Best You Can Be Sure Poems
A year ago, the Russian state launched an unprovoked attack
Seizing land from Ukraine but they've bravely fighting back
If Russia can't have it, they operate a policy of scorched earth
And turn many towns and villages into mounds of rubble and dirt.
Russia then weaponised their gas and shipments of grain
And tried to inflict on the civilian people unbearable pain
His criminal army targets hospitals, schools, homes and utilities
He thought the Ukrainians would surrender, rather than freeze.
He tells the Russian people lies and many believe every word
And he tells them he's protecting Russia ;I find that absurd
We've seen evidence of his atrocities against women and men
And it's heart-breaking to see pictures of murdered children.
Ukraine was never a bold threat to that rogue terrorist state
Putin thought the west would leave the Ukrainians to their fate
How wrong was he to think the western world would look away
They're helping Ukraine defend itself and NATO leads the way.
Russia's ancient equipment and army are no match for the west
And to help Ukraine defend itself it is supplying weapon's the best
The Russian dead pile up on battlefields but Putin doesn't care
And hides away in the safety and comfort of his underground lair.
Wagner mercenaries recruited from jails to increase Russian might
Told their sentences will be lengthened if they don't go and fight
The dregs of Russian humanity are now sent to the eastern front
Together with inexperienced conscripts who now bear the brunt.
Russia is asking for weapons from North Korea, China and Iran
If China supplies them weapon's then their trade we should ban
People say Ukraine should concede land so that the war will end
But Russia has shown its evil dark side and will never be a friend.
Putin keeps threatening to use weapons of mass destruction
And has now backed out of treaties and increased production
Does he honestly think that the western world will stand by
If he launches just one, then you can be sure the west will reply.
Vladimar Putin started this war and there is no one else to blame
He is a disgrace to humanity and should hang his head in shame
Decent Russians and there are many should topple him for his crime
And his war criminal army arrested and either hung or serve time.
Dear Carolyn:
Another letter from another tour
In this place in the sand they call Helmand
This will be my last, for you can be sure
To never look back on these Afghan lands
Dear James:
It's been so long since I've felt your embrace
Studied the constellations through your eyes
Found joy in the manly features of your face
Or recovered from our last sad goodbyes
Dear Carolyn:
Another two lost, one was my best friend
Before it's me, I pray my leave is soon
My heart is crying out, my hopes descend
Is tomorrow my day, in deathly strewn
Dear James:
I've been praying so hard; surely you're safe
The son I carry will have his Dad's smile
I don't think God would orphan our young waif
You must walk through our door in a short while
Dear Carolyn:
The joy in your letter, mother to be
Me a father, soon to be homeward bound
Grow with my kin in the land of the free
To thrive in peace on American ground
Dear James:
I think our boy will be a football star
Perhaps he’s sending a message to Dad
Like Peyton and Eli he’s thrusting hard
To have you and him here, I’ll be so glad
Dear Carolyn:
As James was preparing to say goodbye
Boarding the chopper to take him your way
Enemy aircraft dropped bombs from the sky
I regret to say this was James’ last day
Commanding Officer Brannigan
U.S. Armed Forces, Afghanistan
In every situation ~ no matter the complication ~ Reach out ~ He's the
One you can be sure of...
I will Survive ~ Faith ~ I will live
Our God is King~ All Power and Glory ~Our God is King~ no need to worry
Our God is King of all creation ~ Our God is King of every nation~
Our God is King~ HIS love's forever~Our God is King~ we stand together ~
Our God is King ~ you're never lonely ~ Our God is King ~ Heaven's Holy
Our father ~ Bless us ~
Every time I see HIS face ~ natural Wonders ~ full of Grace
Sunburst piercing through dark clouds ~Thank God~ every little thing ~ will
work somehow ~ I call HIS name ~ Oh Lord ~
((Thank you Father)) (I love you Father)
Our God is King~ All Power and Glory ~Our God is King~ no need to worry
Our God is King of all creation ~ Our God is King of every nation~
Our God is King~ HIS love's forever~Our God is King~ we stand together ~
Our God is King ~ you're never lonely ~ Our God is King ~ Heaven's Holy
Every where I look around ~ fighter jets racing on mission bomb
Children dying on streets ~ Oh Lord ~ people injured~ no relief
Set me free ~ free ~I'm going home ~
Into your hands I deliver my spirit, body and soul...I'm going home))
Our God is King~ All Power and Glory ~Our God is King~ no need to worry
Our God is King of all creation ~ Our God is King of every nation~
Our God is King~ HIS love's forever~Our God is King~ we stand together ~
Our God is King ~ you're never lonely ~ Our God is King ~ Heaven's Holy
(( I'm going home))
I do not love you like the crescent moon
majestically erupting into a star filled night
nor do I love you like the pearl painted swan
gliding effortlessly across a pristine pond
Fear not for I do most certainly love you -
But my love is more like a cool crisp apple
one succulent bite bringing sustenance to life
My love lives in our fresh laundered linens
dried in the comforting winds blowing off the sea
My love is here
My love is now
It is in everything I touch
It is in everything I Do
I may not love you like the luster melting hearts
glistening off a ten carat diamond ring
