I hate to say that I have some news that's very sad.
We've lost an actress who was named Diane Ladd.
She starred in the 'Alice' sitcom as Belle and in 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' as Flo.
Diane starred in over twenty episodes of 'Alice' and she helped to make it a better show.
Everybody who saw her perform can tell you that she was talented.
She was eighty-nine and many people are sad because she's dead.
Her friends, family and fans are very unhappy and they're shedding tears.
She won't ever be forgotten even if the world lasts for 100,000 more years.
[Dedicated to Diane Ladd (1935-2025) who died on November 3, 2025]
Up!
It's time to rise and shine....
Brothar and sistar,
Remember who you are___
From quasars of 100,000 moons,
Ascend to your rightful place with sweet whispers from Ogun and Oshun.
Radiating lights of strength and love,
Pulsating through the firmament, both low and above
Shining and glowing with love
Flying and gliding like a dove
Yemaya___ lighting up across vast oceans and seas
Rising high and setting a salient sail away from the doldrums that society breeds
Though the veils of animosity and the curtains of vitriol may come to conceal your light, you must and will shine. Your luminescence will carry the fight.
So,
Sistar and brothar,
It's time to rise and shine...
Remember who you are and whose you are.
Up!
Radiating pulsars; now is the time.
Before the marathon began,
I walked First Avenue,
Aware 100,000 feet
Would soon come pounding through.
The do-not-cross tape waited
And the police were getting set
To control the hordes of cheering fans
Who hadn’t gathered yet.
Since some apartments face the street,
Their balconies supply
A place for friends to stand and shout
As runners hurry by.
From one such place, I saw a sign
To jokingly remind
A guy named Ralph, despite his plans,
He’s lumbering behind.
I wish I could have witnessed Ralph
As, passing, he took note,
Of the presence of his buddies
And the message that they wrote.
(The title is what the sign actually said.)
100,000 years of nirvana
Experiencing the pain and sorrow in the land of mortals
Breaking the divine law.
Embracing the Empyrian heart
Why care so much on what is divine or mortal?
Dancing through the dreaming world of flowers
If the song is not to taste
and effaced the joy of the moonlit palace.
Simply change the sound of the magick
Anger and grief are hard to dissipate
Turning to the rivers, mountains and lakes
Smiling in the love sick trials of taiyin
How to find the eternal heart of Compassion?
A demon or an immortal?
how often can they be consumed
in the trials of the mortal heart song
Grieving with the sky
The Flowers bloom on the moonlit lake
And all around blood drips down
Where can we meet again?
This broken heart the heavens are jealous of.
"Simhaladvipa or simply Simhala is the name of an island (dvipa) according to the Kathasaritsagara, chapter 56. Accordingly, “... there he [Candrasvamin] heard that the merchant Kanakavarman had gone from that island to an island named Karpura. In the same way he visited in turn the islands of Karpura, Suvarna and Simhala with merchants, hut he did not find the merchant whom he was in search of”.
The Kathasaritsagara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Simhaladvipa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravahanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyadharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gunadhya’s Brhatkatha consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses."
Seren and Deep.
Simhaladvipa
Lamka Sri island so deep
the Seren and dip
the green mountain and,
deep-rooted, Adam and Eve
bright red ruby sparks
and furthermore, i've made a catalogue of
100000 precious
objects; in my home
one of them is
the
toaster
and there is only
one spreading knife in the house
but we laugh at the
past, not realising we will be laughed at,
like Sylvester Stallone
asking
after toilet paper
in Demolition Man
it was an
awkward moment
but so is a car doing a u-turn
in front of you as you
sit tutting and sighing
then the
kids in the back sigh
as the Mary Rose sank in
full view of
the king
he must have tutted and sighed as well
I have become a fat chair potato
It would be nice to be a tomato
Maybe a chili pepper hot
Or habanero wrought
Anything else to end this trapped woe
Written: 03/17/2023
Habanero pepper has 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville Heat Units.
A hundred sun's
A thousand tears
10 000 of hope
100,000 loves have passed me by
A hundred times I've sang a song
Of sadness, sorrow and regret
For the loves of mine
I've never kept
For a thousand miles
And across the seas of time
I've long since traveled to the end of life
And rhyme
So when will i be free
To have my love i dream
When will my tears stop their falling.
