Trust and Obey
Only Way The
Word, say, In God
The Prophets Old
Disciples New
God told The Word
Inspiration
Delusion or
Reason to be
Judge not or Ye
Judged to be like
all the sinners
Hypocrisy
A False Christian
Enticed by choice
What have been sayin’
It's only Saturday
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Father in the kitchen
Eats his check away
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Don’t you shake and shiver
When the hounds of order bey?
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
God is dead, or in Toms River –
Any dumb excuse to pray
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Island people don't get ready
Wherever there's tsunami
They wait until that drawback gets all flushed
But back to your studies
Back to Bloom's Taxonomy
And the camouflage of sophomore girls’ first blush
It’s cartridge, pump and filter
It’s the dose in the ashtray
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
All the post-its in your Rilke
Will not my respect sway
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Your hopeless, guileless, wretched pact of clay
The family-brand is over –
Say whatever you want but not “gay”
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
Thinking in cliches is itself a cliche
F reedom of speech without the
R ight to impeach
E nergy spent on
E vil intent
D ictators say they must have their way
O bey
M urder Ok
Rudolph refused to fly Santa’s sleigh
He wanted to keep the virus at bey
Santa showed him the tools
That he was to use
Which was, a giant can of v-spray
The Warmth of a Winters Dinner
David J Walker
The blackened cast-iron caldron
Sat on the stove burner waiting for
The task to begin
the water and the low flame
taking its time
all day to claim
a winters meal
It would begin in the morning
with onion joined by
carrots and celery
Chopped on the butcher's block
In bite-sized portions
Adding a bag
of frozen peas
then
Salt and pepper
Eight cups of water
And cubed up pieces of
A frozen round steak, all
Bathed in a tomato paste
For a long-days simmer
The aroma of the low boiling
Flavors escaping the heave lid
Filling the house with the flush scent of
Each ingredient adding its
Own unique element of perfection for
The winters dinner to come
The smell of cornbread baking
In the oven invited everyone to
The warmth of the
Heart of the hearth
Where portions of the stew
would be dished into
the blue ceramic bowls we
knew well and used
all of our lives
The cold outside was held
At bey that night
in the warmth of
A winters dinner
Z-ealously reach the gate of heaven,
A-nd the door of paradise;
M-ove forward to finish the race,
B-e brave to stand up and rise.
A-im to reach the gate of heaven,
L-ead a new way of life;
E-vade the danger of sin,
S-tay away from blunder and strife.
S-ubmit to the Lord's command,
O-bey His words that are given;
U-ntil the end of journey,
T-o reach the gate of
H-eaven.
Topic: Zambales South 89th
Anniversary (May 15,2020)
J-ust
O-bey
E-agerly
L-ord
C-reator
U-sing
S-ubmissive
T-hinking
O-f
D-evoted
I-ndividual
O-ftentimes
Topic: Birthday of Joel Custodio (February 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-pread
Y-our
R-ighteousness
I-n
L-ife
L-etting
M-ankind
O-bey
N-oble
T-ruth
A-s
L-essons
B-ring
A-lmighty's
N-ews
Topic: Birthday of Syrill Montalban (April 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
O-bey
E-nhanced
L-ockdown
&
A-nd
B-oost
E-nergy
G-allantly
E-vading
A-trocious
L-ink's
R-age
A-s
M-ask
I-s
R-esisting
E-nemy
Z-one
Topic: Anniversary of Joel & Abegeal Ramirez (April 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
O-bey
L-ockdown
L-etting
Y-ourself
D-o
E-very
L-ittle
O-rder's
S-trict
S-ystem
A-s
N-otorious
T-hreat's
O-utbreak
S-preads
Topic: Birthday of Jolly A. Delos Santos (April 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-asty
O-pponent
B-egins
E-mploying
R-espiratory
T-actics
H-aving
&
E-vaded
D-istancing
N-ecessity
A-s
L-ungs
O-bey
T-he
A-lcohol
Topic: Anniversary of Bro. Noberth& Sis. Edna Lota (April 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
O-bey
L-ockdown
L-etting
Y-ourself
D-o
E-very
L-ittle
O-rder's
S-trict
S-ystem
A-s
N-otorious
T-hreat's
O-utbreak
S-preads
Topic: Birthday of Jolly A. Delos Santos (April 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
O-bey
Y-our
A-uthorities
N-icely
N-egating
E-nemy's
G-rudge
A-s
R-eady
F-rontliners
I-solate
N-oses
Topic: Birthday of Joy Anne G. Garfin (April 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
O-bey
A-uthorities
N-icely
N-egating
A-nnoying
A-dversary's
P-andemic
R-esult
I-n
L-ung's
M-echanism
A-s
C-oronavirus
A-voids
Y-our
A-mazing
N-eatness
Topic: Birthday of Joanna April Macayan (April 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-e
A-ble
T-o
O-bey
Topic: 74th Anniversary of Bato, Zambales North (March 16,2020)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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