If you've a yen
(it's not zen)
you may bet your bottom dollar
while integrating yin yang cosmology
Chinese philosopher and scholar
Dong Zhongshu
(good old you know who)
favoured heaven worship results
over and above traditional cults
altho' a man well-read
he often wrote instead
yet to avoid confusion
knowingly said, 'Jump to assumption,
arrive wrong conclusion.'
Categories:
bc, fun, humor, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
My pc died this week
It was old from back in the day
Should have a stamp of B.C.
The lord used it before me
Holds hostage my muse of faith
So what am I to do now
My work is trapped in a pc
Wear a fuchsia frown
And a dunce cap crown
For not backing up files responsibly
Categories:
bc, angst, anxiety, computer, poetry,
Form: Limerick
Dark grey clouds begin to form in the morning sky
Strong winds develop leaves begin to fly
In the distance, a boom of thunder creates a sinister sound
Rain pours from the heavens scattering children from a nearby playground
Up above lightning dances across the sky
Small planes become grounded far too dangerous to fly
Storm drains start to overflow too much water to bare
Time to seek shelter no time to spare
Trees from a nearby forest begin to sway side by side
A car pulls up the driver offers me a ride
An act of kindness I can’t refuse
I found my escape from this incredible deluge
Categories:
bc, nature, storm,
Form: Rhyme
If heart you chase is heart of stone
Better for you to be alone
Don't play a game that you can't win
Think twice before you make your spin
Refrain from chasing a shadow
Turn back from hearts as cold as now
For, your not born to be martyr
You're not meant to catch someone's spear
September 5, 2023
Categories:
bc, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Remember when you were a fleeting thought?
Back when your smile was unremarkable?
Your ocean eyes not yet part of the plot?
Before your name caused that unconscious beam?
And now I let you go, you haunt my dreams.
I look far and wide to avoid your blue.
Each curve I touch I bend to the extremes.
I chuck my headphones to flee ragtime tunes.
And now I have a new one in your spot -
A hockey boy. No scintilla of you
Nor your song. He's cute and kind like he ought.
He even loves that game you never liked.
So... care to bring me up to speed with you?
Haha... forgot I am a ghost. What's new?
Categories:
bc, boy,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Two seamen sought to sail the sea
to see the seething sea, you see.
This could have happened in B.C.
but no — they saw the modern sea.
In 2023 A.D.
the sea was like the sea B.C.
which is unlike the CBC
with no connection to the sea
but somewhat like the BBC
which does resemble the B.C.
without the extra C., you see?
I see.
Categories:
bc, funny, humorous, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
A tear drop
Skies cry, and cry, and cry, and cry.
A tear drop forms, it metamorphoses.
It freezes, becomes a snow flake.
Snow flake upon snow flake upon flake
merge, become a blanket atop mountains.
Time passes and they again metamorphose,
melt, join as one to become a trickle
sliding down the sides of rugged mountains.
Once again merging with so many to form
streams, brooks and with moving force
become mighty rivers flowing onward,
onward to become a whole, the world oceans.
Skies cry, and cry, and cry, and cry
for their tear drop no longer innocent and pure.
Within them are all the poisons, the pollutions
Mother Earth and mankind have spewed into the air.
They, the rain, the air we breathe carry within them,
within their genetic makeup, all the poisons, the pollutions
that feed Mother Earth and feed mankind, by his hand,
by his greed, has planted the seeds of our future demise.
One has to wonder just how wise is mankind ???
He poisons our lands, our seeds, our food stuffs!!!
Organic or animated, it is all the same to corporations.
Fill them with, spray them with chemicals that kill.
B. J. “A” 2
November 23rd, 2021
Categories:
bc, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
The needle I used to craft your shoes , the needle I used to sew your wounds , the needle I used to bore the holes through your precious bones ..are the scriptures of love and the harvest of times, of celebrations, good food and a jug of fine wine, written within the sounds of the stones, the song I sing you'll come to know, ' I met my lover by the stones many moons ago ' .
