Best Advise Poems
The Faeries Are Still Outside
Trying to cheer a garden up from the clay,
But the crabgrass won’t part
And the trees are snickering
At the art-
Less way the faeries
Sway while chanting,
Casting their spells—
Such an untalented group!
Out of tune, with
Too often the lyric,
“wha’ ta’ we all do?”
Stuck in a measureless breath
And beyond any rhyming lure to
The sprouts for any wanting to grow!
Wise, the trees lean, whining,
Slow whispers that, “
The faeries should go!
Back to their wizards
For more lessons in garden growth. “
The aged trees are exasperated; after all,
There’s little more to it
Than spreading the
Spell of encouragement, because
The sun and earth are already there prepared
For the growing…
So the trees advise,
“Raise ye’ stems around us trees.
We’ll keep the winds
From blowin’ ye’ over!
And keep the sun from
Parching your leaves.
We’ll sing lullabies to the herbs,
“Hush a-bye lurra lu,
Rest now your intake of green.
Be doodle-ye-do get ye’ ready
For droplets of dew
Diddle-eye-done
Dew comes after your dreams
Along with the rise up of the sun.”
Then the trees applauded
Among themselves, promising
That as soon as
The garden grew a bit,
The trees would tell all those little plants
Just how Spirit
Lives inside their stems, their flowers and leaves,
Where the spells of the faeries cannot reside…but,
“Deed le-dee see la so sigh.” Fine,
Let the spells be sung.
“‘Tis a task the faeries prize,” and who knows if it won’t
Help the clay to crack,
“Fiddle diddle perhaps a fact!”
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(C) sally young Eslinger 9/30/21
Thanks be to God
If you are looking for me..Its a lost cause i say
I seem to grow more distant and different day by day.' I
Once held ideals and ideas of what man I
Should be..Then Jesus came up cliose to be in front'
And I don't care now..For what once I prized
In truth it was but irrelevance, in deceptive guise.' The Light of Jesus..Is above all worldly worth
In Him, is my identity.' May I loose to Him all
Self importance, unto the new birth."
Three Pieces Of Advice
Let It Go
Life can be difficult and full of stress
Don’t sweat the small stuff, let it go
Most things will come out in the wash
It won’t matter when your six feet below…
Find A Passion In Life
Some days it’s hard to get up in the morning
But if you have something you love to do
Be it writing a poem or climbing a mountain
Your passions the ticket to carry you through….
Laugh
Life’s a lot more fun if you can manage a laugh
Hang around with friends that make you smile
There are some cockamamie situations in life
A sense of humor will carry you many a mile…..
1/14/16
Reciting this poetry twice
Listen to good advice
Go back to your roots
Embrace who you are
Appreciate your color
Accept all that you are
Research your history
Discover what you are
Learn each day to adore and love who you are
Develop into a better and educated young adult
Hold unto your morals
Stay devoted and ever so loyal
Try to be optimistic
Pursue a life like a royal
Hold unto your dream
Live life to your fullest
Dont be misguided or blinded
In all that you do stay positive and strong
Dont let people who do you wrong
Talk and pull you down
Being black doesn't mean you should wear a mask or a frown
It only means that you were created black
Mighty and strong so get rid of that frown
Time to avoid those who are cruel and disloyal
There were never your brother , sister or loyal
Try to make mends for all those wrong bends
Stay away from fake friends
Whose intentions are to bring your end
Their mission is not to defend
But to plot againts your end.
So much to solicit, but with substance excluded,
she mimics intimacy, but leaves one secluded.
Flatteries slip off her tongue like honey's sultry sweetness.
"Come to this incensed bed for pleasure's soft caress."
Like a crafty serpent's spiel, her lips slither stellar speech.
Secure your spirit, flesh, and soul; she'll sample some of each.
With silken negligees, she'll sustain a slave's stronghold,
stealing one's strength like the lust for shiny gold.
One's best possession is sequestered, that of self, a sword within,
squandered to a showy stranger, a satanic mannequin.
Leaving spouse and offspring grieving, an egregious price to pay,
some have spurned their own cisterns to search for soggy clay.
Listen closely, my son, with stern discretion be wise.
For she will lead you in similitude as Eden's sad demise.
12-8-2020
References: Proverbs 5 & Proverbs 7
"Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body." 1 Corinthians 6:18
An awful time to leave the city particularly;
is rush hour. I'll never forget it. Any city is bad but Paris in particular.
Mornings or evenings
the rushes are the same
and
It doesn't matter where you're going,
or even who you're going with,
if you have to be
anywhere
at any particular time
it's impossible so
take the train.
Speak No Evil
My love for the lady is visceral, sweet,
Absent of jealousy, immune to deceit.
Whether near daybreak or crepuscular night,
Her penumbra defeats the ambient light.
Do not cloud my thoughts with your cynical views,
Desultory comments advanced to abuse.
I accept in the halcyon part of my mind
The opulent fiction she loves me in kind.
