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A coloratura rises
from the suede-edged shape
as the gnarled grande dame
comes to light.. a vision
draped in sweeping evergreen
and a pale cape of kidskin haze -
a beguiling soprano in soft-
focus fools the guileless sunrise
with a diva’s deception --
for in the vaporous golden hour
she can still be breathtaking
the age of change
is beclouded - softened
in gray’s cashmere atmosphere
where blending and bending of
over-ripened perceptions
are smoothed with a dewy smudge..
roughened boughs
and litter-fall is obscured --
unless, you get up close
harsh lines become artfully coy
in the bosom of the pearl mist;
a bedimmed dreamy blur of
Impressionism masks her reality
with the sleight of hand and a mockingbird’s aria
Susan Ashley
March 8, 2020
~ Third Place ~
Premiere Contest: Brian Strand Contest No 1183
Sponsor: Brian Strand
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Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 6
Sponsor: Mark Toney
*coloratura: runs, trills, and other florid decorations in vocal music.
A lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music*
*aria: an elaborate melody sung solo*
And so it begins
I gladly give up the controls to my LORD and Savior.
Who better to do the driving than the one who created the world?
Who better to trust than the one who can raise the dead.
Our illusion of control can ease our minds until life throws us a curve and it always does.
The appearance of control is an illusions
any sense of control is an illusions
Remember the devil disguised himself as an angel of light.
He specializes in illusions, making us believes we can live our lives anyway we choose.
And we fall for it every time, just look at Eve in the Garden of Eden,
she fell for the devils trick and Adam with her,
the result kicked out of Paradise, and so it begins
We want complete control over our lives, and our destiny.
And anyone offering us a glimpse into that has our full attention, who’s got time for God and his way of life, not us.
We believe in what we want to believe.
We choose to believe in a lie rather than the truth.
no one lives like Jesus anyway, life is too short to let someone else do the driving.
take back the controls, for our lives, and our destiny. We become master of our own lives,
and so it begins
the beginning or the ending,,,
JEZEBEL IS A REBEL
REFUSING TO REPENT
JEZEBEL IS RELENTLESS IN TACTICS
JEZEBEL WORDS ARE SOOTHING,SWEET,
AND SEASONED WITH FLATTERY OF INSINCERITIES....
DON'T EAT THE WICKEDNESS OF DECEIT
A STOMACH FILLED WITH MISFORTUNES...
JEZEBEL UTILIZES THE GIFT OF FALSE PROPHECY
SPOTTING THE WEAKNESSES
JEZEBEL SPECIALIZES IN THE GAME OF MANIPULATION......
JEZEBEL IS A BALL OF TEMPTATION DON'T GET
IT TWISTED IT'S NOT A PRETTY LADY DRESSED
PROVOCATIVELY WEARING RED LIPSTICK PRESUING
GENTLEMAN CALLERS....
JEZEBEL IS A DEMONIC SPIRIT BARING GIFTS OF:
CONFUSION,INFIRMITY,CALAMITY,FEAR,OPPRESSION,
DEPRESSION,DIVINATION AND A SPIRIT OF RELIGION
JEZEBEL HAS MANY TRICKS TO WOOOO YEAH BE CAREFUL
OF OLD JEZEBEL IT WILL QUENCH THE ANOINTING....
JEZEBEL THE BACKSTABBER,AND CON ARTIST TO THE HIGHEST
DEGREE DON'T LET THE OUTTER BAMBOZZLE YEAH......
JEZEBEL WILL SQUEEZE UNTIL YOU'RE LIFELESS
NEVER SECOND GUESS THE SPIRIT OF OLD JEZEBEL
there is a store in a strip mall
Many people are waiting in line
Only four people allowed inside
This store specializes in chocolates
There are many flavours to choose
You can not pick the chocolates
Instead ou point to what you want
Then the lady puts it into the bag
All you do is point to your option
A decision of twenty dollars bagged
Or you could do thirty dollars bagged
There will be a sample chocolate to try
So next time you could add it to your list
I always enjoy a Lindlt chocolate
they have been around since 1841
I feel proud of my heritage, love being an oak.
We are majestic, but not haughty.
Nurturing, but in an aloof, comfortable way.
I am a haven for robins, squirrels, and a multitude of bugs.
They wander my trunk, enjoying their day.
My crevices keep them safe from raindrops and storms.
I feel them hunker down, and I smile, glad I can help.
My parents reside in this forest, not far from me.
Dad has a multitude of limbs that have fallen.
One came down during a lightning strike last October.
We thought we would lose him, but only a left arm.
Mom is busy listening to the songbirds; she specializes in cardinals.
When a red flash darts past, I know he is heading toward mom.
Dad has had an infestation of crows lately; after the arm incident.
Their incessant caws drove me wild until I recruited a hoot owl.
The hoot owl frightened them away in record time.
