Best Circumvents Poems
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riddles N' rainbows paintbrush the day
summer's heaviness invades
rain circumvents geraniums
ant's N' azaleas dance through sidewalks
where tiny green grass creep 'neath weeds
to see sun seed grey with bright
frogs N' grasshoppers flop along
best friends
when storm clouds bend beyond old oak trees
boys N' girls skip rope,
Double Dutch N' such
up N' down the cul de sac curve
moms N' dads pretend everything's ok
when they've long since strayed away
from light N' love
gloves come off
when lights go out
they scream N' shout
the children barely notice
yet they'll feel the coldness N' cold shoulders
as it's gets colder N' colder
just not days N' nights like now
fuss N' fights have no place
right here N' right now
along these roasting roads
where ticky tack homes
crowd suburbia
where riddles N' rainbows paintbrush the day
summer's heaviness invades
as nature n' naïve children play...
today ,
~JSLambert 2014
Diogenes sought an honest man,
appalled by Man's path to destruction.
And searched Athens by lantern at night,
casting light on lies and corruption.
He concluded his search was in vain,
for Man's integrity could be bought.
And His willingness to sell His soul,
showed an honest man was vainly sought.
As the hungry specter of Greed feeds,
Its appetite achieves no relief.
And circumvents inconvenient truths,
under the guise of a shared belief.
Although Man can discern right from wrong:
His mettle has tarnished over time.
And after having fallen so far,
He's broken and reluctant to climb.
The meteoroid
Circumvents the void
'Til captured by the atmosphere
It then plummets toward the Earth
With glowing core
As a meteor
But after a dazzling fiery flight
On impact
is a meteorite
Hope fuels the desire that burns
within your longing heart and soul.
And yet, loneliness soon returns,
levying a heartbreaking toll.
When trickling tears douse passion's flame:
Anxiety makes you nauseous.
And as doubts manifest as shame:
lust circumvents being cautious.
Happiness morphs into teardrops
within a world where wishes die.
For the lying just never stops,
and fledgling hearts need trust to fly.
The moth and flame begin their waltz,
yet courting death, she may expire.
Enamored, she's blind to fire's faults:
for desire burns, hotter than fire.
A fellow stranger's doubt will surely sense
Judgmental indiscretion of defect.
'Tween enemies pure hatred circumvents
The moral obligation to respect.
The various consistencies as friend,
Distill from swollen hearts this lonely ache,
With passion starts yet may abruptly end
So rarely people risk their hearts to break.
A lover's walk is not fatality,
Creating life two intimately share.
If nurtured, loved, and taught respectfully
Prosperity so gratefully will care.
Of all relations listed here above
Why is it people suffer feeling love?
Why give up and no longer try;
try to help me understand why.
Dying dreams cause constant crying;
crying, for our dreams are dying.
You once swore that your love was true,
true is all that I ask of you.
Youth circumvents unbending truth,
truth is more flexible to youth.
Love cannot be built upon lies;
lies can't support the weight of love.
There was a time you used to care,
care implied you’d always be there.
first version:
raw sparks of anger
loss of self-control
my fuse is lit
one thing circumvents my rage
our son's eyes, all over me
version two:
raw sparks of anger
loss of self-control
my fuse is lit.
no fireworks tonight
our son's eyes, all over me
written 11 June 2016
Time has led endless actors
to the center of life's stage.
And yet, balance was maintained;
before Man's disruptive age.
A growing population
showed no consideration.
And yesterday's callousness
spawned today's situation.
Idolized insanity
is the legacy of fools.
Yet, greed disguised as progress
often circumvents the rules.
Sowing seeds of apathy;
we warp the minds of our young.
And future generations
are robbed by a silver tongue.
Man's an arrogant being;
who can't contemplate defeat.
For God gave Him dominion
over all; but His conceit.
That timetables rapt familiarized discern
resolves transmitting rumors, my befriend
dysfunctions with misgivings, halting's bend
and circumvents a standstill toward no end!
While oppositions furthering's belief
beginning's placate, anchoring's achieve
and dormancy becomes a truth's bereave,
life's reconciling justice to perceive!
All told, involuntary atmospheric sieve,
the matters decimating planning's blind
are flushed away, as truth's fulfilled contend
perniciously is focused to amend!
The timeless trust, no telltale virtue's send
can irritate or spill the hope's distend
hurt's mortifying gospels' spoken trends
are turned to Love, by faith's conspired extend!
This standstill wavers not with jury's press
the voice of legal cost must so address
some epilogue of change, not chance's duress
must gravitate consideration's bless!
