiku-contest

Haikus About Write-Around-Portland

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/haikus-about-write-around-portland

He

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/v3fwzhfvgkt9j03hyrctbtkvae5smc

Heart Medicine

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/heart-medicine

Heavy Life

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/heavy-life

Heavy Sigh

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/heavy-sigh

Hold On

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/hold-on

Holding Out Hope

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/holding-out-hope

Hot Oil

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/hot-oil

Hovering Outside

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/hovering-outside

How Dare I?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/how-dare-i

III

I-5 Standards

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-5-standards

I Am Not A Cog In the Machinery

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-am-not-a-cog-in-the-machinery

I Am the Winner

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-am-the-winner

I Changed My Name Today

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-changed-my-name-today

I Come From Somewhere In the East

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-come-from-somewhere-in-the-east

I Heard Him Call

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-heard-him-call

I Keep Zuzu

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-keep-zuzu

I Made My Song A Coat

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-made-my-song-a-coat

I Need to Get A Life

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-need-to-get-a-life

I No Longer Try to Spread My Wings

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-no-longer-try-to-spread-my-wings

I Often Wonder

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-often-wonder

I Want Freedom

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-want-freedom

I Was In That House Again

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/i-was-in-that-house-again-last-night

I Write Words

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/cm8idceo6kbyert7tspwzgk83kbrua

In Storage

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/in-storage

Ironing Board Flats

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ironing-board-flats

It Flies By

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/it-flies-by

It Wasn’t Supposed To Be This Way

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/it-wasnt-supposed-to-be-this-way

It Won’t Be A Noisy Story

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/it-wont-be-a-noisy-story

Imoto Tori

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ph5xm7rt72v445g46jsmtcrwxex1ur

Incense Ribbon

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/incense-ribbon

Ink Pens

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ink-pens-1

Insecure Mail Carrier

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/insecure-mail-carrier

Inside the Mirror

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/inside-the-mirror

Instruments

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/instruments

JJJ

Judges

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/judges

KKK

Kathie’s Best Friend

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/kathies-best-friend

Keister Koasting

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/keister-koasting

The Kick

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-kick

LLL

The Last Glance

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-last-glance

Leaf Angels

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/leaf-angels

Life Recipe

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/life-recipe

Little Poems

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/little-poems

The Lot Lizard’s Life

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-lot-lizards-life

MMM

Mamma’s Got A New Thesaurus—or More Than One Way To Say “I Love You.”

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/mammas-got-a-new-thesaurus-or-more-than-one-way-to-say-i-love-younbspnbsp

Mandy Price

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/mandy-price

Maybe Things Would Have Been Different

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/maybe-things-would-have-been-different

Meadow Refuge

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/meadow-refuge

Memorable Gifts

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/memorable-gifts

Missing Her

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/missing-her

Mixed Messages (An Exercise)

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/mixed-messages-an-exercise

Monster Buddha

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/monster-buddha

Museum Piece

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/museum-piece

My Chinese Factory Worker

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/my-chinese-factory-worker

My Mind Is Drawing A Blank

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/my-mind-is-drawing-a-blank

Mystic Dream

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/mystic-dream

NNN

The Name I Was Given

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-name-i-was-given

Neighbor

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/neighbor

The News

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-news

Next to Depression

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/next-to-depression

No Flood Today

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/no-flood-today

No Longer

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/no-longer

No Maiden’s Name

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/no-maidens-namea-response-to-philip-larkins-poem-called-maiden-name

No Wonder I’m Crazy

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/no-wonder-im-crazy

Not To Brag

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/not-to-brag

Not Words

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/not-words

OOO

Ode To MY Colon

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ode-to-my-colon

Ode To My Hairclip

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ode-to-my-hairclip

Of Course!

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/of-course

On Second Thought

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/on-second-thought

Once Upon A Pocket

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/once-upon-a-pocket

One Day Workshop Collection

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/one-day-workshop-collection

Out On the Farm

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/out-on-the-farm

PPP

Peaches Had Fuzz?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/peaches-had-fuzz

Pencil Shavings

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/pencil-shavings

Peripheral Vision

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/peripheral-vision

Poem About Spring

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/poem-about-spring

Poet Wannabe

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/poet-wannabe

QQQ

Quirks and Oddities

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/quirks-and-oddities-a-list-poem

RRR

Read My Name Naida Lavon

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/read-my-name-naida-lavon

Rescuing Sick Plants From the Nursery

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/rescuing-sick-plants-from-the-nursery

Rest Me Far Into the Meadow

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/rest-me-far-into-the-meadow

Replace Sadness

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/replace-sadness

Resolution 2010

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/resolution-2010

Retired

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/retired

The Return: A Response to Mary Oliver’s The Journey

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-return-a-response-to-mary-olivers-the-journey

Riding On the Bus of Life

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/riding-on-the-bus-of-life

SSS

Say That Again?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/say-that-again

Secure Connections

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/secure-connections

See the Love

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/see-the-love

Settlement Geese

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/ettlement

She Said, He Heard

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/she-said-he-heard

Singing School Bus Driver

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/singing-school-bus-driver

The Skin of the Peach

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-skin-of-the-peach

Sleepless Night

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/sleepless-night

Snaking the Trap

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/snaking-the-trap

Someone Knocked

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/someone-knocked

Springs of My Past

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/springs-of-my-past

Standing In Line For Army Surplus Food

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/standing-in-line-for-army-surplus-food

Summer Waits

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/summer-waits

TTT

Tam O’Shanter

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/tam-o-shanter

Tenacity and Ineptitude

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/tenacity-and-ineptitude

They and Their…

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/they-and-their

They Would Have Laughed In the Rain

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/they-would-have-laughed-in-the-rain

Things I Am GREAT At

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/things-i-am-great-at

Things I Live For

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/things-i-live-for

This Instant

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/this-instant

This or That

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/this-or-that

This Pandemic

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/this-pandemic

To Make Happy Memories

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/to-make-happy-memories

To Orlando

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/to-orlando

Thoughts On Why I Never Remember What A Movie Was About Until I’ve Seen It Two Or Three Times: A List Poem

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/thoughts-on-why-i-rarely-remember-what-a-movie-was-about-until-ive-seen-it-two-or-three-times-a-list-poem

Tiffany Lamp

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/tiffany-lamp

Today

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/today

Tradition

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/tradition

Trauma Is Like A New Uniform

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/trauma-is-like-a-new-uniform

Treadle Sewing Machine

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/treadle-sewing-machine

UUU

Uncoupling

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/uncoupling

The University Student Bids Farewell to Her Professors

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-university-student-bids-farewell-to-her-professors

Unmet Challenge

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/unmet-challenge

The Usefulness of Our Talents

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/the-usefulness-of-our-talents

VVV

Voices Dissipate

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/voices-dissipate

WWW

Washing Your Hair In the Claw-Foot Tub

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/washing-your-hair-in-the-claw-foot-tub

Whale Moon

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/whale-moon

What You Left Behind

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/what-you-left-behind

What’s Missing

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/whats-missing

When I Write

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/when-i-write

When the Noise Stops

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/when-the-noise-stops

Why?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/why

Why Do We Love Photographs So Much?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/why-do-we-love-photographs-so-much

Woefulness

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/woefulness

Write A Recipe

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/write-a-recipe

YYY

Yes Or No?

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/yes-or-no

Your True Home With Me

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/your-true-home-with-me

Zoom Class: Writing Our Memoirs

https://www.naidalavon.com/poems/zoom-class-writing-our-memoirs