Categories:
bc, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
A platform for the budding artists
With incentives and rewards amidst
Holding the morale higher forever
Through its encouraging manner
Weekly a verse makes a difference
Like drops making mighty oceans
Let’s undertake the Mission NASA
And start versing in a way spectra
Indebted I’m to this Poetry Team
For their coveted reward in teem
Extending my gratitude to the panel
For bestowing me the honour novel
We participants being plus hundred
Will surely gift verses two per head..!!
Categories:
bc, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet
B is for Beautiful British Columbia
R is for the Radiance of my Province
I is for the Inspiring people in my Province
T is for the Talents in my Province
I is for the interests people in my Province have
S is for the Strength people in my Province Have
H is for the Hope people in my Province have
C is for a province full of Caring people
O is for a Province full of Optimism
L is for a Province full of Love
U is for a Province that is full of Unique people
M is for a Province full of Motivation
B is for a Province full of Brightness
I is for a Province full of Integrity
A is for a Province full of Accomplishments and Achievements
Happy BC Day To everyone in the province of British Columbia!!!
Categories:
bc, celebration,
Form: Acrostic
PERSPECTIVE BC
Putting crystal globe
in bedroom as an aglow Moon.
Glossy sheen of love
alluring, tempting closeness.
Soft amour in elegance.
03/10/20
'Picture Prompt' Contest by Brenda Cheri
Categories:
bc, love,
Form: Tanka
You, my beloved;
Stars inspire to sway and move in the day
Those hours which happiest till our feeble age
Glimmer of pearls trickle and drip on silk;
A rhythmic rouse through billows of cream milk
Pendulous amber stipule path, weaving
Warm champagne beams, on ruffle berth leaving
Darkness of an abandon mid-night moon,
Gloom bands standing fields and wood-fill life swoon
You, my beloved;
Stars inspire to sway and move in the day
Those hours which happies till our feeble age
Fragrant firmament then forgotten ours;
Liquescent hands reaching for the fixed stars
Curled up to the world's eld averting gaze,
To pluck the ripened unearth passion blaze
A glitter of amorous scene of warmth
Nor fading heaven, wake no bounds fruit worth
3/8/2020
Poetry Contest: Picture Prompt
Sponsored by: Brenda Chiri
Categories:
bc, love,
Form: Lyric
Looking for the pulse
but it’s too faint to feel;
Desperately seeking an electric shock,
to finally and forever heal;
Looking for a rhythm
maybe a 9.0 on the richter,
would shake us up
enough to turn the machines off;
Look up, nothing left but robots;
The heartbeat non existent;
Totally void of that fever we all need,
metal cases but no connection;
Hold up that iron fist,
looking for a pulse;
Some sort of meaning to it all;
Desperately needing an electric shock,
It can’t be too late to feel.
Categories:
bc, angst, emotions, society,
Form: Free verse
I allow my roots to anchor me to Mother Earth
Surrounding me with her Divine energy,
shielding and protecting.
As I place my hands upon the crystal ball
they begin to buzz, so full of energy
I allow my gaze to focus upon the fleeting
images that I am being shown
I plead with the powers that be
to help me interpret them clearly.
I see scenes from the past, the present
and the future.
I'm given signs to guide me through
Spirit reveals itself to me,
allowingh me full clarity and the
power to lead others
through the darkness with my light
My lights shines brightly,
like that of the full moon on the darkest night.
No matter the winds, It cannot be put out,
Through space and time, It cannot fade.
From the beginning of existence to the end,
It will always shine within me.
Categories:
bc, future, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Mother Earth draws Moon
Close to her breast
As she has done for eons before
Her heavenly companion
Rests warmly in her embrace
The love they share
The secrets they hold
Tales of Earthly men
And Heavens beings
On their mighty quests
The solar system has witnessed
And the galaxies have heard
What the universe has joined together
The dance of Mother Earth
And her love light Moon
Picture prompt Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brenda Chiri
2/24/20
Categories:
bc, earth, love, moon,
Form: Free verse
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