Best Use Poems
What use are words to me, they cannot trace
The tender touch of fingers on my face
They cannot kiss my lips, they cannot feel
The passion in my heart that’s oh so real
What use are words to me, I need to taste
The rush of flavors of a love unchaste
And lips that linger here and suckle there
The hands that grip my mane of raven hair
What use are words to me, my body aches
For tender love that every border breaks
Or passion’s rush in wanton frenzied need
The intercourse of fantasies now freed
What use are words to me, they can’t caress
My body they can’t touch, nor dreams undress
Eileen Manassian
People sometimes get so caught up in the world of words...they forget what is real.
What happens when we use up all the words
Tie up phrases to often spun
Sit in chairs while wondering
Why these spindly legs no longer run
Have we lost sight of visions dawn
Lost our souls amid a darkening day
Cursed the butterfly to fly alone
Believe the moment froze and so must stay
As far away a crayoned hand awakes
And on a crumpled page sees more than we
For everything is new and bright and fresh
For joy has found an open heart as nest
Are words but inert beings in life’s race
And we but weary poets giving chase
There's so many times I call on you
for the needs of the day,
Day or night you are always there
when I kneel down to pray.
So I thought with all the things you do
I'd just call on you to say,
Is there anything I can do for you
to help you out today.
If someone's having troubles
I'd be willing to volunteer.
If they need someone to listen
I'd gladly lend my ear.
If they're lonely, sick, or dying
I'd be the friend they need that day.
With all the work that's facing you,Lord
Could you use some help today.
I wonder if there are any times
you feel you need to get away.
I wonder if some prayers to you
you would like to just delay.
I know you are not the kind of God
who will ever be dismayed,
But I offer to you, that I'm willing to do
whatever will help today.
About That Certain Thing Called Nonsense
Nonsense is that certain symbolic communication form
that oft pervades our human space with its absurdity!
All of us from time-to-time have had to deal with some
people who revel and rave in it to provoke a response.
Making sense and communicating in an intelligent fashion,
reflects a spirit of human decency that’s so needed at times.
“Nonsense!” used as an exclamatory pronouncement inheres
a necessary tone of disagreement to stop boorish behavior.
“Nonsense” in a whimsical use can tickle one’s funny bone,
whilst creating, at times, a much-needed spirit of amusement!
And so, “Nonsense” as part of our grand human condition,
may not be all bad, except when some choose to be naughty!
Nonsense is an important part of life because it brings us to
a certain view, which should be of no surprise: C’est la vie!
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
December 9, 2018 (Couplet)
Picked a piece of ice
Fell from the sky
Kept in the ice box
One…
To research
Picked a piece of ice
Fell from the sky
Kept in the ice box
Another…
To use
"Please, God, use me today."
Is a prayer many Christian's pray.
"Take my gifts and talents, too,
let them be used in service for you."
God hears our prayers,
but, for the most part, He knows,
good intentions are forgotten
as the day quickly goes.
Because to get people's attention,
is a losing game,
when time after time,
He calls out our names.
Our ears are closed.
Our antenna's not up,
to His signs and signals
from heaven's higher up.
So He whispers in another's ear,
and get's a response,
"Yes, God, I'm here!"
But the helping hands
that are always there,
and the eyes that see
and the hearts that care,
are God's many helper's
who don't have to say,
"What can I do, God, for you today?"
By Dana Redricks
September 22, 2020
God can use anybody even our limitations, or disabilities. Nothing is impossible with Him. You are valued more than you know, and loved beyond measure. Each one of us is His prize possession, and let no one tell you otherwise. Like a diamond in the night let your light outshines the darkness, and no matter what we face just trust and know with Jesus everything will be alright.
From what she was in high school
to what she is right now
Some may consider a phenomenon
while other marvel how
I remember the face of the cool cool girl
in the class before me
Vanilla chocolate was her flavor
a favorite for sure I've seen
Though thirty years has past
there was still something to see
She was the woman I always knew from a child
the woman with ageless beauty
You know the color of her lips
and the mascara around her eyes
you know the shape of her cheek bones
her boney fingers and perfect smile
There is a beauty that we call elegant
often found on wedding days
but rarely doe's this elegance
grace our wrinkles and grays
Yet I still wondered where she came from
this woman of grey delight
Always high maintainence
always someone's wife
But how shall I describe her
this woman that I know
The immortal beauty that took others places
Others that were there before she showed
Destiny is a force that cannot be stopped
The place where she is that awe and shocked
time is a blessing depending on how it's spent
But beauty is a lesson testing the bearer
and the one to whom beauty was sent
Though I speak of thousands of women
there is one that looks the best
The queen of all the goddesses
for whom there is no contest
The woman I see is timeless
she hasn't always been the rage
But now that she's past fifty
she wears the beauty of that age
But looking past the beauty
is the life you may not see
The horrors of real life
hidden by ones fantasies
When makeup is mostly for mirrors
and not the world outside
Beauty is only a mask
and compliments sooth the pride
The shell of forbidden beauty
hidden by an unattainable goal
And yet this untamed beauty
may posess a lonely soul
And life may hold larger things
than we could ever imagine
But what can be more beautiful
than this wonderful distraction.
Don't Use Special Characters
( “ ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ? : ; ” )
Take that Soup Title Checker!
You could at least say please.
