DO NOT LIKE YOUR NEWS
BRENDAN CARR SAYS CHANGE YOUR VIEWS
OR LICENSE YOU LOSE
Dad was a great piano player
Grandpa Luther was a great man
He burned his wife’s Bible
In 1942, when Colorado farmers
Decided all Germans and Japanese
Threatened them
My grandmother
Got another Bible
English version
She didn’t have to hide
Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr
Was a great man, too
The only one who stood for
The rights of Japanese
–Americans– just like he
Said, “if you harm them
You must harm me.”
Thanks to Governor Ralph
Ito
My grandpa’s neighbor
Remained free
When his haystack was burned
He would not accept charity
So grandpa accepted his trade
Ito’s piano for grandpa’s hay
And that's how Dad
Learned to play
Well Raider fans our season was going great
Winning many games in the 4th quarter late
We were ready for a playoff run to go really far
We had the best QB in the league our man Derek Carr
Next thing you know our guy takes a fall
All of a sudden Mc Gloin has the ball
With one play we knew our hopes were in despair
While #4 sits at home with his leg in the air
So now its up to our coach pirate captain jack
To get us in the game with a passing attack
In comes third string Quarterback Conner
It looks like our season is now just a gonner
Hard to believe we fell so fast
We were the team to beat before that cast
My fellow Raider Nation we sit crying in our beer
Already thinking .................just wait til next year!!
In denim- blues skies:
the sun hums gold a decaying monotone
of chest crushing heat on teeming trees
to fields and prairies, where they striptease.
And when the wind gusts:
cool hours seed encoring the hues
of ochres bright not of fire forced.
Spirally wheeled pupils may whirl
as in tireless and heavy rammed blow,
brown crinkled leaves fly in frenzied dance.
Weak limbs shudder too; lulled, they tumble,
fall and rest to coat the earth.
but within the heat, nothing goes to
waste nature regenerates.
It worms the leaves into compost weaves.
Yes, shades of Autumn are nature's mourning
for nature's die yet still its beauty: a romance
as it gratifies the eyes.
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~~Inspired by the painting: Autumn in France
by Emily Carr 1911
__Olive Eloisa D. Guillermo__
5:49pm , January 15, 2015
Golden flares ignite explosions from my hand,
set the sun in bright orange and yellow;
A potent force consumes in brilliance more
than what feeds the hunger of the rest.
Redder blood beats within vessels
of monstrous green under luminous skin;
Tongues of fire lick the spirit of witness
and inspire revolutions within the mind.
Bold, barely controlled energy crackles
and connects neurons to transmit the vision.
Deep, searing, mind scorching heat
tests each grain of thought and deed.
I travel to places where wind and light
bring new tones and tints to perception;
My world changes at a speed of color's
flight, and you are in the passenger's seat.
After: Autumn in France by Emily Carr 1911
Footnote: Minor revisions this time except the reverse in personification. Thanks again, Deb. Also to Nette and John W.
For Debbie Guzzi's Ten Pictures, Ten Poems, Ten Days - Painting 5
Kim Patrice Nunez
10 January 2016
Autumn in France by Emily Carr 1911
PORTRAIT NO. 5
AUTUMN
by Jeanette Jones
Homes across the countryside,
sits amidst of Autumn.
Whispers of wind play rapidly in the dark,
as leaves await for daylight to hit the ground.
Morning float into play, as the moon gives in, to the sun.
Admiration of lovers passing by
capture birds in flight.
Smiles on the faces, they brace for the breeze
of Autumn.
Painting #5
Autumn in France by Emily Carr 1911
Coats of Autumn
Satisfied,
long awaited
summer fades
into an explosion
of color, I bask
in the many coats of Autumn
draped across the shoulders
of a grateful people.
Merci to the Creator
of such splendor,
I behold textures
unlike any other
As far as the eyes can see,
I stare into unmeasured
beauty, absorbing it all
before the snow brings
beauty of its own.
Colorful Fantasy Flights
You brought color to life;
a soul seeking newer forms.
