The Nude Poet Steven Skelley

The Mirror Me is a poem about the me I used to see every time I looked into a mirror. When I looked into the eyes of the mirror me, I saw the real me. The real me saw through the masquerade costume that I put on every day to fit in to society. Now, at almost sixty years old, I am happy that I am the mirror me. I am the real me. I am free. Hugs, Steven --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

I composed the original Choose Me as a religious / inspirational poem in the late 1980's. I focused on the desire to fit in and have a place to call home that children feel so intensely. When I reread my creation in 2020, I saw a different pathway for the end. Through decades of life experiences, I have learned that the only person that I need to have approve of me - is me. I am now at peace choosing to set boundaries on people and situations that may try to pound my heart into submission to some unhealthy dependence on approval. And now when I Need one on which to rely I feel confident to simply choose me. Choose Me 2020 By Steven Skelley In the seventh grade Everything seems like such a big deal You're judged by things Like a brand of jeans Or your mom and dad's wheels It's a jigsaw world Where puzzled boys and girls Try to fit in And everybody thinks Choose me When it came to fun All the gifted ones Got to choose sides The rest all feared That they'd not hear Their name called in time Being left alone In a crowd is known To break a young heart When every heart says Choose me Choose me I'll be so good for you Choose me Don't break this heart in two I want to be the one you need Just call out my name Choose me On a TV screen I watched a scene From an orphanage home The kids sat there In a sort of quiet despair At being left all alone When I looked in their eyes I could almost hear their cries For a place to fit in As their yearning hearts cried Choose me Choose me I'll be so good for you Choose me Don't break this heart in two I want to be the one you need Just call out my name Choose me As a grown man now I'm no more like a bough Blown in the breeze No more do I bleed From a painful need To constantly please I am now at peace I've made my mind cease To want to fit in More importantly I now know I must be Comfortable in my own skin All the steps that I take And the choices I make Erase any childish need And now whenever I Need one on which to rely I feel confident to simply choose me Copyright Steven Skelley 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

I'm A Happy Boy By Steven Skelley I'm happy I'm a boy Silly as it may sound I have a built-in toy That I carry all around I can use it like a fire hose Or pretend that it is a gun Point it up, down, right or left It is never-ending fun Sometimes it hangs down And wiggles when I dance Sometimes it stands up Like a knight's trusty lance When I go to bed at night I hold tight to my toy And fall asleep thinking I'm happy I'm a boy Copyright 2021 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

Thinking Of You By Steven Skelley Woke up this morning Thinking of you Thinking of you, my love Thoughts of your smile And the sweet things you do Make me want you more My love We drifted it seems In our own separate worlds Galaxies apart But no matter how far Or what came between Destiny joined our hearts Laid down this evening Thinking of you Thinking of you, my love Thoughts of your smile And the sweet things you do Make me want you more My love Copyright 2020 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

Echoes Of You By Steven Skelley As the front door opens I can almost hear Your voice calling out hello As the floorboards creak I can almost hear Your footsteps in the hall As your favorite song plays I can almost hear You singing along As I try to live life without you I can always hear Echoes of you everywhere Copyright 2020 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

My Scars By Steven Skelley My body bears many a scar Are they ugly or my life's Renoir? Mementos from times near and far Flickering light from a distant star A submarine revealed by radar Stories routine and bizarre Unique notes from a master's guitar Each one a time travel avatar Carved in my body they are Forever my life's memoir Copyright 2021 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

A Butterfly To Be By Steven Skelley I knew as a child I was born to observe They saw straight lines I saw the curve I knew as a child I was not the same They fought for position I hated that game I knew as a child I had to make art They saw with their eyes I saw with my heart I knew as a child There was more to me They saw a caterpillar I saw a butterfly to be Copyright 2021 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support

Welcome to The Nude Poet podcast. I am your host Steven Skelley. I share poetry and limericks to touch your heart or make you laugh. Now, I am a Naturist which is sort of like a Nudist. You see, I feel most comfortable and at peace and centered when I am nude and natural in nature. I am also a poet. So - what is poetry? Poetry is a literary work which expresses feelings and ideas through style and rhythm. Someone once said something like this - poetry feeds the ear just like paintings feed the eye and both feed the soul. When someone mentions nudism or naturism, someone almost always says, “But, that's shameful or unnatural.” No, it is not. A baby isn't born clothed. Children have no feelings of shame about being nude until someone teaches them shame. If you believe the Hebrew or Christian holy texts, God made the first people to live nude and without shame. How can nudity be unnatural when every creature on this planet lives their entire lives nude and natural? Have you ever seen a lion wearing pants? Or and cow wearing a sports bra? Of course not. Here's my poem A Naturist Knows What To Say By Steven Skelley I don't need to be rude When faced with a prude A Naturist knows what to say Whenever I find them I just remind them That I was born this way Copyright 2020 Steven Skelley --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-e-skelley/support