Best Demands Poems
Fate declared this life there is no time
time for us to be together,
yet surely some justice found
in this the universe,
a planned after life
where you are mine
and yes, I
become
yours
© Harry J Horsman 2013
Categories:
demands, love, universe,
Form:
Nonet
In the up's that I have found
With the in's that help me out
Here and there and there about
There's only so much that I'm allowed
In the all that I can keep
That keeps on affecting me
Will take for granted in its deeds
Where no longer will I be free
For what looks good at the time
Sometimes comes back to bite
If you don't keep a watchful eye
And you let it run your life
For what's good can turn out bad
If you give it the upper hand
What started out as well laid plans
Becomes more of a demand
So be careful in what you do
Give all of your time to
Like you've heard and it is true
Can take a bite out of you
Categories:
demands, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Valley of flowers
And rainbows isn’t my abode
Share if you may
The thorns of my anguish
And be the balm of my wounds
Categories:
demands, dedication, life, love, sad,
Form:
Tanka
Betrayal Demands An Audience
Pretty smiles
dressed in camouflage
full in view but hidden
talking sincerity
to silent attentive listeners.
Impressive Actor
his stage now set
for betrayal demands an audience
he's inspired from arising cheers
see, his deceitful decorations near.
And when found out
he's drawn them in
his performance was just to win
his stage impressive
and the Actor glorious
for the betrayal demands an audience.
Categories:
demands, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
She, in natures bloom
Pulsating lips now craving
Hungering demands
I to thee in loving call
Creativity of two
.
Categories:
demands, birth, child, desire, devotion,
Form:
Tanka
REDONCULOUS DEMANDS
"Don't be Shellfish," said the Crab,
"Nor pay me Sand in Dollars!
ArgoNaut and don't debate,
to get your way, or holler."
When I call, then you must come,
just in case it's Urchin.
Conch you buy me Sandcastles,
and pay it to the Merchant?
"You better Kelp me," said the Oyster,
"I'm trying to Shoot this Curl!
If it knocks me off my Wave,
you know I'll heave my Pearl."
When I'm Starfish for some food,
then feed me jumbo Shrimp.
And please do not get Undertow,
it causes me to limp.
Don't you Seal me in a cave,
nor Tide my Pools in knots.
Keep me Sound, my Salty Sailor,
and float me in your Yacht.
Driftwood you play a tune forlorn,
and harmonize in Coral?
Play the Sandpiper, and French Foghorn,
from sundown to the morrow.
By Edlynn Nau
© May 6, 2016
Categories:
demands, innocence, sea, word play,
Form:
Light Verse
A Demanding Steed
Once upon a crisp Winter morning, while the cardinals so lively, announced the awakening of a new day.
I sprang out of bed, pressed play on the radio, and begin to dress for a trek across the field and dance.
My brown leather boots were still warm from the heater they had been placed upon the night before.
The painted gelding's neigh travels through the wind and up to my door knocking loudly.
He requests fresh water and straw.
I find my coat that is brighter than heart decorations floating around on Valentine's Day.
It too matches the cardinal's plumage and warms me.
The young equine commands its orders again, and in a very blunt manner.
I rush to the bathroom, twist my hair into a woven strand, and complete the style with a petite floral hairpin to confine my bangs.
The horse noisily bellows once more.
The creature lacks patience like a fourth-grader waiting for recess and the freedom to prance about.
My gloved hands twist the brass doorknob and the wooden door extends its arms towards the snow-covered backyard.
Oh! The outside air strikes my face as the icy wind impales every inch of my soul.
I close my eyes and pull my fuzzy cream beanie over my ears.
My shriek caused the cardinals to crow once more. They mock my misery in the cold.
Crunch! The snow feels like glass cracking under my shivering feet.
The trusty transportation source turns its large upright ears towards my direction.
A cheerful whinny he lets lose along with a jolly canter to the edge of its wooden stall.
"This metal nameplate is inscribed with only the most appropriate name for you my friend," I tell the horse. Commander.
Oh, how I love thee and its amusing demands. The marvelous adventures he takes me on.
I fill up the water trough with sweet water and place fresh golden hay into the wooden feeder.
I turn to kiss his fuzzy black and white muzzle before I dash back into my cozy cabin.
The creature appears to smile at me as he then turns to consume the new hay.
I love my horse so much that I would let the animal inside the house if it wasn’t so large.
Categories:
demands, animal, appreciation, farm, home,
Form:
Narrative
home
comfortable, secure
loving, sharing, growing
anxiety, demands, cleaning, repairing
cooking, shopping, banking
expensive, exhausting
work
Categories:
demands, angst, blessing, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Diamante
Life is a series of demands. Hurry up, perform.
Do your homework, write a paper, oh and read 300 pages,
get in those volunteer hours, grab those lab credentials.
I get busy, caught up in projects and I forget stuff
like dinnertime, peeing before it’s an emergency,
or like calling you - last night.
On vacation I’m unplugged, I’m avoiding focus,
I’m not paying attention, my mind’s wandering.
I’d want you less if it were required by law.
I imagine your huge, brown saucer eyes
exhibiting a wounded, blaming expression and I can’t.
Maybe there’s a biological explanation, yes, that’s it,
I’m missing an enzyme, I have a glandular disorder
that prevents long distance relationships from working.
No, not work - It can’t be work - it should be exciting.
Is it a crime to want some time off from pressure?
I’m not asking for a pony.
Just a sabbatical couple of weeks away from obligations.
I felt so guilty that I went to Karen (Lisa’s mom) about it.