We are part of a heritage of wonderful, nurturing, loving oaks.
Guardians of the forest, not far from a gurgling moving brook.
Nestled at our feet are trusting mushrooms, violets and moss.
Our specialty is meditation; please stop by and enjoy our silence.
Faith with Your empowered love, LORD, is our strength to please* YOU ceaselessly, while worshiping and thanking You...
...Keep us trusting YOU with Your imparted faith that has miraculously quickened our souls, and is marvelously reviving our spirits...
...Anchored upon Your omnipotence, believing that YOU are our God Who specializes in impossibilities, assuring us Your compassion...
...For us to minister to others with love, devoid of selfishness, overcoming covetousness and greediness.
*Hebrews 11:6 ...Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
March 3, 2019
Beneath hardened and thickened wings,
Twinkling soft and cold mystical lights mesmerize.
Showing off Reels, jigs, poussettes, and flings.
Dark nooks cutely they burglarize.
Swaying around their electronic duff,
Spreading friendly vibes, they light up the dark.
Elated with joy they flash out language of love.
Lost in their sight I dodge like a narc.
Smitten with their joyful acts of wheedle.
They are as precious as they contrive.
Yes, I am flattered by these cute little beetles.
For they spread smile though for just few days they survive.
Word Reference:
Narc: Police officer who specializes in laws dealing with illegal drugs
Duff: Buttocks
Reels: Swaying
Jigs: Lively dance with leaping movements
Poussettes: Swing in a semicircle with hands joined with one's partner in a country-dance.
Flings: A short period of enjoyment
Contrive: Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
Smitten: Be strongly attracted to someone or something
Wheedle: Use flattery to persuade
Monitoring prayer requests
heart of mine anticipates answers
knowing that God constantly responds
believing He knows the best, perfectly indeed
by His love and grace, according to timetable sovereign
in His ways verily miraculous, mighty, merciful, mysterious…
Today’s prayer list offers no exemption to my spirit’s zest and zeal
since I wrote “special child’s responsive therapy toward functionality”
trusting the Lord Who always specializes in impossibilities via faith
beholding His hands working well, vanquishing doubts…
Yet, I am all the more amazed and truly surprised
and yes, puzzled to see the name of my son
not under the “Sick Brethren” section
but along “Thanksgiving” column...
The encoder made a mistake
I thought, but in the Saviour
it’s not an accident; thus
seeing it as blessing
I say, “Amen”
Grateful*!
*1Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
June 26, 2021
1st place, "A Brian Strand July 4 Brian Strand" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 7/5/2021.
Over the Golden Week:
Despite autumn, weather stubbornly refuses to cool.
Started all on a plane, the studied indifference
as opposed to a bus the difference is studied
sick between Australia and China.
(because of the physics)
One polar to the other with intention
in multiples (unknowing) in different colors
(willed), rich wine drunk with color.
powder-pink a hint of mauve,
tight around the upper thighs,
last of that color, that powder
pink no compact holds. So I decline
subtle snakeskin does more for my dark circles
Jade in Shanghai, not in situ,
but very versatile,
silk too short, wool perfect to the hips, (for fun, mostly),
gorgeous long dark red wool,
draped organic wave-folds and flower petals
Now more comfort subdued, show-offish
style a lot of draping and layering
which conceals as it reveals.
Jade specializes in that sort of thing.
Thyroid Awareness Month September
Heard that they have removed my thyroid;
And at first really became quite annoyed;
Doctor took care;
No longer there;
Never do need any more and I can avoid.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Bolivia, NC
My wife's best friend who is an RN,
just had a cancerous thyroid removed.
Might be from being exposed to x-ray
machines and neck not being protected.
She chose a doctor who specializes in
surgery. Would you want to select an
intern like Trump who has no experience
in that area to perform surgery on you?
Would you want a piper cub pilot to fly
the jet you are travelling on? How about
taking a college course being taught by
a high school dropout? Yet, we selected
Trump for President who has absolutely
no experience in government or law or
social services. They want us to give
him a chance when he is not willing to
give anyone else a chance. He never
made one positive comment about
police officer who drowned in Houston
trying to get to his job. He made fun of
a handicapped person in a wheel chair,
groped women, and intimidated a Gold
Star family and then bragged about it.
How am I supposed to respect this person
when he never gives anyone else any
respect except himself. 75% of the
population now does not approve of him.
Which part do you want to be in: lower
25% or upper 75% of population?
Now he is selling his hats. How about
giving us a break. Jim Horn
If ever humanity
A committee should chose
Its case for mercy before our Lord to present
Has better
The Congolese doctor Mukwege include
For
Its request to have a chance to be granted!
He is a man:
Of God
Of love
Of compassion
Of peace
Of justice
That has his own life endangered many a time
For
To treat more than 50.000 victims, of horrid rape
Thus saving numerous lives
In the torn by civil war Republic of Congo and elsewhere
The world
Having recognised his enormous contribution to humankind
Honored him with
The Nobel Peace Prize Award,
As a small token for his courage and love !