I've sang the song of chaos long
And hoped that one day that may change
But my lot in life has never been my choice
I've long since been in this world
Where all things don't make sense
The strongest house is made up strong
But the slightest breeze it falls
A house is only strong
When we work as one
The demons voice has oft seduced
My wayward heart with dreams of fantasy
Where is my path gone?
Where will I end up
My path it branches in many ways
Will I ever find my place?
Will I ever be free to love
with one who loves divine.
Who was such an arrogant p***k,
Turned out a sport, and double quick,
What was vulgarity
Turned into charity,
What was a faux pa, what a trick!
__________________________________
Happenings |20.12.2022| Limerick
Poet’s note: New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden was caught on a hot microphone using a vulgarity. Yet, what could have taken an ugly turn, turned a face-saver. She and her target agreed to sign an official transcript and auctioned it to fetch 100,000 NZ dollars. Well, one who was a p***k sort, turned out to be a good sport! Some may focus on vulgarity, some on charity, what about the politicians’ maturity?
Dear President Biden,
STOP RUSSIA AND PUTIN NOW!
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW
2,000+ innocent civilians slaughtered in Ukraine in the first 6 days of war
Over 100,000 Ukranian refugees 'safe' in Poland or Romania.
(UN states over 1,000,000 Ukranian refugees already created.)
ONLY MILITARY DEFEAT AND/OR DEATH WILL STOP PUTIN
SANCTIONS WILL NEVER DETER HIM - NEVER
YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN SAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS
OF LIVES! --or the blood of those killed will be upon your hands,
for failing to act when you still had the chance.
TODAY IT'S UKRAINE. TOMMOROW, MOLDAVA. (Next up).
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, IT'S THE UK AND THE USA.
ACT NOW, MR. BIDEN. DO NOT WAIT. DEFEAT RUSSIA AND PUTIN.
Thank you,
Gershon Wolf
had enough dotting i’s and crossing t’s ~ write poems in binary
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or perhaps not
By
David Kavanagh
Inner space, outer space, yin and yang together
Sea is its own cosmos linked to the vast invisible ocean
around us. The hydrogen in its water molecules was made
in the Big Bang, oxygen in them was made in a star
a marriage made in heaven
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean (deepest location on Earth)
The Summit of Chimborazo, (farthest from the Earth's center)
There is a strong connection between ocean and space. Both in terms of technology and spirit discovery. At 100,000 feet, Voyagers will see the black of space, the atmosphere below, and the curvature of the earth
Deep space and deep ocean linked like bookends. With Technology we
can now breathe both water and vacuum and observe details that were
previously hidden from our view ;
It is our good fortune to be born in an age of open doors to the sea
and to spatial hemispheres
So nice to be able to re- enter into the elements in which we were born
both water and space
Written By: D. Collins 5/27/20
We have over 100,000 deaths, along with major stress.
So many people without a job, not knowing it would hit so hard.
Find that peace of mind, wherever it might be.
Learn to live your life, with far, less company.
This tragic state we're in, only took four months.
I feel, we never will, return to the life we want.
We will always be vigilant, to what Corona can do.
The first task is to wear a mask, I would advise you.
It has been devastating, and created problems in the home.
Long term versions of being in love, now was suddenly gone.
We must find that peace of mind to repair what has been wrecked.
If it keeps eluding us, there will certainly be nothing left.
American healthcare is a joke
Government play on too many folk
Those who can't pay
Die everyday
Whilst Trump switches from Lysol to Coke
Today’s the date to thank, in verse,
Each health care hero, i.e. nurse.
Officially, it’s Nurses’ Day;
Let’s send some gratitude their way.
Of course, each night we clap and cheer
For those who’ve chosen this career
But more than that, much more’s their due,
So stepping to the plate’s JetBlue.
100,000 pairs of flights
The airline’s offered, which invites
All health care workers who apply
To have the chance, for free, to fly.
Now that’s a wonderful reward
For something many can’t afford
And whether travel’s north or south ‘tis
Great JetBlue put its money where its mouth is.
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