Best Take A Dive Poems
it was the sixties
we were young
we were going to change the world
spin it like a basketball on our finger
take the three point shot
win the game
we had great leaders
john, robert, martin...
the planet was singing
with the purity of a four year old
...
The ants go marching two by two;
The little one stops to tie his shoe,
...
then
it started raining bullets
our optimism soured
slightly at first
and the grassy knoll
and the sniper
and the magic bullet
john was shot
jackie squirmed
we sat on the edge of our seats
The ants go marching four by four;
The little one stops to shut the door,
John F. Kennedy was assassinated
The ants go marching five by five;
The little one stops to take a dive,
years had passed, five
look before you dive
the civil rights movement gathered
to fight for their God given rights
the right to be treated as humans
exactly that...humans...no more no less.
to listen to the man who had said
"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon
which cuts without wounding and ennobles
the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."
the man who stood on the hill speaking
"I have a dream today!"
The ants go marching seven by seven;
The little one stops to pray to heaven,
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot
died
and my God it rained
it rained salt
as a nation black and white cried
The ants go marching nine by nine;
The little one stops to check the time,
time for the rise of Bobby
Hoorah! Hoorah!
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
i wish he could have ran faster than the bullets
they murdered John's brother
Robert F. Kennedy was dead
the sixties where almost finished
and i wondered
if the world would ever be the same
again
I marched away buried my face into the ground
To get out of my pain.
great leaders lost
words that radiated
radiate hope
America was
the envy of the world
it's two thousand sixteen
and we have sunk so deep into the dirt
i know we can't Trump this disaster
have you ever heard of fools gold
we have a choice
our lives count
remember the ants
nature's banner is blowing in the wind
don't make
the little one shout
"THE END!!"
March 16 2016
armand
Dancing Water
silk cobalt tide
narwhals take a dive
How deep is the big sea?
:-) Contest
I take a dive from a precipice.
To escape my life as it is.
Deep water, deep gulp of air
on resurfacing, new life to share.
Thrilled now that I dare.
26/03/2016
Let your imagination take a dive
Dismiss those voices willing it to soar,
Explore the secrets hidden to mankind
And gaze at sights you've never seen before.
Take a deep breath then silently descend;
Leave restless shores and anxious thoughts behind.
Deep in the fearless ocean's azure realm,
Enchanted landscapes captivate your mind.
A world of wonders passes slowly by
As free from bonds of gravity you glide.
Through living waters rich in vibrant life
Kaleidoscopic colours coincide.
Fine gossamer of fragile life cascades
Down to the luring coral reef below,
A ballet of exotic fish parade
As bioluminescent starfish glow.
When life's adventures dangle out of reach,
Imagination holds the magic key
Just close your eyes and dare to take the plunge
To open seas of possibility.
23.08.19
'Wow me poetry contest' sponsored by Nina Parmenter
The stars in the sky throw a party at night
A million twinkling points of light.
They come and invite me as a guest
To witness the dance and judge the contest.
The Big Dipper’s ladle scoops the dark
Orion the hunter leaves his mark.
Twinkling stars jig and jive
While shooting stars take a dive.
A million tiny diamonds bright
Scattered high across the night.
The moon, a giant disco ball
That casts a glow upon them all.
No music plays, but silence sings
Of distant worlds and wondrous things.
The next time you see a starry throng
Remember the party goes on all night long!
Let me take you on a journey to my motherland.
Where beauty meets the eye of the beholder.
Where the sun burns and glistens on my brown skin.
Where the children play freely with no care in the world
Where the market place stands like a rainbow with different coloured materials
Where there are 54 countries.
Standing together to make up my motherland.
Where culture is amazingly fascinating
Where a great leader once lived.
Where they are mouth-watering fruits.
I have to say my motherland is worth the visit.
Glide through the safari,
Take a dive in the Victoria Falls if you dare,
Jive with the Maaasai tribe,
Receive the experience of a lifetime.
I have to say my motherland is worth the visit.
