Reap in brisk show fond writes that touch,
Ink words that shape warm rhymes faith swings;
Choice helps lines flow with poise as such,
Hurl lasting drape true voice craft brings.
Work well deep thought that clusters dreams,
Rich mellow sounds can picture paint;
Impact fine plot with lots that stream,
Trust offers grounds with private taint;
Etch journey quest with happy cheer,
Sense feel now gain a classic flight.
Charm anchors zest in passage clear,
Invoke joy plain that inspires sight;
Taste of bright grace that shows the way,
End with kind face to live each day.
Leon Enriquez
02 October 2018
Singapore
Soon We're Running!
Spring's A Coming!
Blossom Buds There,
Where there wasn't.
All From Heel to Toe,
My Arching Feet that Go!
Oh, Cite the Spring That Drums The Breeze,
I Know.
Cite about Their Place, Moving with a haste,
Where the Autumn Season's Shinning, Great.
Running, Drumming, Running ... Boom!!
Watch Us Win, ... Real Soon!
Quatrain #635:
CITE
Charm wears a style as cheer now shows,
Ink stains move piles of words that flow;
Treat thoughts worthwhile that spark feelings,
Etch profound smiles in previous flow.
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
19 February 2017
Singapore
Quatrain #131:
CITE
Calm in sure quest now gently shows,
Ink stains bring zest in telling flow;
Thought feeds the fest as feelings surge,
Etchings word best as message glows.
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
10 December 2015
Singapore
To the Dove World Outreach Center and Westboro Baptist Church
At the Sunday gospel meeting
Coded words of hate repeating
Welcome in if you're Caucasian
Enter not if black or Asian
Sheeple purple Kool-Aid drinking
For the ones who do their thinking
Giving up their right to question
For a soothing mind possession
You'll take no vino with the host
It might offend the Holy Ghost
So you'll save your Ray-Bans for
The covered drive-thru liquor store
Come sit upon the front row pews
Be born again to hate the Jews
All brother this and sister that
Unless you wear a bishop's hat
You handle snakes and speak in tongues
But you can't even spell in one
You know a single Spanish phrase
And that's "Habla usted ingles?"
You can abuse that Venezuelan
While you worship Sarah Palin
Who can stoke your fiery yearning
For a little Koran burning
You're the lily of the valley
At the LGBT rally
In the spirit charismatic
And the gun on automatic
Time to do some holy rolling
Just outside your place of polling
In each verse and chapter quoting
Clear instructions for your voting
* Title is from The Merchant of Venice - Act 1, Scene 3
MEN LOVE TO CITE VERSE
IDENTIFY WITH NATURE
THE PAINTING
THE POEM
QUOTE FROM THE SCRIPTURES
IT MAKES THEM FEEL
FREE
KNOWING
COMPLETE AND
RIGHTEOUS
BUT WITHOUT
BECOMING ONE WITH
THE TRUE SOUL OF
THE TREE
THE PAINT
THE WORD AND
THE ARTIST
MAN IS EMPTY
WITHOUT MEANING
OR DIRECTION
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