Best Take On Poems
Rodney King said it best.
"Why can't we all just get along?"
Anger is an emotion when unleashed,
it causes harm.
Like firing a gun, you can't take the
bullet back, the damage is already done!
It's a Narcissistic, Psychopathic trait,
to unleash venom, in an uncontrollable way!
No regard for your fellow man and woman,
I must say.
"Remember this, it's not the things you say that matter,
It's the things you don't say."
Treat Others How You Would Want To Be Treated.
No put downs or foul language needed.
Remember it's your reputation showing,
The rocks will come back that you are throwing!
When you hurt someone( Man Up) or( Woman Up) to apologize.
Your a bigger man or woman. When you do whats right.
No one's perfect we all make mistakes,
but get over it, move on, for Pete's Sake.
Michael Tor 10/21/2015
We all sometimes get angry. Anger is an emotion that needs to be controlled. If not it causes harm to where its vented, and instead of you controlling it, it controls you.
We are here on the soup to share the love we have with this art form with one
another. Not to fight with one another. Respect one another and disagree
respectfully. Your reputation is monitored by your actions. Thanks for listening.
Categories:
take on, bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
I am told; one day I will become a woman
I need to prepare for when that day will come
When someone will take my hand and care for me
Having a family of my own, in charge of running a home
I have other views of the woman I want to be
My preparations for my future I will take on my own
Women are not allowed to take the man’s role
But I will challenge the role of a man and will take no crumbs
I refuse to be the symbolic weak woman
Expected to fulfill three roles:
“Mother, housekeeper, and worker”
With few choices, no rights, and controlled by a man
Goals I will break with an education and a respected job
Remaining a single woman!
I will challenge anyone in the community
Who come to ridiculed, shun, and pitied me
The pen is mightier than the sword
And therefore I will gain freedom
With an education and a respected job
My preparations for my future, I will take on my own
1/8/2016
Categories:
take on, education, girl, rights,
Form:
Free verse
Let me tell you a sad story, a true story . . .
Maybe some of my facts are not exactly right on,
maybe some of my dates are off, but the story is true.
In another time under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi
Party, millions deemed undesirable were murdered, including children.
Imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps or were
shot or hanged. The first extermination of prisoners took place in the
month of September, 1941. Those not killed in gas chambers died
of starvation, forced labour, disease, self-inflicted death, and medical
experiments. Prisoners were forced to staff the gas chambers, After they
were dead the bodies were burned in ovens or tossed into pits like garbage.
They had stripped them of their clothes, stripped them of all dignity.
Piles of shoes, clothing, eyeglasses, suitcases even baby things taken.
Today these things are in museums to honor forever the millions of dead.
Hundreds of Germans staffed the camps but only 12% have been convicted
of war crimes. Auschwitz was liberated on January 27, 1945 but most of
the population had been evacuated and sent on a death march. All this,
was in another time. Hopefully the world has learned from this horrific
time in history. Black and white pictures of unimaginable scenes are
witness of what happened during the years, 1933 to 1945. But, the scenes
leave me weeping and weeping for those who suffered in the Holocaust.
I saw an image-
of a women with children walking-
death was their journey's end
____________________________
Re-write from July 14, 2016
(Weeping Still)
Categories:
take on, holocaust,
Form:
Narrative
The fourth dimension, on me, has left its mark,
Before the coinciding of my dreams and visions,
Cumulative years have made life become stark,
Pre-dating a scarred heart from life’s incisions
Once, without fear, of actions being thwarted,
Would come a subtle wink, then a deep embrace.
Now with eyes shuttered, I’m being transported,
Back to earlier times where age allows no space;
Age will always find you
Better or Bitter!
Tom
Categories:
take on, age,
Form:
Lyric
I am told; one day I will become a woman
I need to prepare for when that day will come
When someone will take my hand and care for me
Having a family of my own, in charge of running a home
I have other views of the woman I want to be
My preparations for my future I will take on my own
Women are not allowed to take the man’s role
But I will challenge the role of a man and will take no crumbs
I refuse to be the symbolic weak woman
Expected to fulfill three roles:
“Mother, housekeeper, and worker”
With few choices, no rights, and controlled by a man
Goals I will break with an education and a respected job
Remaining a single woman!
I will challenge anyone in the community
Who come to ridiculed, shun, and pitied me
The pen is mightier than the sword
And therefore I will gain freedom
With an education and a respected job
My preparations for my future, I will take on my own
1/8/2016
Categories:
take on, future, woman,
Form:
Free verse
the gods are crying they tell you from the clouds
the thunder of sins created to flood your house
if only you closed your window from the voices
do not ring my door bell it is a decoy for the like of you
the teal duck singing a song of blue and green
the algae in a pond to not strike me to your will
the frog swim the lily pads and kiss the lotus
to catch a fly as the carp sashay the water
come ice you will survive the winter of a shovel
the ark really must be a mad man collecting
a zoo in his apartment and floating a mini boat
in a huge aquarium to see the sun rise
but an apple really to be tempted as golden
as you rather like your mustard of a salad
and not call Waldorf the acorn of squirrels on a subway station
could go on and on but stop me I am eve
the virgin and saint Mary of fish mongrels
want to smell my pussy
Categories:
take on, bible,
Form:
Free verse
When you feel rejected it may be God's redirecting and protecting you from an unknown situation. It may be He is slowing you down, redirecting you for His perfect plan for your life. "Write the vision, that he who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it delay, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not be to late."