Loser geek and even nerd
Very painful hurtful words
Makes you feel pushed and shoved
All alone and never loved
An outcast by other people
Wishing one day you could feel
Accepted for being you
Born this way you are so true
To yourself and never want
To change any little part
Of this person deep inside
Special enough not to hide
Qualities that are unique
Wishing others would just peek
Seeing you are not at all
The names you are being called
You just want to be treated
With the kindness that is needed
To survive and not be shunned
This hatred needs to be undone
Many poets write glorious imagery using flowery words
only three people know
two of them dead
one being Coleridge
the other Shakespeare
I hate them for knowing these words,
despise their guts out that they know how to implement them correctly.
I comment, knowing my comments are crude, banal, a joke at my expense.
These poets are too gracious to call me out.
They pretend that my words are suitable.
Luckily this sooths my pain
and helps me to not feel the need
to look up all of their words which I do not know.
I remember back in grade school
Jeffery Thompson grabbed my hand
Looked me in the eyes and smiled
Before he called me DAN
DAN wasn't my name
I was just glad to have a friend
I went along and played
He-he’in and ha-haw’in
I thought that we were friends
I found out I was a pawn
To keep Jeffery entertained
A cloaked enemy in arms
It was like that for a while
Everyday he'd grab my hand
Give me an endearing smile
Then proceed to call me DAN
Until one day lil Jeffery
Dug his fingers in my hand
Contorting his mouth while he did it
So I knew he wasn’t playin
Saying “You’re a ing DAN”
Emphasis on D when he’d say it
I pulled away drawing blood
He looked at my pain, Elated
The look in that devils eyes
As they fully dilated
As my innocence was soiled
His demons celebrated
Another agent of the curse
The wicked placed upon the royal
I felt a major shift within
As my blood started to boil
He told me DAN means Dumb Ass
A bomb detonated inside
Before I knew what happened
I felt my fist collide
It snapped me back to reality
Before me Jeffery cried
Everybody came to see
What was happening and why
To avoid getting in trouble
Little Jeffrey lied
Then my homies Chance and Chad
Beat lil Jeffery up outside
After that experience
It changed how I experienced
Now I’m repulsed by hate
Whenever I be hearin it
Enraged by the hate
They have for me in their eyes
We should be mad for what their ancestors
Came here and did to mine
Bout the false narrative they painted
While robbing Black culture blind
Bout the lives they keep taking
For the way that we shine
And for the color of our skin
This is what happens when a son of God
Meets the God of Sin
Now I’m weary of them certain folks
With a particular tint
Cause while you’re young you call me D.A.N.
While you pretend to be my friend
How would it be if we were older?
I don’t care to find that out
You can be standing in my path
I’ll find a different route
I’ll keep my head down in passing
So I can keep the peace
I know you’re calling me a D.A.N.
Without even speaking
Here is how poets
And writers will use
Blues to hold interest,
Uplift and amuse...
One may describe
A pair of crystal eyes as
Sparkling like diamonds
In the Sapphire skies.
Or express how diving in to the
Deep Blue ocean heart of another
Is part of the magic involved
In getting to know each other.
They may rejoice with song
How a Baby Blue sky on a sunny day
Brightens their outlook, energises
And chases the blues away.
A persons spirit may be
As refreshing as Aqua
The qualities of a good friend
To cherish forever after.
A special someone of value
May be considered Royal Blue,
A treasure, a gem
True and loyal too.
Turquoise and Teal
May reflect beauty and zeal.
Ice Blue may suggest
Intensity and strength of steel
A person sincere and
Keeping it real.
When writing from their
Depressive zones,
Feelings are shaded
In Dark Blue tones.
In humour,
Blue can exaggerate
The colour of a person
In a very cold state.
Blue can be romanticised to woo.
Blue can convey deepest thoughts too.
Symbolism, reflection, meditation...
Blue can feature in many written creations.
Yes, this is how poets
And writers use Blues
To share their depth
Understanding and amuse.
in cracked hearts - magic waves in and out - everything will be fine
19.01.2018
Sun :) A-L Andresen :)
12 words
16 syllables
howmanysyllables.com
People would do almost anything to make it to the top, even using steroids. This type of drug has been used by all would-be professional athletes and actual professional athletes since the 1980s, even behind the backs of their beloved fans. Professional athletes (Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, and the late Chris Benoit, e.g.) have been using a lot of steroids before they wrestled, played baseball, rode bikes, or whatever. Everybody knows that using too much steroids have real consequences, even the the courts are involved. Steroids will make one angry, the kidneys start to shrink, one person becomes aggressive, and so on. Using steroids will also cost one individual's life, a chance to play for one of their favorite teams (Dallas Cowboys, e.g.), family, fame, everything. Another term for a use of steroids by professional athletes is "doping." Sooner or later, their fans will find out about their steroid use. And when they do, the young ones who've looked up to their favorite athletes and trusted them with their lives will have been seriously betrayed. Using steroids is considered cheating, especially when Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong have been using them behind the backs of their loved ones and their fans. Now I know why I never played sports and/or used any of those illegal drugs, let alone steroids. It seems that these athletes can't even earn their way to the top, that includes not using steroids. The only reason why these professional athletes have been using steroids is because their coaches and physicians told them to, and they really should've got caught making their star athletes use that illegal drug. Even Vincent K. McMahon, who was the chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the world Wrestling Federation) had forced Hulk Hogan and other wrestlers to use steroids. All types of steroid use are starting to make everyone very, very sick. Did everyone know that if all professional athletes are caught with a lot of steroids and needles that they were going to get arrested. Steroids are to be banned from all of the sporting segments forever. And if all athletes continue to use steroids to cheat their way to the top, thereby getting more money and endorsement deals like that of McDonald's, Progressive, Geico, and other name-brand sponsors and whatnot, they've got another thing coming.