We talked for over an hour, she’s so smart, I love her.
She reminded me about the recent lockdowns
and how years of skyping and remote learning
might affect (dull-down) a long distance romance.
I told her what you said, about my sinatra psyche
and she said although I seem absurdly secure,
I’m probably still figuring things out - and that’s ok.
There’s really no substitute for talking to a mom.
I called you - and left a message - I hope you understand.
I turned my phone off - for now.
Categories:
demands, anxiety, holiday, romance, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
When times are dark and treachery reigns……
Evil people appear looking for glorious political fame.
They do everything to scare you, to-get your vote.
Their dishonesty, fiils our innocent souls with no hope.
Never mind them………..what about your family and you?
You may be responsible for putting them in office, now
what are you going to do?
How much more freedom and rights, are you so willing to lose?
Worse, three hundred Americans die each day from Fentanyl abuse!
We are all Americans with souls belonging only to God.
We must stop the insanity of burying our freedoms in the damp sod.
Above all…..we cannot become, God forbid, Cuba, the Second!
With tyranny, poverty for all, censorship and el presidente, who
spends our money, and is not to be questioned!
11/14/2022
Categories:
demands, america, conflict, courage, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
My ego,
devoid of outside voices
songs and sacred dances,
Missing outdoor ecoschools
sponsored by GreenFaith Communities
studying outside multicultural EcoFaith Cooperatives
supported by EcoVillage Guilds
and WiseElder Councils
with health-wealth optimizing goals
established with green permacultural designing
co-consultants,
suffering Ego/Eco CoMessiahs.
I have learned to expect authority
exercised as patriarchal demands,
after a bit of WinLose compromising
and egocentric truce-making,
self-defense of dueling dualistic WinLose
hard-fought evolutionary/devolutioning compromises
Informing/exformational dipolarities
In which my RightBrain mind-spirit loses
so my LeftBrain body-nature can continue
asserting it's Either/Or
Win/Lose demands
for rational anger and fear management expectations,
retributive justice against,
rather than for,
sinners like me
falling short of enslaved blind faith
in dualistic bipolar fundamentalist
escape from HellFire and Damnation addictions
Demands for LeftBrain reform
through punishing ego-oppression,
suppression
My hard way
tough love
of patriarchal plutocratic inside-voice pirates--
Not wu-wei of nondual
bilateral tipping pointed
dipolar WinWin extensions of grateful invitations,
Both/And
sacred ElderRight
with secular NewBorn Left.
My RightBrain sacred NatureSpirits
invite WinWin responses
through co-mentoring HereNow gratitude
for Earth's matriarchal health-wealth CoPresence
Forming all my WinWin cooperative days,
co-investment programs,
health policies,
PositivEnergy projects,
CommonGround propositions,
could not demand WinWin convergence,
resilience,
resonance
Because invitations express healthy-wealth
of and for nurturing Gratitude
LeftBrain attitudes
singing and prancing beatitudes,
RightBrain sacred integrity
of YangBody
with YinMind,
My EgoLeft
with Green EcoSchool inviting fellow conservationists
polycultural
polypathic
polyphonic right
feeling both adrenaline ultra-violet Wonder
co-investing Here,
and dopamine green Awe
bilateral ZeroZones
co-inviting timeless aptic Now
My Win or Lose adrenaline on demand
with WinWin dopamine
by Left-Right cooperative invitation only.
Categories:
demands, caregiving, health, integrity, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
The sovereign Lord is in His holy temple
reigning there over all the earth
the people of this world need be quiet
for this God brings about their birth
This God is the Lord of all eternity
full of glory, majesty and perfect love
all His subjects require to be in awe
in the presence of this Lord from above
What glory descends from His throne
showing Himself so magnificently pure
such purity that man can't describe
the minds blown completely to be sure
All people's living upon this world
should recognise His will for them
so be silent before His very presence
this He calls for among all men
This is God eternal has even been
His face no one has never seen
the holy scriptures tell us this
so be sure His love you never miss
(''But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him.”)
Habakkuk 2: 20 (ESV)
Categories:
demands, christian, silence, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
No it’s not hunting nor is it fishing
It’s more like an electrical neuron;
Living in the universe of the mind;
Bouncing all over the place;
Fitting anywhere but belonging nowhere.
Or a geometric angle often;
Found unsolvable..
In this life absolutes are hard pressed to be found
And in its own unorthodox fashion;
These neurons may distract with designed intent.
So maybe you don’t have to be sad or lay blame;
And maybe you shouldn’t ingest anger;
But perhaps you should consider instead;
That which may have laid litigation to your thoughts
Categories:
demands, friendship, may, universe,
Form:
Free verse
When a knock, brought him out of bed
A detective, with this demand lead,
"Your whereabouts fix,"
"Between four and six"
"In kindergarten and first grade", he said!
Categories:
demands, character, confusion, funny, silly,
Form:
Limerick
I have read a lot of books
Not sure what I remember of them
Written a lot of poetry
Yet cannot recite any of it
I have lived a lot of days
Faint memories entwined
In fluffed and softened lies
I cannot unentangle them
I have loved and been loved
Shared the pain and joy of both
Inhaled the breath of generations
Destined to remember me
I have grown old
And yet my mind resists
The weakness of my body
Calling forth its inner youth
I have read a lot of books
I have lived a lot of days
I have loved and been loved
I have grown old
And still I read
I write, I remember,
I love and am loved
For life demands it
Categories:
demands, age, life, love, writing,
Form:
Free verse