Best Paine Poems
I
The Servants of Free Men on the Mayflower
Knew "abundant life" in Jesus, Great Savior
Two servants, too, rose up to sign The US Constitution
Lover of His Morals, Binder of America's First Bible, Jefferson
Perhaps, long before, some foundations cast by Tom Paine & William Penn
II
Then there is Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island
Who paid Native Americans for Providence, new way to get land?
More fortunate than Minister Anne Hutchinson, foe of New England
Because she read the Bible, taught it, and well ... thus expelled
Yet more fortunate than Mary Dyer, Quaker, now Watch at Boston Common
III
Smaller folk prayed for A Great Awakening. It came. Publicist: Ben Franklin
Preachers in the trenches, before two Billys: Charles Finney & Our Theologian
None other than Jonathan Edwards; when he died, on that occasion
His wife wrote her daughter: we weep but thank LORD he was our relation!
IV
The idea of America ... inimitable; Einstein came as Refugee of Distinction
And veterans I'm blessed to know, ennobled by trials and tribulation
We lost Lewis Reynolds this year; a Marine and Man of many an Invention
Your simple research will reveal we owe much to such Fighters For Freedom
And in my church: Walter Ogden, Dick (Tex) Pentecost, Russell Coleman
V
Yes, we may criticize its imperfection ... often without paying a price
There was the bad history with Indians - broken treaties and cowardice -
Yet John Rolfe did marry Pocohontas, many now claim them Ancestors
And slavery of Africans was brutish, but Lincoln busted free of old fears
As did Noble Roosevelt, Carter, & Obama ... celebrate USA in Living Colors
(c) Deo. Happy Birthday America; God empower the peoples and every level of Leadership to fulfill the Great Destiny of America. After all, Gandhi's great granddaughter, Uma, says: "Try to share; you'll have to one way or another."
Warriors of austere adventures,
soldiers for suffering and tribe survival,
children,peasents,women & men,the penny poor & candid criminals,
proud peoples,honest heros,
we marched on all the flesh of earth,
no terrain was forbidden for the fantastic forbearence of the foriegn fighters,
campaigns on the cold clay of Europe's mountain valleys,
the smeltering sands of arid Arabia where the sanctuaries are shadows,
mundane manuevors upon the hot hills of the mutinational Meditterrain,
marching in spread points across Russia's frozen waters,
mildly marching single file through soft dirt along the massive Mississippi,
going above and beyond the shattered rock the Hindu Kush does pile,
forging fanaticaly in columns of two against angry winds that whirl and wail
amid the plateus of Peru where pain is pink and mercy mute,
motives for marching can be exquisitely egregious,or simple and sanctified
like the beating of a boy in order to make a man rather than a brute,
Hannibal climbed the hellish heights of the Alps,
Caeser acquired apotheosis by the grinding of Gaul,
the Khan of Asia killed for culture,
irreproachable rebels like Moses and Boudica fought for posterity,for legends,
Joseph Brant and Alaric broke yokes of the Imperial vulture,
Cincinatus pushed forward the march to ensure the peace with plough,
Tom Paine for freedom of expression,Joan of Arce burned for rapture,
simplicity brings relief,and sometimes joy while on the move,
oddities like bluejays & baccon,
wonders such as hawks & large wildlife,
good things like clean water & a commrades cackle,
mysterious events of improvised spiritual ritual,omens deciphered
unique to each are rife,
in the snow & in the beach,through the mud,grass & crisp leaves we traverse
to bring the battle to the enemy,
to deliver the war with might,
we march so to bring the conflict to ourselves,
we march to meet,compete,and to defeat ourselves,
we march to meet our Maker's light -
J.A.B. %
I long to see Guanacos
Leap and fly
Over verdant grasses
And hills on high;
Watch small Chulengos
Nurtured by their side
Learn to leap their way
Fills the heart with pride.
Patagonian mountains
Is their home,
A place where these wild
Creatures love to roam.
Torres del Paine looks down
Where they graze,
Snowcapped in winter
And sure to amaze,
Lends picturesque beauty
To the wild herds.
To capture this vision,
There are no words.
I long to see Guanacos
leap and fly
Over verdant grasses
And hills on high.
Independence
In search of freedom, many braved the high seas,
Needing to flee the chains of their home countries.
Desiring a fresh start in a far-off land;
Educating their children to understand.
Plymouth, Jamestown, Hampton, and other such sites;
Enduring hardships, attacks, and other fights.
Now viewing self-rule, like Paine, as Common Sense;
Declaring to England their independence.
Early clashes at Lexington and Concord;
Not shrinking from gunfights or edge of a sword.
Claiming patriots’ victory at Yorktown;
Earning a U.S. republic, not a crown.
