A Perfect Match is Found
_Some people love the valleys.
_Some people love the mountains.
_Some people love the oceans.
_I love the flowing fountains.
_Some people love the forests,
_While some people love the glens.
_Some love the mountain meadows,
_While I love writing pens.
_Some people love the cities.
_While some people love the malls.
_Some people love their little towns,
_And I love waterfalls.
_Some love their rainy days.
_And others love the sun.
_Some love their archery,
_And some of us love guns.
We all find different things to love
_That make the world go round,
For everything that we might love,
_A perfect match is found.
LTC Roy E. Peterson, US Army Military Intelligence and Russian Foreign Area Officer (Retired) has published more than 6,200 poems in 88 of his 112 books. He has been an Army Attaché in Moscow, Commander of INF Portal Monitoring in Votkinsk, first US Foreign Commercial Officer in Vladivostok, Russia and Regional Manager in the Russian Far East for IBM. He holds a BA, Hardin-Simmons University (Political Science); MA, University of Arizona (Political Science); MA, University of Southern California (Int. Relations) and MBA University of Phoenix. He taught at the University of Arizona, Western New Mexico University, University of Maryland, Travel University and the University of Phoenix.
Yes Sir, and some people love formal poetry! Thanks for the very pleasant read, Roy!
Thank you, Russel. Happy New Year to you!
Perfectly sound thinking, Roy. Hope you find a fresh flowing fountain pen for a Happy New Year!
Thank you, Margaret! One of my goals is to be flowing in 2026. Happy New Year and may your writing continue to flow beautifully.
Sunrises do it for me.
A quietly positive piece. Just light for the festive season.
That is one I could add to my list. Thank you for the comment.
A delightful poem, Roy, complemented with Evan’s exquisite selection of art.
Thank you, Margaret. I was thinking the same thing about Evan’s choice of pictures.
I, too, love writing pens. And writing. And poems. Thank you for this. Indeed our varied gifts and differences make the world go around.
Thank you, Gigi. I have saved some old fountain pens.
The last line of the penultimate stanza together with the last line of the final stanza put in mind “matchlock.” I can’t think of any better nod to military history.
C.B. that is a great thought about the matchlock!
Roy, thank you for this pleasant, tranquil poem. Of the things you mention, I choose fountains, writing pens, malls, and guns.
Mary, thank you for sharing the things you like. I have always been interested in personal information that helps me understand a person.
Roy, excellent – if you expect it, then you are more than likely to get it! And expecting good things is good for body and soul! Thanks.
Thank you, James. Great expectations, harbor and nurture hope and faith.