Debra Bryant

Jan 08, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Simple Pleasures

Awakening before the dawn

lying next to your warmth

listening to your gentle snore,

I am content.

Greeting the first warm rays

of the morning sun

over the mountaintops,

I am content.

Sipping my coffee

as I gaze in awe

at the beauty that surrounds me,

I am content with these,

the simple pleasures of my life.

— Debra Bryant, Jan 08, 2009

About the Author

Region, Country: Kentucky, USA

Favorite Poets: A few of my favorites., Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken, Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman, Emily Dickinson, There Is Another Sky , Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways, Shel Silverstein, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Edgar Allen Poe, A Dream Within a Dream, Margaret Atwood, Night Poem

Critiques

poewriter58

17 years 5 months ago

Debbie

This is beautiful , as I said in my email it gives me a warm feeling and unfortunately bittersweet memories. beautiful work Chrys

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Thank you, Chrys,

For your vote of confidence and for sharing something of yourself with me. Sincerely~ Your Neo friend Debbie

themoonman

17 years 5 months ago

Hi Debra...

I have read some of your poems and was meaning to comment... but you have had so many to offer suggestions that I didn't think it fair to offer mine.... but this time I caught it early and... no suggestions.... I thought this to be quite beautiful sentiments written well... and I loved it! Richard

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Thank you Richard,

I woke up this morning with this and had to get up to write it down so I wouldn't forget it. I have been reading a lot of the poetry here at Neo, but I am so new at writting that sometimes I just don't know what to say. I am going to make an effort to comment on more and I will be looking for you. Thanks again! Sincerely~ Debbie

Race_9togo

17 years 5 months ago

Debra

Most excellent. I love these little moments of pleasure we all find in our lives, and you captured this one most vividly. The way you mix the mundaneness of sipping your coffee with your contentment with your sleeping lover and the beauty of dawn in the mountains is wonderful. For the first time, you have written a piece that needs absolutely no revision, as far as I am concerned. Respectfully, Jim "Laws and rules don't kill freedom: narrow-minded intolerance does" : Race

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Hi Jim,

Thank you so much...That is what Chrys, my mentor here at Neo, said when I e-mailed it to her this AM. These comments have made my day! ;-) Sincerely~ Debbie

yenti

17 years 5 months ago

Debbie

the theme running through you poems is as unconditional love of things, hold those things in your ways and guard them against the hurts that are out there, have a lovely journey, Yours Ian.T

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Thank you Ian.T

for your kind comment...and a lovely journey to you as well. Sincerely~ Debbie

barbsdad2003

17 years 5 months ago

Its simplicity ...

wins the day for me. Nice reps. Yours, Chuck PS: Might consider changing "mountain tops" to one word. I can't find it anywhere as two. "Mountaintops" seems to be the preferred spelling.

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Hi Chuck,

Correction made, thank you for pointing that out and I am glad that you liked it. :-) Sincerely~ Debbie

W.C.Wampler

17 years 5 months ago

simple pleasures poem

D.B., Aahh, the simple pleasure of reading your poem. Very nice. A moment of content, and some pleasent memories, in a busy day. Poetry. wcw

Debra Bryant

17 years 5 months ago

Hello,

Thank you...you are too kind. Appreciate it very much. Sincerely~ Debbie

Electric Blue

17 years 3 months ago

Simple Pleasures

D B Mmmmmm This is Delightful reminded me of my poem As you Slumber. Maybe you can take a read. Brings back memories. It is a place I have been and long to be again forever. Electric blue

Debra Bryant

17 years 3 months ago

Blue

So glad you liked it...I will read As you Slumber. I have not been on in a while, dealing with some not so pleasant issues involving a near and dear friend. I am afraid that any poetry inspiration has dried up...or maybe just been pushed into the background for a while so that I can deal with the important bits of my life. So glad to hear from you! Sincerely~ Debbie

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