Competed Poems

BORN IN THE USA MARRIED IN THE USA

...SINGING IN THE CHIOR OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL ST  PATRICKS CHURCH FINALLY MEETING MY NEW HUSBAND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ENGAGED 2015 VOLUNTEERING ALL OVER POLK COUNTY IN LAKELAND WITH THE MILITAR...

PATH OF A CHAMPION

...Preparation and Discipline
The start leading to greatness
The man, Legend Franklyn Greene
He trained while being determined
It was pump of Bodybuilding blood
The more he trained and admired othe...

Somebody Clipped My Wings

...I don’t know where resilience comes from
But it seems to be in short supply -  
There was a time when “true grit” meant something 
But for too many that idea died.

Complaining and playing the b...

Light and Shadows

...‘I was born with the meaning of home running through my veins.’ - Lauren Eden

whispers of home rule
in the chambers of one’s heart 
tales of comfort meander through pulsing veins 
putting roots...

A Son of The Soil

...I am a son of the dark continent
By conception and ancestral offshoot 
This black earth,
Where my dark ancestors deposited 
The birth right of my life 
In the dark bowels of our black sacred ear...

the competition

...(this is another throw-back - a piece of writing, from high school, used in my Yale applications)

I pound the pillow, curse the clock and mock injunctions to rest.

The sun finally rises and its...

The Benefits of Nature

...Nature's artwork is out of this world,
Too magnificent for words
Splashes of paint of every hue
As if hurled with gay abandon
From bottomless paint pots
To a canvas in the sky
Creating exquisit...

The Heavens

...Carved arches of rainbows competed with the sunbeam clouds.
Stairs from the seen scenes to the unseen secrets sped in shrouds.
Galaxies and constellations like lightning bolts shined and shunned.
...

In the Light of My Soul

...If I tell you the story of old, of how one tiny dream come into being and changed the race forever with just a silent whisper, would you believe me? If I tell you the story of how the sun and the moo...

Miscellaneous Pursuit

...There are some things that you have to do, to make your long-awaited dream come true. The morning with all its glory is listening silently to your body, it watches your heart beat for signs of doubt ...

How To Fight Off Your Blues

...Here's my suggestion
how to fight off your blues:
pick up a brush and paint on a canvass
whatever comes to mind: landscape, birds or flowers;
pick up a pen and write some silly lyrics for childre...

Pray For A Dawn

...
Who is my enemy?
Do I really know? Those 
who are waging a war to amass
lands or wealth, or those who 
are depriving the downtrodden
of food and shelter, which are 
the rights for every indiv...

The benefits of nature

...Nature's artwork is out of this world,
Too magnificent for words
Splashes of paint of every hue
As if hurled with gay abandon
From bottomless paint pots
To a canvas in the sky
Creating exquisit...

I Miss the Wishbone Challenge

...we used to love it when we reached the end of the turkey
we kids were allowed to compete in the wishbone challenge
my brother Larry Joe and I competed every Thanksgiving
what I would give to have ...

Gedophamee

...Long long ago in a land far away
Was this slave girl named Gedophamee
Worked as a prostitute to earn some dough
Name was pronounced “Get-offa-me!”

At an athletic festival in Roman times...

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