Trial of Standing Bear, Ponca Indian Chief. On May 12, 1879
Chief Standing Bear held out his hand to Judge Elmer Dundy
and pleaded for recognition of his humanity ~
"My hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain.
If you pierce your hand, you will feel pain. The blood that will flow
from mine will be of the same color as yours. I AM A MAN.
The same God made us both."
Go to www.poncatribeofnebraska.com and read legacy manuscripts
written by Thomas Henry Tibbles ~ and most definitely visit upper
Northeast Nebraska on the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers.
DEAD WAIT
You brave enough child
You brave enough man
Just because you will it
Just because you can
To pierce the everchanging rock
To crack the patterned egg
To peer into the center
To witness then to beg
Yes, he left your mother
Said he disappeared
Said I stole him from her
Decidedly, flipped fear
Then drip drip drip
The trickle
Drip drip drip the bleed
Gashes gush from every side
Every blatant need
Vigilant servant lover
Wishful injured steed
No blessed nor glory's cover
Just bog like tacky weed
Snares at every crossing
Babies become boss
Grace shimmers only briefly
Persecution circumvents the cross
Palm reader I am not—
Yet if I did
Read hands imprinted,
Trace readable lines,
Tectonics
Of grip and release,
My own would be
A most alien surface—
This I have good sensed,
Reflected at the mirror
In honest light,
A countenance of surprise
To contrast my often image
Self so pervasive
A maestro of infinite deceptive batons—
What insidious behavior
These circumvents
Seldom admitted as lies…
In bald-faced defiance
To evidence of the heart,
An internal looking glass
Of immutable truths and consequences—
Oh my God
Forgive this sin
That I contrive You!
Of my own choosing
When to bless and rest,
And redefine or ignore….
The night so long with dreaded suspense
and pain the darkness augments.
Morning circumvents
the silence.
Grope!
Dawn's mist of dew inspires common sense
dread retreats in self-defense.
Morning circumvents
the silence.
Cope!
Birdsong echoes my triumph intense,
stirring light and breeze commence.
Morning circumvents
the silence.
Hope!
Each Block full of cops and stray shots that spot and show the stash rats and infinit trash
speakers blast weed and hash dispatch mash whores and cash jealousy splash blood spills
landfills alcoholics who drink nyquil no frill foods and young uns rude slaughter lewd acts
coke and crack vein slaps used jim hats in poisonous snatch aids attack political traps dt
adapt or better yet attach years of crap scared and strapped studio raps fades and naps
preacher slacks jump rope and jacks actual facts make any fraud collapse jump to the next
beat crumblin sheets so manifique vessel lettin jewwels leak wise cries crusty eyes judges I
despise as the chicken fry I ask why is freedom denied and govermental pressure applied
here's the Queen city the light shining bright that handed me a beautiful wife and 4 seeds to
complete our life many strike and lash here's a black but pucker suckers steppin utilizing
non-destructive weapons ever so destined God's grace embrace a misunderstood race
searchin for a meaningful place we're not waste court case sent my rage circumvents wit a
toke of hemp bent ignores the rent due win no lose wit holes in my shoes take it next level
tru rebel mellow hello peace the faith that increase pray in the streets constant relief from a
soulsonic beat let's leap on cloud nine peops watch those that greet meek never weak
deeper than most chocolate amazon close sexy exotic fiberoptic tune in from day one
zoomin bloomin no coonin fist side by side Activist reactin making things happen minus
nappin law enforcement slaps and attack areas hood when it's the Europeans who always up
to no good. DEDICATED to all Black and Latino people dying in NEWARK!
That timetable of rapt familiarity's discern
resolves transmitting rumors, my befriend
dysfunctions with misfitting, halting's bend
and circumvents a standstill, toward no end!
While opposite in furthering's belief
beginning's placate, anchoring's achieve
that dormancy becomes a truth's bereave ~
life's reconciling justice to perceive!
All told, involuntary atmospheric sieve
the matters decimating plannings blind
are flushed away, as truth's fulfilled contend
perniciously is focused to amend!
That timeless trust, no telltale virtues send
can irritate or spill the hope's distend,
hurt's mortifying gospel's spoken trend
are turned to love, by hope's conspired extend!
Caught up in this circle sphere of integration; I swoon
as the feeling of worthlessness overwhelms me.
Nothing seems to remedy as this depression lulls me
into its claws of wretchedness.
Sweet and salty smiles that slink into your mind
seems to melt the drowning feeling of despondency.
Still there is the burning bubbling vibes of insanity that circumvents any relief.