Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota
Indian names of American fame
Lake Winnebago, Mt. Moosilauke
Indian names, American Jabberwocky
LeBron, Te’Oscar and Shaquille
Black Men, America’s athletic ideal
Beyonce and Megan Three Stallion
Black women, enticing hellions
Yet in the White House we get Joe and Donald
Next time, maybe ‘Pete’
Those white names’ve got no rhythm
They’ve got no beat
Reality is coming.
Don't you hear its wings, a-thrumming?
When prosperity smiled
on the people of the Nile
and there was bread and onions
no Calvins, Luthers, Bunyans
could disrupt the daily toil
to sell them snake oil,
but the workers in crisis
are sure to turn to Isis.
totem poles, Superbowls, Beyonce Knowles
cellphones ring tones Alex Jones
will-they-fire-us, Covid virus, Miley Cyrus
How long can you keep
them walking in their sleep?
In the watches of the night,
don't you sometimes take fright
when you think how it will end,
the day they comprehend?
Rand Paul, Fawn Hall, Rollerball
go-fasters, phony pastors, US Masters
shock jocks, Redsox, Amanda Knox
During the investors' meeting,
don't you hear those wings, a-beating?
Robins seem to enjoy my yard
Awaiting the coolness of dewed mornings
To awaken the wriggling worms
A seasonal offering favored by the feathered ones
Dandelion waiters tend to the color and flavor
Serving up “all natural”, organic, pesticide free offerings
They can vouch for the claim
As they have managed the place for 30 years
A bold red Cardinal sits atop a fence post preaching
A Beyonce’ butted ground hog scurries away
Doves coo from within the safety of the hedges
A house cat stalks them from a windowsill
Buds dance to the music of the wood winds
A sparrow choir sings an opening hymn
As a disinterested hawk rides the updrafts
A chipmunk takes his order to go
It's thrilling
But so is this poem
I want to take up a most profound authority
Throughout the neighbourhood
A village pastor
And various pursuits of a similar kind
Give me my own planet
My own earf
Postmodernist scumbag
And cowboys from hell days
I want to hear the new Beyonce album
Between the buried and me
I am a cloud cuckoo lander
And wear a wig when driving my car
And the drying clothes all in the attic
I haven't time to fold them away tidily
But even the thieves were forgiven
Let's take a minute to talk
about the grades
when they was getting started
it was all clean states tryna figure
out how or what there gonna be
but sooner or later it was all destiny
gallayo, valltaro, them dudes
where going full auto
but let's fast forward to the following day
sit back and listen to what gotta say
kobe, jordan, magic, shaq
and what's the one thing that they all lack
kobe, jordan, magic, shaq
they all just have a single name
and that is the fact of the claim to fame
shakespeare, elvis, cleopatra
don't stop me now cause i'm comin' at ya
lebron, aaliyah, beyonce
to let me make my point to you
one good name is all
you need to make your mark on history
and my man einstein he did it and you can't deny it now thats a fact
"Taken, Possessed"
I’d kiss those scars
Trace them with my warm breath
All the way up both paths
To where King Stamen stands erect and
Star tipped towards my shining jade moons dark lit
Kiss him where a glistening pearl drop
Waits wet and haunted
Ready to be mesmerised
Sibilant and silent he whispers
Lay it upon me
And so too,
I grant that wish,
he's wilfully taken
Scars in his mind
dissolving kissed in kind
his crown now all mine
He now reigns me in,
My Blue Sky
Possessed
(LadyLabyrinth/2020)
"Haunted" / Beyonce
https://youtu.be/PpA57LU8Z1A
For "My Blue Sky"
https://youtu.be/fO4OkwNEid0
The person that I've grown to be
Has rhythm in her soul.
Music shaped my life, you see
It played a central role.
The sixties made us “Twist and shout”
The Beatles held our hand.
I liked the things they sang about
They're still my favorite band.
The seventies brought us “Dancing Queen”
Led Zeppelin brought some others.
Dolly sang about “Jolene”
Michael left his brothers.
The eighties put us “Back in black"
“Purple Rain” was killer.
Michael Jackson led the pack
With record breaking “Thriller"
The nineties introduced a sound
It changed the way we sing.
Who knew Rap would stick around
What did 2000 bring?
Nickleback, Alicia Keys
Beyonce and Adele
What music will the future bring
Only time will tell.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter; known as just Beyoncé
Formerly a "Destiny's Child"; her mononym rhymes with fiancé
Much more than "Sasha Fierce", she's the wife of rapper, Jay-Z
A behemoth of a songstress, undeniably R&B's reigning queen bee
Date written and posted: 04/28/2019
A Wedding Toast
To a fulfilling future
To an unbounded happiness
Where the joy of life knows no end
Where one does not know of loneliness
Where adventure is always around the next bend
To an ever beneficial relationship
Where there are no secrets
Where you two define the meaning of companionship
And you hold each other as sacred
To a life of great taste
Whether that be the food Travis makes
Or going to venues that Beyonce has graced
And a never ending supply of wedding cakes
To a life of success
Where each goal is surpassed
Where you two will never regress
And to where all dreams, however small, are never suppressed
Brittany, Michael, we love you and hope you the absolute best. cheers.