Let us all be inspired by this man who uplifts our species to
Levels that our Lord has planned it to reach
And
Let us declare him
A HERO OF HUMANITY!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
11 December 2018
* Denis Mukwege is a Congolege gynecologist and
a Pentacostal pastor, born in 1955. He specializes
in the treatment of women who have been raped by
armed rebels in Congo and elsewhere.
Feint and Bolo are friends
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Thy train under the management of
Arttie Repertoire a A&R Sports management firm
which specializes in Controlling and Evaluation Services
During a sporting exhibition they were challenged
by two future performers. One had a great knack at speaking
and used his VOCab to get under the skin of the two performers..
The management team saw a profit in such spectacle.
Alot of musicains were there with some reporters.
A radio station broadcasted the news live on air.
A sportspod performance agency sorted out
the details.
Counter point and perspectives got people
talking. So many calls came into the radio station
that they had to call two Professional promoters to sort the detail. A Sports Firm called in
then and rivaled one of the promoters.
Welll by the end of the day nothing was settled.
In the morning on a TV show it started up again
with people accussing both promoters of being to chicken to represent the Sports Entertaining Monikers.
They said company profits have weakened the Sport and Gimmicky
promotions that threaten people are outragous and need
oversight and restriction.
Real Wrestling Guru's
called in and finally
one guy said he had been tired of not being allowed to help wrestling succeed.
That everything in Pro Wrestling was outta touch for the general public who often
don't watch or speak of wrestling due to it's inability to connect
to the versed audiences
They called for Billionaires to unite and support regional promoters to create an event that would challenged the modern day Specticle that divides America and her interst.
they called on an evnt that would take two men and call each champion and let them go head to head and create a One Worlds Championship for
the future of People who are interested or just like the divessity of peoples!
Sometimes, when it rains, it pours. The strong winds make the seas roar.
Fear causes us to run and close our doors. Sometimes, we are forced to crawl on all fours.
Life isn't always wrapped in 'the pretty, the proud, and the pure'. Sometimes, doubts race in, replacing areas that once stood sure.
Like the day I saw him turn to go to his home. I turned in behind him and followed him into his driveway. He was not aware of me following him until
we exited our vehicles. Old acquaintances, happy to see one another; we quickly exchanged warm greetings. In short order, he invited me in, and I said
"no". In short order, he said, "My wife left me in August". In short order, I then said, "Let's go inside". He was an old friend that I had not seen in quite
a long time. He felt comfortable with me, not needing to lie, "I'm just fine".
He spoke of misunderstandings, and the financial wows were evident. There
was so much pain that was easy to see. In short order, I could tell that he could not let it go, or just let it be. He could not wait to share it all with me.
It did not take long for me to feel my friend's hurt and misery. His kids, now all grown up; his wife, now has left him. He is now living all alone in their home
which, in short order, would soon be taken over by the bank. I was indeed experiencing with my friend a cold, dark, and empty house of pain. No matter
how badly I wanted and wished to do more, there simply was nothing more that I could do but listen, love, and pray. The rest was up to God who
specializes in rebuilding our houses of pain. Yes, I shall not forget that memorable day my friend and I sat and talked in his house of pain.
Written 11232009, Houses of Pain, Posted 10162017 PS
Clement Moloch is a despicable doctor.
This physician specializes in death and torture.
For any government, he is there to be hired.
A professional assassin who has retired
is called upon to catch the evil perpetrator.
All over the world, Moloch has been a murderer.
Holland the assassin goes to Central America,
where the doctor was last seen in Guatemala.
There, Holland employs uncanny perfection
in taking out each of the doctor's protection.
Want to see how the rest of the movie will go?
All you have to do is watch the video.
Based on the 1984 film "The Evil That Men Do".
His radiant countenance
exudes vibrant thanksgiving
while cheering with jubilant glow…
yet, his lips couldn’t verbalize it.
So, here am I…
his Mom, in striving to talk about it
would rather poetically express
special child’s mirth of purity
upon learning that he is commended
for his achievement in his learning endeavor.
He was diagnosed with infantile spasm epilepsy
“to progress toward retrogression”
breaking my heart … 15 years ago…
Despite agonizing moments
along therapy sessions
he had emerged victorious…
Albeit angst in my motherhood days
his conquest helped me manage our partnership
propped by faith, marked with divine love…
Now, we are grateful to God
Who specializes in the impossible*
as he keeps on talking in sign language
about his delight for receiving a medal
while advancing fast with his wheel chair.
*Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
July 5, 2024
1st place, "I couldn't talk about it, so I wrote a poem" Free Verse Poetry Writing Contest; Sponsored by Silent One; judged on 7/22/2024