When I batter myself
when I’m broken and in doubt;
When I put the mixer on high
without letting my emotions settle down?
I am my own worst enemy.
Categories:
addendum, emotions, feelings, introspection,
Form: Free verse
How do you think Scheherazady
Would incorporate her body
To spice up those tales and keep enticed
That potentate?
She would ges-tic-u-late.
Aladdin could have faced disaster,
But the djinn said to his master,
"I've three wishes I can grant
But can't articulate
Lest you ges-tic-u-late."
In ancient Greece Olympian Zeus
Would turn his Titan anger loose,
And lightning bolts he'd throw to show
That how his wrath to demonstrate,
He would ges-tic-u-late.
Superheroes spend long hours
Developing their special powers
Of strength and speed that's unimpeded,
So they wear costumes both for show and to facilitate
When they ges--tic-u-late.
So, let me say here, as I wind up,
When you talk, just make your mind up,
To enhance your speech and diction,
Take a tip from folks in fiction,
Make your conversation great
And just ges-tic-u-late.
Categories:
addendum, humor,
Form: Light Verse
On a winding road but the view is clear,
pent up I am pierced by a bronze sunrise;
The perfect recipe? Us my dear;
Don’t take for granted what that implies;
Together we become icons,
an addictive sumptuous treat;
Driving down deserted dawns,
inspiring a brand new beat.
Categories:
addendum, emotions, inspiration, muse, music,
Form: Free verse
What you think you know,
Is deadlier than what you don't.
***
Categories:
addendum, introspection,
Form: Epigram
An addendum to the list of universal truths:
social media can be — no, is detrimental to ones mental health
stop engaging
open your eyes
post your comments using your voice out loud
post your pictures in real time through your actions
live, don’t partake in the charade of our time
but
Take yours, in real time
Categories:
addendum, anti bullying, computer, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Watching the Debaters
Addendum 2 – The Varsity
By Franklin Price
8/7/2015
This round a media fiasco
For me to write in verse
Presentation of the top ten
Was much different than the first
As always the moderators
Slanted the show their way
Immediately quite evident
That they had come to play
The stating of the questions
And to whom they were addressed
A water boarding process
But only few confessed
Candidates mostly held their own
Whether liking it or not
I think they showed us who they were
And what it is they've got
If they got together
Yes that's all the seventeen
Without the help of media
To see which way to lean
And honestly discussed
What this country really needs
Without all of the TV talk
And the hyber spacing feeds
Would find it's not about them
Mirrored fairest in the land
It's about this country's people
The real players in the band
So this is my opinion
There was not a victor's fist to pump
Only one who looked quite foolish
And that was Mister Trump
Categories:
addendum, political,
Form: Rhyme
Watching the Debaters
Addendum 1 – The JV
By Franklin Price
8/6/2015
I was not disappointed
In the first round that I saw
Most evasive in their answers
They're still sticking in my craw
Answer Deviation
Happened almost every time
Could have put the cuffs on
If it only was a crime
Maybe when the Varsity
Comes later on tonight
We'll see some honest answers
Put straight forward in the fight
Don't be disappointed
If we see more of the same
For honesty in politics
Is only just a name
Categories:
addendum, political,
Form: Rhyme
Talent shimmers but as frigid treasure
without taking time to test or measure.
Categories:
addendum, allegory, inspirational, on writing
Form: Couplet
I had forgotten...
the sweet smells
lilacs in full bloom
freshly mowed grass
tulips and roses in bloom
springtime in the Midwest
the smells of childhood return
and the comforts I had left behind
Categories:
addendum, happiness
Form: Free verse
Now this whole story is kind'a embarassing, thank God I'm too "clueless" to
worry about such things.....Now, complicating this mess- I was stuck with these
shoes for a whole weekend!! And once tried, I would never take them off till I got
home...there were no powerful deodorizers then....Can you imagine (and this is
true) sleeping with a lust craven co-ed, yet too scared to take your shoes off? I
wonder if she thought I had some weird foot-fetish, or something. And sleeping
naked except for plastic shoes can prove quite awkward...Damn, is there no
embarassment I won't spare myself?
Categories:
addendum, adventure, angst, girlfriend-boyfriend, natural
Form: Bio