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Premium Member Below a Douglas Fir

Below a Douglas Fir tree one beautiful moonlit night
I sat there with my Missy as we viewed a lovely sight

The aurora borealis was lighting up the sky
Then something to my right suddenly caught my eye

A gem from outer space tore across the cobalt blue
Leaving behind a trail a quite spectacular view

Two in trapped capture witnessing a shooting star
We wonder where it came from, out there from afar

We sat there for ages chatting about the sight we seen
Phenomena such as this are generally seen in dreams

Below the Douglas Fir tree that beautiful moonlit night
We marvelled at it's arrival as it disappears from sight







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Rochester Discourse - Federick Douglas

Wind, word, sail
The helm is turned
On the oar of the tongue
Against the tide of laws
The righteous cause
Will its litany and prevail
O could the dock
Materialize again
Out of the euphoria of the brain
O could not relay of metered sound
Measure out spoon by empty spoon
The empty wait
And the immediacy of the state
You were a tower
Better than Babel or rainless flower
You were answerer and caller
With exact mimetic
Of the horrific hour
That children go round and round
Sunless in the shadow
I never let the moon get into my blood
The universe is just a batch of mud.

Douglas Fir

On the tall table
Resides a small Christmas tree
With a Santa hat
When his eyes open to show
The vacant stare of plastic


Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Parkland, Fla.
February 14, 2018 

One more senseless mass homicide 
   twas the sole arbitrary aim
as a former student nonchalantly 
   sauntered empty hallways 
   seconds preceding blame
brazenly intent to maximize total killed 

   matter of factly telling police 
   (his incomprehensible) 
   (ill) logic he did explain 
when cornered, he willingly, 
   unflinchingly, reticently admitted guilt 

Nikolas Cruz rocketed 
   to instantaneous infamous fame 
   pulling a fire alarm 
   ("FAKE") emergency, 

   then going leisurely ambling 
   along his killing spree
total of seventeen slain (comprising 3 faculty 
   and 14 students) 
   mercilessly gunned down 
   as if they were wild game

when handcuffed, an innocuous 
   19 year old did readily admit
emptying one firearm after another 
   at a fairly rapid clip

then at some predestined 
   or spurious moment didst dip
and dive out amidst 
   the chaotic madding crowd 
   before reality flopped then did flip
as lower teeth he nervously bit upper lip

made feeble getaway 
   at a nearby eatery casually flirted 
   with cashier and made no move to flit
upon his seizure as cornered prey 

   subsequently large tract 
   massively cordoned off 
   strong arm of the law 
slightly halting in speech 
   detailed his gambit

deliberately staking 
   a stance to maximize hit
and once again afflicted parents lit
up with rancor and rage pit

toughly battling sorrow
   which will not quit
til death doth bring peaceful rest
   sans, those grieving family visit.

Premium Member Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
Star of Spartacus.
An excellent actor and movie star was he.
He lived to be one hundred and three.

5/11/21

Premium Member She Had the Cleft of Kirk Douglas

She had the cleft of Kirk Douglas.
It was decidedly brilliant on her.
It fit her mind and her attitude.
I watched it talk along with her mouth.

Where had she gotten such a cleft?
It is rare to see these days.
It was more fashionable in the forties.
I wondered about it for days.

I never saw her again.
But one time was more than enough.
When my own child was born with a cleft
I knew she was brilliant and special.


Adam Douglas Steinmetz

It's a little too late,
To say what I wanted to say,
Because of your fate,
It was a sad and depressing day.

It was the day they told me,
The day you were gone,
I could not see,
I could not go on.

Cried for hours,
Held my friends close,
They took what was ours,
What we love the most.

But you are gone forever,
There's nothing we can do,
I will see you never,
But I will pursue.

All I want to say,
Is that I love you,
And everday I will pray,
Because love is something you cannot undo.

I will look up in the sky,
And be proud to love you,
I don't want to say good-bye,
But I know it's something I must do.

