Best Quite Natural Poems
I'm usually quite upbeat in all my poetry
So why should this one be any different
Going to make an attempt to come down off my cloud
And stop pretending everybody loves everybody
I'm certainly aware of the ills of the world
These constant flareups that have been happening
Since the very dawn of civilization
As a member of the human race
I'm certainly not proud of our record
Of constant conflict somewhere in this world of ours
They say us guys are very territorial
If that's the case, we'll never be able to coexist
With people of different colour, language and customs
We are bound to clash
It's quite natural to have differences
But why do these differences have to lead to war
Why can't we sit down as civilized people
And solve our differences
We humans are a combative bunch at the best of times
But the average person on the street
Doesn't want war, just wants to live life in peace
Provide for their family and go about their business
All we want is to be happy
Is that too much to ask?
ELAINE’S LIMMERICK
Let me tell you of my sister-in-law Elaine
Whose breasts drive most males insane
With her size double D’s
They bring men to their knees
Her name’s in the breast hall of fame
She says being big busted like me
Is not all it’s cracked up to be
She says in frustration
Try and hold a conversation
When there’s only two things a guy sees
But although she is much well endowed
Of her breasts she is so very proud
She tailors them cute
In their double D suits
To make them stand out in a crowd
Her breasts they are not a disgrace
Even though they won’t stay in one place
They wiggle they wobble
And sometimes they gobble
And unsaddled they fall to her waist
Recalling her lactating years
Monstrous they brought her to tears
Like torpedoes they fell
To her lap they did swell
Her son cried, “Mom I can't nurse from down here!”
When her milk came she thought she’d implode
Then like volcanoes they both would explode
She’d bind them real tight
They put up quite a fight
Till she cried, “No more can I carry this load”
At the lake when she jumps off the boat
A life vest she’s no need to tote
For she bobs up and down
Impossible to drown
Like buoys they keep her afloat
To enlarge them women pay a big fee
To, say a thirty-six C, D or E
But hers are quite natural
She can use them as collateral
And they didn’t even cost her a penny
She has memories of breasts standing high
Neither one was the least bit shy
But gravity has taken its tow
For they now sit quite low
But with underwire she can make them look spry
They're so big that to some they look wrong
But she can bounce them to the beat of a song
They're no longer high and round
They're like two sagging mounds
Because she's now a size Double D long
Life has cruel ways of muting emotions
Over time in how we treat each other
Manifest and shameful self promotion
At the expense of loved one’s own druthers
Forgetting the passion igniting fire
With the excuse we’re busy and stressed
Denies quite natural human desire
Honesty and fidelity to test
Love backs up our romantic interest
Keeping us engaged emotionally
Denying love creates awkward distance
Lonely nights and lonely days equally
Prioritize now and do not delay
For we are never given tomorrow
Promote passion today, too busy at bay
Jump start romance and save yourself sorrow
It's happened every day all around the world
Perhaps even longer than eternity
It's taken different forms throughout the years
But hasn't really changed with certainty
Women love men and men lust for women
The same for thousands of years
You could say I'm out front at the vanguard
Leading the way for my peers
Love doesn't hurt, it actually feels good
If the two of you are doing it right
It's the technique, it should come quite natural
But I'm here if you need some advice
You could say I'm a real professional at this
Been loving nearly eighty years
Surely some good stuff's rubbed off by now
My techniques are known to my peers
My rates are reasonable for obvious reasons
Coz I get to pretest young fillies
To make sure they understands my instructions
It's not about sex, DON'T BE SILLY!
© Jack Ellison 2014
NURTURE NATURE FOR FUTURE
Mother Nature providing food and shelter.
Nurture Nature for future to be better,
For progress of human civilization
with safe healthy living, control pollution.
Life must meet death, which is inevitable.
Species will last for ever: Not probable.
Global warming or cooling to come, normal.
Climate continues to change, quite natural.
A species may extinct or to transform.
Continuous process holding this norm.
Human species are not at all exception,
either to die or change on evolution.
At a stage of Red Giant, Sun will arrive.
Ocean water will boil, no life to survive.
Yet, it’s unwise to cripple Human Nation
carrying contamination or pollution.