I am fat ,I am trapped in my own body
The pain I feel can not be compared to anybody's
Everyday I wake up I feel heavier than yesterday.
I am somehow unhappy but they don't see.
Wherever I walk people stare like a cyclone is in town.
The names they address me by are more heavier than my body.
It's like I am in a far away place of which I scream and scream but despite my screams no one can hear me .
I have no one to blame but myself in this state .
I am unable to be a normal teenager furthermore .
I am unable to live life ,yes I am breathing but I am dead.
For a teenaged girl to live like this is a trauma.
The process of losing weight is much longer than gaining it.
Thus making it difficult for me to look like a model.
I also would like boys to stare at me like I am Beyonce
Fat is the devil in a physical form ,he is constantly attacking me.
Blazing cluster of love lingered through my pulse,
after my eyes behold the rainbow that invades my kingdom.
in an unhindered moisture it pledges to stick to it till thy kingdom come.
my mind in bewilderment knows nothing to do either to sue or to woo.
delay defiles equity yet ADR we must put as first.
no one dares to be as beautiful as this,
that nemo judex in causa sua will be useless,
and of which has made our beloved to speak out like Abel before nature takes its cause.
what now is the last hope of Lazarus in our generation when the righteous are laid to the earth
while Caine now walks around without judgement?
could this rainbow be a she or he?
yes,it is a she lest i go against the order of nature.
she looks more glitter than gold
and her walking posture a mighty one as Beyonce.
no choice laid in me than to woo you,making you the best of friends.
hear my prayer the beauty that rules the world
that you be mine till death do us part.
The shortened hours of joyful times
When your hands reach, as shadows fall
That comfort me in many ways;
Before the notes of dawn enthrall.
Before stars’ luster fade, then pale
When ardor is a faithful song
And hums on with pure gleam, aflame-
To lift me through where I belong.
Chorus:
Somehow the hint of warmth restores
Our nights so blessed, so blessed in grace
Quieting every tear I hold
Holding my thoughts with your embrace.
Until one last surrendering
On through this moment’s tenderness;
I raise my eyes and start to sing
When love brings true dreams, just for us.
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The Poet’s Ear Contest of Greg Barden
7/26/2017
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Inspired by the Song, ‘At Last’ performed by
Glen Miller Band, lyrics care of Mack Gordon/ Harry Warren
(1941—soul blues genre)
sang by Etta James, Celine Dion, and lately, Beyonce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxjrfKEU7cA
~ Dedicated to my grandfather who shared
his love for music with me
Reality is coming.
Don't you hear its wings, a-thrumming?
When prosperity smiled
on the people of the Nile
and there was bread and onions
no Calvins, Luthers, Bunyans
could disrupt the daily toil
to sell them snake oil,
but the workers in crisis
are sure to turn to Isis.
totem poles, Superbowls, Beyonce Knowles
cellphones ring tones Rosie Jones
will-they-fire-us, Trojan virus, Miley Cyrus
How long can you keep
them walking in their sleep?
In the watches of the night,
don't you sometimes take fright
when you think how it will end,
the day they comprehend?
Ron Paul, Fawn Hall, Rollerball
go-fasters, phony pastors, US Masters
shock jocks, Redsox, Amanda Knox
During the investors' meeting,
don't you hear those wings, a-beating?
I want to
take you
to new heights
in my flight
to bewitch
your nights
A love
for you
that's so
exotic
I'll leave you
gasping in
erotic
Baby, if only
you were
all of mine
I'd love on you
through
all of time
My love poems
to you
appreciate
Before
love for you
evaporates
Floating on
to new horizons
Giving this love
a newness
in rising
To another guy
who will not
lie in wait
He'll be quick
to pick
upon my bait
With a love
that truly
soars
A lover's
success in
opening
A new
lovers door
Drunk in Love. Beyonce.
NEW DAY
Its a new month, a June-day
Filled with tricks, full of games like May
Birds are chirping and it looks gay
The Sun so bright and it looks dream-full
Everyone looks beautiful,how wonderful
All thanks to God, am very Grateful
Plans set till its dark-out
G-eazy banging the speakers real hard
K.dot Pimping the butterflies real bad
Telling a story of Kanye
The life of Pablo
And am viewing it from the 6
Got my Drake-on
Oh Anti Rihana trynna make
A lemonade with Beyonce
Unfortunately Tiwa break
the jar, she deserves a standing Ovation
From Olamide, maybe a shakiti bobo
The day is set
And am gonna make it count
Baba Nla Imma be a Wiz-kid
I didn'T mean a wizard-kid
Harry Porter
Hey dude, get up and work
Instead of paying dem girls to twerk
Blaise
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