Ice caps of the northern world
Dew drops of the sovereign world
From North to South shall bear in pair
Holding a cistern in open air
Air ruffles in belts and swear
Fair and in pair that never wear
Storks and beasts circling around
Forks and yeasts bubbling in sound
Meat that thaws in empty shells
Peat that gnaws in cognoscenti wells
Wells of minds that hail on waters
Bells in binds that wail on lathers
Days of light that never end
Rays of night that never bend...
96.
My 23rd Leaf
Picked thee from a shrub
Part of this poem job
Almost forgot thee
‘Til student told me
It's “morning glory”!
A school property
But not CapSU-D
Also a public
Bigger, more classic
With BEEd 4
Wrote this night after
Our fieldtrip venture
Picked thee morning late
On Feb. Twenty-Eight
At about Twelve noon
Meters from the gate
West Visayas State
University
Next province city
Of Iloilo
TED students my dear
Second to fourth year
There's no one did bar
Our going afar
On field trip we are!
-02/29/12
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection
David had two wives, and I have none
Was he truly never in need and not of wants
Oh, how is this not a comical pun
Just to say that he was full of need and wants
Did YWHW give him, or did he earn?
Did he have a Shepard or a servant?
I feel that the imperfected get to have their desires burn?
It seems like he had a servant
What is life but a quest for a wife
All I see is a constant green pasture of broken promises
What is a wife but a quest for a positive life
Imperfection is awarded while perfection is with broken promises
The shadow of death weaps for me as it sees the world through my eyes
Oh how they cry when the time flies!
23 The Lord is well peppered;
I shall add salt,
2 He laid out the green peppers;
and poured the chili sauce,
3 all into my bowl;
that's filled generously with cut steak.
4 In the taste test, my eyes began to water.
He smiled at me, as I ate happily.
5 He set the table for my friends who said that they
were sorry as He poured the hot sauce,
and their eyes began to water.
6 We were full and begged for mercy, no more please,
and in the following days;
We all ate at the house of our Lord;
Forever.
The Lord that provides for me
No worries what I see
Assured in the Lord’s trusting accord
The Devil I want to avoid
The Lord is everything through Faith
Died for Sin
The Lord I will always take in
No pretend
Salvation on solid ground
When storms surround
The Lord’s fulfilling promise all around
When despair gets me down
The Holy Spirit can be found
The Lord encourages with care
The Almighty is one of a pair
I am his sheep and the Lord is my Shepherd
I will always want
My praise in chant
My Hallelujah in shout
Through it all, God conquers all
Everlasting promise
The Lord is holy always honest
September 23rd Prayer
Written: by Miracle Man
Lord, help me shut out any daily distractions,
reassure me today of your love and support.
Release me from anger during these interactions,
let it not be observed during any retort.
Enable me to meet life’s challenges and demands,
for I don’t know whats in my tomorrows.
Of days that might be, time is in your hands,
or if days will be filled with joy or sorrows.
Equip me for whatever future life might hold,
help me give top priority to serving Jesus.
Give each insight and direction so that we’ll be bold,
not forgetting our witness, is how another see’s us.
Amen
Stream of Karnafully river flowing in calm heart
No factory dust contaminating now its bard
I'm crossing the lane of flying birds, city to city
Everyday the sky forecasts death serials without key
Police stoppage for me, staying home alive safe first
But after crossing GEC circle thought I overcome virus
Oh, the pregnant body of wind conceives nCoV-19 well
Hearing the whistle the nose smells toxic odor of corpse
No pollution now in chaste body of nature
In reliefs allotment growing up thief character
More dead skeletons mountain of earth will kiss the sky
Maybe shocking tears of the river will hold obituaries eye
17.04.2020 (Chattogram City)
happy birthday
my sweet friend
this is a date
i don’t forget
my wishes to you
sent telepathically
you were my highschool
best forever friend
each year I think of you
it saddens me that
the forever part
of our bond dissipated
i wish life had not torn us apart
growing up has
its aches and pains
still i reminisce
and think of you
especially on this one day
it’s quite inconceivable how
so much water has flowed
under the bridge of time
i wish you all the best
happy birthday
my sweet friend
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Randy I swear it just doesn't seem possible that 1 year ago today
it was one of the most horrible days that had ever happened in our lives
it was the day you passed away and it was much too soon
but to me it feels like it was just yesterday when our hearts forever broken and it left an open wound
but i know that you re with our family those already gone
while we are left here to try to carry on
i still dont understand why you had to go away
living this miserable life without you
is what we struggle with everyday
October 23rd just 4 days after my birthday came
this year is the first birthday without you
those days will never be the same
i know to some it doesn't matter its just another day
but not everyone felt that way you always made time to send happy wishes my way
you and sue always loved me no matter who or what has been said
ill never forget the shock and heartbreak when sue told me you was dead
i sank to my knees to the floor and many tears i cried
i really miss you randy i wish i could talk to you
please tell mom and carol and scotty and gypsy too to watch over us here below
One day, I'll find my way,
Until then, I'll continue to stray,
Stray I will into an endless void,
My universe cannot be destroyed.