Into bright red, sandy, realms
holding rainbows in disguise,
you instead slept not
yet endured all—
with honor.
Blank canvas speaks to you
about its great thirst
and colors galore.
Your firm belief in honor and
beauty satisfies.
Did you not find heart in
brush strokes?
Sending painted glee
and with art have you not flown deep
into life's mysteries?
Robert J. Lindley, 1-09-2016
Painting number five
Poem number five, Ekphrasis (Free verse)
Inspired by-
Autumn in France by Emily Carr 1911
and Debbie Guzzi's 10 for 10 challenge.
Ekphrastic: Writing on Art and Art on Writing [this site ACCEPTS reprints] http://www.ekphrastic.net/submissions.html
I wonder for what i ride,
I ride a journey of life.
I travel a world,
Where everything is like puzzle.
Here roads are widder,
But mindset is narrow.
Here buildings are high,
But character is low.
Here criminal rules the world,
And good ones don't even utter a word.
Where one is killed for just few bucks,
And respect for women is just a duck.
I wonder when this world,
Would understand this simple words.
" love , carr and respect "
Without which this ride is a flop
Dane
Intense, emotional, intelligent, curious
Sister of Charme Carr and Ray Crawford III Phd
Lover of the creative thought processes
Who feels passionate, loyal, and at times frustrated
Who fears too much government power, interference, and oppression.
Who would like to see God the Father, Jesus Christ, and Beyond the Vail.
Live Oak, Florida
Smith-Johnsen
Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: BIO poems
Sponsor Regina Riddle
Mum..Why did you give me lego hair.?
To upstage my Alan Carr teeth
And stretch that grey nylon pinefore
Tight
To ridicule my chubby young knees
And why dear mummy
Was my elastic bands so tight
As they struggled around my chubs
Was Battleship grey
The fashion
Of socks those days..
Dear mummy
.
Me thinks not!
McDonald’s To Mom – Bug Off
By Elton Camp
In Arizona, disgraceful conduct is being seen
Because a parent wants McDonalds kept clean
Filth in the play areas Dr. Carr-Jordan found
The places refused to take action that is sound
She gave them notice and a chance to get clean
But days later the same conditions were seen
What she found was rotting food, dirt and hair
Such disgusting stuff was found most everywhere
Due to that, for dangerous bacteria she did check
What she found, children’s health could wreck
The germs that she found could such as these
Meningitis, nausea and gastrointestinal disease
McDonald’s, instead of working to get it clean
Ordered her out, not wanting a customer so mean
You would think her feedback they would extol
Maybe even employ her to bring infection control
But if they do nothing or take action far too late
It certainly seems to invite regulation from the state
For many years you starred on Happy Days as Howard Cunningham.
When your fans learned that you died, they most likely said "DAMN!"
You starred in Father Dowling Mysteries as a Catholic Priest.
You have passed away and now you will Rest In Peace.
When you began acting, everybody knew that you would go far.
First you married Jane Eliot and later you married Patricia Carr.
You starred as Sheriff Amos Tupper on Murder She Wrote.
Even though you were rich and famous, you didn't gloat.
I've watched you on TV shows since I was a little boy.
You were a friendly and talented man who people enjoyed.
You were a loving husband and an awesome dad.
You died at the age of 83 and millions of people are sad.
(DEDICATED TO TOM BOSLEY WHO DIED OCTOBER 19, 2010.)
She is sitting on the end of her bed,
her head is in her hands.
The tears fall from her face.
She thinks to herself what could have i done to deserved this?
Her phone rings,
its a text message from her.
It takes all she has to read it.
"I found another girl to love and i hope you can get over me"
Is what she reads.
The words cut her deeper.
She runs to the bathroom grabs the blade.
As she is about to cut her writs the door opens,
its her mom.
She grabs the blade from her hand and throws it.
She grabs her little girl and begins to hug her and cries.
She asked what has come to this?
Her little girl answers and says When hasn't it came to this?
-cheyenne Lynn carr
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