11/22/19
'All About the Environment' Contest by Richard Lamoureux
When Erectile Disfunction
Imperils conjunction
A little suction
Aids construction
With quite natural unction
What a bother what a fuss too much trouble
Something always comes along to burst the bubble
Nothing ever turns out right and no one cares
Everything goes wrong, and then the temper flares
I can’t win the lottery and I’ve never won a light
I’ve never won anything, not even a fight
I am tired of the hassle and the things that go wrong
I’m just sitting on the fence again where I belong
I can’t make my mind up, what I want to do
Go and get a takeaway or cook a homemade stew
It doesn’t really matter now I don’t feel hungry anymore
I can’t even be bothered to go through the front door
We grumble over this and that, sometimes it’s so petty
Like wires into the TV, that looks just like spaghetti
Grumbling about the weather it never seems right
It’s either too hot or cold or there’s too much sunlight
There are people worse off than us as is always the case
So our moanings and groanings are really a disgrace
This is human nature though we’re never satisfied
Nothing seems to please us and the humour has died
We really should be thankful for all the things we’ve got
Never mind the rain or if the sun is burning hot
What if the bus is missing and doesn’t turn up
Or if you spill your coffee all over from the cup
Things aren’t really bad if you stand back to think
You don’t need to worry or have to turn to drink
Grumbling is quite natural but take it easy though
People will just see you there and turn around to go
No one likes a grumbler but it happens all the time
You will have your grumbles and I will have mine
It’s such a crying shame that things don’t go right
If it wasn’t for that happening life would be so bright
I'm usually quite upbeat in all my poems
So why should is this one be different
Going to make an attempt to come down off my cloud
And stop pretending everybody loves everybody
I'm certainly aware of the ills of the world
These constant flareups that have been happening
Since the very dawn of civilization
As a member of the human race
I'm certainly not proud of our record
Of constant conflict somewhere in this world of ours
They say us guys are very territorial
If that's the case, we'll never be able to coexist
With people of different colour, language and customs
We are bound to clash
It's quite natural to have differences
But why do these differences have to lead to war
Why can't we sit down as civilized people
And solve our differences
We humans are a combative bunch at the best of times
But the average person on the street
Doesn't want war, just wants to live our lives in peace
Provide for our family and go about our business
All we want is to be happy
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK
© Jack Ellison 2013
At the risk of appearing repetitive
This poem is again about love
What else in life is all encompassing
It's at the core of all that we do
More important than anything else by far
However love is not always part of the equation
Nations battle for land and power
Love is furthest from their evil minds
They must have an extra special gene
That doesn't exist in normal well-adjusted people
Perhaps an unhappy loveless childhood
Unhappy parents, setting a bad example
No love, lack of caring, no commitment
When those are not part of one's upbringing
People sometimes can become jaded
And think conflict is a natural part of life
I'm surely not making excuses for deviant behaviour
At some point in one's life
We all reach a point when reality overtakes
And loving, law abiding forces, rule our lives
However there are still extreme cases
And that's when these forces become so strong
That evil acts seem quite natural
They see these as normal occurrences in life
Just like the rising and setting of the sun
But love still remains the most potent force
At the risk of appearing repetitive
The love we have at our disposal
Gives us a reason to try to be the best
Most loving person, we can be
© Jack Ellison 2014
Use your tongue and spin enthrallation
to my eager heart that at once
does Not,
but – does hear.
Whisper grandiose gestures of love
grand sweeping actions of admiration
that do,
but – do Not happen.
Stare into my eyes and summon
all emotion you wish me to see
our souls – you say
are (are Not)
connected forever.
Tell me how you burn in my presence
(kissing my neck)
and yearn in my absence.
Confide your inner most fears
with actors precision
and solitary conviction
that may,
or –may Not be true.
Express the wonder of a deep complex love,
Emotion that you cannot contain or restrain,
Experience you will live to remember,
which is true
but does not matter
You love yourself far more than I
which is true
and all that matters.
**(please note that I know enthrallation is not a word but I’ve decided I like and I’m keeping it, I feel its definition to be quite natural and self-explanatory)
Have you noticed
When kiddies play
They play with guns of war
They learn from us
What seems to be
Quite natural to our core
The future of
Our planet lies
In hands of every child
Let's teach each soul
And guide them through
The perils with a smile
A positive take
On life it seems
Helps reach that distant goal
We don't need tools
Of war no more
Just peace in every soul
So treasure kids
And nurture them
To change the times ahead
And make this place
Much better than
The years of fear and dread
It can be done
If all of us
Just listen to our hearts
Let's forge a path
With kiddie's help
And make a brand new start!
© Jack Ellison 2012
What drives me to post two poems a day
Little green men dancing the plié?
Or maybe a monster with one evil eye?
Enormous dragons, oversized flies?
Whatever the subject, I never need fret
The ideas keep flowing, on that you can bet
Like having a baby or baking a pie
It comes quite natural for some of us guys!
What could it be, is it fortune or fame?
Or could it just be, the thrill of the game
To challenge one's psyche to write every day
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes nay!
Got some advice for newbies among us
Two poems a day is by no means a must
It's a goal to shoot at in the days up ahead
But don't lose sleep, it's nothing to dread!
© Jack Ellison 2013
GLIMPSES
look anywhere
randomly
& experience
subtle
movement
quite natural
slow motion
circulating
a concise i
mage
a happening
drifting
through
experience
sounds
quietly
as
appropriate
concepts
as echoes
materialise
& linger
elsewhere
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
Ever notice when kiddies play
They pretend they're in a war
They learn from us what seems to be
Quite natural to our core
The future of our planet Earth
Is in the hands of every child
Let's try our best to guide them through
The perils with a smile
A positive take on life it seems
Helps reach that distant goal
We don't need tools of war no more
Just peace in every soul
Treasure our kids and nurture them
To change the times ahead
And make this place much better than
The years of fear and dread
It can surely be done if all of us
Just listen to our hearts
Let's forge a path with our kiddie's help
And make a brand new start!
© Jack Ellison 2015
Beneath a pearlescent slice of moon
Shining bright against the lonely eventide
Abided a laughing, loving tune – musical notes
Quite natural, so feral they sung
Of a sensuality softly bringing a craving
Breaking out in the shadows of starlight
Crimped and crinkled like a question mark
Asking questions peppered with mystic conceptions
On love, romance and passion
All the flavors of excitement bound up
Within a howling hope so alive it will thrum
With a tang, dancing and laughing
To the sound of raindrops falling down
Sprinkling thoughts so plumb
They make the heart desire the fire
That thrives when embers are stirred
On the inside of those who know love
Is much more than the first inklings of a plea
Flowing from lips who are pure and free
To kiss without ever telling
Touch without ever listening
And know that this feeling will eventually
Lead to more than a mere emotion
This affection will ultimately bring about
A devotion that can only be expressed
Through the time spent sharing the seasons
Through the good, the bad and the in between
Through everything that comes
Into the heart and the soul
Of those two who know
Love is a living thing – and it flows
With a river of kindness
Excitement, enlightenment
Through waters of pain and sorrow
Through silence and noise
It breathes in whispers of joy
Bringing forth a sense of adoration
That is beyond the wildest imagination!
Eight word Bardenesque challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: John Hamilton
March 14, 2021