By Christina Okorie
When I get time I'd like to go
On a cruise around the world
So many sites I'd like to know
I'd watch as each unfurled
On a cruise around the world
I'd look at the sun as it sets
I'd watch as each unfurled
With colors that at eve besets
I'd look at the sun as it sets
Each day so many things I'd see
With colors that at eve besets
As the oceans come alive to me
Each day so many things I'd see
When I take a dive into the deep
As the oceans come alive to me
The further down that I would sink
When I take a dive into the deep
I' get to see the colored coral their
The further down that I would sink
Would show a world beyond compare
I get to see the colored coral their
As the fish swim through it all
Would show a world beyond compare
That has me feeling oh so small
As the fish swim through it all
I must return unto the ship
That has me feeling oh so small
As I continue on this trip
I must return unto the ship
So I could find a mountain range
As I continue on this ship
To watch the sites as they now change
So I could find a mountain range
To climb, so I can reach it's peak
To watch the sites as they now change
Would show a beauty words can't speak
To climb so I can reach it's peak
Must surely take my breath away
Would show a beauty words can't speak
That leave me without a thing to say
Would surely take my breath away
Just as I sample all the cuisine
That leave me without a thing to say
Because my mouth's full and my plate's clean
Just as I sample all the cuisine
So many taste delight these lips
Because my mouth's full and my plate's clean
I give my servers healthy tips
So many taste delight the lips
From people so very different
I give my servers health tips
Because they are so excellent
From people so very different
Will come to us so many things
Because they are so excellent
Their reality was once their dreams
Will come to us so many things
So many sites I'd like to know
Their reality was once their dreams
When I get time I'd like to go
We Bend but Never Break
Stand your ground the Monarchs cry
defend our power, do not ask why
Know we rule by our divine right
murder so easily with our might!
Bow down to kiss our Godly feet
we are the best you will ever meet
Know your place and all is fine
now pick the grapes, stomp the wine!
We stand above the shining light
ordering peons to slave and fight
Get cracking , do as you are told
if lucky, you'll work until very old!
the refutation......
Stand there in your deep disgrace
vainly thinking to be a better race
We searched and found freedom's call
you bow or else you will fall!
On bended knee beg for our help
bark, bark , you surly little welp
Learn your place to stay alive
tread water or else take a dive!
We stand in great defiant cause
no longer obey your stupid laws
Obey meekly and you just may live
that's most you get , more we'll never give!
Robert J. Lindley, August 3rd, 1974
Written when I was 21 years old, so full of piss and vinegar!
Youth has the advantage of - energy and eagerness....
I WISH I WEREN’T A PENGUIN
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I wish I were a penguin in a warm protected land
The sunny Galapagos islands, where I could lie and tan
Compete with marine iguanas for a visitors attention
Where guides are paid to be alert n offer me protection
Yes, that’s the location that I’ve always envisioned
Not in this desolate place where I am duly imprisoned
Yes, you guessed it, I’m here in the south Atlantic
Any venture out to sea becomes so problematic
Seas here are overcrowded with voracious eaters
Claiming the right to consider penguins as feeders
Orcas, leopard seals, great whites always on the prowl
One misstep and you’ll find yourself in their bowels
Fortunately, I’m not an emperor nor am I a king
They are giants, I’m just a little black n white thing
They are hardy meals for those insatiable types
But I’m so much quicker I cruise right past the bites
When its time for me to eat and I have to take a dive
Launching myself off the ice, I hope I will survive
Here’s more bad news winter here is brutally cold
Tempts below zero, ice on your nose, a sight to behold
Oh. I forgot to mention we have accompanying gales
So strong and persistent we’re blown about like sails
This environment is no place to grow old and content
I want a new existence and a life better spent
I decided a long time ago what I wished to be
Live in the tropics as a humming bird, a Colibri
Sucking sweet nectar all year round
I can get it easily even when hovering upside down
What about my colors a mixture across the spectrum
I’m getting hungry now, I think I’ll go for a swim
This isn't the time to run away
Nor is it the time to hide
they say "use your whole heart
and take a dive"
I forgot the past while I lay in your arms
you partially held me
became my blanket for the meantime
I swam in you and you in I
threw caution to the wind
I didn't think that eventually I'd cry
well I knew I would eventually cry but my brain
and my heart hadn't made it that far yet.
I forgot about the boundaries
and entered unchartered territory
I went places that I shouldn't have gone
because I desired you more than anything
you occupied places in my heart that
should have been left alone
but I unlocked the door for you
and here you'll stay forever
I still get shivers when I hear your voice
And your energy makes me feel like I'm a boss
you see the thing that attracted me the most
is that you picked me up when I was lost.