(F.A.I.T.H.)
FAVOR AS I TRUST HIM
Categories:
take on, bible, birth, blessing, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
It's been some years
Since I was young
Born carefree and having fun
Wearing smiles and shedding tears
Worried sick with growing fears
But now I simply take it slow
And watch those hasty on the go
I breathe each breath
And feel the Sun
And share Gods Love with everyone
Thanks Peter for sharing, "God Bess Your Eyes"
Categories:
take on, friend, friendship, nature, thank
Form:
Rhyme
I never thought about the consequences
I gained as much pleasure as a vampire
watching a humans blood trickle down
When mines erupted from an opening
through a slit that I was so proud to create
I felt a profound sense of calm
we are taught to do our bodies no harm
I didn't smoke
I didn't drink
I didn't do anything
but cut to release the pain
it helped regain my sanity
who would have thought
these little bruises could
be so soothing
they turned out to mean
everything when it rained
I give myself paper cuts on purpose
who ever said I was perfect?
Categories:
take on, life
Form:
Free verse
She brushes her long silky tresses,
smiling at her beautiful reflection.
A closet full of jewels and dresses.
Everything about her is perfection.
Physical splendor and material wealth
fades with age and crumbles in time.
Growing old erodes a person's health,
a bane once we've past our prime.
Spring lasts but a short tender season.
We are not renewed like buds or a leaf.
Winter encroaches in an act of treason,
we're suddenly old, consumed with grief.
Tarnished becomes the crown we wore
in days of our youth when life was new.
But the clock ticks and we cannot ignore
our golden days have taken on a gray hue.
February 24, 2023
Inspired by Robert Frosts' Nothing Gold Can Stay Contest
Sponsored by JCB Brul
Categories:
take on, age, time,
Form:
Rhyme
I WANT TO FEEL YOUR ELEGANCE YOUR GRACES AND YOUR PRESENCE AROUND ME
I WANT TO DREAM DREAMS ABOUT YOU WHEN I SLEEP
I WANT TO STAY IN YOUR ARMS UNTIL TIME VENTURES AWAY I WANT TO STAY FOR MORE
THAN A DAY
I CAN PICTURE YOU AND ME IN A BED OF FLOWERS FOCUSING ON THE BEAUTY OF
NATURE AND WHATS SURROUNDING US
I CAN SEE THE GROWTH IN YOU AND ME
I CAN SEE HOW YOU AND ME DIFFER FROM THINGS AND HOW WE WILL SOON BE
I CAN ONLY HOPE FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE A NEW ARRAY IN ME
FOR ME TO SEE HOW THINGS CAN BE IF YOU CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS JOURNEY WITH ME
Categories:
take on, loveme, me,
Form:
If you could look into your future and choose one day to see what would happen, what day would that be and why...
I pick tomorrow.
I wake up, have my coffee, sugar, and cream, then read emails, and messages, open up poetrysoup and read poems, and comments, then write comments, and poems or go shopping, pick up meds, post office get mail, eat out, doctors, labs, x-rays, physical & occupational therapy visits, and those unexpected visits like a salesman. Then there's the neighbor, a longtime friend, and of course the, few and far in-between family visits. There are also some sports events or an interesting movie on the TV.
Then, that routine that I've accustomed myself to -- suddenly stopped, and the probability it would most likely concern a medical issue.
Given my present conditions, what would happen...is the question being asked of me for an answer.
I fear that the aforementioned routine will come to a catastrophic and prolonged medical end.
If not The End...
Categories:
take on, allusion, analogy, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Love is like a gentle whisper
That lingers on the edge of a
cool breeze,
Unexpectedly, it touches you
And slowly caresses its way
Through to the depths of your
heart with ease,
Then boldly slips right into your
soul, taking a firm hold.
By Zyrool
Categories:
take on, love,
Form:
Free verse
Pirate woman slashes through the canvas, jumping into my lap.
Her fiery red and pink hair rivaling the flash of her gold and silver jewelry.
A caramel skinned ebony queen riding a polka dot dragon raised her sword.
They are mighty, assertive, powerful, and ready to take on all comers.
Never annoy women who carry pointy swords or daggers with spikes.
Women who assert themselves have the best lives. I add more color.
In neon acrylics, the fearsome two take on a life that rivals all the others.
A diamond tiara appears on warrior women, surprising even me, her creator.
The background is filled with a pirate ship, castle, and magical forest.
Imagination on fire, I grav up glitter paints, to enhance these formidable two.
My muses throw down pinks, greens, oranges, purples and reds, scaring me.
They have taken on a life of their own, I am a mere observer.
Sure, they are using my hands, but this creation goes well beyond my ability.
Entities I do not recognize are now in charge,
giving this canvas enthusiastic life!
I applaud their finished product, taking full credit.
Categories:
take on, art,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Companionless, unloved,
abhorrent creatures
that are the slime of cyberspace.
Lurking behind the fortification
of their keyboards,
they infest innumerable sites
with despicable, foul-mouthed,
rants,and remarks
in an attempt to inflict
as much suffering as possible.
Craven snipers, using words
to kill spirits, talent and dreams.
Never would they come
face to face with those
they try to disparage.
Categories:
take on, anger, bullying, crush,
Form:
Free verse