they are goof balls
numb nuts, crazies
they run their police cars into each other
they blame everyone else
each one is uniquely incompetent
a bunch of weird nincompoops
numbskulls who make this movie hilarious
I cannot watch it enough times
it always makes me laugh
sometimes I am stressed out that
I am so easy
Anyone can attend this school of thought
The only requirements are that you read
An enormous amount of science fiction
Be a dreamer of the future’s past
Be it a modern-day prophet or
At the very least, a writer
With a very creative imagination
I invite all intelligences to join in
For I believe, there is nothing artificial
In being smart
Certainly, there’s nothing artificial
About God’s creation
Why think any less of ours
I am not a robot.
Snowflake
Billions in property lines
Child hostages
John Candy and male stripping?
Owners of school holsters
Ama Jewish norigins
Watered ears kneeling
Complicated boarding times
And unfinished conversations
When and won't
Built a school
Running out of jobs together
American Debts we can't shove
Out of the paperwork
The element of change is to keep your destiny alive
Life will rearrange itself because you must be kept on track!
Your life needs change bringing on the reality that
Every man and woman will attend the academy of transformation
The anatomy of a season will spring forth new life in your heart and
Darkness will appear as light and night as day!
Sometimes there are things in our lives that are not meant to stay
Sometimes you are protected and you had no idea
The mere fact that change has come to your life
Shows you that your destiny is greater but
The process to get there can be more painful than others!
Sometimes change may not be what you want but
In reality change is constant, change is compulsory!
On this planet, change is the only thing saving your life
In the arena of love, change is a necessity
Sometimes there are things in our lives that are not meant to stay
Because every man and woman will attend the academy of transformation
Copyright 2024
I went to school to try and find
new ways to write creatively.
Professors challenged my young mind
with homework drills approved by the
Academy.
Postmodernism ruled the day.
No metered rhymes were ever heard-
such verse considered "too passé".
Creative Writing profs preferred
some obscure word.
The free verse that I wrote while there
was abstract, cynical, rhyme-free,
sophisticated, debonair.
The one flaw in such poetry -
it wasn't me.
With time, I learned to find my voice -
words forming my biography.
I write in styles that suit my choice,
not those of some Academy
of poetry.
written 22 July 2023
I was thinking today about what it meant
To be one of us together in the years we spent
For three years at the Academy by the sea
Living in through the week away from our families
Being together it created a bond
One that lasts through the years beyond
We band of brothers once stood together
That helped us in those times we weathered
So the years have turned their way
Those days are our yesterdays
And in our older times
Those days will always rhythm.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Founders Profit Academy online
To which you must make a beeline
Learning anything beyond limit
Teaching everything is our remit
Join us if, about learning you are curious
You will find us, not always serious
You may think I always jest
Actually we promise you a learning fest
On An Invitation By The Cultural Academy
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Outside , the red leaves falling off old chinars,
The famous hall must have resonated with the duet
"Dil chooran hai dil nyum shaaman...",
And audiences moved-- some dancing in their seats , others clapping their hands.
Seeing a film in the ancient theatre
On such a legendary woman singer's life,
Having wah! Hot kehva in small sips-- with crispy bites of 'baekir-khaen'...
I imagine here in this lit by a candle darkroom
All the marriage-like happy scene and rejuvenate myself .
I had arranged brother's sweater
And dad's shoes today early morning but
Couldn't ...bus fares!
An Academy Awards Affair
(To remember???)
When playing game called Academy Awards
You must learn how to use many chords
And then I started to play song's notes
People left and had to jump in their boats.
To many was really an amusing affair
But for others sure was hard to bare
As show went along and it progressed
Not impressed with way women dressed.
(Pony was born by her mother a mare.
Oh, this is a couplet not limerick.)
A few looked like Rock of Gibraltar
Others did falter needing a halter
While way men would wear their hair
Looked like a clown in a country fair.
Wanted to have hope without any fear
When awards would come back next year
To improve must be a magnificent way
Have Trump announce and a while stay
Said while my face was wearing a sneer.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Really Retired Veteran and Poet
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NC 28422
Something doesn't sound just right
a panel votes you win
What would they gain by cheating?
box office loss a Sin
Yell like you were on a set
A tantrum? That might help
Tell the world they slighted you
but you've really gotta yelp
You watched that movie you were in
you thought you were so great
The voters didn't notice you?
It has to be their hate
How could they do that, just to you?
It really isn't right
You say that you were singled out?
And you think it's cause you're white?
Come on now, just suck it up
go take an acting class
Pretending they were biased too
you're acting like an ass
Just thinking, it will happen soon
they're making changes quick
three to ten, percentage wise
the vote will be so slick
Will they, all dust off their Oscars?
Will they, all just smile with glee?
Will they, all look in the mirror?
Will they, all say "wasn't me"?
again this constrution
the Earth concept
its sky my chaos
only the Woman
mildly her desires
after our naked bodies
according to the pure mind
to be a city
to live its space
street by street
Ladies and gentleman
Welcome to the 2014 Academy awards for poets
Your hosts this year, are
Tom Hanks, Lord Byron, Lady gaga, Popeye and Edgar Allen Poe
With no further adieu, we shall proceed
This years nominations, for best Poet of the year
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
Applause and standing ovations (to be repeated)
This years nominations for best Dramatic Poet!!
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
This years nominations for best comedic Poet
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur vaso
This years nominations for best artistic Poet
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
This years nominations for best Poem made into a movie
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
This years nominations for best Poem made into a TV Series
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
This years nominations for best supporting Poet
Arthur Vaso
And the winner is!!!! Arthur Vaso
Wake up, wake up, wake up,
Oh hi there honey, I must have fallen asleep
I was dreaming
I gathered so, you were smiling ear to ear in your sleep
What pray tell where you dreamimg of?
Oh I was dreaming of you my dear!
Magician academy,
Spells incantation,
Weaving wands,
Robes velvet.
Blazing tails,
Pointed hats,
Mystic orbs,
Clumsy acts.
All started small
But soon began to grow
Our academics and sports
Shaped us all
All started small
But soon began to flow
Our peace and unity
Shaped us all
All started small
But soon began to score
Our soccer team
Shaped us all
All started small
But soon began to show
Our volleyball championship
Shaped us all
All started small
But soon on the go
Our new realized athlete
Shaped us all
All stated small
But soon approach its goal
Our Cambridge results
Shaped us all.
We decided one day to explore an unknown
Outside weeded playgrounds we'd outgrown
Wearing shorts, no shoes, shirts of cotton
We ventured forward to childhood forgotten
We babbled along by the brook. We hurried
Through orchard grass, running past herds
True abandon. We found God's saving graces
Uttered ours, ate apples, washed our faces
Laying under the spreading evergreen tree
With just smiles, for a while we were free
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