Best All Right Then Poems
Boom!
Here I am
I'm not letting you guys have the fun
you really think you can keep me out of this?
All right then...it's my turn! and I'm burning this to the ground!
Listen
you may be forgiven
but not for long my love
Fight me
or invite me
to this love that never belonged
you've been slammed my friend
I hope you don't forget
all the horrible things I did
I broke your heart
and my excuses can't stop
me from telling the truth
'cause I never loved you
it was all a lie
the saytr inside
was the reason for you
at first it was hard to say it
but after a while I lied to myself
I said I love you
but inside I knew
it wasn't you
harsh? yes I know
I'm sick of your demons
and the stupid things you believe
Lilith is not even the Devils girl
so stop the lies
'cause inside
you and I
should have never been
Girl, I lost my greatest friend
and you reminded me so much of her
and I knew I lost her...so I pretended I loved you
But now I'm back and with Her now
and I tell you It's better than what we had
Oh, and the better thing
that we never had is LOVE
so I say goodbye
for the last time
I'm the angel not the demon
I'm the great
I'm the fate
I'm the poet
For I am
a great man
I hope that you burn in your lies
I hope you relize
the world your in
is a LIE
And it will die
you will cry
and for once It'll
be so mean
so you've been slammed
oh violently slammed
in my hands!
Just give me one good reason why I should go with you,
running round the yard nekkid, like we use to do.
Don't you recall the repercussions the last time we did that?
There's places on me I don't want sunburned, that is a fact.
Why, everyone in this small town knows who we are.
You never know when someone will drive by in their car.
I do believe the neighbor uses a telescope.
Into other peoples homes, her nose she likes to poke.
Now don't you go laughing at me as I turn beet red,
as you pull the shirt off over your head
I'm trying to talk some common sense into you.
I must admit that I am enjoying the view.
I can do this by myself, I don't need any help.
I'm not stalling for time. Oh! A breeze I just felt.
All right then, here we stand in our birthday suits.
Well, almost, you do look cute in them cowboy boots.
O.K. off we'll run together, when you count to three.
Take my hand, I can't believe I'm doing this..................1,2,3,WHEEEEEEEE!
There is a light within.
There is color all around.
Always something to begin.
Search for what can't be found.
Read a five hundred page book.
Buy an expensive something new.
To really see, you have to look.
There is so much to view.
Arrange a vase of fresh flowers.
Sing when you hear a special song.
Stay outside when caught in rain showers.
Do it all right, then do it all wrong.
Take an unplanned vacation
Go out and fly a kite.
A workday missed for recreation.
Let your soul take flight.
Stay up to watch the sunrise.
It is worth the lack of sleep.
Treat yourself to a surprise.
Make memories, your heart will keep.
4-2-19
The Corrupt Cop
By Elton Camp
The cop was parked in bushes, well out of sight
When he saw a new Lexus, it gave him delight
The out-of-state tag was what he wanted to see
Because really easy picking this one should be
He dashed down the road with siren and lights
The cop had no concern for the citizen’s rights
And no reasoning did the cop intend to take
As for proof he had a radar gun that was fake
And just as he had done countless times before,
He swaggered to the victim’s passenger door
“I see that you have no respect for the law at all.
For this violation an expensive ticket does call.”
Rich folks like you speed like a bat out of hell
And for public safety that isn’t going too well
You think this is nothing but a tiny, hick town
And you can do anything if you come around
The motorist said that he hadn’t done a thing
But only a smirking laugh did the denial bring
“To talk your way out of this, no need to try.
I’ve got the proof and the radar gun don’t lie.”
The driver didn’t argue but thought “Damnation”
As he realized that a speed trap was in operation
“All right then, please tell me where to go to pay
It’s getting late and I really need to be on my way.”
“Friend, that office is now closed for the night,
If you’re in a rush, that’ll put you into a tight.
Because since you can’t pay the fine today,
It’s in our comfortable jail you will have to stay.”
At those words, the motorist’s face turned pale
He was frightened of the cop and of his jail
“You’re passing through so I’ll accommodate.
Pay me now in cash and then you won’t be late.”
My first encounter with a brown bat was at Long Lake as a kid. It was in the dark of night. I was in a rowboat with a friend guiding the boat. I was watching the water intently with a flashlight, and holding a fish net above my head, ready to swoop down on bullfrogs.
Suddenly the net started jerking left and right!
I'd caught a bat!
Being simultaneously a child such as typically make bad decisions, and naturalist-in-the-making, I took the bat home and put it in a parakeet cage. I planned to feed it meal worms and bugs like I did my western toads.
In the morning I called the zoo and said I had a bat, how should I care for it properly. The person on the phone told me, "You should care for it by letting it go."
I said I didn't want to let it go.
The zookeeper said, "All right then, it needs to be fed its weight in gnats and mosquitoes every night. So go out right now and catch it it's weight in gnats and mosquitos. Hurry! It might starve to death! Then go do it again tomorrow and every day after that."
I said, "Couldn't I feed it mealworms?"
"Gnats and mosquitos."
"That sounds hard. Maybe I should just let it go."
"That's a splendid idea. Wait until night and let it go where you found it."
That night I let it out of the cage and it was off like a bat, so to speak. Across the lake it flittered, a little dark piece of paper caught in the wind and the moonlight.
Mornings here and I must say
The daylight hurts my eyes
The sun's so hot apon my face
There's stinging in my eyes
Waking up I do not like
For morning's aren't my thing
My head it hurts, it craves more sleep
My ears an endless ring
Aches and pains I fight right now
Though slowly they will fade
All right then, I'm getting up
At least my coffee's made
I'll face this day the best I can
I know it will be long
Grumpy yes, I know I'll be
Until that Sun is gone
DO YOU LOVE ME?