STREETS GOT THE whole WEEK
watching on low key
still water runs deep
just like homies
CAME A LONG WAY
u know traffic in la
MONEY and FAME
PAINE DONT GO AWAY
PAY ME AND ILL BE ON MY WAY
FACE MY BILLs UP
her FACE IN THE PILLOW
Forget THE ********
banging OUTside THE WINDOW
GOT THE INTRO LOOKING LIKE CORRIDORS
I WANT A BIG HOUSE CARS WITH A CHOFER
A CONTROLLER BUT NOT UP INSIDE OF MY SKIN
corrodes your soul not talking bout window tint
LOOK IN THE EYE WHEN YOU SHADE THE SoN OUT
CLOSED EYES WHEN the GUN BLOWs
DEATH WISH BOUND TO FOLLOW
BLESSED TO JUST SEE TOMORROW
HELLS KITCEN COOKING UP THE PRODUCT
FOREAL THO ITS GOING UP IN SMOKE
FOREAL THO I DID TRY N SELL MY SOUL
GOT THE HOTS for me GOT THE POTS FOR ME
f YOUR PHILOSOPHY
WHAT A CATASTROPHE
WANt COME AFTER ME
LAST MAN STANDING COMING FROM THE BOTTOM
LAST LAUGH TALKING ABOUT WHO GOT EM
CLOWINinG ON THESE JOKERS
WHO BROUGHT them
ALL THE LIES I ef n BOUGH
ALL THE NAMES I ef n CROSSED
I CROSS MY BODY PRAYING OUT TO JESUS
THE SHEEP OR SHEPERD TEMPTATION THAT LED US
THE VENGES HOPING FENCES Through THE TRENCHES
ADRENALIN RUSH WITH MESSAGE
DIDNT LEARN OUR LESSSON
CHECK EM WHOs NEXT
FRIENEMIES THEY WANT TO BE FRIEDEMIEs
We started out so young and in love at 15 but then as we got older things started to go wrong when our hidden love wasn't a secret no more
we had been together for a year or more at the age of 17 we had our first born on the way but she was taken from us to soon after birth our relationship stayed intact but wasn’t the same we grew distant our young love hadn't been the same after 10 month and we were 19 the lost we had was a lot to handle but time had passed we were blessed with our beautiful boy who I thought would ease the pain
but still things didn’t change I made mistakes and you did to fill the void because things weren't rite an you weren't there the way I needed you and your mistakes were drunken an hazed a time or two so we're both to blame for our love that’s been hurt an broken now 3 years later I made small mistakes here and there an you've still not been there the ways I’ve needed you we’re both hard head an still young our blessed boy older and more handsome then when he was born sees the Paine our love is going through
we have our small moments of perfection the heart ache an tears are not even I don’t know what to do no more we’re about to turn 24 I miss the way things were before when you loved me the way you did when we first started out I wish I hadn't made my newish mistakes but as this new year has started I wanted a new start an it’s been greatish but as the months have passed it’s turning bad from the past mistakes catching up with me an our new issues arising I feel our love getting more lost an possible never to be found I wish we could go back and we could prevent our mistakes from happening an our relationship be saved from this lost path but you can't turn back time just try to prove we can be trusted an take a new steps forward and hope for the best
Love Aligns
Of names given at birth, one blooms special.
Mary seems to me a popular name.
Common folks and royalty likewise called.
But no two named Mary are quite the same.
A young girl named Mary lived righteously.
By God she was favored, is history.
She willingly bore God's begotten son.
Obscure to man…virgin birth mystery.
Infant queen, Mary of Scotland, betrothed,
Had escaped Henry the Viii rough wooing.
Life's whirlwinds, deaths and romance havocked her life.
Politics sent beheading ensuing.
Mary Read of Devon County, England
Surrounded by death, raised as a boy.
Captured by pirates of the Caribbean Sea,
Became a pirate herself, lived wild joy.
Mother and Daughter, writers named Mary,
Mary Wollstonecraft, swayed by T. Paine, wrote
"A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," (1792)
The thoughts of a mother, by death made remote.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, sweet sixteen,
Strong spirited, influenced by her mom
Left home to be Percy's mistress…outcast.
Sorrows in life are Frankenstein's where-from.
Mary Anning, a woman paleontologist,
Prepared fossils from Jurassic era beds.
Well-known by geologists, financially poor,
Put new ideas in scientific thinkers heads.
Famous women named Mary nowadays abound.
From Mary Anne on Gilligan's Island
To Mary Poppins flying through the air.
Each Mary, in her own way has some life brightened.
All of the women I have presented herein.
Have one thing in common: strength and chagrin.
But, there is not one Mary I read about or met.
Whose loves like my grandmother's was fashioned.
She, was a woman of strength, strong will, and *****.
But, tenderly, she comforted many a tear.
Teaching young children from her sewing machine,
She consistently worked to keep family near.
She offered fresh fruit from the family tree.
I know her sweetness from Heaven shines.
Without her love, I wonder where I would be.
When I hear the name Mary, love aligns.
