Best Take That Poems
Take that risk
Enlighten and empower yourself
Never stop growing
Entertain, edify, and reach for that top shelf
The gold is yours
Be willing to broaden your mind
The answer is there within
Just take things one step at a time
The golden life I claim
Was neither earned
Nor deserved,
For I climbed the ladder
Trampling the underserved.
On the day of reckoning
When I count all my wins,
No way can I explain
Why there were no losses.
Regrets accumulated over time
Now demand humility,
But the treasures I own
Contain only pride and gloating.
Don't take that crown
When I wish to surrender,
And don't remind me
How high I sit,
For when I hear the call
I will find out
How deep I must fall.
January 10, 2018
Placed 3rd: Strand Poetry Pick 2 by Brian Strand
Tickets went on sale to see Gary Barlow
A well loved singer, it will be a sell out show
My hubby was 1600th in the on-line queue
There were no tickets left when he got through
I went on the Internet to see if any were for sale
Yipee, I found a ticket, but my face went pale
The face value of the ticket was £163 pounds
but the price they were asking it just astounds
It was five times the cost of the original ticket
Such intense profiteering, it just isn’t cricket!
Title is a play on words – Gary Barlow was a member of a group called ‘take that’
The venue only holds around 2,000 people so ticket demand was very high and it sold out very quickly. Poetic licence used – hubby didn’t bother staying on line to get the tickets as he knew it would be sold out
* a British phrase - if behaviour is not cricket, it is not honest or moral
10-21-17
Take that risk
And be willing to better yourself
You have only one life
Live it up and reach for the top shelf
The answers are there
Right before your very eyes
Look carefully
And strive for that top prize
Playing off your intent,
writhing as you plunder
within the dank dampness,
the wanton wave
spray painting effigies like Pollack
pole axed in delight my pelvis rises…
With hands full of Adonis’s moons
parting the skin of your throat with pearly teeth,
clawing back, ripping wide the broad side
the effigy of a biblical God.
Breath warms the conical rises
fingers wind in the curls at the nape of neck,
the hollow of your throat, a salt lick
capping the wave brings froth
to the fecund cave of desire.
~ A Haiku Quartet~
My lover Jacques and I
Totally free on the deck
No space between us
Not a mask in sight
Washing hands gets a big vote
Blithesome in freedom
Close on streets we walk
Laughter is our oxygen
God our daily medicine
Guests welcomed always
No media ghosts allowed
Our joy just abounds
~~~
April 23, 2020
2pm PST
Mind break
Just a moment ... frozen
Time stands still, in a very quantum way, (chuckle)
I look down by the base of the ladder
It's just a footprint, left by a boot
It could be ANY foot ... or any boot, really
But its mine, and perfect, the dusty soil like talcum
Every irregularity in my sole, left there as witness
But nothing special ... nothing earth-shattering, (another chuckle)
How many millions of such have been placed?
And without a thought or bugle call
Oh, the words that will be spun!
The phrases woven for the sake of that single impression!
For despite its normalcy and casual imprint
It IS special after all ...
The very first pressed on this new frontier,
The moon.
This danger is inviting and I want it to last,
Turned to look forward and I thought of the past.
Of all the decisions both right and wrong,
Stared at each other closely as we hurried along.
Hand in hand blind leading the blind,
Without thought or care of what we would find.
Hearts beating in time blood beginning to rush,
Is this the real thing or is it just a crush?
Holding her tight we begin to kiss,
Never had a dream as real as this.
Hopelessly wishing I would not wake,
If this were a drug till death I would take.
These are the times in life when we take that chance,
When you fall so quickly at the first glance.
Eyes of emerald green take hold of my stare,
In a room full of people she is the only one there,
A snow white smile makes my stomach turn,
A voice filled with passion my heart starts to burn.
But the fire is to strong to hard to keep pace,
Smile soaked by the tears that slip down my face.
I will never forget this time and the time spent,
I don’t know if you will ever know how much they have meant,
Or how much they mean,
Because you are like no one I have ever seen,
Or have ever met.
Falling for you I will never regret.
You have touch my soul and touched my heart,
This story is not ending for it is only the start.
The start of something new no words can portray,
The connection we have will always stay.
No labels no titles no words to define,
What we share is only yours and only mine,
I am a friend for life or as long as you want me to be,
If this is meant to ever go further I guess we will see.
Little Miss Take would steal anything
She’d steal from a pauper, she’d steal from a King
Don’t show her a bell if it goes ding a ling
For when you’re not looking she’ll half inch its ring
Little Miss Take does not like to pay
She knows what she likes and she’ll whisk it away
She’d steal the moon as it slept in the day
She’s barred from the grotto, she nicked Santa’s sleigh
Little Miss Take if she needs to be fed
Will nab eggs and bacon and butter and bread
And getting it cooked won’t befuddle her head
She’ll just nick the camping stove out of your shed
‘Little Miss Take is my name,’ she once said
But she wasn’t named as a thief, but instead
’twas only a quick drunken fumble in bed
And her mum and her dad hadn’t planned to get wed
[If Adam Hargreaves would like to get his hands on
this material (or to sue me) I can be contacted through
Soup Mail... or any half way decent lawyer]
which words speak me as your's
might your imagination
make you think of me as
someone who loves you in resipitation
I speak of you as friend
but then what is spoken in private
you think is an conveyance of our togetherness
in categories i put men
then those of importance might collect
your words to be script
to be the foundation of such futurante togetherness
scholars speak not of dealing
those samplings of unfaithfulness
those belongings to make whole which is then parted
speak me in times were
you are with another
so the circle of completion might have us as friends
nothing more than lover
that i wish upon heaven
to be with another
might my mind wonder
you will be caught off guard
and those days of tomorrow
might make you father to our child
but as of now
I see tomorrow in the eyes
of someone else
A PASSAGE FROM mISTRESS cULTURG.. SHE SPEAKS TO rANKIE dEVOLANCE
( HE'S DISAPPOINTED)
" she speaks to the man who wishes to marry her: he only to hear that she wishes to be with someone else" FROM THE BOOK-DEVILS (HE MAKES WORDS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SCRIPT)
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I have a frisky frog on my back the flamingo whined.
He jumped on last night when I went out to dine.
I wish I had one lamented Old Maid Clementine.
She had been a floozy in her day, and she knew how to grind.
Always take that step forward
Move towards the light
Escape from the dark clouds
In order to make your world bright
The choice is yours
Create your legacy
Be all about your business
Manifest your destiny
Neighbor, it is only two o’clock in the morning.
After all of these nights, I have to convey this warning.
Your dog’s constant barking is keeping me up each night.
Leaving your vociferous animal outside is not right.
That dog should be taken indoors and kept out of sight.
Your pet is a nuisance to the other neighbors and I.
We will call the police if you do not comply.
Take that chance
And face your fear
Be courageous
Pull yourself into full gear
Believe that you can
Be the inspiration
Put your heart into everything
And enlighten the sensation
take that
we meant
to give you
this
loves
first kiss
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