I fell into you even though I knew the cost.
Now my heart will always be thirsty for you.
Like damaged hair it became porous.
I don't blame you though. And surprisingly
enough I don't even blame me.
We saw a chance to steal a goal
but ended up stealing things we couldn't keep.
For a moment I owned the property,
even if in secret. But the bank took you back
and put foreclosure on my feelings.
Now I'm left scrambling here and there.
I gotta roll my sleeves down and brush off
these lingering feelings. This isn't going to be easy because
I will still be me and you will still be you. Its like trying to get
away from a walking advertisement as big as the ones in times
sqaure advertising someone whose perfect for you.
But that reality is unreal so I put one foot in frount of me
and slowly start to move.....
Ancient silence Serene banks
Ruptured only by the dancing waters
I take a dive to hide a pebble
Deep in to the heart of the river
Turn for my friends to bring it back
Drenched in the freshness
I wait and wriggle through the freshness
Ah ! the nostalgia submerged in memories
Of a time gone by yet living and calling
Come lets travel in time rejoice and revel...
SWANSH..
Copyright@30/6/2015.
Mark & Megan
Megan was a quiet girl and a studious
young woman she was,
and never had dated till Mark came along
which changed her life for what she thought was a plus.
They began to date in her Junior year of high school
which caused her grades to take a dive,
for now she had more than just studies to do
she had a definite change of direction in her life.
No, they didn’t drink and do drugs
but they liked to kiss and hug and certainly make out,
going much too far one night and now a baby was on the way
and a situation that they would talk about the next day.
A couple of months went by and they talked it over between the two of them
and agreed to abort this little soul,
so Mark drove Megan to an out of town clinic to have it done
so that her parents and friends would never know.
Mark graduated a few months later
and left with the Army and was shipped to Viet Nam,
leaving Megan behind struggling with her guilt
and her friends and family wondering why she was never happy now or calm.
Mark died in Viet Nam
leaving Megan so alone and so sad,
how she wished now she wouldn’t have aborted their only son
because she felt that he would have been exactly like his dad.
Megan chose to never marry and
she lived a life of guilt and sadness to,
until the day she accepted Jesus’ love and forgiveness
and now she is helping other girls to choose life as now she would do.
Written by: Marilyn S. Jennings
March 6, 2016
I finally found me
Your words once cut me like a knife so deep.
Hours I'd cry and could not sleep.
The guilt,
it did riddle me.
I would feel so bad.
My sorry's ignored.
This made me so sad.
The weeks would go by and never a call.
The blame they would cast,
I would take it all.
All my self worth,
it did take a dive.
My inner soul was no longer alive.
My self respect?
That was a joke.
I was totally gone.
A soul broke.
My build up of pain I earned to release.
My anger consumed me, I became a beast.
Never being right and always wrong,
this made me weak, it made them strong.
The day it come
I could not ignore
I snapped and I screamed.
I could take no more.
I broke myself free from your chains so strong.
You are no longer right.
I am no longer wrong.
What you did was wrong.
What you did was mean.
Because of this is why I did scream.
You no longer own me.
I finally am free.
From here on out, I will always be me.
The fated time has now arrived
My thin illusion cracks and dies
Confused, your eyebrows take a dive
Though shattered mask did never lie
Thick volumes of the things I missed
To flowing dancers, such a gaffe
The choreographer is pissed
With knowing looks, the dancers laugh
Why yes, I heard the thumping drum
It's not as if my ears don't work
Feel free to color me as dumb
There’s no point to explain my quirks
Invariant is this same dance
In social realm, it’s just my luck
The only thing that’s left to chance,
How long ‘til you say “What the heck?”
9/10/16
© Thomas W. Quigley
CRY ME TEARS TO SWIM
Cry me tears to swim
Warm and beguiling tears
Running in swish down
From the height of Salto Angel
Against the hard cliff splashed
And stimulating to take a dive
Down below with ice cube and silt.
Cry me tears that swiftly flows
As the efflux of Ereda
With tweedling sonorous drone
And her crystal clear surface
So endearingly to wade through
Wherein beneath lay a mush.
Cry me lovely tears of passion
Tears as deep as the Congo
That I might sink beneath
The depth of your bosom
And forever be drowned!