Tones of Pain
My Sorrowful Heart

My heart is full in these days of strife
When thoughts not voiced are like a sharp knife!
My sorrowful heart is full of despair
The cuts are deep, will never repair! I wonder why each day and night
My sorrowful heart has no respite.
"Tis true I pray to God above
"Fill me with love, fill me with Love." My heart is full, so full of Love
The thoughts are voiced, but not like a Dove.
So each day my sorrowful heart
Sinks down to the valley, without words to impart! Sometimes I wonder
What happens to Love,
So scorned and abolished
Given to us by God above



Carla Ruth Finke

Sorrowful: full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad


Tones of logic

He Was Questioning her Gender

He had questions of her gender
even though she dressed in splendor.
He tried hard not to offend her
but she was anything but slender...
and the proof...........she wouldn't render.

One day she went on quite a bender...
got so drunk she smashed the fender
on the truck he holds so tender.
(For that you really can't defend her.)
So a note he chose to send her
to inquire about her gender...
(with a bill sent from his lender
for the fixing of his fender.)


Mary Nagy

Questioning: indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.

Tones of Pleasure

A peaceful Night

Behind gauzy curtains,
raindrops gently pat
against the window.

Outside, the soft hum of traffic
as the cars on the distant
highway
rush by...

All alone,
in the comfort of his chamber,
under the warm covers of his bed,
he rests in sleep.

And as he dreams,
a beautiful, soothing melody
echoes in his mind.


Kimberly Kastner

Peaceful: characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.


Tones of Comedy

Deeply Amused

Feel the passion,
surrender deep...
Muse will find you,
wake or sleep.

She will hold and
squeeze you tight
and you'll be musing
deep into the night.

When sunrise breaks
in early morn, and
from your musings
you are torn...

You'll face the fruits
of your creation
with weary eyes
and joyful elation.

For the playful muse
needs no rest.
In darkest hours,
she does her best.

She'll call your spirit
out to play
and if you allow,
they'll go their way...

Into the realm
beyond our knowing,
where seeds of love
they will be sowing.

And when the full moon
shines above, you'll
reap the bounty of
their sweet love.

Feel the passion,
surrender deep...
Muse will find you,
wake or sleep.


Janet K. Rauch


Amused: pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.

Tones of animation

For each ecstatic instant


For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ectasty.

For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.


Emily Dickinson

ecstatic: of, pertaining to, or characterized by ecstasy.





Tones of apathy

Feeling Helpless


I don't want her to feel this pain
It's not fair what she's going through
She shouldn't have to deal with this
She shouldn't have to deal with you.
You messed up and broke her heart
And now she can't stop her tears
The feelings and doubts she had
Are now a reality of her fears.
I want to help her so much
I want her to be okay
I want the tears to stop
I want the pain to go away.
What can I do to help her?
How can she get past this?
I really can't do anything
but feel helpless.


Edith SaintFelix

Helpless: unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.

Tones of self-importance
Confident

Being over confident, isn't in
your best interest, as of now.
Instead of wasting time talking,
put all your available energy,
into doing. Whatever you have
in mind, use this time, in what
you could be pursuing. There's
a lot of things, you can get involved
with, that would make a difference,
in someones life. There's no need,
to come off too strong. Just do what
your heart tells you and things are
bound to move along. When the time
comes, you'll look back and you'll be
happy you toned things down, a peg
or two. Now, you can be over confident,
as everybody, is proud of you!


Audrey Heller
Confident: having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.




Tones of Submission and Timidity

Sympathetic Roses

She look around her
Into a world filled with empty faces
Dark eyes, command allegiance
To these narrow spaces

Sympathetic roses
Grow thorny and wild
Risen from the long forgotten
Garden of a child


katie Williams

Sympathetic: characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.


The tones we have chose for each poem are Sorrowful , Questioning , Peaceful , Amused , ecstatic, helpless, confident, sympathetic . All of these poems have different tones. They each tell a different story. Some rhyme some don’t, Poems are different . Some are happy others are sad .But poems describe a feeling depending on what the person feels. Tones are like feelings expressed in writing. In conclusion all poems have a tone but each tone is different from each other.