Thus in ways sonorous, exuberant all,
Speak well of the siren who keeps me in thrall.
1/29/2016
Walk Like A Warrior
Talk Like A Knight
Battle Like A Gladiator
To Do What Is Right
Sing Like A Minstrel
Beat Like A Heart
Be Deep As A Well
Of Secrets Drawn – Apart
Rise Like The Sky
Play Like Youth
Take As The Eye
Seek As Truth
Write Like A Poet
Beam Like The Moon
Show It Like A Sunset
Offer It Like A Spoon
Watch Like A Guard
Warn Like A Sword
Praise As A Bard
And Love… Like ‘The Lord’
I'm pushing this heavy cart
without any strenght left,
and through isles swarming with shoppers
I'm confused by the above signs;
I rush to the one I missed dismaying onlookers.
How can I be so forgetful...
shouldn't I have a list of all items
I use thoughout the week?
I admit that guys are different from gals
with their minds focus on household things!
Yes, we guys aren't as patient as they are,
looking for bargains is a thriftiness that bugs us;
and down those isles we go..not reading labels,
not comparing prices...just filling up our shopping cart
with food we don't really need! And who will be embarassed
when the cashier tells us annoyingly that the credit card
has been declined! Oh, good grief...we don't carry enough cash,
to avoid blushing in the publice eye while the the line gets longer!
My advice to you guys: before you venture out shopping, stash your wallet
with enough cash, or check the balance on your credit or debit card;
it's another way of being smart! And besides being admired, you may also find romance
while you are in line and a pretty girl smiles, trying to start an intelligent conversation...
leading to a date or even marriage! Do you get it? Look sharp, flash lots of money
and really get lucky! If you fellas do what I have suggested,
you'll have broads flocking to you and your buddies will envy you for your luck!
British troops in Ukraine.? Well they are already there.'
Whats starners game? As peace keepers they could be
Hit' that would derail things I'm sure of it.' To much
Resources already have been drained.' Leave well enough
Alone..I would think if any really care in the main.?
Be on sensory alert and always stay curious.
Speak out against wrongs and what makes you furious.
Use caution when out on the street.
Don't just rub up on any one you meet.
Stay finicky about any thing you eat..
Pay close attention to your hygiene,
always keep those front paws clean..
If you want to live those nine lives, better
find time to exercise..
When your energy is feeling zapped it's
okay to curl up and take that nap..
THE CAR HAS EARS
by Charles Eastland
(also Kindle eBook: Selected Poems by Charles Eastland)
Shhh shhh…whisper
that news about extra money—
shhh…don’t say it…
the car has ears
I tell you truthfully
from experience, the car knows
when money is coming
it may be clairvoyant
shhh don’t repeat a word
be prudent in your thoughts, if
you pass it in the lot
the car has ears
come over here
I’ll tell you something else—
the car is a hypochondriac
if it hears money is coming
it will surely get sick, that’s right
its carburetor will develop a sudden cough
its wheels will wobble
the choke will choke
its shoes will need soles
its eyes will get dim—anything!
it’ll shiver and shake
and throw a tantrum at every red light
and if you don’t give it the money
it will purposely quit in the middle of intersections
you either give up the money or walk
it’s a bandit I tell you!
and I’ll tell you what’s spooky
about my car—so listen
whatever the amount of the windfall
its service bill will match it
almost to the dollar and cents
that’s right—many, many times
it’s happened like clock work
I tell you truthfully
from experience, the car has ears
don’t repeat this to anyone
shhh don’t say it—
be prudent in your thoughts
if you pass my car in the lot
because the car has ears
and a mouth that speaks
about you
Be sure to stick that head out the windows of your life.
It's okay to bark but don't dare bite..
A roll in the mud brings a sensory delight..
Guard your family every day and every night..
Greet strangers with a wag and all your days will be bright.
What’s wrong in old people’s behaviour?
Always they are interrupting to stop youngsters?
Few things come to learn on the age of time,
When a thing is wrong to do, they stop.
When a person buying a new car,
He has advising to children not to scratch on it,
Old people are trying to save them,
Their wrongs are as scratches are harmful.
It is better to learn step by step,
An intelligent brain can achieve a Degree,
But a chapter of experience,
That is always wider to extend knowledge.
A youngster when becomes a driver,
He is always excited to drive a vehicle,
Over excitement is also can ruin a life,
Incidents were trenched by negligence.
Old people when they advised to youngsters,
Trying to save, not to fall in gaps,
They offer experience, a smooth bridge to run,
Their observation knew that where are ramps?
Hold your head up and don`t cry,I`m by yourside.
Reach for the best that the world has to offer,the way I would want you to.
Take a hold of life don`t let it take a hold of you.
When you wake,wake with a smile,and look to the sky,cause you`ll be here beside me when
you die.
Don`t be depressed and don`t wear a frown.
Did you ever see me like that,when I was around?
I looked up to so many in this world,
but now there looking up to me.
So take my advise cause you cant live life twice.