Best Set The World On Fire Poems
Like melody in the warmth of a sunlit meadow
Like jingles in the journey of a sparkling stream
Like tunes in the twinkling of a moonlit night
Music comes to take you on a soothing flight.
Rain sings to see the peacocks dance
Sky sings in tune with the rising sun
Cradle sings to drive the baby's eyes into the world of dreams
Life sings when faithful love wins.
There's music in the pecking of a bird
There's music all over the world
Music fills the air with the perfume of peace
Music, to the palpitating soul, proffers relief.
Sing to heal the pain
Sing to cleanse the stains of disdain
Sing to challenge injustice
Sing to question prejudice
Sing to spread love
Sing to paint smiles
Sing with your heart
Sing for your soul
Sing to inspire
Sing to set the world on fire
Sing your life and let your story kindle the globe
I have a little secret
That maybe you should know
Let me whisper it in your ear
Let me get real close
Promise me you will keep
My little secret please
Promise me you'll never tell
Pinky promise please
This is my secret desire
I want to set the world on fire
Afire with my words and phrases
Receiving so much love
And heartfelt praises
I want my words to continuously amaze
Affect with each line
With each turn of phrase
This is a silly impossible dream I know
My writing will not get me off skid row
It will not make me rich
It will not make me known
But a dream is a dream
And I must let it flow
Ambition is to play the Cello
Becoming a most talented fellow
Cellists make such sumptuous sounds
Delighting audiences the whole world round
Encouragement to take up lessons
From former cellist Hubert Hasbeen
Grimacing when he hears me play
Hasbeen lasted a week and a day
I was downhearted ~ I began to cry
Just when I spied her grandeur from the corner of my eye
Keyboard ~ Kettle drum ~ neither one did I desire
Laughing loudly I had found the one to set the world on fire
My heart it skipped a beat as I approached her silver feet
Nothing else would do for me the sound was so unique
Once I stood in front of her she smiled ~ it was so sweet
Playfully I stroked her keys as I began to feel at ease
Quivering with excitement and dropping to my knees
Resolute to practice every day and every night
Stoically determined to reach my ultimate peak
The Royal Philharmonic well they called me up one day
Unknown to me they’d heard my work and wanted me to play
Vowing to do my very best
When I auditioned with the rest
Xylophonist extraordinaire
Yells and cheers from all my peers
Zenith reached as played Pythagoras’ music of the spheres
Written 9th February 2020
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I pretend I'm alright
And put my best stance forward
Wear my brave face
Tryin to be smooth
Just tripped on my shoelace
What's a girl to do
Busted, razed, flat broke
My foot slipped off the pedal and into the spoke
Out of focus, idling, coasting on fumes
Myyyyy, mmmm, my oh my
Must retreat to my bedroom
For slumber; ugh - that noxious perfume
I sprayed on today
In the department store
I don't need to tell you
It reeks
That's a big pee you
Oh my
My plan has gone awry
I try to write
After listening to Vile
He inspires me
Perspiring
Thinking bout how to
Ink brilliance
Such as he
Slamming on the brakes
My leg itches
Ya damn flea
Bravado and all
I seem to fall
I spiral out of control
Resilience reels me back in
I'm a bouncy, buoyant, headstrong girl
Go ahead and believe what you want
Self deprecation is my defense mechanism
Keep playing
those cards close to your vest
You're bluffing fool
I know this by now
Prevaricator is a might big word
For liar
As you try to set the world on fire
I see you race away
And turn my head
Pretending not to see
When you visibly disgust me
You're not proving anything
With your ostentatious
Obnoxiously awesome self
Annnnnything
I ain't seen before
And won't soon forget
I'm a rhyming
tonight
Maybe filled with fright
Or could it be boredom
Delirious laughter
G'night
Sleep and clarity are what I desire
Slough off this crap
I know it's beyond time for a nap
My RPM is slowing
My aching for REM is growing
Copyright June 17, 2023 Lori Steindorf
War if fought by those who have firm ideas
By those who are inflexible
Those who have never lived on the streets
We stand up to set the world on fire
To make her think
To open her horizons
War is fought by those with dogmas
That encourage young women to wear black veils
Those who say we do not judge, but never stop
We stand up to set the world on fire
to burn those veils
To free the captives who did not realize a better way
War is fought by those who have never tried
New ways, new ideologies, new freedoms
Those who have been in chains since pre-birth.