© July 17, 2010
REFERENCES:
1. Mary Queen of Scots: http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfammqos.htm
2. Famous Pirate: Mary Read: http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/mary-read.php
3. Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley: http://classiclit.about.com/od/wollstonecraftmary/a/
aa_famousmother.htm
4. Mary Anning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning
Crooner Bruner loved his schooner 'Billie'
He took a short holiday in Chile
He went to Torres del Paine
Crooned across the terrain
And Came back home with a robust chilli
Thomas Paine
United States a Founding Father
Born in Norfolk an honest English man
Me proud to be part of a true Ameri can
No summer soldier or sunshine patriot
Spoke what he thought treasure no idiot
Tyranny like hell is not so easily conquered
harder the glorious conflict amour armoured
Still being inspiration in the army of freedom
his memory surely no not just my poor poem
Lover of freedom bringing common sense
the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
Hater of all the established churches
Lover of the native Indian Iroquois
But no Christian burial for him
No Christian church would receive his body for burial
The most prolific animal in our Kingdom is the Red Herring.
You don't need to be a "Sherlock Holmes" to figure that out
A Red Herring is a deliberate attempt to divert attention..................."look over there"
Please help control the Red Herring population today.....You can do your part
by opening up your eyes, and exposing the lies.
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
[Thomas Paine ]
The men we elect extol their virtues with zeal,
Yet, in whispered corners, many continue to steal.
Long ago, Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense",
Our legislators seem to lack this, when courted by lobbyists,
PACs, and the other interests who have come since.
They spend millions now to just get elected,
Are we so gullible, or just dejected?
"Throw the Bums Out" has been a cry heard before,
We still let them pass...Oh, so easily through the door.
Where are the "Statesmen" that once were there,
In every corridor of Congress, and in every chair?
Their biggest concern was the Citizens' welfare,
You pay for us first...seems to be their current care.
When we vote, as we all should,
Know the person of your choice, as best you could.
Ask what they have done to garner your trust,
Don't just pick one, whose hair isn't mussed.
When the voting is done and the election over,
Watch what they do, under the legislative covers.
So many of us complain that what happens is not fair,
Yet, our vote has stayed home, sitting in our favorite chair.
Federal, State, and Local Politicians too,
Realize that so many of us do not watch what they do.
So, take your vote seriously and with more zeal,
"THROW THE BUMS OUT" . . . this time for real!
Thomas Paine - an
Englishman
Maybe the best
American
Long and well before
all the fat folks
who live there now
Spoke of national
institutions
of churches whether
jewish christian or
muslim or other
nonsense
Schemes seeming to
him be no more than
human inventions,
set up to terrify
and enslave mankind
to monopolize for
power
The pain of Paine
Is that a man serves a nation
So that freedom may be obtained
That a man opposes his mother
So that the colony may be free
That what is right is not wrong
And the wrong of the leaders not right
That one opposes his friend
To release the colony
That one dies
And is buried as if one was unknown
As if one was no hero
Who would attend the burial of Paine
When his values drove his ill-willed friends
Made his enemies unite
Paine your pain is great
You now lie peaceful
With no pen
With no sword
Set to rotten
It may have hurt you to know
That you were treated as green boots
No pageantry
No military display
No civic procession
Paine your pain is great
Something is very wrong here
A world monopoly, based not on human life but on financial and corporate power
Money is one of the most socially paralysing structures humanity has ever endured
“ None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free ”
Johhan Wolfgang von Goethe
“Greed and competition are not the result of immutable human temperament; greed and fear
of scarcity are in fact being created and amplified; the direct consequence is that we
have to fight with each other in order to survive.”
Bernard Lietaer founder of the EU Currencey system
This is in an age where planetary sustainable wealth has exceeded anything known in human
history.
“We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in
the hands of a few; we can’t have both ”
Louise Brandeis Supreme Court Justice
Money is the greatest single impediment to the evolvement of humanity as a species. Money
generates nothing except the need for more money. Money creates greed, greed degrades the
human condition to a level of slavery to survival no better than that of cave men
Abundance, is not the mechanism of money, scarcity is its mechanism; scarcity equals
profit. Abundance surrounds us, it is evident in the creation of our cities and in our
super markets. What point is there in selling abundance, you might as well try and sell air.
The environmental conditioning of poverty is the prime cause of 90% of global criminality.
The United States has the largest prison population in the world.
“ My country is the world. My religion is to do good ”
Thomas Paine
“ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality ”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
It is not that I love you less
When first my lines of heavenly Joyes
made mention
through regions farr divided
see with what simplicity
see! With what constant motion
Philosophers have measured mountains
Man, dreame no more of curious mysteries
Oh wearisome condition of humanity !
Oh might Nothing ! Unto thee
O Joyes ! Infinite sweetness! With what flowers
Must I then see, with what busie heart
Heare mee, O God!
Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with teares
Busie old fool , unruly sunne
Absent from thee I languish still
O sweet and bitter monuments of paine
Out upon it , I have lov'd
Sweet day , so cool , so calm , so bright
where do these voices stray
like to the falling of a starre
Poet and Saint ! To thee alone are given
A ward , and still in bonds, one day
All my past life is mine no more
How vainly men themselves amaze
dazel'd thus with height of place
Here lies wise and valiant dust.