but you can be sure my love lives daily
in my every breath and my every dream
What, Where, Who
If I where asked the what, where, who
That drives me to write poetry
I’d say that if I only knew
I’d leave right now this misery
But I’m afraid I’m not the sort
To answer in straight fashion
I have to offer my retort
With words of heartfelt passion
For just the other day I found
Encounter gave me food for thought
Soon the words they were outbound
Jumbled as they rushed and fought
Though ne’er the less inspired me
To battle on my way
Look toward the end and see
Which words I could display
Confess do I quite openly
That I am ignorant
Of poetry’s technology
Coz grasp it I just can’t
I wouldn’t know a what’s it called
From a what’s its name
In my mind won’t stay installed
Confusion is its game
But I somehow, find I can
Muddle through at best
Organise a crafty plan
And set my brain the test
For out there I see loneliness
Suffering and pain
A world in turmoil and distress
That cannot stake its claim
I look for every trait in man
Into the soul I stare
At his betrayal and flim-flam
Also the ladies fair
Dear love will always be there
And so will Demon war
And my thoughts on these I’ll share
Of that you can be sure
Laughter I would hope to bring
Sadness sometimes to the fore
Of natures forces I will sing
The list goes on galore
Yes I will write throughout the night
With hope to de-confuse
I’ll try to offer some insight
By giving up my muse
So now you know the what and where
But what about the who
Inspiring people are out there
Who knows - it could - be you
And what about that misery
I spoke of up above
Well, I gave that up for music
Of the poetrysoupers love x
Take a moment of your time
And listen to your heart’s insight
Think about what you should write
Will it be personal or fictional?
Should your poem begin with a rhyme
Or should free verse be your style?
I doubt you’ll discover the best the first time
But you can be sure you’ll see the light
Your poem might use whimsical words
Or it could be built on a feeling from your heart
It might begin with the middle at the first
Or the end could be where the beginning was
Take into consideration what words to use
Will they be dark and dreary or light and loving?
Should you answer the question the reader has
Or think of some revelation you can bestow?
Poetry is built on words galore, adjectives and adverbs
Nouns, pronouns and all the other possibilities
The words might be metered or rhymed or with rhythm
Or given to encouraging the reader to invent within
A poem like yours can be soft and imaginative
Or it could bring out the bandit or sensitivity
I understand that your words will be your own
And I can’t really tell you how to write what you should
If I were to encourage you to write your best piece
I’d have to say that you let your heart and soul lead you
Through fact or fiction, real or imagined, think of the poem
That you would like to read if you were the reader
(enjoy the puns)
I happen to be a busy bee
always racing with time
since time how it flies for busy bees
Ah wish I could just lasso it
like a cowboy does his horse
and thereby bring it to a standstill!
And if I don't waste this valuable Time
I think I could buy me some extra time
For time is money it's said
Ah wish I could just catch it
in a nook or a noose
as it flies by at will.
For at this rate the clock is ticking by
like some never exploding time-bomb
while I'm forever running out of time
so I wonder then how still
others just take their time
or be killing time coz they've time to kill!
For I can't be killing this precious time
I don't have any spare time on my hands
And it is but challenging to make a chum
out of that swinging pendulum
Time is racing, it's outpacing
For me it seems time has never stood still.
Thus I'll merely have to resign to the fact
that I could never ever tie down mr. Time
for time and tide have waited for none
It's never going to cease, that monotonous chime
even when ceases to pen, a poet's quill
If the battery in thy clock stops
other clocks would be working timely still
So if you lag behind and don't make it in time
you can be sure there are others who will.
So I better let my time-old
venerable grandfather clock
go on with its carefree
dutiful but devil-may-care tick tock
Yah, let the time do the talk
and still tell it it's simply brill!
Here I go again, laying my head, on the line, how droll
As I rummage around for any last bits of my sorry soul
With the now vacant space my thoughts can roam free
But, no one is listening, so with silence, I cannot agree
Are not my thoughts not just voices, so I am not alone
The walls of my mind become a vast screen of my own
With the past and present flashing by, so future comes
Time have I to deliberate to the messages it succumbs
Each one of us, on our own path, chosen, or otherwise
Others amongst us, living their life under fake disguise
Does history repeat itself; yes, of that you can be sure
Will we ever learn, I am afraid for that there is no cure
Thoughts here, within my own self-made private space
As I'm severed from time, I can loiter at my own grace
This feeling of serenity is me as without contamination
All the facts before me without any missed information
Also, to see a life disregarding all the wrong diversions
But there is no pain, or anger, I forward my excursions
As I know I will return to this path of life all over again
When this time more knowledgeable of life's new reign
These grey walls around me as allude nothing from me
We can never change our fated lives unless we can see
Insane
Defiantly I admonish you to just leave me alone,
Stop following me incessantly like a rowdy foe.
