To be born Canadian was my fate,
something I will always appreciate.
The PM of my nation
deserves my approbation
for he'll not abnegate nor bloviate.
Humani mendacity
Foul water still and staining
A bowl full of silence
A firming maybe.? Assent?
No approbation.? No Dishonour
Validation yet; no walking out..'
Hard heads no holds; denied'
Kinship bloodless calls
Turn to denial? big up acedemia '
Life and death yes or no
Ignore and prance no tune needed
Vile in a vial, so share that sludge.!
With you I hold sky lovingly
Without you I’m in sad glory
With you I’m world book of fancy
Without you I’m want of brainy
I’m rain of warming touch for you
In lack of you I’m burst damp too
Flora and fauna both such show
With you it is calm without zoo
Blooming bud’s odor is roaming
For your slant I’m with air flying
Fountain from mountain is crying
If you shun fond garland in spring
Rough approbation grips my song
If you don’t allow my strain strong
Sanction with you for all functions
If not world throws stiff omissions
-January 24, 2023
Lipogram Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
She was only a whore they said
Just a druggie on the game
Most of the papers couldn’t be
Bothered to correctly spell her name.
Just an illegal immigrant tart,
Part of one of those foreign mobs
Over here to claim our benefits
Ot take over all of our jobs.
Not one of your high class call girls
Who service the Commons and Lords
Free of the general approbation
Such elevated status affords.
Not your enthusiastic amateur
Who put it about for free
Or one of those who’ve made it
By appearing on reality TV.
Not your free loving aristocrat
Hopping gaily from bed to bed
No, just a common street walker
Who unfortunately ended up dead.
Having so dehumanised her as
Just another lump of dead meat
Who earned herself a living by
Selling cheap sex on the street
This allegedly Christian nation
Doesn’t really bother anymore,
Just turns to the sports page
For the latest footie score,
Or, the very wealthy
With no real material cares,
To financial pages to check
Returns on stocks and shares.
Some mother, father or child
Who won’t see her anymore
Are suffused with pain and grief
Even though she was only a whore.
All the morals and ethics in the world
As principles and values unfurled,
Mean nothing without appropriation
Into heart and soul with approbation.
We must absorb truth into our being
So inner light we are always seeing
As our guide into the next dimension,
Believing in eternity as a life extension,
Our truth must become as real inside
As real, right now, all in eternity reside.
FIFTH PLACE WINNER
Written April 24, 2022
submitted to "Our Truth" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
Until Now
David J Walker
This poem was waiting for
The right paper before
It is said
It is Written
of
Printed plain words
until now
unspoken
Thoughts and hearts in clouds
Crowds of dry denizens crying in the dust
Until now
Unbroken
On the edge of ether and untried ideas
Of silent sentiments forming the Brokering Reinforcements
Until now
Unavowed nor
Vetted in sentiments of censored compunctions
Flowing in moonlit waterfall forests
Until now
Unnoticed
the Winer is welcomed with inevitable approbation
And essential acclamation while privately negotiating with Spring
Until now
We thought winter might never end
With summers anticipation
A tireless showcasing of deranged energy,
Nearby grasses his sworn enemy:
A stern warning to the green vegetation
About kindling it, no hesitation:
Enough excuse for mother to drown in a pond
Or begin to deny a maternal bond…
A continual patronage of disjointed vision,
Often summarized as Dead Confusion,
As others keep challenging Modern Computer
And enduring lines conceiving like Luther.
A psychiatric could kill for justice
And down turn every offered armistice,
Some of his co debaters Alerted Ghosts,
Precariously perching on close-by posts…
A punctured mind enviable makes sanity,
Forever enjoying the approbation of Humanity.
I tried to draft a poem to gain your approbation.
But time and distance got in my way.
I tried to write the perfect prose to demonstrate my skill.
But the memory of standing before a rose covered coffin
Left me silent and enraged!
Isn’t it odd how time and distance can distort perception?
Change remembrance,
Warping sad memories, blackening our feelings
Where our unworthiness might dwell.
It is not a type of weakness when communication goes awry.
Misunderstandings can lead to anger.
Clinging to resentment
I wear the wounds, still unattended and raw
seeking correction, repentance, awareness is all.
I did not notice the consequences as this became hearts home.
A self-imposed prison awaiting invisible adjudication.
Waiting for contrition or recompense.
Old offences may be sins of omission.
My heart cannot bring them out of my cell.
Gracious forgiveness is the sad recourse left.
I must stand arm and arm with them now,
And release the debt they will not pay.
