Said Stan to sweet farmer Sue
I like this thing that you do
That bumpy ride
Sure saved my hide
And that’s real fine howdy do!
Life is a Bumpy Ride
My granddad would always say with pride
But you need not live in anxiety and fear
With God in the driver’s seat and in your hand a beer
So don’t you worry when you reach a narrow bend
There is always a hand waiting to lend
There will be sweet memories that will make you smile
And some people who would make you throw up bile
The lessons learnt will be precious
But God will always be gracious
Just don’t lose sight of the road
But be focused and tenacious
I dwell where
I'm comfortable
away from the bed
where the longing tears
of my laughter
do not lie.
For we are in the midst
a of hurtful breeze.
Smallest steps are one to wonder
Always commencing the path of life
Forming atoms, the book of maps,
Determining your road of sight
It’s a journey, not so kind
One does start and never stops
Unless the bell of death starts ringing
Man will forever sleep not
Constant ups and constant downs
An unachievable envelope of gold
And while townsfolk has seen it all
Man has known it’s not one to be told
Unpredictable events will unfold
Some are stainless; others deeply stain
A permanent reminder of turmoil
And one only hopes for perfection in vain
It’s a highway of red and green lights
Some say stop and others say go
Humans before and after undergo this trail
But one can only wish that from the beginning of the mystery called life to the enigma
named death the truth will always unfold
snowflakes tumble down
trees lift their bare arms to hold~
down no leafy couch
Dec.5.2022
Winter Nature Themed Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Tania Kitchin
Hey, I am feeling
Yes feeling little
Grumpy bumpy
Bumpy-bumpy.
I am sounding
Silly very silly
In this heated
Valley sweated.
Timid horns
On my head
Blowing headlights
Grooming helmets.
This is weird
I am a humming bird
Sounding nasty grumpy
bumpy-bumpy-bumpy.
Rohan Dhabade
Bumpy Loop and Loopy Bump,
Jumped off a speeding train,
But both were rather fortunate,
And lived to jump again.
Bumpy Loop just bounced and bounced,
For he was round and rubbery,
Loopy Bump went flying down,
And crushed into a shrubbery.
The speeding train kept rolling on,
And sprinted out of sight,
Now Bumpy Loop and Loopy Bump,
Are stuck there in the night.
The harmony that we feel is the real deal
And is so worth the fight
Baby, we need to treat each other right
Let's never be mean or pick a fight
The magic we share is worth the care
Finding our calling is like not falling
When we are aware
Instead of being in despair
Allowing ourselves time to compare
Having a love as rare as ours
Is like dancing among the stars
Stepping back when we feel under attack
Will help us stay on track
To keep us from falling back
This way when we have a bad day
We don't feel like we want to play
Then we just meet in the middle
Like a dancing fiddle
understanding we need to give a little
Being able to put yourself on the other side
Before it becomes a bumpy ride
When It's much easier to just let it slide
Finding a place to chill
So we don't let it put us into overdrive
This will allow our love to thrive
Instead of letting our love take a dive
We will be on top of the world very much alive
Able to magnify our love to touch the sky
You and I able to look each other in the eyes
To really appreciate love high's
The highway of life is full of potholes and bumpy pavement that at times seems to turn our lives into one major jar to our tailbones after another. We survive the constant pounding as best we can with a smile and a gritty determination to make it through to our final destination, wherever that may be. It seems we have little choice but to make the best of things as life comes at us and keeps coming at us time after time again testing our durability and stick-to-itiveness. Even as we age one might think life would ease up on its constant pounding but instead it just keeps right on with a new deluge of rights and lefts to the chin just to remind us that the bumpy road ain’t at its end until life says it’s at its end. So life isn’t that “bowl of cherries” some would have us believe. It’s a hard road but it’s a road that we must all travel once thrust naked into a world where mysteries abound and beauty drenches the landscapes of this planet called Earth that we call home where time is the unrelenting master and the vastness of space becomes the next road we must seek to conquer as we return to the dust from which we came.
Long ago in the land of milk and honey
Lived a sweet young lady with lots of money
The money meant naught
She didn't give a snot
Long as each night they could play humpy bumpy
Long ago in the land of milk and honey
Lived a sweet young lady with lots of money
But the money meant naught
She didn't give a snot
Long as each night they could play bumpy bumpy
© Jack Ellison 2015
sharing a slice of pizza
sharing our dreams like a butterscotch milkshake
all out of napkins
bathroom paper towels as a substitute
waterfront booth vibe
barry manilow made it through the rain again
air supply is always all out of love
christopher cross does the best he can do
we prefer blessing the rains down in africa with toto
this is how we....come out of the closet and free ourselves if you will
what color....rear window definition
we just don't give a damn tonight
we are just enjoying being honest in that free spirited sort of way
we pay in starbucks....moonlight feels right as happily blow it all sky high as if we just complete the most difficult jigsaw puzzle
how long has this been going on....for as long as an ace accrues
being that we are both the adventurous types, lets take an elongated joyride via the chicago transit authority and colour each other's world....with pleasure....of each other's company
Life’s Bumpy Road…
Does the road of life
seem hard to travel?
Have the things in your life
begun to unravel?
Perhaps choices you made
“way back when.”
Are causing trouble you once again.
Perhaps you have your share life’s
problems and stress,
Has caused your life to be one big mess!
By the blood of Jesus—
you can overcome!
By his shed blood…
The victory is won!
Hardship and difficulty will
no longer prevail.
When on God’s wings of mercy
you begin to sail!
If you seek God’s word
For the right directions…,
His spirit will help with
the needed corrections!
You’ll have a peace and
a blessed assurance…
Traveling the road to Jesus
is ETERNAL LIFE INSURANCE!
By Jim Pemberton 03/20/15
We started having so much fun together.
Being side by side all the time is not always better.
All these different issues I have leave me edgy.
With so many thoughts and feelings, I might not be ready.
No matter how hard you try, you can't change me.
This is something I must do myself, I hope you will agree.
Hoping you will always have the patience to be by my side
Cuz the road I must travel is going to be a bumpy ride.
Many life changing things I have in my past.
Happened one after another and all fast.
I never had a chance to work through the hardest one.
I gave up trying when my world no longer spun.
Maybe that's what brought all this evilness my way.
Attracting so much wrong doing in my life to stay.
Someday it will change, I will have my moods in control.
Be patient, all I need is time to soothe my soul.
bumpy roads smooths out
when exits are entrances
to new works of art....
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