How forcefully must I tell, you've lost your soul,
Your sinister ways to love me I do not condone.
You shadow my presence everywhere I go
Blatantly invading every peaceful place I know.
Lurking around my private life in public places,
Posting online photos and ugly lewd messages.
If you're ever spotted at my kids' school again
You can be sure I will file a police complaint,
Quite often have I warned you to back away
Yet you keep treating me like I'm your prey.
One day you called my wife on a falls pretense,
Now you treat her like she's your best friend
Spreading lies intently to prejudice her mind
Encroaching on our daily lives in ways unkind.
You joined our church, though you live far away,
I hear you'll volunteer at school every Monday.
Now I am distressed by your manipulative ways,
Prompting me to take action to deter your sway.
At the height of insanity you finally lost control,
Quite appropriately you must soon pay a toll
As you sit in jail awaiting sentence for your crime
For you tried to hire a hit-man to kill my wife.
First Place
November 10, 2017
Stalker
Sponsor: Silent One
As the time flies ever so fast,
You and I know our friendship will last
As the sun announces the arrival of dawn,
The clock of precious existence is forced to tick on
When the stars gently twinkle in the sky,
Lighting up our canvas of unremitting life,
The earth will uncover the iridescent sea
Revealing a smooth pathway for you and me
But if the earth and its inhabitants spit us out,
We still have the universe to ourselves, no doubt!
There is nothing anyone can possibly do
To tear me away from the likes of you
Unless of course you request some space,
I’ll stay on hold and patiently wait
No matter where you go, name it; here or there
No matter how far, I will surely be there
So lastly, at the conclusion of this letter,
I wish upon you happy years to come, forever
For until that clock decides to end its chime
You can be sure to find me by your side
Always,
Laura Elizabeth Breidenthal
There's only one thing in life of which you can be sure
and that is that death will come knocking at your door.
It might not be for a very long time
but your fate is just as certain as mine.
So live your life like there's no tomorrow,
do your best to avoid all sorrow.
Be as happy as you can
with what life throws your way
because after all ....
Tomorrow is another day!
The Chance to Love You All Over Again
A romance so intense was a gift I received, once so consuming and hard to believe
memories cherished from a hand I long to hold, my ambitions and dreams forbidden to be sold
my trust in you always is the promise that we share, you deserve to have the best of me and know I will always be there
Do we all find love, is this what we are supposed to do?
is it love that we are ultimately searching for, hold your breath if you feel you have too.
the promise of love is a gift of life, to have it once is your first breath, but to keep it is the sacrifice
Treat it with the greatest care and never see it as a chore, or it will leave you alone heartbroken of that you can be sure
to know what you have is to know what could be lost but if it is gone it is too high a cost
respect what you have when it is right by your side, because looking back only serves you to know the pain of a lost love that is impossible to hide
I loved a heart once and stumbled from the path, driven into the woods over time yet it happened so fast
Unable to recognize when the emotions grew old but so aware of my loss as I hide in the cold
I shiver in the darkness in the place it all began, and hope I have the chance to love you again
WHENEVER I’M NEXT TO YOU (DUET)
She sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
I feel a little shy
But, when you kiss my lips,
I feel like I can fly
He sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
a fire burns deep inside
My mind tells me let it go,
when we touch I come alive
She sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
my heart sings a new song
Pulling you in real close,
I know where I belong
He sings:
I know you can feel my love,
as I look in your hazel eyes
I can never get enough,
of your whispers and your sighs
She sings:
Whenever you’re next to me,
I feel safe and secure
I’ll give you all of my love,
of that you can be sure
He sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
it’s love I can’t deny
I’ll give you all of my love,
on my love you can rely.
She sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
I feel a little shy
But, when you kiss my lips,
I feel like I can fly
He sings:
Whenever I’m next to you,
a fire burns deep inside
My mind tells me let it go,
when we touch I come alive
Sing together:
I’ll give you all of my love,
of that you can be sure
I’ll give you all of my love,
on my love you can rely
Whenever I’m next to you
Whenever I’m next to you
(repeat and fade)
John Derek Hamilton
June 30, 2018
The head of a racket has many holes
Hit one just right, and a target is scored
Not every shot can accomplish your goals
Practice is needed, it can’t be ignored!
Connect with the wrong shot, you miss the win
Disappointment will come you can be sure
Regret in your bad choice will now set in
Slow down and think, don’t let haste be a lure!
Life’s like that racket, believe it or not
It takes practice and patience to choose well
Haste and poor choices bring failure a lot
Rise up and rebound ‘fore you hear the bell!
Aim for the sweet spot, as each day is new
Just make the right choice, and then follow thru!
A sparrow falls whilst singing to the stars so bright and clear,
My love for you eternal, shall not falter have no fear,
A nightingale shall sore the skies so fearless and so pure,
I say to you I shall not cry, of this you can be sure,
Sweet Julie can you here me now, my heart it beats for you,
And I shall not falter once, until my life is through,
For if we meet whilst walking along gods golden shore,
I know I will have lived my life to hold you evermore.