Take a child, any child
And paint it any colour.
Place it in any mother’s arms,
Anywhere in the world: watch it grow.
Tell me now, who to blame for the disorder,
the chaos and prejudice in this anomalous world.
(3rd Placement Win in Line Gauthier's Bite Size No 150 contest)
381.
The 3 People Powers
The shadows of the past haunted the Filipino people
Tyranny, corruption & unjust leadership they tried to topple…
First through People Power 1 against the dictator
Who suppressed democracy & became the nation's terror
Second through People Power 2 against the anomalous
Who displayed immorality & became outrageously scandalous
Third through People Power 3 against the opportunist
Who reigned unjustly & became a hideous terrorist
…Through this, the Filipinos can oust their highest leader
A peaceful revolution called “People Power”!
-09/15/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection
You see the man upright there,
screaming, shouting, and convincing,
wrapping around a lie with another,
playing with people’s minds forever.
The man upright there has a power —
unnoticed, misused, and unmatched
by anyone else.
He call himself as lucky and deserving,
the best one for serving his country.
They rule as if they are God.
They plan as if they are Lord.
But they are nothing more than a fraud.
There wanting
are as big as mountain.
There evil thought
flow like a fountain.
Now you see the man upright there.
Copyright © 2026 by Sarah Rehman Mirza
All rights reserved.
No two ideas seem alike
Always paradoxical as North and South pole
Though they are of one individual,
You find a world of difference between them.
Time brings changes in our perceptions.
Some struggle with cognitive dissonance
Of ‘to be or not to be’ for deciding something
Some deliberately play the role of devil’s advocate
Some dogmatic ...
With their anomalous sense of invincibility
They pave a road to downfall and exile
The extreme arrogance and superiority
Culminate in their ruin and many human beings.
They ignore the reason and validity as they never cross check.
Getting two different opinions is not a mistake
Actually, we can use them as testing tools.
No doubt, self-esteem is to be honoured
But let us not allow our hearts burn and humiliate
Let’s avoid foolish opinions as Russell remarked.
Remember, human life is very little in this vast cosmos
Differences demand high price.
Why?
Ego... burns everything unless it is burnt.
.
an apt artist's
apparently astute
altogether anomalous
accoladez
although
allegedly anew
almost alwayz
affidavitz
are
analogous
an artist's
amenability
amen
Woke was ok..' Back in the day; before (fake-overs made) take overs, chasing any logic away!
John Cleese spoke my mind' realistic yet kind..He said he was not per'se un-woke up to a
Point.. Holy-smokes; I know there are differences in humans, (And the seasons) why push it
As an overbearing religion.? Over arching! not anomalous or objective, purveyour of much
Invective.' Give us liberty; and even-reason.) Ever ready to be tactile.' In this life; not without its Trials, I Wish all that here are reading.. The very best with your inferring, in your night
And in your daytime, look for the best..Just try to find time.'
strawberry milk and blood dripping from mosquito bites
i always loved summer
until i grew up
the heat makes me evil
headaches split my head into tiny pieces
ice cold water consuming my too tan body, death toying with me, close but not close enough
trees never providing enough shade, too selfish to share the breeze, too beautiful to hate
stupid books my mother piled on my bedside table
too occupied to kill myself, and too lazy to care
i'll end it in the winter
dalmatian spotted knees and cigarette burns
i always hated winter
until i grew up
skin so pale you can powder your nose in the reflection of my breast
coffee with milk and no sugar
the cold makes me feel real, perhaps i am, or perhaps i need another smoke
i stay indoors and i read and i write and i paint and i feel
i find anomalous comfort in the rot
too lazy to kill myself, and too occupied to care
i'll end it in the summer
Whatever I did last time didn’t work
because here I am again.
Before I died I was Me
after I died I was Me
today I am Me.
But also now I am me, the spongy ego
that was fattened up on Catholic scripture
one flavor of monotheism
in which three dimensional humans grasp futilely
at infinitely dimensional God
[or Reality or Infinity or…].
