Best Preventive Poems
A significantly different day
No bread or milk
empty for toilet paper
Reduced opening hours in grocery stores
- Home insulation with
respiratory infection
Rationing on medicines
School closes -
no leisure activities
No daycare
No bus or taxi
No traveling abroad
All aboard aircraft and boat
must in quarantine
Large preventive measure
Dramatic cut in hotel beds
The church cancels all services
Closed office buildings
No cinema or theater
Today our first victim
as a result of the coronavirus
My deepest condolences to the family
~ "Normal life" is paused
Let this time bring out the best in us
12.03.2020
Coronavirus Covid-19 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Team PoetrySoup
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Human ingenuity leapfrogs beyond ordinary
Buoying upon wings of intellectual curiosity
Sustaining innovation, creative imagination,
Breaking barriers once thought impenetrable,
Daring to conquer the arduous, unknown~
Resistant to understanding, inert to inquiry.
Unfathomable is force of scientific curiosity
That opened doors to discoveries, inventions:
Telescopes that explore the origin of universe,
Space flights landing on Moon and Mars,
Defying gravity, exceeding the speed of sound;
Telephones, electricity, computers, automobiles,
Untold preventive medicines, therapeutics,
Vaccines holding in check reign of pandemics,
Treatments for diseases, cure for hepatitis,
Nuclear fusion searching new source of energy
Reducing emissions to sustain life on earth.
Curiosity is the flame of wisdom, inspiration,
Lifeline for mortality pursuing life and liberty;
Promise of yesterday, today, and tomorrow,
For explicating phenomena less understood,
For guiding aspirations of cognitive intellect,
For directing journey on roads not traversed.
January 8, 2023
Placed 1st: This or That, Vol 15 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
What Matters…
What Matters Most…
… is Real Laughter
Not Lurid Echoes
Not Just To – Gather
But Staying Close
And Less Clatter-Chatter
Less Lies and Boasts
More Sweet Pitter-Patter
On Calm-Home – Coasts
… And Strong Rafters
And Stronger Posts
Preventive Measures
For Unneeded Dose
And When Bad Guys Scatter
‘Cause Good Guys Accost
… So, Need More Lone Rangers
… Less Alter Egos
And Real Treasure
Not Trinket Woes…
Real Pleasure
Not Powder – Rows
Peace and A Cracker
Than Quarrels and Pot Roast
And To Know Better
… Than To Just Suppose
… Happily Ever-After
Not Lost Co-Host
And When Love Shatters
Hate’s Glass-Frost…
… And A Holy Helper
For Human – Uh-Oh’s !...
That’s What Matters…
… What Matters Most …
I must confess. Some things I ponder.
I am acutely aware of God's wonders;
Yet, often I stagger at the sound of thunder.
I must be wise as I ponder lest I should blonder.
In all things, God is most pure and ever sure.
I understand that some things we must endure.
I understand God's beautiful 'Balance of Nature'.
Yet I, often act and sound nieve and immature.
Why was he there?
What did she want?
He is not homeless;
But she lies at my entry.
I know that he too has purpose;
Purpose assigned to her by God.
Yes, I realize that we must coexist,
But we do not have to be friends.
I have seen 5 of them in 4 years.
I try my hardest not to be paranoid.
In addition to other preventive measures,
I have created within me a mental plan.
I consider snakes both armed and dangerous.
Therefore, they will never be welcomed by me.
My best weapon is prayer for God's protection.
My next best weapon is my 'Awareness Program'
Sanitize your hands before
You open up the door.
Grab a tissue to protect
From germs left there before.
Purell spigots on the walls
Everywhere you turn.
Still, despite these offerings,
Most people never learn.
Hospitals are breeding grounds
For every type of germ.
Even if you’re visiting,
You may wind up infirm.
Years ago, before we knew
How microbes make us sick,
We’d take our medicines and hope
That we’d feel better quick.
Now we have preventive tips
That help us, there’s no doubt;
But if you’re in the hospital,
Then hurry and get out!
