A trip among the stars
Sail away in a boat of shining stars
Far into the black night
Until earth is only a memory
And infinity stretches like a road
Of dreams and hopes
Sail away on a sea of white clouds
Touch the moon and say hello
No fear ancestor courage fills the heart
Remembrance of yesterday never left behind
Sail away sail away no thought of coming back
Fills the mind only adventures without end seem to wait
The small boat built of stars and moonbeams and white clouds
beauty among thorns
traditional bonsai style~
decades spent in growth
pastel hued petals
blooming amid jaded leaves~
rooted in clay pot
Our mama, my woman is gone,
Gone home to be with the lasses.
Free from the pains of the masses.
We laid her among the finest of lilies,
She is the finest we have ever known.
Our mama was very stern with the rod
And with the Word.
Her heart was always full of tough love.
It is this tough love that has turned us to be;
Who we are yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We acknowledge you yesterday today and always;
As the best mother, we had, our love has no bounds.
We lay a wreath of lilies on your grave stone beloved.
I walk among the makers
Those bright minds shaping language
Into lanterns that rise above the page
Their lines move like currents
Steady and certain carrying me forward
Even when I arrive empty-handed
In this place called Poetry Soup
I learn by watching brilliance
Unfold in quiet generous ways
Every verse I read becomes a doorway
Every stanza a reminder
That craft grows best in company
Here encouragement is a living thing
A creed beneath each comment
A warmth inside each shared attempt
As I study these talented poets’ words
I feel my own begin to take shape and rise
Clearer…braver…more wholly mine
This community doesn’t just inspire
It steadies the hand and strengthens the heart
This community encourages you to become
The best version of the poet you carry within
Thank you, fellow Soupers!
728.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Queens
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all queens
She is Blessed Among Queens
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Regina Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Queen Mary.
Amen.
-10/28/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
727.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Mothers
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all mothers
She is Blessed Among Mothers
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Mater Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Mother Mary.
Amen.
-10/27/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
726.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Holies
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all holies
She is Blessed Among Holies
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Dichosa Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Holy Mary.
Amen.
-10/26/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
725.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Saints
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all saints
She is Blessed Among Saints
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Santa Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Saint Mary.
Amen.
-10/25/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
724.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Virgins
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all virgins
She is Blessed Among Virgins
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Virgen Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Virgin Mary.
Amen.
-10/24/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
723.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Blesseds
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all blesseds
She is Blessed Among Blesseds
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Santissima Maria
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Blessed Mary.
Amen.
-10/23/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
722.
Veneration to Mary:
Blessed Among Women
Oh Mary, handmaid of Jehovah
She has our veneration of hyperdulia
Below God, but above all women
She is Blessed Among Women
Oh Mary, blessed are you by Jehovah
Our honor & adoration to you, Nuestra Señora
Praise God for having blessed you among the many
We venerate next to Him the Our Lady.
Amen.
-10/22/2019
(Dumarao)
*Veneration to Mary as Blessed
Thank you for being you.
You have a gentle way with people.
Your smile brightens our world.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
I've traveled this long, winding road
Through life mostly alone.
Yet while the solitude has granted some peacefulness,
At times I wish I had someone to call my own.
The reality is that it's a self-imposed solitary confinement,
There's simply no one else to blame.
So this has caused me to enjoy my own company,
And to many others, that's just a shame.
Sometimes, I've been known to even talk to myself,
But if I didn't do that, who else would there be to listen?
As I stroll the streets, both near and far,
While humanity observes my condition.
So whether by myself, or amongst a crowd,
The path I follow will always come to an end.
Where this individual journey carries all the meaning,
And those who are attentive, might even learn, and then ascend.
Among the smiles and glances that I see
from people looking back at me,
why is it the memory of your face
seems so easily to replace
every vision and sight
of radiant morning
and sacred night?
Among all memories and every song,
that haunt my spirit all night long
and fill the spreading evening sky,
enough to make the angels cry,
why do I find my self walking through
the days and nights I spent with you?
Among the dreams so passing fair
that come and go through winter air
how is it that since summer strong
you still remain most constant song?
Among the many lights that moved
through days of sunlight, skies of star,
every perfect moment that we loved,
nothing ever came so close nor from so far,
nor ever so gracefully drew
the waiting world
as deep as you.
You have become
eternity:
the measureless shore
of my undiscovered
country.
Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008
Well, yes, all the gruff beknown deny,
and ones’ own lifting oar hear mighty bombs burst
whilst autocrat hymn—
“Let cristned bombs pelt from the hea’enly sky”.
Awe! Does one shy in cheer, yes, forgo the indelible?
Or do one jeer? Cry?
Art one silent amidst nationalists amok?
E’en when in lifting ones’ own nudging oar,
yes, do hear mighty bombs burst whilst foreign babies cry?
Do one in secret loathe, yes, the moms
who as cristned bombs pelts sing nippers’ lullabies?
Awe! As the mighty cristned bombs pelts lands afar
does one disregard, yes, when mites, one's own, sever
the wings of butterflies
to garner affection so denied?
Awe, here lies, yes, barbarism in disguise…
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