I seek wisdom and knowledge,
But not from any college,
I wish to learn the mysteries,
Of future and past histories.
And if by chance I meet you there,
We shall gaze at the stars and compare.
Sit for nine eternities,
And discover all of these.
We'll wander through every dimension,
All twenty-two that have been mentioned,
And create our twenty-third,
Where all our poetry can be heard.
The 23rd Parody
Loch David Crane
1979
The Hawk is my ship, Sir;
I shall not want.
She maketh me to lie down
in a hard rack.
She bounceth me over
the rough waters.
She unsettleth my stomach.
She leadeth me into
the Indian Ocean
for our country's sake.
Yea, though I sail through
the ocean of the shadow of Communism,
I will fear no aggression,
for she is with me.
Her helos and Tomcats, they comfort me.
She prepareth a fine mess for me
in the presence of the bear.
She anointeth my head,
except during water hours;
my cup runneth dry then.
Surely, good ports and fine memories
shall follow me all the days I am short,
and I will dwell
under her nuclear umbrella forever.
Born again,
but was never dead,
just constant sinking
arms and legs made of lead
Square One and city-centre
the wandering to and fro
memories laced with scattered birds and trees
and cookie-cutter houses
Where lives are private
-I don't intrude-
and mind my own in solitude,
The quietude busy with the clicking of computers
and open eyes in study
never quite the same...
Am I waiting for you or destiny?
You fell into my hands once but I let you slip away.
On June 23rd you didn’t say a word, but I guess it started before my mind could grasp reality.
What was I thinking? Maybe I wasn’t thinking at all.
I looked at you with a face full of shame or…was it embarrassment?
I can’t remember what I was I feeling or what I was looking at.
Was it you or someone else who devoured my ability to talk?
I stood there. Isolated from the world as if I were some crazy lunatic holding a gun in my hand.
Why was I here?
I didn’t need to be next to her or in the same room as her.
She breathed down my neck or was it just the wind?
My teacher began with a monotonous voice.
“First five seats of every row are to be filled.”
My heart became heavy like an anchor.
I blocked the sounds that came from her mouth, until I heard “John.”
I knew who was next… I just hoped that she wouldn’t continue her protest but time went by and not a single word or good-bye.
I guess that day really was the end of my smooth stainless literature.
‘ King David’s 23rd Psalm … ’ (Classical-Tribute) 61st Senryu
The Brave Should Know Song:
King David’s ‘ 23rd Psalms ’
Makes Warriors Stay Strong
My 23rd Psalm
My Way was my shepherd
I was never satisfied
It let me lie down wherever I wanted
Then, in depression, it led me to the still waters,
“Medicated” me,
And then tried to drown me
My soul remained in turmoil
It guided me down paths of unrighteousness
For My name’s sake
And as I walked through the Valley of the Shadow
Of Death - a place filled with evil
With many around me,
I was still all alone,
But I was a man!
I didn’t need help from anybody,
I said with my hands outstretched
I didn’t need God to tell me “don’t do that!””
I prepared a table for me
And it fell apart
I thought only of myself
And yet, my cup was never full
Surely, I thought,
I would catch a break and hit the lottery
And all my troubles would be over
And I would dwell on Easy Street ‘til I die.
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