An important element of our Christmas is of course Santa Claus
But who is this man with white long beard
Tradition holds Santa Claus at the North Pole
Christmas is tied to the traditions and stories
Fantasy and excitement. . . mysticism and superstition
The idea of Santa is part of our childhood
All Norwegian children know Santa Claus as an amused older gentleman
that comes with Christmas gifts wearing black boots
red suit, white beard and a big belly
Unfortunately, Christmas means a lot of stress and little sleep for Santa Claus
Read in the newspaper that Santa Claus is sick ... He is admitted to the hospital
Santa has an unhealthy lifestyle - eat a lot of cookies and candies
He is certainly no lightweight
High cholesterol ... blood pressure ... diabetes
Dear anyone who still believes in Santa Claus
A bad news ...... Christmas 2013 is postponed to December 2014
The news went around the world ... Many cried and wanted to help Santa Claus
Santa must have a special health drink
The people of the Ivory Coast in West Africa using Ginger
that traditional preventive medicine ... they sent 10 bottles to Norway
Mexico created a very special health drink made with Chiaseeds
A special health drink came from Texas ... horse milk
Santa Claus drinks his medicine with a smile -
that works well for blood pressure and combustion
Maybe it will be Christmas with Santa Claus this year nevertheless ...
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
Contest Name: Santa Claus
Deadline 1/12/2014 12:00:00 AM
15.12.2013
A-L Andresen :)
Early start
East Coast Ferry Terminal;
Sleepy journey
Trip for two
Getaway spa resort;
Rest and recuperate
Mystic moments:
Retreat into void --
Battery recharging
To re-jig sense
Spur sensorial feel;
Find and anchor
Getaway mode
Three days of rest;
Tropical idyll
Sing a song
Joy floods again;
Refresh soiled templates
Doing nothing
Can heal you wholesome;
Empty cups need refill
So there you go:
Two lovers
Playing catchup
Take your trip,
Embrace emptiness;
Rest weary wiles
Here by this bench
Watch people passing;
Wit humours worry
Driver's hot seat:
Fast luxury car
Speeding away
Now for a pit stop
Mechanics of motion;
Preventive maintenance
Bus trip homewards
Observe fellow passengers;
Flashy mobile devices
We flood the bus
Private thoughts lurk;
Ready to unleash
Air-con bus ride
Morning masquerade;
Chameleons in-transit
Glare of morning
Sun in my eyes;
Drowsy dreamy crazy
Missing the point
Stray words dislodge;
Meaning decapitated
Drowsy movement
Blurry sensations;
Graveyard shift starts
Report and lodge
Complaint that cuts;
Fire a loose cannon
Moody mindset
Uneasy dawn;
Distant tremors
Exit the start
Enter the end;
Roundabout lurks
Highway song
Go fast within limits;
Speedy Gonzales!
Follow the signs:
Deliver me
From my slavery
Illumination saves
Ignorance and blame;
Choice rewards freedom
Morning story
Sleep put on hold;
Awareness now grooms
Leon Enriquez
25 Feb 2014
Singapore
I’m looking for mine daily
A gene of combinations and strengths
A blood we share in hidings
Nation and nations as siblings
A blood of friends satisfaction
Arouses sense and feelings
Bringing joy in sadness
Strengthening weak to fight
A blood that flow uneven
Too economy to people like us
A wonderful world like this
Where number of soldiers sounds
Borders of states are intact
with secret security full paid
But none of them dare to grasp
For the blood flows like electron
Penetrates deep to impassable
Is it true they fail to victim?
