so rest the heat soars
covering the air waves stream
boiled entanglements
summer has come hot
hot rigid waves beaming down
the heat soars so rest
torrid headed sun
blazing on humanity
heat advisory
7/14/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2024
since i'm not afraid of anything ~ could that mean i’ve nothing to fear
said the cub to his mother who replied ~ oh sure son its why i'm here
today daddy told me we’ve no conscience ~ i thought it was insincere
remember son if a young gun takes him out ~ you too shall disappear
what about you mum ~ i become estrous and get taken from the rear
By
David Kavanagh
When a new pretender takes over or defeats
the alpha male of a pride, he usually kills all
his cubs too, one might think the lionesses would
hate him, but they immediately become
estrous and submit themselves to their new
master, and the cycle begins all over again
q*eer canucks be warned
the state of the states at stake~
freedom conundrum
there is a heat advisory in Kansas for me and you
It is July twenty six, and it is supposed to get to a hundred and two
A hundred and two
a hundred and two
would that melt an egg? a lamp or a shoe?
A hundred and two, I sing along with glee, no longer blue
a hundred and two, it incites and delights me, does it delight you?
I cannot quit singing a hundred and two.
I consult my echo dot, loving the idea of melting as goo.
What is the temp? I ask, hoping to hear a hundred and two
It says ninety-eight which is a letdown for both me and you.
I wanted it to be a hundred and two
I will hold out for that number, that is what I will do.
A hundred and two, a hundred and two.
Crazy weather in Kansas, and other places too.
A hundred and two, I hear a cow’s moo
A hundred and two I sing. A hundred and two!
more than blood spurts from open wounds ~ botched diy hacks fetus from womb
# non judgmental #
By
David Kavanagh
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Though the love must spread
Today it's no more than for two
Buy those overpriced red roses
From the merchants making a kill from love
At exquisite places take pictures while striking poses
Isn't Valentine's day an iron fist in a velvet glove
Meanwhile an imaginary "men's conference."
To save the man from the demands of the day
And thereafter the wallet exudes no difference
He heftily parts with his gold and silver either way
Therefore show love to the wife of your youth
See her joy even from the humblest gifts from your hand
Let that material gift express the immaterial truth
With anything from a pendant to even a piece of land
There is no love without giving
Your avoidance of spending still hasn't made you rich
The gratitude and reciprocity that you haven't been seeing
Is there in the generosity we hardly preach.
K. Muitherero.
We have not had a full week at school for seven weeks.
Our students are pumped, not realizing maybe...
We will be going to school until the cows come home.
Yes, I know it is an Iowa expression,
Being from Iowa, I feel I can use it. Moo. Moo.
I am doing my mooing now,
Because in the summer, I imagine I will not feel mooing.
There will be no joy at all....
When we are stuck in school
Two weeks after the date we thought we were getting out.
Come on, ice, sleet and snow.
Listen up Jack Frost.
Please cancel next Saturday's snow.
I am yelling “Uncle!”
Enough already.
Every weekday Monday through
Friday starting at 10:15 to 11:00
I sit by myself at my desk. You come
In with you fast long strides.
You make your way and sit next to me.
You don't look at me my heart cracks a tinie bit the others
Come in and take their seats. The bell
has rung and you leave never turning
back. The sun goes up and
Leaves just like you.
We got a frost advisory
it was for last night,
down to plus two it went
my seedlings are filled with fright.
I went out around eight-thirty
a watering they did get,
to keep them all from freezing
they'll win against the cold yet.
After all the rain we had received
I didn't trust the frost,
I'll do my best to keep them warm
no matter what the cost.
Copyright Cynthia Jones
May.15/2015
I know it's Spring, but it seems Old Man Winter is still hiding around the corner.
There's a heat advisory in the frozen north
Must take precautions as we go forth
Need to hunker down
Or in sweat we will drown
Dangerous times as the temperature soars
© Jack Ellison 2015
Yes you heard right... a heat advisory in the frozen north!!!
It is beyond certainty,
that the public is no place for profanity.
Using language that is obscene,
is considered dirty and not clean.
If you have a CD,
with a parental advisory,
then it is something you have to hide.
Keep that filthy noise inside.
inspired by another member's poem
FROST ADVISORY
“frost advisory”
dramatic voice and music
wakes a morbid chill
No matter how hard you try,
you can't out run that strange light in the night sky,
Using a dull knife to cut your wrists
is like trying to catch a ball with two closed fists,
useless tools without skill,
what good is a soldier if he refuses to kill;
long is the broken road any fool chooses to travel,
sitting idle waiting for the mystery to unravel;
quickly gone is the one who sticks his nose where it doesn't belong,
either way you go, you're on a losing side
when you're just going along for the ride,
making a wish on a shooting star,
meeting a stranger ina bar, desperate moments in our times of need,
sometimes it is by losing we learn to succeed,
carrying on like children when we are grown
and crying like babies when we are alone,
watching the world go by,
one day we will all know how it feels to die
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