Best Due Poems

Frail humans we are and mistakes are made,
but there will be a time to pay
for pain inflicted on others.

Run swiftly from dark clouds hovering above,
baggage like an albatross around our necks --
cast it aside.

Commit to offering kind words, 
compassion to all,
bestowing brotherly love.

Make amends when...

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The dear old pastor had occupied the same pulpit for years and years;
He preached fire, damnation and The Hereafter scorching his congregants ears!
He had baptized hordes of kids and officiated when they married,
And comforted many mourning souls when their loved-ones were buried!

He suffered through stormy...

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The moon had held a wickedness 
So unlike many of night I've seen
Embraced in an eerie listessness
While projecting an ominous scene

This night a warriors life was lost
One who unselfishly fought for all
She'd pay no matter what the cost
Her battles she picked, was her call

See it...

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The wolves awake; beware the great deception.
The vampires' conjugate conception.
Witches gather with their brew,
Tyrants in their coup.
Surrender-
Due!
Pretender…
Cunning treasons thru,
Edict illusions will spew.
Ignominious of inception,
The wolves awake; beware the great deception.




July.12.2020
Andaree 
Sponsored by~Joseph May

Placed 1'st...Thank You...

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The chord wrapped around his neck
As he was unwilling to pay the penalty of the law
Why should he bow his knee to derelicts
When he had preached against the sin of the fall

She came in looking all cute and coy
She's a girl, I'm a boy...a very...

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haze of pain automatically falls upon mind 
                             when dissatisfaction condensed in to sorrow
   ...

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Water, as most of you will know, 
has the chemical formula H2O.
Now this essential liquid is, as well, 
in its natural form, devoid of smell, 
and also in its pure state, 
it's clear and clean and really great, 
for keeping living things alive, 
as without...

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There was a rich lawyer of McNaught
Who overcharged his clients a lot.
His bank account soared
As their welfare he ignored.
Now he’s gone to hell in a 40-foot yacht....

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All is not well 
In this kibbutz
Distant thunder 
Suffers, pardons

Armour crumbles 
In this temple
Does the keeper's 
Soul surrender?

Aren't the roots here 
In this dark soil
Drinking like some 
Suckers should?

And we will stay 
In this dim light
Dragging echoes 
Somewhere else

Aiming blame 
In others' corners
Dowsing these flames...

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In Judaism, at 13,
A boy becomes a man
With Torah* reading and a party;
That’s the standard plan.

But Yisrael Kristal missed his chance -
The war got in the way – 
And then 100 years passed by – 
He’s 113 today!

The oldest living male, they say,
Surviving Hitler’s reign,
Though...

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IN DUE RESPECT (MY DUE RECOGNITION)

I am not that to my poetry.
We are.
But the thing is, we are not.
You are with me in spirit when I write.
I know this well because we speak into my mental environment.

When I publish my compiled poems in a poetry...

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The search for a due date never stops 
I seem to have lived in the shadow of my existence 
Tell me when the apocalypse will be, and I will set my watch
Seeking and stumbling in vein 
I want answers! 
I may know when my first...

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Like when you raise a ship and be the first to feel its butt
You can so be the victim of the beast you took from huts
You’ve smiled, made love from time you flirted
 But now the eyes are open; he'll start t hurt
 Hurt you
Hurt...

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ocean rhythms swayed
                          world wide weather makers
             ...

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Here's to Elisha Graves Otis that stupendous innovator,

   Who gave us all a lift in life by inventing the elevator.

      Due to Elisha's creative skill and general know-how,

         The ups...

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