Can the man who knew too much recall
the man who knew nothing at all?
Of course, they were the very same one,
until, the former decided to have some fun,
and read the Encyclopedia Britannica,
and sources from other media.
Categories:
britannica, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Britannica and Wikipedia are great sources
Cannot put in website addresses into items
on Poetry Soup
Today is Robin Williams Birthday.
I have written several poems about him
in Poetry Soup. You can look through all
of my poems to find them and read them
You are welcome.
Categories:
britannica, allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
I intend touring around the globe
For something I just wish to now probe:
Not how many guys wear clothes like robe
Nor how many would build with adobe;
Rather, whether it is now in vogue
To put to death a suspected rogue,
Standing on reasons strong but still vague;
Mock trial: The abhorrence of Hague,
Unleashed upon some soul Egypt’s Plague;
By God first arranged for the Non-Vague
But I’ve been advised: face Africa!
For your tours you leave Costa Rica
And don’t even near America;
All through guided by Britannica…
Categories:
britannica, africa, america, evil, people,
Form: Rhyme
"Birds of Prey"
flights of fancy
forget freedom
has its price
a dance of
do or die
bluebirds
in Sing Sing mode
learn to pray
just as owls
and eagles
never surrender
a dance of
do or die
blue birds
become phoenix
above the fray
lit by light
carried on the back
of Frey
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Lux Vitae.
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."
Henry David Thoreau
"It chanced one day that Freyr
had gone to Hlidskjálf,
and gazed over all the world;
but when he looked over
into the northern region,
he saw on an estate,
a house great and fair.
And toward this house
went a woman;
when she raised her hands
and opened the door before her,
brightness gleamed from her hands,
both over sky and sea,
and all the worlds
were illumined of her."
Frey. meaning, Scandinavian.
Frey. Meaning, German.
Fray (noun).
Britannica dictionary
Pray.
Prey.
Categories:
britannica, freedom, journey, muse,
Form: Narrative
the rapture
Each story fell to the ground
feathers were collected
in the die-off different colours
prismed in the silver dust
of moon eclipsing sun
the in-between time
where the sky parted
like torn curtains
the Grimoire words
flew off the page
into the aether
black keys fed
to speak golden spells
bringing life back screaming
from the black open caverns
of the banished and repelled
bit-by-bit the brimstone cracks
and sparks from the depths of death
the mortal substance skerrick,
near to invisible but heard
for what it is now, seraphim
3 sets of wings, rolls off the emptiness
in echoing tears the becoming breaks
through waves rapturefarious
collecting immortal strength
from the deep ink pockets of dark
mined mind firmly set concrete
and contracted in the fires of hell
the phoenix rises like a raptor
its beating heart lit
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
“Casshern” / Ursine Vulpine
https://youtu.be/nRY5pcA4jk8
"Oxygene 8 Megamix" / Jean Michel Jarre
https://youtu.be/LfkqJOAEsFM
rapturefarious
rapturefurious
https://www.britannica.com/topic/seraph
Categories:
britannica, muse,
Form: Free verse
turquoise sky
castle Britannica
rowing club in gentle waters
arrival of swans
I head to the turret
binoculars on a ledge
I see red tulips
loving the turquoise sky
Categories:
britannica, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Military gear ~
Table to table veterans
Search out memories.
For James H. Beachboard
1928-2011
USMC 1947-1951
One of the Chosin Few
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, 1950
britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Chosin-Reservoir
Categories:
britannica, veterans day,
Form: Senryu
The beauty of this nation is enhanced by the Unicorn,
Captivating kilts are here made and worn!
Encyclopedia Britannica was born here,
You cannot find King penguin Nils Olav elsewhere!
The invention of modern kilt was done here by Thomas Rawlinson,
Beautiful tartan cloth is used for it and admirable pleating is done .
Golf's birthplace is Scotland,
It shares the border of the south with England.
Scotland's Knap of Howar is a historical tourist attraction,
Must visit the place once for its amazing tradition!
Categories:
britannica, 11th grade, city, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The hophead at the
Music festival next to me
Yells out the instruction
"Everybody shrink!"
The lead singer holds parallel
To the audience an elongated
Truncheon with a dishwashing
Glove on the end of it
A manakin dummy is tossed
Into the congregation and
It crowdsurfs it's way back
Tossed out the exit
'Insistent savagery'
The 1956 edition
Of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Describes rock 'n' roll
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
Abingdon Boys School
North Korea Loves John Kerry
Cutlery
The Bad Swedes
Deathwasps Stinging My Brain
I Am the Hottest Part of Hell
It's exhausting picking
A band name
Categories:
britannica, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
“Nothing Rhymes with Angel” ~Merriam-Webster, Encyclopedia Britannica~
Nothing Rhymes with angel…
Ocean shell, barnacle, pink coral
Choir bell, temple, chapel, steeple
People
Climb Mt. Caramel, smell a fresh timber fell
Drink 80 proof swill’
Throw a coin in the wishing wellllllll
At a seventy-five degree angle
Lift a 200-pound barbell
Marvel
Tickle, popsicle, dreamsicle, apple strudel, ice-cycle, classical
Able
Ample
Us….We are Cyclical
Hah, darn dictionary!
Sunshine Williams
Categories:
britannica, joy,
Form: I do not know?