We stand up to set the world on fire
To sing our homeless hymns
To cherish freedoms status quo will never understand.
I catch a glimpse of you in summer deep
Your auburn tresses floating through the trees
Where at the sight of you a willow weeps
And throws her golden leaves upon the breeze
As you almost bring me to my knees
Your beauty filling me with such desire
As I turn my back on summer as she leaves
Spellbound! As you set the world on fire
I watch you wake the maples from their sleep
Burning cleaving leaves, I watch them bleed
As slowly and quietly you creep
Over meadows and fields of grazing sheep
Leaving your silhouette on the creek
As your flames grow higher and higher
As I follow, not knowing where you lead
Spellbound! As you set the world on fire
I walk through ashes falling at my feet
On a path beneath a golden canopy
And look out at where earth and heaven meet
As you blaze a trail in front of me
Onward through marshlands cattails and reeds
I see your breath rising from the muck and mire
In a rainbow of liquid crystal beads
Spellbound! As you set the world on fire
Lost between desire and melancholy
I rest a spell, my body grown tired
And lay myself upon the dying leaves
Spellbound! As you set the world on fire
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Author: Elaine George
Written: September 3rd, 2013
With confidence in his voice, his hair all askew
The Donald proclaims, "I can run for President, too!"
A self made man, with several TRUMP towers
The Real Estate KING is now "man of the hour".
He feeds off and craves attention and power
Surrounded by apprentices and staff he encounters.
Imagine the boardroom meetings at the Presidential suite
as The Donald decides what bills to veto or keep
Or world leaders to send to the suite or the street.
With street wise straight talk, he'll get the job done
And make sure the world knows we're still Number One
Bomb the hell out of ISIS, set the world on fire
Stare down terrorism, point his finger and say
"YOU'RE FIRED!" (and mean it, too!)
Written on 6/17/15
Today I Have to Tell You
How Very Proud I Am
Remember How it Used to Be
How You Hit the Big "Grand Slam?"
Then You Went out on Your Own
And Set the World on Fire
You Beat the Odds and Won
It Was Your Hearts Desire
Oh to See You Fight
When Things Got in Your Way
I Really Couldn't Ask for More
But There's Something I must Say
Forever I Shall Love You
I Love You like No Other
I Hope You'll Always Need Me
Because I Am Your Mother
Waiting is the hardest thing to do.
Impatiently in our desire we wait to set the world on fire.
We run and jump when we are young
with energy to burn and it's so hard to wait your turn.
But as we grow we start to slow
and quickly begin to learn we still must wait our turn.
Waiting, waiting on time to pass.
Watching, watching the hourglass.
When will it be my turn to dance and when will it be my turn to take a
chance?
Finally, you're out of school and you imagine all the possibilities
that life can bring to be.
The world is yours to see and you tell yourself, "I'm free!"
You're walking tall and proud with a briefcase in one hand
and a wallet in the other.
Now you're glad you listened to your father and your mother.
But the water is deep and filled with sharks and for your blood
they thirst.
Sometimes you won't come in first.
Sometimes you'll learn the hard way what life is all about.
The truth is you'll work long and hard until your hair is falling out.
It's time to take your medicine and you're waiting for your check.
You're waiting for your kids to call and it's your turn to cut the deck.
We never stop waiting for something, it's true,
but the question is:
"How long will heaven wait on you?"