Zelo Inspirado Em Douglas Santucci, 05,05,2018, 14 Horas

Zelo

A repetição, 
junto com a aptidão
desde tempos imemoriais
criam a arte e o pão.

A Repetição respeita você 
já a aptidão, 
respeita as pessoas próximas.

Para produzir resultados extraordinários
sob todos os tempos, 
coloque a repetição 
e a aptidão acontecendo juntas.

Inspirado em conversa com
Douglas Santucci – 05-05-2018 – 14 horas.

Premium Member Mike Douglas

Fabulous fame and fortune would be your attainment
as you became a household name in entertainment.
We would see you on television five days a week.
Your pleasant voice and demeanor is what we would seek.
For years from Cleveland, LA, and Philadelphia,
the stars appearing on your show were a plethora.
You did the voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella.
You were great when you sang with Kay Kyser’s orchestra.
The hit songs you had included “Ole Buttermilk Sky”.
“The Men In My Little Girl’s Life” took your fame quite high.
Things you did with your show were a great accomplishment.
Everyone missed you when you went into retirement.
On this sad occasion, the angels took you away.
You left us on the earth on your eighty-first birthday.

Premium Member Douglas

*Image of Best Nature Wind by Gfycat.

douglas

patriarch skies prayed
volcanic aerosols sprayed
uke strummed hula swayed

2020 July 26
*1st Place*
STRAND completely new (14)any theme any form
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2020 July 28

Elusive Man Is Slippery Fish

It was in Argentina
That Bull met Clementina:
The same year dumped Tina,
Who’d thought herself A Winner’
And was planning “A Dinner”
In Hotel De Cortina…

Clementina was in Fridge
And still Bull left for Cambridge:
Escape from Blown-Up Bridge?
The Much Elusive Partridge
Outwitting traps in farms ridge…

Bull was to meet a Rita
In far flung Costa Rica
Over her fought Strong Douglas
And just shattered him like glass!
Confirmed Green Snake, in Green Grass:
Rita had guessed not it’d pass!

Premium Member Rest In Peace-Kirk Douglas and Robert Conrad

Kirk Douglas 

Today we heard we lost Kirk 
Who never needed a shirt
Always a lovely flirt that Kirk
 Joining Moses in heaven
Who we watched in the movie way past eleven 
Hopefully God enjoyed their sound stage cheese
and now he is at peace 
Yes, we lost Kirk 
that lovely flirt

Robert Conrad 

We say good night to Robert Conrad 
Who looked good when being mad
He had the right stuff being tough
 On the smaller screen 
Which was clean 
Tough stories that made him look peachy keen 
Standing strong 
Righting wrong 
Good night Robert Conrad 
America's Dad

Premium Member Poet Douglas

Poet Alfred Lord Douglas
ever linkedto Oscar alas
Always a bit of a rebel
imprisoned once for libel

Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray 

On various YouTube programs
I have taken an interest in his opinions
about Islam in Europe, and I share 
his pessimistic opinions 
He is a person of great interest
always well groomed
it appears he spends most of his 
time in various hotel rooms, preferable
near a mirror, adjusting his tie
His vanity is amusing
Regarding his view of the Gaza debacle
I fear his dislike (hatred) of Islam 
leads him astray by talking about
the October 7/10 atrocities, yet fail 
to address the 42 thousand civilians 
killed by Israeli bombs, which
he, no doubt, blames Hamas
As a debater, he is superb
 his intelligence
of highest quality
I also find his half-smile when delivering
a verbal retort, endearing 
I look forward to reading his books
© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.

The Late Douglas Adams

He was very tall, he stood six feet five.
He died too young, he couldn't survive.
He wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" and some episodes of "Doctor Who".
Dying at the young age of forty-nine was tragic and that's certainly true.
He died nearly a quarter of a century ago and he won't be coming back.
He was a British man and people were sad when he died of a heart attack. 
When this talented man died, it was a devastating blow.
I wish he could've lived longer but it was his time to go.


[Dedicated to Douglas Adams (1952-2001) who died on May 11, 2001]

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