Anomalously an individual has the
universal experience of God
and sets about to share the experience
and followers create a religion
that captures the essence
of what they thought the anomalous individual meant.
It is stale words promoting faith as a path to salvation
on a bright polished spoon
wielded by desperate yet confident people
selling something that they do not own.
I departed so we both could be alone.
In the center of myself
there is a vastness that can be elusive
where feelings arise
knowledge becomes wisdom
and Truth is illuminated.
crushing ice settles
anomalous to the south
deadly aftermath
December 27, 2022
howmanysllables.com
EXPRESSIONS
the melodramatic
vision
so existential
elements
of
integral imagination
with individuality
&personality
an opaque
sense
of self promotion
of individuality
in a
symbiosis
of
the precarious
predicament
an anomalous
canvas
in
conceivable
motifs
within consciousness
ultimately
manipulative
revealed
as
distortions
in a
pivotal
promulgation
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
O Women, the mothers and sisters,
That the world can treat you like this!
You were heroes from the start
When you left your father's house
Aiming to build your own nest.
This you'd do in a foreign land,
The home of the man!
Mother, caterer, dairy,teacher,
Social worker, cook, laundress,
Sometimes even lecturer, judge,
Lawyer, politician, whatever!
But there are some who see you
Merely as low hanging fruit
For ridicule and abuse!
You pioneered in the struggle for freedom
But when it came you were pushed aside.
You're now faced with another struggle:
The fight for gender equality!
Men want to keep you in your place.
Wish you strength and luck!
Your battle is an uphill one
Because your man is compromised!
His work is to support you
But here , he is unemployed.
It's an anomalous situation!
In truth half the world is sick!
And it comes to you!
My humble suggestion would be:
Carry on fighting for your house.
Honour your man come rain or shine
Whether he has or he hasn't!
Continue making your house a home.
You'll be truly accomplished!
And have God in your life!
Einstein’s numbers predicted it.
Alas, this classic physicist rejected it.
Tiny, entangled particles in mutual dependence
Separated by the longest distances.
Spooky action at a distance,
We cannot grasp this miracle,
Yet, science verifies the fact.
Objects the size of Buckyballs
Can link trillions of miles apart.
This communication or teleportation
ten thousand times faster than light!
Yes, au revoir light speed,
From your limits are we freed!
Spooky action at a distance,
Engineers dream of quantum computers.
Might we also harness this quandary
To reach the outer edges of space?
Might this anomalous principle
Account for certain sky visitors,
Objects authoritatively recorded,
Abruptly perishing in our clouds?
Spooky action at a distance.
Adversity was thus proven to be unusually anomalous.
I went out of my way to watch the stunning sunrise.
spirit had not worn, or body had gone to a sarcophagus
Adversity was thus proven to be unusually anomalous.
I've lost my ability to analyze insights, but I can still visualize.
My spirit recognizes that it will yearn for autogenous.
Adversity was thus proven to be unusually anomalous.
I opted to approve, but I would not stop the snooze.
Written: July 17, 2021
A Brian Strand July 20 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Scars won’t heal
Love can’t solve inner lust with
a prejudice heart
Pain can only be solved by
anomalous feeling
Happiness won’t last without
desire for one’s heart
Sorrow only fills the void with
unapt options with time
Lust won’t solve love if love
isn’t present within the heart
Death is temporary although lasts
for eternity
Passion isn’t love, lust or admiration
it’s simply exceeding inept truth of
emotional pain
Life is eternal without love,lust passion or feelings
Be mindful of your soul
at all levels of oneself
Ascertain throughout life with
all passions gaining upon you
Stay true loyal and amorous
towards one soul
As death draws near sing
ones life bereavement
Letting your soul omit your self’s
departure with grace
Sing your death song and
be forever gone
Dreaming drunk
Teeth grind under the weight of
Time;
An anomalous and vile passage
I writhe in my own grime
Feverish and mad, I cry to my demons
Hope they remember me
As a spirit, untouched, worth life
I have never done it well
Every day passes, hurts like hell
And I miss the spot in the sky from which I fell
And to no avail, I scream out to that sky, but
Whoever He was has left.
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