By: Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright: Jan. 15, 2017
"All Rights Reserved"
When I was born, I could have ended up
an orphan, or worse I could have been aborted,
but instead I was wanted, adopted by two wonderful
parents.
I could have been deformed and not doing well at all
but because of all the great doctors, treatments and
advice during my young life, I managed to turn out
alright.
Though I still have many physical, mental issues to
deal with, God has turned all my issues into stepping
stones... into something more.
His favor upon my life is akin to high waters bowling
me over with all their might.
Where I and others may see lack, I know that my Lord
God has got my back, for He fills me with His joy - a joy
that has no words to describe, and that which is
unspeakable is on my inside.
One of my doctors said "you are diagnosed with depression,
but you look so happy?" I told her I was blessed with the
joy of the Lord despite what things might look like.
Not every day is easy for me either, but the more I tap
into the Source which has never left me before I left my
Heavenly Father's Kingdom, and it has never left me since
I was born upon this earth...
I must never forget to be brave, because I had volunteered
to help the One and only Creator of all that is, and all that
we see and don't see as of yet...
So if things on paper don't share what God says then I must
take it on faith that I will do what I was sent down here
to do, and that my Lord will help me follow through - to remind
people that not everything is as it seems, and that our Lord
can use what appears to be weak to set the world on fire and
be used as quenching waters that devour thirsty shores.
I will lie
I wil cheat
I wil repeat
For you
I will crash a car
I will climb Mount Everest
I will set the world on fire
For you
I will empty the Pacific
I will swim the whole Nile
I will move Kilimanjaro
For you
Was it you?
Or you Was it all of us.
In our ignorance.
Yes I think so.
A Fugitive
At times I dwell in fantasy
Escaping all the present norms
To re invent my boring soul
escaping with a hero’s heart
And seek adventure as I run
I have not set the world on fire
Preambled with my daily fare
I need to seek another World
Into a scene of wonderous peril
To hide as if a fugitive
among the fleeing prisoners
Of mundane mein and daily blah
To slay a dragon if I must
And save a maiden in distress
embrace my ego with aplomb
And strenghen bonds with those I aid
If I am caught and forced to live
Amid the life of nine to five
My suicide will seal my fate
I lived and died the way I wished
A Fugitive Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward
March 16,2016
I want to give you all of my love, from the heavens
up above. I want to put my arms around you,
you know I bless the day I found you. Woman
look into my eyes, can you see it deep inside.
Can't you see my love burning like the sun up
in the sky. I'm burning like a flame, I pray you
feel the same, baby let me know, it is driving
me insane.
Say you will always be mine, because I want
you by my side. When we make love We're
going to set the world on fire, a super nova,
lighting up the sky, a blinding flash of light.
Please tell me that you love me, that this love
will last forever, that We'll always be together
until the end of time. I will never change my
mind, I just want to love you all the time,
till the heavens fall down, I'll always be bound.
If you ask me who I am
I'll tell you that..........
I'm a subliminal, criminal
With a crazy arsenal
Not to toot my own horn
But I'm kind of awesome though
No I'm not a rapper, but I'm a poet with a flow
Please watch your steps unless
You want to meet the animal, poet supreme
Yea I mean, just busted on the scene
Like a mad wolverine
That's enough of who I am
No need to inquire
Just let me flip it NsideOut and set the world on fire
Enlighten the ears of my pears for years
And if you think you want to interfere
Then here's something special
In this lyrical composition
I'm not dissing, but instead I'm on a mission
To make these people listen
I've got to educate our children
I've something strong to give them
The gift that I'm giving is the gift of wisdom
The gift of wisdom is received by many
For God blessed the mind
Of man who's got this mic
Linnie
To design rhymes that can't be defined
I'll crack your spine with mad talents combine
Lyrics so dope that the dealers will sell them
But don't call the cop to my house or I'll tell them
I'm Nsideout just an average Joe
And I didn't come to deep
Because this is just a demo