Do you love me?
Sorry what was that?
Put the morning paper down and talk to me you rat.
Sorry, I was miles away; now what was that you said?
I need to know you love me and that everything’s all right
But of course you know I love you; I thought I showed you that last night.
That was sex we had last night, not love, it doesn’t prove a thing.
I like to think of it as making love and that means everything.
But you never say ‘I love you’ except when we’re in bed.
That really isn’t true, what you just said,
It is. When did you say it last? I bet you’ve no idea.
Er ...it was Sunday morning in the middle of IKEA.
No, you said ‘I love you too’ and only when I’d just said ‘I love you.’
You always say ‘I love you too.
I suppose I thought, with what we shared. It didn’t need the words to show I cared.
Sometimes, I think my love’s too strong. It’s all too perfect; something must go wrong.
What could possibly go wrong?
Maybe, you’ll just stop loving me
I won’t stop loving you. I’ll love you forever.
All right then, tell you why you love me.
Why? That’s difficult to quantify....but let me try.
I love what happens to your face each time you smile.
And I’m devastated by that twinkle in your eye.”
Don’t stop, keep going.”
I love to watch you without you knowing.
Good, I like that bit. But what do you see when you watch me?
When you concentrate you purse your lips
And, when you’re using scissors, your mouth moves in time with every snip.
Oh dear, I’ll have to stop that.”
Don’t you dare. It’s cute.
Cute, I’m a bit old for cute. What else
It’s hard, to find the right words to explain,
But, sometimes, when you come towards me, my heart beats so fast I actually feel pain.
And when you go away, it all goes flat
I didn’t know, you never told me that.
And when you’re not there, I think about you every minute,
But when you are, I look at you and know for sure my world could not exist without you in it.
Wow.
In short, my dear I love you.
I love you too.
24th November 2022
Dialogue Proficiency Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Matt Caliri
I met a man who at the time was just my usual friend
The thoughts did not cross my mind, we'd be together to the end
He got me off of meth and chose to save my life
He fixed my broken wings, and asked me to be his wife
He still works hard to take all my past~inflicted pain away
And I awake to his baby blue's every single day
He saw something inside of me everyone else clearly did miss
He told me everything would be all right, then sealed it with a kiss
I had met a dead~end at that point in time
He was there to jigsaw my missing pieces at the drop of a dime
Although he literally saved my life, it's not against my will
The path back then I was following ~ enough ~ I've had my fill
At a random part in life he had always been there
And with him his life he chose with me to share
So I took the offer and there are no regrets on my part
He saw an open opportunity and didn't hesitate to take my heart
Although the only regrets I have, is how sometimes I treat him so bad
But I really don't know how to stop all this past sad
I've been hurt too much and I'm so scared to trust
My past life, however, has been 100% lost in the dust
I want to be the woman for him obviously he knows that I can be
I just need longer than 6 months, just to make him see
That the woman he dreams of is right here before his very eyes
And because of his support for my right decision, he's granted me a prize
So here I tell my story, of a true happy ending done right
And to say if you are in love with someone so much...
you will not mind the battle and fight
Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this carrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very grocer
Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's, uh...What's wrong with it?
I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. it's red that's what's wrong with it!
No, no, 'e's uh,...he's a roasting.carrot
Look, matey, I know a red carrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
No no he's not red he's, he's roastin'! Remarkable veg, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful orange
The orange don't enter into it. It's blood red
: Nononono, no, no! 'E's a roasting!
All right then, if he's roastin', I'll cook him up! (shouting at the plate) 'Ello, Mister orange carrot! I've got a lovely fresh vegetarian dish for you if you show...
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.' - C. S. Lewis
When my breath comes in gasps
And all my heart feels like it’s beyond repair,
Breaking like a fragment of glass,
Instead of the muscle that is more potent,
than any other force I have ever known…
Breathless from the climb up,
Across the leaf strewn trails and paths,
Puffing and wheezing and making believe
That I might have the strength, the power,
To risk all my hopes, my dreams, my believing,
For those precious moments of grace,
Those blessings that penetrate the very air,
Soothing away all my pride and conceit,
Causing me to imagine that I, yes – even I,
Have the depth, the reason, to reach beyond
The doubts, the fears and tears…
Into myself, where there is this heart,
A heart bound by hope and wired with light,
Light from the gentling of a love, a love so alive
It feels like a flame burning up my inner fears,
Singing grace through the darkest dreads,
Erasing the sorrows and risking the silence where…
My heart meets the One who breaks through my thoughts,
Embraces my soul with a love that sings hope,
A love that sways my dreams, abides like the joy it brings…
When I let it see through me, into that heart who believes,
The heart who needs to meet the One who feeds my very soul,
With love and light and tenderest hope, faith that knows,
Just knows…
When I seek shelter, it is Jesus – He is where I go,
The light that sends my heart assurance,
My soul a promise and a strength that abides…
His peace is the hint of reality that I need when I bleed…
Tears of doubt, tears of dread, tears so dark
They feel like they will leave me without a prayer,
Without a hope…
When I seek shelter, though, it is then that I surely know…
He is the love that is in control,
He is the hope that makes me whole,
He is the light where I’ll always go… when I need shelter…
From the sorrow, the storm, the eruption of mourning
Who leads me into a panic who doesn’t comprehend…
The love that forgives each and every sin,
The love that is Jesus, my heart’s best friend,
The love that has always been… the place where I go…
When I seek shelter from the raging wind.