Wholesome ...what an incredible word
Arousing glorious visions of purity
Innocence, health...natural and earthy
Unpretentious, clarifying....free!
Let me clarify my thoughts:
We love each other, yet I am completely confused.
I had locked my heart away and sealed off my desires.
My bank account keeps growing,
while a sense of peace surrounds me.
I’ve been smiling every day, never feeling the need to cry out to God for
protection because I knew He had been guiding me all along.
Then, suddenly, something shifted.
I started craving youthful and vibrant energy.
What is wrong with me?
There is a word for a woman like me,
I am a cougar, hiding behind the AI filters,
What is wrong with me?
I would love to deeply kiss the Dark Horse
Without feeling guilty,
Memories linger; they can stir emotions,
And rekindling a youthful spirit shouldn’t frighten me.
However, somehow it does,
. Society often overlooks my value.
I embrace my identity,
I am proud of my heritage.
My free spirit is my treasure.
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
That’s my cat with toy car on its paw
At street’s macadam…
Mad? Am I madam?
No, you’re praying* while flexing your jaw.
1Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
March 1, 2026
3rd place, "Palimdromes" Palindromes Limerick Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 3/17/2026
Welcome, 2026.
We greet you
without drums.
With scars.
With open hands.
2025 closed doors
without apology.
It taught us
how endings rule men
before beginnings crown them.
You arrive as calculation.
2+0+2+6.
Ten.
Reduced to One.
The first law of power.
The beginning of command.
The number that creates
by destroying what came before.
The old order collapses quietly.
The new is not gentle.
It is born
from necessity.
You are the Sun
after a long night.
Not merciful.
But clarifying.
From many voices
to one direction.
From division
to unity sharpened by truth.
We open the gates
not with faith alone,
but with understanding.
May humanity learn restraint.
May power learn balance.
May peace come
not as innocence,
but as wisdom earned.
To every soul still standing,
after the storm of yesterday,
I say—
Welcome to 2026.
The year that begins
because it must.
Falun Dafa Hao! Falun Dafa Hao!
Echoed through the hospital halls
A woman’s voice in clear distress
Her haunting conviction was professed
The guard on duty turned to see
The young teacher he abused previously
The callous surgeons stood around
The gurney where her body was found
Her organs were extracted one by one
While fully aware, until the last cut was done
Suddenly the guard was sick with dismay
Witnessing the murder with horrific display
Doctors turned butchers, a gruesome scene
Ccp’s State organ-harvesting a nefarious scheme
Fund the military, and eradicate Falun Gong
The genocide of millions. 26 years long
Falun Dafa Practitioners are clarifying the facts
Exposing the truth of the ccp’s sinful acts
The halls of hell can hide no more
Falun Dafa Hao echoes like a lion’s roar!
awkward always alone Allie
bragged boastfully to baby Bertie Bill
clearly clarifying club-footed cloven Callie
deliberately deciphering dairy dung in Dickie Dill
easing eager Edgar’s electrifying entry
forever forsaking flim-flam’s frequent flam
greasing gray grannie’s gentle gentry
hardily helping herself to Harry’s hottish ham
Clairaudient Claire clambered to cling to her cliquish closeted clan
Clutching cloistered clues, clarifying a clumsily closed clergyman.
Death is so clarifying
I stopped looking for love and attention
When I die the same People that abandoned and neglected my presence will mourn the hardest
They’ll say we had the best bond ever.
Brothers, mothers, lovers… same people that would hang up in my face while I’m here.
Reify..
This word
Showed up this morning..
"Make (something abstract)
more concrete or real."
Objectivity clarifying
With more objectivity
More convincingly separate
Scientific practice alive..
Along with:
Nothing appearing to
Further objectify..
Narratives triggered by
Reify...
Words
pompous, overblown
complicating, decorating, fluffing
Read, Research, Culture, Modification
clarifying, stripping, owning
direct, succinct
Message
what is clear when the fog clears,
the fog that makes you tipsy,
the dizzy feeling of falling…
there are stars of the past,
the fallen angels -
we don’t call them angels.
no longer the cherubs.
stars of clarity -
amazing.
ebon sky fills the mind.
wisdom of the ages,
I find.
those sparkling creations -
clarifying, cleansing
diamonds glitch.
the ring,
no longer petrified,
but razzle dazzling.
of what I speak of:
the time you held my hand
and we tarried
under the tent
of darkness and light,
targeted
our future -
it was the brightest white.
a bazillion stars
filled the horizon
aliens landed…
I imagined.
stars of clarity outreach -
they preach a sermon.
it is deep.
Who Is That Masked Man
Miracle Man
October 6, 2023
Many will see him as being another schnook,
perhaps questioning if he’s ever had a real job.
But in my mind I see an unpunished crook,
someone with possible connections to the mob.
Each day his cognizance needs clarifying,
but in his world he’s convinced he’s grooving.
He hesitates saying “if I’m lying I’m dying,”
because he typically is if his lips are moving.
Our teacher says, “By peer teaching you can learn,
You can share your thoughts lovingly through cooperation”
But there’s always a big problem with my peer partner, Fern
She's quite clumsy! Keeps dropping her stuffs when it’s my turn.
She crawls on the floor to get things, taking time to get up,
Her attention is so shallow, my patience is no longer enough;
Just enjoy crawling on the floor my friend, I won’t let you stop,
Anyways, you’re the best student in this class… always at the top.
I’ll just lay down cozily my head on our old school desk,
Thanks for sharing your bright ideas, clarifying things and all the rest;
I fervently hope you won’t hurt your knees, back and neck,
And nobody will find you crawling on the floor especially Mrs. Leclercq.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." Shakespeare
WEAVE
A web
Wind silk taunt
Sticky design hung
I'll oblige and walk in
Then try to get it off fast
"Another woven lie in which I'm trapped."
wind pronounced as in the line "I will wind a ball of yarn"
Written: April 25, 2023
Sponsor: Constance
Contest: Writing Challenge W Words
Form: Clarifying Pyramid
SUN
Sunset
At days end
Once enjoyed by us
Over our middle years
Time gains momentum on us
"The sun still sets each day, let's enjoy once again."
Based on oil painting, The Sweetness Of The Sun"
Painted by: Leonid Afremov
Poetry form used: Clarifying Pyramid
For Brian
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