Why few are seized and bailed
Why is becoming a song
With big budget of state security
It is real a wonderful music I hear
Like dum! dum! dum! express your self
For the blood spreads everywhere
And ruin national’s development
A blood of foolish and stupid
Riching capitalist and bourgeoisie
Protected by leaders and ministers
That undermine equality and improvement
Branding abuse is irony
Preventive education is nonsense
These are extravagances and exploitation
The solution is simple I suggest
Killing the flower of production
That bee buzzes for her saccharine
Yoga way of Life in ancient times
Got lost in modern materialistic times
Way of harmonising mind-body-spirit
Combination of breathing rhythm, postures, meditation, diet
Offers preventive, therapeutic, psychic cures
Not just an exercise, divine path for merging with universe
Age no bar, easy to practise any time
Simple mat, props, no need of hi-fi gym
Develops repulsive force towards flesh food for cellular quietness
Drops non-veg diet, avoids system irritation thru vegetarian dishes
No other stream renders benefits physical, mental and spiritual
Yoga, truly embodying Union of souls, Individual with Universal
Yoga, ancient healers gift to world, origin of India
In modern polluted world, Yoga the only healthy idea
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By Hitendra Mehta
April 2011-04-22
For Members Contest – Yoga by Tahera Mannan
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2 Terms Of Political Office
A political leader of a country successfully managed to extend his term of office...
Brings up the question of the wisdom of the previous curb imposed to 2 terms in office....
Bolehland has on record the incredible long tenure of 22 years by Premier Dr Mahathir...
And plans are afoot to restrict succeeding premiers to only 2 terms is service....
2 term may be too short for long term overall development.....
Besides the problem from the surplus of such pensioners ...
And atypical of Bolehland mentality, ad hoc programs will proliferate...
A merry go round of contractors, hangers on for part of the economic pie....
Hohoho...
Too frequent a changing of the guard....
Brings on too many a zealous new broom to sweep the room clean....
Hohoho....
On the other hand, a misguided head at the top....
Even a single term can have dire consequences....
Democratically there should be preventive measures...
To checkmate the slide into mediocrity...
Dr M helmed Bolehland for 22years....
Despite the many shortcomings, those were exemplary years....
Of prosperity, stability and high paced development....
Though with the benefit of hindsight...
Bolehland was tethering towards a gaping abyss...
Created by many policies and practices that have outgrown their noble objectives..
What was once a visionary and innovative initiative to correct a shortcoming....
Becomes a yoke of suffering and abuse once it's objectives are achieved....
Question of the day is when to review and to improve an initiative....
Before misrepresentations and abuses set in to abuse the system....
Then the need for change has to happen, a step back in order to move forwards 2 steps...
The Europeans were pioneers in coming up with parliamentary checks and balances...
But history too bears witness to the many atrocities and disasters they created...
The world wars, the religious crusades, the bullying politics of apartheid and slavery...
All faulted and wreaked by the overwhelming influence of supremacy of race and religion ...
What Bolehland is undergoing, it is nothing new nor revolutionary...
The only positive, we could be on the path to maturity...
All the existing abuses and clamour for better governance....
Could just be manifestations of growing pains of a young democracy...
My intentions are not preventive actions, just decisions made. Only if I had given more thoughts to right and wrong choices that has crossed me. Maybe contemplate a better plan that could have coexisted with both side of my thought process. My independent thinking has corrupted my better judgment.
Two faced, and the mask hasn’t changed my feelings about things. Maybe it’s broken like how I feel about my own soul. Torn, and I decided to walk away ending up at a cross road. One of a broken path that I choose seems to be beaten and rough with parts of a pave surface. Left and uncared for. Cracks big enough for flowers to grow.
I have enslaved my own mind by guilt. I felt my very heart beating out of my chest, as sleepless nights haunt my body, I’m tired. Laying in bed staring at ceilings trying to decipher this meaning of my feelings and why have I done certain things that in my life I wouldn’t be able to change.
Life is a game and my tears cried tears just from being tired. Tired of playing life’s game.
No suicide. Just my thoughts caught up in a web of lies I have been fighting with those with lose lips. The spiders crawl from under the closet door abandoning their own post of bones and decomposed material. I want to be free to leave, my feelings won’t let me and still I feel it’s not worth the time to just repair broken things when my heart decided differently. Conflict with my spiritual self, my thoughts cant process and it’s a long sleepless night.
A gent of African legacy has earned governance over this land.
We populaces of pigment have increased our acceptance.
Our masses are at liberty to decide where we sit, live, and learn.
Yet I ask have we arrived?