I suppose it is latent forgiveness that slows this poet’s pen
And I fall to my knees, bowing my head,
Seeking God’s Grace again.
From assassins fleeing but finally spotted,
One’s good image guarding and still it is blotted;
An ill-omened murderous car
Crushing one’s guiltless star!
A team playing out its heart but lifting no trophy,
Zero approbation bagging for one’s philanthropy;
A last- round knockout receiving from a punch-drunk pugilist,
God truthfully serving but still tagged an animist.
Also, forever battling with recognition
While not indifferent to its precondition
Or, of a sudden, experiencing health issues
After stepping into demanding shoes…
The jaws of Devourer Fate
Remain The Widest Gate:
That which would storm one’s path
And for days not important a bath.
Mistake and Regret are my old friends
but I seldom carry them along.
Vanity and Ego, though not so old,
have recently bonded strong.
I tend to forget Gratitude's grant
Liberal has lost approbation.
Patience vacated my house for long
Arrogance has claimed possession.
Wish 'had nurtured Humility
been cordial with Amity,
but worst of all, how could I brawl
with a pal like Humanity.
©Som
O Gods approval
His approbation
Giving you commendation
Instilling esteem
Granting goodwill
With kindness
Infilling benevolence
Allowing favor
May the Lord grant you
May the Lord give you
May our God sanction you
May the Lord show you His Favor and give you His peace
Tranquility calmness
Restfulness peace and quiet
serenity tranquility
equanimity calm composure placidity
All of this bliss, yes God grants He gives me
Placidness and rest
Repose this I witness
Ease comfort in contentment
Content contentedness security
Joy nirvana Holy alleluia
May the Lord grant you
May the Lord give you
May our God sanction you
May the Lord show you His Favor and give you His peace
May the Lord show you His Favor and give you His peace
May the Lord show you His Favor and give you His peace
Joy holy, holy joy nirvana Holy alleluia
4/10/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
Numbers 6:26
The sermons priests preach
Through speech,
The child instructors teach
With speech,
The business men their partners reach
Via speech,
The saving shouts at a child in pond with leech
And requests to recreate on a beach
In speech
All powerfully elevate speech,
Distinguishing this sensible sounds from a moved jaw.
But certainly not for the Law
We sometimes breach
With offensive speech:
The sick jokes we crack
That betray the morals we lack
And the seedy lies we tell
In voices louder than bell…
Man approbation receives for speech, ‘The Best’
The same man inescapably lampooned for the Immodest.
A speech-producing child
Is worth a carnival and thanks;
No frequenting by its parents their banks
For dumb issues, not a matter financially mild.
Whenever you make a donation
rather than seeking an ovation
let your gift be in secret.
For while it's unseen yet
in heaven you'll receive approbation.
Matthew 6.1-4
Culminated cloud cluster promotes ghost apparition
Robed in purity unearthly, portrayed as only option
Virgin white vision given blindly adopted approbation
Vulnerable youngsters succumb to scare doctrine
Commanding loyalty to solitary living love, avoidance
Real application sways wavering suitable standard
Message to refrain from rambunctious enjoyed by us
Marries happy with demean mist canon demanded
Susceptible pious victims of supercilious Lady Fatima
Follow sparse path shadowed in shame, illiteracy
Denied desire, myth written inhibits discerning latitude
Dogma's reason thinly rationed induces celebacy
Discipline within cage fears imminent mire of purgatory
Unlocked box predicts scrutiny of scare strung thesis
Indulging choice embraces mortal meridian exploratory
Ridicule of able arm splint, creed's hypnosis releases
21st October 2020
Written for Contest : Fatima
Sponsor : Kai Michael Neumann
Hovering hemispheres habitual harmonics, symmetrical solitudes in their Sonics,
Mastering melodies with mnemonics, amidst approbation of acoustical avionics…
Stellar symphonies sailing Celestial Seas, applauding Angels aerially appease,
Birds belting songs on tranquil trees, botanical gardens blooming in the breeze;
Superstrings romantically resonate, virtuous vibrations valiant as they create,
Overtures upon oblivions do ornate, spheres of distortions align and allocate…
Orchestral opus overruns the trance, magical melodic maneuvers enhance,
Treble and bass clefs prepare to dance, elocution of their eternal expanse;
The Earth hums within rotation, subsonic frequencies of ethereal elation,
The masses are minstrels of celebration, titillating tunes of temptation…
Solitude's surrender thru strident skies, music awakens deep dormant eyes,
The wings of a butterfly take us to new highs, ambient assonance to arise.
April.23.2020
Grace and Solitude
Sponsored by~John Hamilton
Placed 3'rd...Thank You
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