We are enduring verdicts founded on our physical imprints.
The multitudes continue to resign from our edifying institutions.
Scores of the lineage linger in districts of decay and poverty.
Have we arrived?
Lives vanished heinously, but we drew deliverance from disparity.
The assessment of our existence was engorged exponentially.
Our pedigree sheltered one another as to preserve strength.
Have we arrived?
We self-perpetuate devastation upon our people preventive progress.
Many of us take the lives of our brethren as if they are insignificant.
No longer do we stand united, and instead we have yielded to individualism.
Have we arrived?
Health Is Wealth
Our body needs energy,
to sustain our daily routine
make it strong and active
to do things fast and easy
Everything you do,
needs strength and force
take care of your health
as look like your treasure
Stretching, bending, and kneeling
are such a wonderful warm-up
makes loosened our bones and tissues
to prepare for another activity
Relaxing sometime indeed
helpful to manage stress and fatigue
Body figures are important but
when it comes to health, nothing compares to this
Doing the activity in moderation
makes the body in preparation
do walking, do jogging
be responsible and preventive of illnesses
It is no fault but to deny now uvailed the eye by expressed Words inspired Divine.
Living breaths vital breeze from emancipated iniquity
two armies wage war on the small city as One calls on
prophecy.
Nothing new from Ones Word for never doth Word uproot and
Word Beit change naught says One and Is thy son Adman Kadmon.
Warnings many into multitudes though it shall not cease until fulfilling conclude below.
Let judgement be our reflection in to ones souls both high and animus mundi below.
Stubborn asses are even more obedient than we humanity due ourselves each our own even more because how we feel sure believing to know.
One Who Is and Who is unfathomable and with expressed image Adman Kadmon.
Testimony in heaven and the earth are two which concurrently testify in a court souls only know.
Our constitution is our wisdom and system.
Details each unique ever confessing the sorrows and grief of sins against One alone.
Thirty six diamonds rare kept hidden shine but the diamonds never know .
A hideous wicked fowl lowly sinner hid from temptations by acting on his own.
Evil scales shed the serpents wisdom and doves where black robes.
Light is as coals stirred by a tzaddik a preacher and a crow .
One man as us all is of a few rare men ever known a preventive mind to build by a craft of spirit for his mission
but still decisions are individual to One as is to each man affecting still the world either by destruction or construction brick on top of granite stone.
Clever is the fool who humiliates himself in vain attempts of no avail but swiftly grows into vanities hole.
Last is a lesson taught in delusion and recieved from thoughts which warred over a city a place of ages on top ages from a time of times when life a single germ split and multiplied as the impregnated womb. Evolution is the singular opposites dual into whirling cycles, a black hole entering the ruach, nefesh, vitalies gift a blessed human to love of One and us all.
An Ode To Morse code
The click click clack
from pounded brass
the words develop extensive
The heat of the tubes
warms up the room
when temperatures are receded
Deep into the night
makes it's flight
to detector diodes rectificated
creates a mellow sound
which is most profound
like musical tunes lamented.
The crackle and pop all seem to stop
our ears filter out most impressive
The heterodyne rings, our speaker sings
Our filter gets tuned and re-centred
Our wrists work the key most efficiently
Messages and reports are replenished
Greetings are passed
with our pounded brass
New friendships and contacts extended.
This simple tool needs no slide-rule
two metal contacts stroke each other
such a gentle touch produces so much
than one would feel from the touch of your lover
This glorious Morse Code
will never get old
it just seems it keeps being re-invented
Military once lost now renewed at no cost
Security back up is the incentive.
This code that we know we set it to flow
at speeds some find preventive.
But QRS we know to start sending slow
New contacts we'll give them incentive
For newcomers who yearn and then finally learn
their first transmission so alluded
their hand shakes with fright
their sending is ripe
but a contact is finally concluded.
The buzz that they feel can make their head reel
with excitement and self satisfaction
When finally they stand a Morse code old hand
Another Morse code addict Invented.
Written and composed by Mark Longson (G0NMY) (c) 2018 All rights reserved.